Under the agreement, Aker Solutions will offer sector-specific digital offerings whereas Siemens will provide a wide range of digital solutions for the process industries.

At this year’s ARC Industry Forum Hima Group has presented recent developments and enhancements to the Smart Safety Platform (SSP). This comprehensive functional safety platform provides plant operators with maximum cybersecurity to ensure that safety automation and critical assets are always protected.

Pharmaceutical production is becoming more digital and connected. Players who can deliver coherent, logical concepts will be part of the next major Industry 4.0 project. The five members of Excellence United have made great progress with their IoT Hub and have shown what it is already capable of. But this is just the beginning. In the interview, the five executive directors explained why. The strategic corporate alliance Excellence United presents its new Industry 4.0 concept, which sets new standards.

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.