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2015 Chem Show celebrates 100 Years in NYC, November 17-19, 2015

  • October 19, 2015
  • News

The 2015 Chem Show’s exhibits will echo the importance of everything from electronics and wastewater management to the latest practices in sustainability, while exemplifying that controls and automation have dramatically changed the face of the industry.

Endress+Hauser provides process training unit to West Virginia college

  • October 15, 2015
  • News

PTU is fully equipped through joint efforts of Endress+Hauser, Rockwell Automation and BridgeValley Community and Technical College.

Emerson to automate Sasol petrochemical plant

  • October 13, 2015
  • News

Emerson will supply a DeltaV distributed control system, DeltaV SIS process safety system, and AMS Suite predictive maintenance software to automate the $8.9 billion complex in Lake Charles, La.

Endress+Hauser Announces Fall and Winter 2015 Training Courses

  • October 7, 2015
  • News

Classes typically are a combination of classroom and hands-on training on either the Endress+Hauser PTU (Process Training Unit), a full-scale, working process skid with on-line instrumentation and controls, or live instruments in training stands, both designed to simulate operating conditions.

Endress+Hauser signs Forberg Scientific as rep

  • September 22, 2015
  • News

Forberg Scientific is now the E+H exclusive sales rep forWisconsin and Northern Michigan.

Endress+Hauser signs Eastern Controls as rep

  • August 31, 2015
  • News

Eastern Controls is now the E+H rep for the Mid-Atlantic area – Metropolitan New York, Eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, and Northern Virginia.

ISA publishes book on Fire and Gas Systems

  • August 6, 2015
  • News

The Performance-based Fire and Gas Systems Engineering Handbook is a guide to designing and implementing performance-based Fire and Gas Systems (FGS) for process industries.

Four Factors Driving the Global Industrial Dispensing System and Equipment Market

  • August 5, 2015
  • News

Global industrial dispensing system and equipment market was valued at USD 12.85 billion in 2014, growing at a CAGR of 7.0% from 2015 to 2021 to account for USD 20.57 billion in 2021.

Plastics Machinery Shipments up

  • June 17, 2015
  • News

The shipments value of plastics machinery posted a moderate rise in the first quarter of 2015 when compared with the same period last year.

Fluoropolymer plant protected by HIMA emergency shutdown system

  • May 29, 2015
  • Case Study

To safeguard the plant’s depolymerization reactor, Dyneon selected a HIMatrix safety controller from HIMA as the emergency shutdown (ESD) system.

Developing a Model-Based Culture: Optimizing Chemical Production

  • May 9, 2016
  • Feature

By Terumi Okano, AspenTech This article discusses the focus of chemical companies on implementing operational efficiency measures, such as reducing energy and driving maximum throughput of plant assets, using a model-based approach

Knick and M4 Instuments announce strategic partnership

  • May 4, 2016
  • News

Knick is a provider of on-line process equipment for the chemical and pharmaceutical industries. M4 Instruments, already Knick's distribution partner, has many years of field expertise in the process control industry.

Wood Group Acquires Ingenious

  • April 8, 2016
  • News

Ingenious is a supplier of proprietary software and consulting services to the global chemical, oil & gas, and energy industries

Darius Adamczyk Named Honeywell COO

  • April 5, 2016
  • News

Since 2014, Adamczyk has served as President and CEO of Honeywell Performance Materials and Technologies (PMT).

Getting the Most From Bulk Chemical Plants

  • April 1, 2016
  • Feature

By Terumi Okano, Aspen Tech Successful chemical manufacturers are now implementing advanced integrated software solutions to help them maintain production margins, improve product quality and continue to meet regulatory compliance.

Honeywell modernizes Russian ammonia plant

  • December 11, 2015
  • News

Honeywell upgraded the controls and safety system at TogliattiAzot’s production site in Tolyatti, Russia.

Honeywell to control coal-to-plastic plant in China

  • December 4, 2015
  • News

LUXI Chemical Group Co., Ltd. selected Honeywell process technology and automation controls to convert coal to key plastic building blocks.

Yokogawa to control methanol plant in Beaumont, TX

  • November 16, 2015
  • News

Yokogawa will supply CENTUM VP integrated production control system, ProSafe-RS safety instrumented system, Exaquantum plant information management system, and Plant Resource Manager (PRM) software package.

