Pfeiffer Vacuum presents an extension to its Digiline series: the total pressure vacuum gauges with digital signal output. The modular concept is suitable for harsh environments and is also available with the industrial Ethernet interfaces of Profinet and Ethercat.

Thyssenkrupp Uhde has secured an order from Sedin Engineering Co. to build and supply four new low-emission, stamp-charged coke oven batteries for Hohhot Risun China Gas Energy Co. in China. With a total annual capacity of 3.9 Mio tons, the coke oven batteries will include Thyssenkrupp’s proprietary Envibat technology as well as the Cokemaster automation system.

Dechema’s latest position paper ‘Process Simulation – Fit for the future?’ by the Processnet working committee Process Simulation, Process Synthesis and Knowledge Processing focuses on the relevance of today’s tools to meet the demands of the digitalized chemical, biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries.

With an aim to expand its production facility in Singapore via the Singapore Expansion Project, Neste has chosen Emerson to incorporate its automation systems and software in order to ensure efficient production, thus bringing the expanded refinery on-line by 2023.

Compounding and extrusion expert Coperion supplied the new-to-the-market company Heroplas with two of their ZSK Twin Extruders to start their Polyolefin production.

The new brand merges Altran’s engineering and R&D services along with Capgemini’s digital manufacturing expertise. Capgemini Engineering aims to assist global innovators engineer next-gen products and services.

The latest recruitment news from the process industry starts with a bang. In addition, there are some rotational changes and strategic new hires to report. PROCESS worldwide summarises the news from the executive floors for you.

Ercros has begun expanding the production capacity of Dipenta at its factory in Tortosa, Tarragona, Spain by 15 %. Most of the dipenta produced will be used to increase the company’s presence in the Asian and US markets.

AGR has selected Linde Engineering to carry out the design and construction of an integrated hydrogen fueling station and electrolysis plant in Herten, Germany. The project has received funding of up to 7.3 million dollars from the German Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure.

Merck has plans to expand research and development as well as manufacturing capabilities at its site in Shizuoka, Japan. The move is expected to boost innovations for the electronic materials sector.