The chemical industry in Europe intends to gain support for an EU Recovery Plan which is in line with the European Green Deal objectives in order to boost Europe’s economy in the background of Covid-19.

Air Liquide has entered into an agreement with Steel Dynamics. Under the terms of the contract, Air Liquide will build a new Air Separation Unit in Texas and supply industrial gases to Steel Dynamics.

Siemens is further supplementing its process industry digitalization portfolio. Eckard Eberle, CEO Process Automation at Siemens Digital Industries, explains why openness and cross-sectoral standards continue to be essential to this and yet a one-stop-shop brings benefits.

Digitalization and Industry 4.0 have arrived in the process industry — a lot more quickly and with far greater penetration than some would have believed of this generally conservative, safety-minded sector. It was precisely the process automation experts for the large chemical companies who recognized the potential opportunities at an early stage, and drove forward the required developments, particularly the necessary standardization. Siemens is amongst the pace-setters on the supplier side. In the course of this progression, the supplier of automation and electrification engineering has become a software giant able to offer its customers a digital solution for practically every challenge.

The collaboration aims to develop digital infrastructure orchestration for industrial automation systems. The move will enable Exxon Mobil to learn how digital infrastructure can be securely operated and managed in a process control system.

The ‘intrinsic safety’ type of protection covers a wide range of applications and is currently used in systems ranging from simple point-to-point wiring to digital automation for Industry 4.0. Ex i-protected solutions enable direct process data capture in hazardous areas, reduce installation work and can be tested and maintained during ongoing operation.

The first “VDMA Flagship Industry 4.0 Conference” concluded on June 13, 2018. A total of more than 200 experts, scholars and visitors gathered together to exchange and discuss the current status of the manufacturing industry development and the leading technology in Germany and China.

Working with flexible systems that evolve with the changing needs in a lab is indispensable. With the Scivario twin, Eppendorf, a key life science company, introduces its latest bioreactor control system for small- and bench-scale applications.

Under the terms of the agreement, Wintershall Dea will utilise Cognite’s Saas product Cognite Data Fusion to scale digitalisation solutions across its assets. The software solution will enable the oil and gas firm to gain access to data insights which will improve the maintenance and boost efficiency of their assets globally.

Earlier this year, GEA Pavan successfully handed over a seventh production line for manufacturing breakfast cereals to polish breakfast cereal producer OBST. Both companies have been working in a close partnership for 20 years.