The digital twin is the future of infrastructure and engineering. This is why Bentley last year has presented the new Itwin Services cloud platform. For the company this is only the beginning of future developments.

Sartorius Stedim Biotech launched a new wave mixed system developed specifically for closed, automated expansion of consistent quality cell products such as ex vivo cellular immunotherapies. The new GMP platform, which combines the single-use Flexsafe bag technology with the company’s expertise in biopharmaceutical automation, was introduced at Phacilitate Leaders World 2019 in Miami.

Always in tune with the times and just that little bit better than the others — that has been the motto of Hima ever since the company was first founded. Many years of safety experience and a huge passion for the topic of safety have driven the family-run business, which is now already in its fourth generation. Since the strategic repositioning in 2017, Managing Partner Steffen Philipp and VP R&D and Product Management, Dr. Alexander Horch, believe that they are well set up for the digital future.

The new platform – recichain has been introduced in British Columbia, Canada with an aim to enhance the circularity of plastics in the supply chain. Sorting, traceability and transparency of plastics throughout the value chain will also be improved via this platform.

At Dow’s annual meeting, the company’s Board of Directors decided that the present CEO Jim Fitterling should be selected as Dow’s new Chairman. Also, Jill Wyant, executive vice president and president of global regions at Ecolab was nominated to stand for election to Dow’s Board of Directors at the meeting.

With this acquisition, Lanxess intends to establish itself as one of the major manufacturers of antimicrobial active ingredients and formulations across the globe. With this deal, the company has also acquired IPEL’s 100 employees, its production facility as well as its laboratory facilities.

Claimed to be the world's most powerful supercomputer infrastructure in the industrial sector, the new super computer HPC5 is capable of enhancing highly complex processes in the energy sector. The move will assist Eni to further improve its digitalisation process.

German chemical giant BASF announced the construction of a new plant for polyalkylene glycol (PAG)-based lubricants at its Ludwigshafen site. The manufacturing facility will start operations by the beginning of 2016 and produce PAG lubricant base stocks and formulated blends.

Hima keeps redefining the benchmark for safety technology with its safety solutions — ever since the company developed its first safety controller in 1970, “Safety without compromise” has been the motto that Hima from Brühl/Germany has always followed. Since then, the company has defined Smart Safety as its core competence and has helped shape the industry with pioneering innovations. Despite now having a global presence, Hima has preserved its status as a medium-size company and is still family-run, now in the fourth generation.

Fero Labs, the start-up company set up in the USA has the potential to enhance industrial processes—by increasing efficiency and improving the overall manufacturing quality—via its machine learning software – ‘Fero’.