Based on its modular machine concept, the packaging machine manufacturer Schubert will be introducing new answers to the increasing digitalisation of machine and robot functions. With high-level flexibility, the manufacturer is responding to the increasingly complex market requirements of greater product diversity and smaller batch sizes.

Next step in the evolution of process automation is on the horizon: Siemens new innovative web-based process control system for all industries.

Water treatment and purification is a technologically demanding process. Dosing is a core task here: Additives and auxiliary agents or highly effective chemicals need to be added both cost-effectively and safely for the environment, which means that the requirements for dosing pumps are just as high. Digitalization is the order of the day here as well.

Emerson and Quantum Reservoir Impact (QRI) have recently announced that they have teamed up to develop and market next-generation applications for artificial intelligence (AI)-based analytics and decision-making tools customised for oil and gas exploration and production (E&P).

With this mega investment, Sumitomo Chemical intends to make use of synthetic biology to develop innovative and high functional products and processes which are difficult to manufacture through chemical synthesis. The investment will also enable the firm to strengthen its business alliance with Conagen.

Whether a vertical or horizontal arrangement, involving containment, or taking a conventional form, the reliability of pharmaceutical process systems can only be ensured through perfect material flow — and Glatt is shaping the trend for integrated system solutions. Perfect pharmaceutical production is all down to the material flow.

“Field instruments supporting digital transformation” was the motto of the 2018 Namur Annual General Meeting with Endress+Hauser as its sponsor. PROCESS spoke with Matthias Altendorf, CEO of the Endress+Hauser Group.

Lots of companies are talking about the digital transformation. But how do you turn theory into practice? Gas specialist Linde shows how it can be done with its Digital Base Camp which combines the look and feel of a start-up with the know-how of the company's core business. The entrepreneurial spirit brings urgency, while experts from the different business units offer a reality check. PROCESS was offered insight into the work and its first projects.

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.

The ABB Ability Condition Monitoring for measurement devices is an innovative, digital solution that will keep continuous gas analyzers under control to ensure clean air operations. The ground-breaking, first-to-market solution will be launched at Hannover Messe in April 2020.