Chemical Engineering Archives

Evonik deepens partnership with IBM to accelerate AI implementation

Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) has expanded its cooperation with IBM in the field of digitization. The two companies extend their strategic partnership ahead of schedule until 2025. Taking this decision early creates more opportunities…

Rohit Shukla, Chambal Fertilisers & Chemicals | April 2 2021 1:42 am

Achieving Plant Efficiency – the Digital Way

The chemical process industries (CPI) are in the midst of a profound evolution, and technological changes – especially those in the ...

Mary Page Bailey | April 1 2021 12:21 pm

Accenture and Sumitomo Chemical form digitalization JV

Accenture (Dublin, Ireland) and Sumitomo Chemical Co. (Tokyo, Japan) have established a joint venture (JV) SUMIKA DX ACCENT. The joint ...

Gerald Ondrey | April 1 2021 12:00 am

Integrating intelligent technologies for smarter rice mills

Bühler AG (Uzwil, Switzerland; www.buhlergroup.com) is making a major step towards the digitally connected rice mill of the future. ...

Gerald Ondrey | April 1 2021 12:00 am

Cybersecurity: Continuous Vigilance Required

As digitalization becomes more common and remote operations become necessary, guarding against cybersecurity breaches grows even more ...

Mary Page Bailey | March 26 2021 11:45 am

Suez and Schneider Electric form JV offering digital tools for water management

SUEZ (Paris, France) and Schneider Electric SE (Rueil-Malmaison, France) are joining forces to create a joint venture (JV) to strengthen ...

Mary Page Bailey | March 22 2021 12:04 pm

Repsol and Microsoft renew partnership developing AI-powered digital solutions

Repsol S.A. (Madrid, Spain) and Microsoft Corp. (Redmond, Wash.) have renewed their strategic collaboration focused on accelerating Repsol& ...

Focus on Sensors

Oxygen measurement with Ex approvals & SIL2 certification The new Zirkor200 oxygen-measurement analyzer (photo) adds features for integration into safety-related process controls. The user-friendly

Mary Page Bailey and Gerald Ondrey | March 1 2021 12:00 am

Free firmware upgrade adds MQTT IIoT support

This company has released a free firmware upgrade enabling new and existing MicroSmart FC6A Plus PLC CPUs (photo) to support the ...

Mary Page Bailey | February 18 2021 1:38 pm

Baker Hughes to acquire ARMS Reliability

Baker Hughes (Houston) has announced it is acquiring ARMS Reliability, a leading global provider of reliability solutions to some of the ...

Mary Page Bailey | February 16 2021 8:45 am

BP joins the IBM Quantum Network to advance use of quantum computing

IBM announced that bp plc (London) has joined the IBM Quantum Network to advance the use of quantum computing in the energy industry. By ...

Mary Page Bailey | February 8 2021 11:51 am

BP completes autonomous vehicle trial at Lingen refinery

Bp plc (London, U.K.) has successfully completed an autonomous vehicle trial at its Lingen refinery in Germany, working with Oxbotica, a ...

Mary Page Bailey | February 3 2021 10:21 am

Acciona launches world's first blockchain platform for tracking and verifying green hydrogen

Acciona (Madrid, Spain) has developed GreenH2chain, the world’s first platform based on blockchain technology that guarantees the ...

Gerald Ondrey | February 1 2021 12:00 am

Printing sensors onto stickers

Advanced sensors are crucial to any predictive maintenance strategy, and often these sensors must be quickly installed into ...

Baker Hughes to provide digital technologies for Petrobras sites in Brazil

Baker Hughes (Houston) announced an order with Petrobras to provide a suite of digital solutions across Petrobras sites in Brazil. The order, booked in the fourth quarter 2020, will further expand Petrobras' digital capabilities following…

Mary Page Bailey | January 25 2021 11:47 am

Solvay to use blockchain technology for supply-chain tracing

Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium) has begun testing blockchain technology to trace its products throughout the entire value chain, in a drive ...

Mary Page Bailey | January 19 2021 12:15 pm

Black & Veatch to sell Atonix Digital data analytics business

As demand for innovative, scalable asset performance management (APM) platforms rises, Black & Veatch (Overland Park, Kan.) has sold ...

Mary Page Bailey | January 19 2021 11:56 am

DSM and TU Delft establish artificial-intelligence biomanufacturing lab

Royal DSM N.V. (Herleen, the Netherlands) and TU Delft announced the establishment of the Artificial Intelligence Lab for Biosciences (the ...

Mary Page Bailey | January 11 2021 11:24 am

Henkel Adhesive Technologies invests in predictive-maintenance startup Feelit

Henkel Adhesive Technologies has strengthened its capabilities for maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) solutions by investing in Feelit, ...

Mary Page Bailey and Gerald Ondrey | January 1 2021 12:00 am

Optimize industrial training with immersive virtual reality

This company’s Immersive Field Simulator (photo) is an advanced industrial-training solution that combines 3D immersive technology ...