Chiyoda Corp. (Yokohama, Japan; www.chiyodacorp.com) has developed digital systems for material and field labor controls to maximize the efficiency of construction sites. Chiyoda introduced these systems into the hydrogen plant in Negara Brunei Darussalam, currently under construction. Chiyoda also plans…
Norsk Hydro ASA (Hydro; Oslo, Norway; www.hydro.com) announced earlier this week that it was the victim of an extensive cyber-attack, which impacted operations in several of the company's business areas. IT systems in most business areas were impacted. Hydro isolated…
Honeywell UOP (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com) and Wood (www.woodplc.com) will work together through the Honeywell Connected Plant platform to commercialize digital services that help refiners and petrochemical manufacturers make their operations safer, more efficient and more reliable. Honeywell UOP has partnered with…
Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) has invested in Noble.AI, a leading developer of software that helps R&D organizations speed up their innovation efforts. Noble’s software, which incorporates physics-based principles into an artificial intelligence engine, will enable Solvay to accelerate its…
Nokia (Espoo, Finland; www.nokia.com) announced that it will partner with Pöyry PLC (Helsinki, Finland; www.poyry.com), an international consulting and engineering company, and Infosys (Bengaluru, India; www.infosys.com), a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting, to further enhance and accelerate…
The Saudi Basic Industries Corp. (SABIC; Riyadh; www.sabic.com) and hte GmbH (Heidelberg, Germany; www.hte-company.com) have extended plans for collaboration for five more years to increase efficiency through digitalization and high throughput technologies in catalysis research and development (R&D) in petrochemicals.Dr.…
Emerson (St. Louis, Mo.; www.emerson.com) announced it has signed multiple contracts totaling $12 million with India’s largest commercial oil company, Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL), to modernize operations and emissions programs at the company’s refineries. Under the contracts, Emerson will…
In February 2019, BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) founded the new company BASF Digital Solutions S.L. located in Madrid, Spain to drive forward the digital transformation of BASF group and develop innovative IT solutions. BASF plans to grow the center…
Haldor Topsoe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com) and Honeywell (Charlotte, N.C.; www.honeywell.com) announced a technology alliance to expand the benefits of connected services to a broader range of the chemical and refining industries. As a product of this alliance, Topsoe has…
The technologies associated with the Industrial Internet of Things, and the benefits that can be attained from them, are topics that are frequently described in the pages of Chemical Engineering. Finding and implementing the best new technologies for an application…