Auma has added an explosion-proof actuator series Profox-X to its existing Profox actuator series. The versatile, future-proof actuators meet all the requirements of modern plant automation.

While automation companies are enjoying growth, the mood among component manufacturers is more subdued, as fluidic suppliers are facing competitive pressure, energy crisis and supply chain risks. Yet, automation could point the way to the future and make suppliers and plant operators more successful...

Under a MOU signed between Materialise and Arcelor Mittal Powders, both the parties will work together to develop solutions in order to optimize laser powder bed fusion equipment and metal 3D printing strategies.

Pfeiffer Vacuum introduced vacuum and leak detection solutions for the hydrogen and fuel cell sector at this year’s Hannover Messe event which was held in Germany.

Under a MOU signed between Air Liquide and Vopak, both the parties will work together to develop infrastructure for ammonia import, cracking and hydrogen distribution in Singapore. The partnership aims to support Singapore’s National Hydrogen Strategy which focusses on establishing low-carbon hydrogen supply chains.

Coesia will present innovative solutions in pharmaceutical manufacturing at Achema 2024. The company will be represented by Enflex, Flexlink, GF, Hapa, MGS and Norden.

BASF process catalysts has collaborated with Envision Energy to further optimize the process of producing e-methanol from green hydrogen and CO2 via an advanced, dynamic process design. The partners aim to demonstrate the viability of the advanced process design next year.

Maire has plans to acquire APS Evolution, the parent company controlling APS Designing Energy and KTI Poland which are two engineering companies in Italy and Poland. Both the firms have a strong global reputation for carrying out ‘conversion of natural resource’ projects.

The Hytecheat project aims to make use of hybrid technologies for the production of steel with low CO2 emissions. De Nora will supply the new 1 MW capacity Dragonfly on-site electrolytic hydrogen generation system for the project.

With chemical and chemical processing industries aiming to forge ahead in their automation and digitalization drive to develop their respective ‘Factory of the future’ or ‘Smart factory’, one thing is certain – it can’t be done without the use of robots at least for the time being. The concept of robots is not new but they have been transformed time and again to meet the challenges of today’s industrial plants especially with regard to plant inspection as well as maintenance and it won’t be wrong to term this phase as the ‘return and rise of robots.’