Air Liquide has plans to modernize and connect an Air Separation Unit to its existing network in Louisiana, USA. In addition to this, the firm also aims to expand its pipeline infrastructure by an additional 30 miles along the Gulf Coast.

241 Auma electric actuators have been installed as part of a retrofit at Stockholm’s largest combined heat and power plant, Kraftvärmeverk 1. The modern actuators with Profinet communications now ensure the smooth generation of electricity and heat from renewable fuels.

Under a MOU signed between ABB and Charbone Hydrogen, both the companies will work together to develop up to 15 modular and scalable green hydrogen production facilities across North America over the next five years.

With an investment of 16.4 million euros, Voestalpine and Verbund have plans to expand the world’s longest-running hydrogen pilot plant which will include the production, compression, purification, storage, loading, and further use of green hydrogen.

With an aim to expand its process industry capabilities, Honeywell has successfully completed the acquisition of Sundyne from Warburg Pincus for 2.16 billion dollars.

With a mega investment of 20 million dollars, GEA has recently inaugurated its New Food Application and Technology Center in Janesville, Wisconsin, USA. The facility comprises pilot lines for precision fermentation, cell cultivation, plant-based processing; thermal processing (UHT); aseptic filling; spray drying; membrane filtration; centrifugation; full lab support.

Repsol has plans to invest more than 800 million euros in the Ecoplant project. The project is expected to become the first plant in Europe to produce renewable and circular methanol from waste through gasification.

The green hydrogen plant is being developed at Taguatinga and will be powered by a photovoltaic plant in order to support the decarbonization of sectors that are difficult to electrify.

BASF’s Performance Materials Division has converted all of its European sites to run completely on renewable electricity. The changeover applies to the compounding of Engineering Plastics, Polyurethanes and Thermoplastic Polyurethanes and Specialty Polymers.

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.