Enablers for a digital transformation: With developments from new software versions for more efficient engineering through digital drive systems to the cloud-based IoT system Mindsphere, electronic giant Siemens positions itself as a leading expert in IIoT and Industry-4.0-technologies.

The ever-evolving computer based simulation has revolutionised the way industrial processes are developed today: In many fields, accurate simulations can replace experiments and plant field tests with multi-scale and multi-physics models. But can these products bridge the gap between science and engineering?

Lloyd’s Register has collaborated with the 3R Initiative to enable the development of a new ‘Project Standard’ which will focus on the different measures through which plastic waste can be curtailed.

With the intention of accelerating Mitsubishi Chemical’s efforts towards the establishment of a circular economy, the new department will be developed from April 1, 2020 which will suggest sustainable solutions across all its business platforms.

The Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research, TNO has acquired Avantium’s bioaromatics business which includes patents and know-how of technologies that produce bio-derived products for polymers and coatings.

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.

Antares Vision introduces a new generation of track and trace software for its ATS 3.0 system, an integrated hardware and software platform aimed at serializing pharmaceutical drugs.

The new ST100 Series Thermal Mass Flow Meter from Fluid Components International (FCI) with FCI’s Verical In-Situ Calibration Verification System combines precise air/gas measurement capability with the convenience of in-situ calibration verification.

Ygros valves by Carollo set new standards in the world of plant design, thanks to a patented magnetic technology replacing the conventional spring in non return valves.

Kirloskar Brothers (KBL) has opened its fourth Authorised Refurbishment Centre (ARC) at Surat, India. Chief Guest, H S Kohli, Executive Director, Reliance Industries Limited, inaugurated the Authorised Refurbishment Cente in the presence of Sanjay Kirloskar, Chairman & Managing Director, Jayant Sapre, Executive Director Kirloskar Brothers Limited and other guests from the industry