The terms digitization and Industry 4.0 have been buzzing for a long time through local factories. Now, when is the breakthrough? What are the potentials of the fourth industrial revolution? Our colleagues at the Swiss MaschinenMarkt have asked around.

K2016, the leading fair and expo for plastics and polymers wants to set the industry’s new course between shale gas, feedstock fluctuations and the internet of things — New raw materials. Energy prices. Demand fluctuation: Business as usual is no option for the global plastics industry. The branche is nevertheless cautiously optimistic at the sector fair K — Industry 4.0, light-weight construction and recycling management still promise new perspectives.

Hyundai's Engineering and Construction business will build a 140,000-Barrels Per Day refinery at Karbala, Iraq. The country's State Company for Oil Projects (SCOP) has awarded a US $ 6.4 billion EPC contract to the Koreans.

Carrier France, manufacturer of energy-efficient cooling systems for the information technology, relies on hermetic refrigerant pumps by Lederle Hermetic with canned motors for data center cooling applications: Hermetic-Pumpen was selected as refrigerant pump supplier for the company's new Advante3c CO2–cooling system.

Harper International has been awarded a contract for a high volume Rotary furnace system by Prayon, headquartered in Belgium.

Newson Gale introduce a range of ATEX certified retractable static grounding reels that prevent the discharge of incendive electrostatic sparks within combustible flammable and dust atmospheres.

Maire Tecnimont has been awarded an Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Commissioning (EPCC) contract by Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL) for a new polypropylene plant and related facilities in Barauni, Bihar, India. With this deal, Maire Tecnimont Group intends to expand its footprint in India.

At Achema 2012, Krohne introduced the new Optimass 6400 twin bent tube Coriolis mass flowmeter. The unit is well suited for standard liquid and gas applications in the chemical and petrochemical, oil & gas, pharmaceutical as well as food & beverage industries, the manufacturer states.

The TOC analyser QuickTOCpharma reliably determines the Total Organic Carbon (TOC) in the lowest measuring range up to 2000ppb, the manufacturer LAR states.

Under a memorandum of cooperation signed between Sasol and the Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa (IDC), both the companies will work together to advance the green hydrogen economy in South Africa.