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MOL and Linde Engineering Digitalize Steam Cracker Plant Operations

Linde Engineering GmbH (Pullach, Germany) and MOL Group (Budapest, Hungary) have signed a contract for the digitalization of MOL’s steam-cracker-plant operations at MOL Petrochemicals in Tiszaújváros, Hungary. Linde will deploy its technology and expertise to help MOL optimize the plant…

LG Energy Solution and Siemens join forces to digitize battery manufacturing

 LG Energy Solution (LGES), a leading global battery maker, announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Siemens AG (Munich, Germany) for joint collaboration in the field of battery manufacturing, particularly the digitization of production process. Under…

Alfa Laval and Microsoft working to develop AI-powered digital tools for heat exchangers

Alfa Laval AB (Lund, Sweden) has signed a global collaboration agreement with Microsoft to develop a suite of innovative digital tools for facilitating service and maintenance of Alfa Laval plate heat exchangers. By using data intelligence and AI, the services…

Ineos to deploy AI technology to optimize emissions reduction

INEOS (London) announced that its Forties Pipeline System (Ineos FPS) will deploy innovative Artificial Intelligence (AI)-driven optimization technology at its Kinneil Terminal in Grangemouth that will deliver further carbon emissions reductions from its operations. The decision follows the announcement of…

Leveraging Time-Series Data to Empower Process Experts

Using new analytics technologies to address process challenges and improve production makes business sense Chemical manufacturers are continuously challenged to achieve operational excellence. Many factors are involved with reaching this goal. However, one crucial path forward is being able to…

Black & Veatch partners with INL to license advanced infrastructure cybersecurity methodology

With digitization proliferating across the infrastructure sector, utilities are facing a higher risk of cybersecurity threats than ever before. To address clients’ changing needs, Black & Veatch (Overland Park, Kan.)  has partnered with Idaho National Laboratory (INL; Idaho Falls) to…

Merck and Siemens collaborate on digitalized supply-chain solutions

Merck KGaA (Darmstadt, Germany) and Siemens AG (Munich, Germany), an innovation leader in automation and digitalization, Germany, plan to develop and implement solutions that offer unprecedented levels of digital trust in machine-to-machine (M2M) connected industrial value chains. This would help…

Expanding access to real-time monitoring technology for polymer reactions

A recently announced business collaboration between Fluence Analytics (Houston; www.fluenceanalytics.com) and Yokogawa Corp. (Tokyo, Japan; www.yokogawa.com) will significantly expand the availability of the latest generation of Fluence’s technology for continuous, real-time monitoring of polymerization processes. Under the agreement, the two…

Modernizing the Process Optimization Toolset

Chemical manufacturers are using advanced analytics solutions to transform the way their employees solve data-intensive optimization problems The traditional approach to process-data analysis for optimization has been on-premises process data historian integration with a Microsoft Excel add-in. This methodology requires…

Axens and Arol Energy partner to deliver digital solutions platform for biomethane producers

Axens (Rueil-Malmaison, France) and Arol Energy have signed a license agreement for Axens' Connect’In technology. This service offer will now be proposed by Arol Energy to its biomethane producer customers. Connect’In is a digital solution developed by Axens and until…