With an aim to accelerate expansion into the Southeast Asian market, Lotte Chemical has developed a new petrochemical complex in Indonesia. A completion ceremony for the project was also recently held in the country.

Handling powders, particles, and pellets has never been easy. But now, additional factors such as a weakening economy and hesitant investment are making the situation even more difficult for many companies. However, it is precisely this knowledge of how to handle raw materials that also offers new opportunities.

Softing Industrial has launched an enhanced Siemens Connector for tmanager to simplify Direct PLC-to-Database integration. With this, symbol browsing capabilities have been introduced for Siemens S7-1200 and S7-1500 controllers, significantly reducing integration time and eliminating the need for manual tag creation.

Total Energies has plans to work together with Mistral AI for developing a joint innovation lab which will aim at increasing the application of artificial intelligence in Total Energies’ multi-energy strategy.

Solvay Ramps Up Electronic Grade Hydrogen Peroxide Production at China Unit

Repsol has decided to extend its collaboration with Accenture with an aim to speed up the use of gen AI across the company as well as to advance the goals of its Digital Program.

Ondosense has introduced its new Radar Level Sensor – the Ondosense apex Level Line which offers reliable measurement results even with abrupt level fluctuations. The sensor is also capable of measuring fill levels of molten metals with a precision of up to 0.1 mm.

With an aim to establish a Global AI Manufacturing Technologies R&D Center for battery production in Canada, Siemens has plans to make a hefty investment of approximately 97 million euros over a period of five years.

Hydrogen is currently being discussed a lot in many places – on TV and radio, in newspapers, on the Internet, on social media, and at events. It is also a hot topic in Bremerhaven, Germany, where this energy carrier is literally providing a tailwind on the path to climate-neutral mobility. At the Grauwallring industrial estate, Hy.City.Bremerhaven uses a wind turbine generator for the electrolysis of hydrogen directly on site.

Vega’s sensor solutions are being supplied to Nordex Electrolyzers’ 500-kW prototype for producing green hydrogen. The prototype can produce over 10 kilograms of hydrogen per hour and is installed in a modular container system.