Most industrial facilities still treat cooling and heating as siloed, disconnected systems. This outdated mindset results in wasted energy, high emissions, and unnecessary costs. By shifting to a unified thermal management approach, in which heat and cold are part of the same thermal energy ecosystem, industries can unlock major gains in efficiency, sustainability and performance.

Siemens’ new drive system, Sinamics S220 offers a seamless and innovative drive system with comprehensive simulation and analysis capabilities and advanced connectivity features that enable full integration into digital work processes.

Under the joint venture firm, Cái Mép Industrial Gases Co., PV Chem and Messer & Co. will invest approximately 35 million dollars to develop an industrial gas production plant in the Cái Mép Industrial Park in Vitenam.

This smart technology has been in the news for quite some time but how useful is it for industrial plants? Bart Moors, General Manager Process Industries Software at Siemens and Prathamesh Gawde, Senior Product Marketing Manager at Bentley Systems highlight the many benefits of adopting the digital twin technology across industrial facilities.

Japanese energy company Eneos has partnered with Honeywell to begin basic engineering for what is set to be the first commercial-scale hydrogen supply chain in Japan based on MCH (methylcyclohexane). The project aims to facilitate hydrogen transport using Honeywell UOP’s dehydrogenation process, supporting production, storage, distribution, and material recycling within Eneos refineries.

BASF has successfully completed the sale of its Styrodur business to Bachl. The transaction was completed with effect from June 30, 2025 and the deal also includes the brand Styrodur.

Carbon Neutral Fuels has chosen Topsoe’s SOEC technology for its e-SAF project – Project Starling in Workington, UK. On completion, the project is expected to produce 25,000 metric tons of e-SAF annually.

With everything changing around us right from the way we secure our knowledge, to communicating with people to the way the workforce across industries is being made to upgrade their existing skill sets to take on more productive tasks, one thing is certain: Change is constant. Smart technologies like Augmented Reality have not only entered the workforce but are transforming the workforce like never before.

Akzonobel has successfully completed the sale of Akzonobel India to the JSW Group for a whooping amount of 1.4 billion euros. The transaction includes Akzonobel’s liquid paints and coatings business in India while the India Powder Coatings business and the International Research Center remain under full ownership of Akzonobel.

ABB has introduced the GCP100 gas chromatograph which has set a new standard in cybersecurity and real-time analysis of complex gas mixtures in the natural gas, biogas, oil and petrochemical industries.