ABB gives Dow Chemical “Control Room of the Year” award

  • November 12, 2015
  • News

The Oyster Creek, Texas, Hydrocarbons Command Center uses ABB’s System 800xA Process Automation System to control all facets of production at the plant.

ACM Facility Safety Offers Training Pass

  • November 12, 2015
  • News

Pass provides unlimited access to process safety training courses along with other benefits for one low fee, representing a 90% discount from list prices.

Honeywell and Equate announce cooperation to develop petrochemical technologies

  • February 26, 2018
  • News

As part of the MOU, EQUATE will test Honeywell technologies, including the latest additions to the Honeywell Connected Plant portfolio, as well as assess EQUATE’s requirements and ideas at Honeywell facilities.

5 Best Practices to Achieve Cost Competitiveness in Commodity Chemicals

  • January 23, 2018
  • Feature

By Eric Kaufman, AspenTech Right now, commodity chemical producers need to shift their focus from growth to improving cost competitiveness. These 5 best practices show how cost competitiveness can be mastered to help commodity chemicals producers achieve sustainable competitive differentiation.

TrendMiner helps Arlanxeo enhance analytics software for chemical production facilities

  • January 5, 2018
  • Case Study

Arlanxeo, a joint venture between Saudi Aramco and LANXESS, is a chemical company that develops, manufactures and markets synthetic rubber and high-performance elastomers for use in various industries.

Endress + Hauser announces acquisition of Blue Ocean Nova

  • November 8, 2017
  • News

The Group has acquired Blue Ocean Nova AG, a manufacturer of innovative inline spectrometers for monitoring quality-relevant process parameters. The company’s 15 employees located in Aalen, Germany will be retained.

Endress + Hauser announces investment in new French facility

  • September 29, 2017
  • News

Endress+Hauser has invested 4.9 million euros in a new building in Lyon. As well as 25 sales and service employees from Endress+Hauser, nine employees from the European headquarters of Kaiser Optical Systems will move into the new facility.

Yokogawa announces acquisition of TechInvent2 AS

  • August 1, 2017
  • News

The Norwegian enterprise holds the rights to FluidCom, a chemical injection metering valve (CIMV). FluidCom prevents blockages and corrosion in oil wells, pipelines, and other facilities and employs a patented technology for thermal control.

MCAA Market Forecast Projects Industry to be worth $14 Billion by 2021

  • June 19, 2017
  • News

The 2016 Process Instrumentation and Automation market in the United States, valued at $11.7 Billion, is projected to grow 3.6 percent by 2021 to a total of $14 Billion.

Superior Controls announces merger with Banks Integration Group

  • April 14, 2017
  • News

The combination, which is the first investment of its kind for Superior Controls, closed on March 31, 2017. Financial terms were not disclosed.

CIMdata releases eBook on capital project success for EPCs

  • February 22, 2017
  • News

This eBook presents CIMdata's perspective on the use of open standards, notably ISO 15926, to improve interoperability, and the application of integrated project execution and integration construction planning techniques to improve project efficiency.

Honeywell to provide process control for Chinese petrochemical company

  • February 14, 2017
  • Case Study

Honeywell UOP will supply a range of technologies in the form of license, design, key equipment, and state-of-the-art catalysts and adsorbents, while Honeywell Process Solutions will provide the process controls and automation systems.

ExxonMobil Advances Open Process Automation

  • by Automation.com
  • July 20, 2019
  • News

ExxonMobil signed collaboration agreements with six other companies to accelerate the development of Open Process Automation (OPA) systems

BASF chooses Emerson to modernize automation software and controllers at German chemical production

  • May 20, 2019
  • News

BASF will implement Emerson’s hybrid automation solution that replaces existing programmable logic controllers (PLCs), used to control 20 reactors, with Emerson’s DeltaV PK Controller.

BASF chooses Emerson to modernize automation software and controllers at German chemical production

  • May 20, 2019
  • News

BASF will implement Emerson’s hybrid automation solution that replaces existing programmable logic controllers (PLCs), used to control 20 reactors, with Emerson’s DeltaV PK Controller.

2018 Salary Survey Results: The Pay Raise Engineers Have Been Waiting for

  • by Cory Fogg
  • April 22, 2019
  • Feature

The financial situation of the average automation engineer got a nice boost in 2018. With the need for experienced professionals still growing, we anticipate the demand to remain strong for engineers for the foreseeable future, with a great deal of opportunity for young graduates and those who are interested in a STEM career.

