A new maintenance system is helping to make sensors smart. A research team led by Professor Andreas Schütze of Saarland University is combining artificial intelligence with sensors that gather status data on industrial machinery.

At the start of 2020, Gea embarked on a new course — two functional business areas were divided into five divisions, including Liquid & Powder Technologies with the business unit Chemical Technologies (BU CT). Dr. Christopher Braun, who has been managing the business of Gea Wiegand for 19 years, is expecting this to deliver clearer responsibilities. He believes that areas of growth for thermal separation technology will be found particularly in attractive niche markets.

Amidst the global pandemic of Covid-19, travel restrictions have been imposed across the globe. In these difficult times, CPhI & P-Mec China will be hosting a unique Virtual Expo Connect from June 18-24, 2020 for its exhibitors and attendees.

Amidst the global pandemic of Covid-19, Ima will be organising a virtual ‘Sensing Future Days’ event from May 11–13 as well as from June 10–11 for the packaging industry. The participants can update themselves on the technical details of various machines showcased at the show and also interact with specialists from the field.

Data forms the basis for any optimization strategy. In the framework of the NOA concept, Phoenix Contact now provides with the Cloudwriter an app, with which the measurement data recorded in the systems can be transferred simply, without retroactive effects and securely to a cloud for evaluation.

Mitch Eichelberger has succeeded Dave Morgan as Chevron Phillips Chemical Company’s new Senior Vice President, Polymers & Specialties. Eichelberger currently holds the position of senior vice president, Corporate Planning and Technology at the firm.

In an ordinary year, PI (Profibus & Profinet International) would already – and once again – have presented its progress on Industry 4.0 work at the Hanover Fair – but this is no ordinary year. Nevertheless, the working group experts are working tirelessly on implementing concepts like the use of Profinet over TSN, fail-safe machine-to-machine communication and information models for vertical communication – virtually and at a safe distance, of course.

Mitsubishi Chemical under its subsidiary firm Mitsubishi Chemical America has plans to acquire Gelest, an American organic and inorganic hybrid chemicals manufacturer. Both the companies have entered into a definitive agreement for this purpose.

ABB offers a suite of remote-enabled solutions for customers in critical industries in order to operate facilities and keep production running in the background of Coronavirus. With these digital solutions, field operators and service engineers can now stay at home and get access to control rooms and key performance indicators of their plants.

Syntegon will be hosting a virtual trade event from May 7–13 to showcase its latest process and packaging technology. The company announced stable business performance last year and is currently witnessing increased demand in its services business due to the global Covid-19 pandemic.