Emerson demonstrated how its intelligent devices, edge controllers and digital plant architectures enable improved plant reliability and availability and comprehensive manufacturing control and production optimisation at Smart Production Solutions (SPS), in Nuremberg (Germany) held from November 26 – 28, 2019.

Have centrifugal pumps reached their limits? When is it worthwhile considering displacement pumps — Pump expertise for chemical and food processes: When centrifugal pumps reach their limits, it is time for displacement pumps. Whether as eccentric or screw spindle pumps — particularly for challenging media or in hygienic processes, it is worth taking your pump considerations a step further.

Merck’s new biotech development center will be set up in Switzerland and is expected to bridge the gap between research and manufacturing. With this facility, the company aims to make new medicines quickly available to patients.

Monolithic structures in process automation will soon be outdated. This will lead to even more competition, Jürgen Brandes, CEO of Siemens Division Process Industries and Drives, says in a double interview with his colleague and CTO Jörn Oprzynski. What role will be left for Distributed Control Systems (DCS) in the future? What can assistance systems already do today, and is autonomous plant operation really going to happen? Our exclusive interview offers up answers to all of these and a lot more questions.

Whether cyclone screeners, vacuum weighing systems or automated dosing of micro quantities with the aid of robot technology, during the course of the last 70 years, Azo has written many key chapters in the annals of bulk materials handling. And this is set to continue into the future.

How does a company go from building mills and silo systems to becoming a specialist in raw materials handling? With creativity and inventive spirit, that is how. As a result, today the name Azo stands for wide-ranging know-how and expertise in all areas relating to raw materials, plant construction and process engineering, as well as control technology and automation. And all this with the goal of automating bulk materials and fluids handling processes.

Evonik invested millions of Euros in this mega project which was completed on time and within budget. With the new unit, the company plans to increase production and focus on developing innovative specialty chemical products for the silicone and nanotechnologies markets.

The Indian pharmaceutical industry is expected to post strong growth this year. Increasing exports to markets such as Japan, China, Africa, Indonesia, and Latin America is anticipated to make India the world's largest supplier by volume, according to pharma industry body Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance (IPA), reports Press Trust of India (PTI).

Celebrating its 25th anniversary, the leading international trade medium PROCESS awarded the "Milestone Award in Chemical, Pharma and Process Engineering“ to 16 supplier companies that served as industry pioneers and innovators.

Softing joins Emerson’s Delta V Alliance Product Program and extends intelligent device management across the field to islands of devices and out to the enterprise to remote subject matter experts. To meet the increasing requirements for energy efficiency and flexibility in modern process manufacturing, information about processes and plant statuses is required which can be exchanged across systems. To achieve this, sensors, devices, control systems and production plants have to be networked horizontally and vertically.