In the chemical industry, research facilities create the link between laboratory development and industrial-scale production. Flexible plants comprising multiple areas are sites of innovation and testing, acting as stepping stones for subsequent scale-up. When Evonik Industries was looking to modernize such a plant at the Wolfgang Industrial Park in Hanau, Germany, it was the perfect place to use Simatic PCS neo, the completely web-based process control system from Siemens.

Repsol has plans to sell its oil and gas assets in Canada to Peyto for 468 million dollars. The move is in line with the company’s goal of focusing on its core regions.

Schneider Electric has partnered with Suez to accelerate the deployment of digital solutions in the water industry as these solutions will help to meet the challenges of water scarcity.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has won a feed contract from Mexichem Fluor Japan for developing a new hydrogen fluoride production plant in Japan. The move is expected to strengthen the supply of fluorine compounds in the country.

LG Chem has obtained Korea’s first TUV Rheinland certification for its product carbon footprint assessment method which claims to ensure global reliability.

Solvay has recently expanded its China Research & Innovation Center with a new research building in the Solvay Shanghai Technology Park. The project plays a vital role for the company in advancing innovation in China.

Emerson has plans to takeover Afag under a definitive agreement signed between both the companies. With this move, Emerson aims to strengthen its capabilities in factory automation.

KSB has recently introduced its new generation of pneumatic 90° quarter-turn actuators – the double-acting and single-acting pneumatic actuators of the Actair Evo and Dynactair Evo type series which can be used in all types of part-turn valves.

Changing times call for unique as well as innovative solutions and blockchain is truly a game changing technology in today’s ever competing world. Numerous industries are already exploring this technology to keep a track of different aspects of their business as they have realized that the blockchain technology is here to stay and is only going to strengthen its presence from here on.

With an aim to expand their biomanufacturing partnership, Sumitomo Chemical and Ginkgo Bioworks have plans to develop functional chemicals with synthetic biology which will have a lower carbon footprint.