PPG has plans to divest its architectural coatings business in the U.S. and Canada to American Industrial Partners for a whooping amount of 550 million dollars. The transaction is expected to close in late 2024 or early 2025.

Honeywell has joined hands with Chevron to develop advanced artificial intelligence-Assisted solutions which have the capacity to help plant operators to make decisions with regards to enhancing efficiency for refining processes and improving safety within the industrial automation space.

Innovation in high technology and Italian hospitality — now IMA Group rises the next level. Following acquisitions and in-house developments, IMA has evolved into a one-stop-shop supplier, says Thomas Fricke, Commercial Director o IMA Pharma. At Achema IMA presents a developement opening up the cell- and gene therapy market.

GR3N has developed ‘Made’, the Microwave Assisted Depolymerization solution which breaks down PET into its chemical building blocks in order to create new PET pellets with virgin-like quality for packaging and textiles. Schneider Electric's open automation technology was used to demonstrate the solution and help it to scale from proof of concept to an industrial level.

Total Energies and SLB have plans to develop a next-generation software which will help in the sustainable production of hydrocarbon. With this innovative digital tool, both the parties aim to improve modeling of the subsurface in order to optimize production.

PROCESS Worldwide brings to you the ‘Top 10 plant engineering projects of September 2024’ from all over the world. Right from Adnoc deploying AI-based process optimization technology at a unit to developing the world's largest carbon negative ultra-green hydrogen plant, find out all the projects making headlines here.

Achema has once again opened its doors to the global process industry. Located in Frankfurt, Germany, the mega show which will be held from June 10 – 14, 2024, offers six innovative themes – Process, Pharma, Green, Lab, Digital and Hydrogen.

Fieldcomm Group has approved physical layer conformity of ABB’s first vortex flowmeter (Vortexmaster FSV400) and swirl flowmeter (Swirlmaster FSS400) with APL communication interfaces, following a comprehensive series of tests.

Metso has plans to acquire Jindex, an Australian company specializing in valves and process flow control. With this move, the company aims to strengthen its slurry handling offering.

Honeywell and Repsol have plans to work together in order to create new production pathways for biofuels and circular materials. The companies also intend to scale and commercialize Honeywell's technologies for chemical production and renewable fuels at Repsol’s refineries.