The Project Manager will fix it — really? If companies want to deliver successful capital projects in the future, a change in attitude is needed to build an inclusive culture to engage and motivate both employees and external partners.

The Antares Vision Group showcased a comprehensive ecosystem of solutions and technologies: inspection systems and machines, solutions for track and trace for transparency of supply chains and products and smart data management of products and processes to guarantee safety, efficiency and sustainability for the pharma sector.

Fieldcomm Group has recently announced the availability of test and registration services for Ethernet-APL infrastructure products. In this background, Pepperl+Fuchs’ Rail Field Switches are the first Ethernet-APL products to achieve registration.

Specialty chemicals company Lanxess is taking on a mammoth task and digitalizing all its process engineering, electrical engineering and automation documentation — including lifecycle management. Uniform plant and project documentation and comprehensive data management will increase quality and efficiency in production and maintenance operations going forward.

Digital Twin Solutions is Now the New Normal – Covid-19 has transformed industries like never before and the oil and gas sector is no exception to this. The demand for digital twin technologies is at an all-time high amidst the pandemic and major industry players are already making use of this technology for numerous significant projects.

Is it time to dispel outdated notions surrounding the term “digitization?” —  Speakers at the Smart Process Manufacturing Conference, a virtual event organized by PROCESS, described a whole series of reservations or myths. The fact remains: Digitization is not a sprint, but a marathon — and sometimes even combined with a hurdle race. But it is also a fact that the benefits can be immense if tackled correctly.

Global chemical company Kuraray switched the documentation procedure at its process plant in Höchst, Germany and opted for Rösberg’s Prodok NG computer aided engineering system for instrumentation and control. Stepwise and automatic migration of the existing plant data to the new consistent CAE system enabled Kuraray to set the course for future plant modernizations.

The future of process plant communication will be triggered by one key technology: Ethernet-APL. This end-to-end Ethernet solution will enable the free flow of information to and from the field and finally unleash the full potential of the visions behind Industry 4.0.

The Ima Group has recently announced that its Pharmaceutical divisions will be present at Achema 2022 to exhibit its ‘All-In-One Pharma’ range of solutions as well as a few projects aimed at sustainability and digitalization.

Ima Group gave life to a wide number of technologies and platforms dedicated to production monitoring and efficiency increase. In particular, it is worth mentioning about A4gate which is specifically created to tackle cyber-attacks, Ima Sentinel for remote production monitoring 24/7 and Ima Control Room for more sophisticated services.