Meeting the Threat in 2019: Cybersecurity for Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Firms

  • March 15, 2019
  • Feature

By Megan Berkowitz As pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies move toward greater digitalization and the storage of more valuable data, their digital security practices become more and more critical.

Emerson to help Indian oil company modernize automation operations

  • March 12, 2019
  • News

The project will upgrade 14 different process units, including diesel hydro-treating units designed to reduce sulfur content and octane-boosting units either being installed or augmented with desulfurization technologies.

ABB to enhance process and power management for Philippines petrochemical facility

  • October 29, 2018
  • News

The scope of supply includes 69kV high voltage air-insulated switchgear, UniGear medium-voltage switchgear, MNS low-voltage switchgear, power and distribution transformers, a capacitor bank, soft starter, IS-limiters and a process power management system.

Rotork to provide supply electric and pneumatic valve actuators and gearboxes to Chinese petrochemic

  • July 3, 2018
  • News

The latest contract involves approximately 2,000 explosion-proof electric actuators to operate gate valves and ball valves in tank farms.

Rotork to provide supply electric and pneumatic valve actuators and gearboxes to Chinese petrochemic

  • July 3, 2018
  • News

The latest contract involves approximately 2,000 explosion-proof electric actuators to operate gate valves and ball valves in tank farms.

Honeywell to help Chinese chemical company enhance process production capability

  • May 29, 2018
  • News

Honeywell will provide licensing, the process design package, proprietary and non-proprietary equipment, on-site operator training, technical services for startup and continuing operation, and key catalysts and adsorbents for the project.

Schneider Electric announces acquisition of Applied Instrument Technologies

  • October 24, 2016
  • News

The acquisition adds to Schneider Electric’s process automation portfolio that already includes Foxboro plant instrumentation, Foxboro and PlantStruxure PES process automation systems, Modicon PAC systems and Triconex safety systems.

The Inside Story: Visualizing Column Hydraulic Behavior and the Product Ecosystem

  • October 17, 2016
  • Feature

By Jennifer Dyment, AspenTech We all want the inside story. Greater visibility into asset performance can help chemical and energy companies gain a competitive edge. This article discusses how process engineers can quickly get to the root cause of operational issues and make informed decisions that impact the entire operation

Rockwell Automation acquires MAVERICK Technologies

  • October 4, 2016
  • News

Rockwell Automation, Inc. has acquired systems integrator, MAVERICK Technologies, to expand domain knowledge and help deliver innovative control and information solutions to customers in industries such as chemical, food and beverage, and oil and gas.

Czech chemical plant chooses Westermo switches for power control

  • October 3, 2016
  • Case Study

A complete new network backbone for power control and distribution as well as an upgraded network backbone for the emergency shutdown system has been built with Westermo switches to support the applications in the Ethylene unit.

Siluria names Erik Scher as Chief Operations Officer

  • September 23, 2016
  • News

As COO, Dr. Scher is responsible for the company's operating activities, including its OCM demonstration plant in Texas and multiple pilot plants in California, and leading its research and development, scale-up, intellectual property, and technology teams.

HIMA launches HIMA Industrial Automation in China

  • September 8, 2016
  • News

Following a strategic review of the business and their long-term objectives, the safety specialist relaunched its Chinese operation on July 1, 2016, as the wholly foreign-owned enterprise HIMA (Shanghai) Industrial Automation Co., Ltd.

Hatch announces Latin American partnership with Indisa

  • September 6, 2016
  • News

Established in 1978 as a mechanical engineering design company, Indisa specializes in delivering projects and services to the mining, oil & gas, food & beverage, chemical, and plastics industries.

TrendMiner announces $1.1 Million funding from The Innovation Fund

  • July 27, 2016
  • News

This is a symbolic investment after the Fund’s recent series A funding to TrendMiner of $6 million in December 2015. The investment group supports promising companies identified as creating exceptional value to the chemical industry.

ISA releases abstract call for 2016 Process Control and Safety Symposium and Exhibition

  • May 24, 2016
  • News

The ISA program committee calls for process industry leaders, particularly in the chemical and energy processing fields, to submit abstracts for presentation consideration prior to July 22

The 'Great (DCS) Migration Project' at Emerald Kalama Chemical

  • May 11, 2016
  • Case Study

By Daniel Visser, Istec International The EKC "Great Migration Project' was started, with the help of Istec International and Yokogawa to replace an old DCS, during online process conditions.