Krohne features Coriolis flowmeter at Connected Plant Conference

At the Connected Plant Conference being held this week in Atlanta,  KROHNE is showcasing its OPTIMASS 6400 twin bent tube Coriolis mass flowmeter in booth #108. The event, presented by Chemical Engineering and POWER, runs from February 25-27, 2020 at the Westin Peachtree Plaza in Atlanta, Georgia. The OPTIMASS 6400 is well-suited for standard liquid […]

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Game Changer Award winners for 2020

  Each year, the Connected Plant Conference, presented by Chemical Engineering and POWER, recognizes people who are in the front line of implementing digital technologies in the chemical process and power industries. This year, we congratulate the following winners of the “Game Changer” Awards, who were honored at the Connected Plant Conference in Atlanta on […]

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Rockwell to acquire Italian automation company ASEM

Rockwell Automation, Inc. (Milwaukee, Wis.; www.rockwellautomation.com) announced it has signed an agreement to acquire Italy-based ASEM, S.p.A., a leading provider of digital automation technologies. ASEM provides a complete range of Industrial PCs (IPCs), Human-Machine Interface (HMI) hardware and software, remote access capabilities, and secure Industrial IoT gateway solutions.ASEM’s high-performance automation solutions provide connected enterprises with […]

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BASF launches blockchain pilot project for plastics recycling in British Columbia

BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) announced the launch of its pilot platform reciChain in the province of British Columbia (BC), Canada, as a response to one of the most pressing environmental challenges – plastic waste. The pilot project will introduce a more sustainable alternative to the linear economic model, reducing plastic waste, maximizing its value […]

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Dell and Eni start up world’s most powerful industrial supercomputer

Dell Technologies (www.delltechnologies.com) has announced the startup of the world’s most powerful industrial supercomputer, the HPC5, which was powered at Eni S.p.A.’s (Milan, Italy; www.eni.com) Green Data Centre. The drive to create environmentally sound and sustainable futuristic performance brought Dell Technologies and Eni together.  The supercomputing infrastructure fuelled by 2nd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors obtains […]

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Showa Denko launches AI-based system to evaluate capital investment decisions

Showa Denko K.K. (SDK; Tokyo; www.sdk.co.jp) has introduced an artificial intelligence (AI) based search system to look efficiently for information useful for capital investment evaluation from the company’s knowledge databases. This new search engine uses an AI system named “KIBIT,” which was developed by FRONTEO, Inc., and searches the company’s document database for knowledge useful […]

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Yokogawa opens process automation collaboration center in The Woodlands

Yokogawa Electric Corp. (Tokyo, Japan; www.yokogawa.com) announced the opening of the Open Process Automation (OPA) Test Bed Collaboration Center, located six miles north of ExxonMobil’s Houston campus in The Woodlands, Texas. The opening of the center follows the announcement in July 2019 of Yokogawa’s selection as ExxonMobil’s OPA Test Bed system integrator. The technology center […]

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Henkel invests in machine-learning software start-up Fero Labs

Henkel AG & Co. KGaA (Dusseldorf, Germany; www.henkel.com)  is participating in the latest funding round of Fero Labs (New York, N.Y.; www.ferolabs.com), a start-up aiming to optimize industrial processes by using explainable machine learning. The investment is led by the company’s HenkelX Ventures unit, together with DIVC, a Munich-based B2B Tech investor. Henkel will support […]

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Honeywell introduces HIVE for IT infrastructure

Honeywell (Morris Plains, N.J.; www.honeywell.com) today announced the release of Experion PKS IT Highly Integrated Virtual Environment (HIVE), a transformative new technology that centralizes up to 80% of IT infrastructure used in project engineering. This allows industrial manufacturers to lower project delivery and lifecycle costs, better leverage skills and drive consistent physical and cybersecurity management. […]

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Making Cybersecurity Training a Priority

All critical infrastructure segments are at risk for cyberattacks, but the unique integration of the chemical manufacturing sector into the global supply chain makes it an especially ripe target

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Technology for Predictive Maintenance Debuts at Connected Plant Conference

ProAxion (www.proaxion.io) will highlight the latest in Internet of Things (IOT) technology for providing predictive maintenance tools for both large and small industrial facilities during the upcoming Connected Plant Conference in Charlotte, North Carolina, February 19-21. On display at booth 107 will be ProAxion’s innovative TACTIX™ 24×7 predictive maintenance system. The TACTIX system is unique […]

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