IIOT Chemical
Praj Industries develops technology to produce lignin-based bio-bitumen
Praj Industries Ltd. (Pune, India) has reached a milestone in the development of an innovative technology to produce bio-bitumen based on lignin. Netherlands-based Circular Biobased Delta, one of Europe’s premier consortia to promote bioeconomy, has approved Praj’s Bio-bitumen samples processed from…
Haldor Topsoe’s ClearView digital solution starts up at Fatima ammonia plant in Pakistan
Haldor Topsoe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark) announced that Pakistani fertilizer company Fatima has implemented Topsoe’s digital solution ClearView at their 1,650 metric tons per day ammonia facility in Rahim Yar Khan, Pakistan. “Digitalization is important in the strategic goals of both…
Industrial AI specialist Flutura and TechnipFMC in strategic digitalization partnership
Flutura Business Solutions LLC (Houston), an Industrial IoT Intelligence provider, announced a multi-year agreement with TechnipFMC (Surface Division), a leading technology provider to the traditional and new energy industries, delivering fully integrated projects, products, and services. This agreement is the…
Eastman and SAP to pilot blockchain platform for recycled material traceability
Eastman Chemical Co. (Kingsport, Tenn.) is collaborating with SAP to pilot the GreenToken by SAP technology to enable traceability of certified recycled content across the value chain using blockchain technology. The Eastman and SAP collaboration will leverage the blockchain-based platform…
AI-enabled design-and-test platform speeds bioproduct development
TeselaGen Biotechnology (San Francisco, Calif.; www.teselagen.com) has developed a platform technology that integrates software and services, while taking advantage of artificial intelligence (AI) by applying machine-learning algorithms to reduce the costs and time required for the development of biologically derived…
Enhancing Plant Safety Via Virtual ‘On-Site’ Visits
New developments in augmented reality can help plant operators fix critical issues while limiting the number of outside visitors entering the facility Reducing risk is an important goal for any plant or petroleum refinery to maintain the health and safety…
Advanced Analytics for Process Safety
A look at how advanced analytics facilitates and improves process safety efforts within the chemical process industries (CPI) Simply by the nature of some of the chemicals used and the associated complex processes involved, chemical plants can be hazardous. With…
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 for longer-term projects. Furthermore, Evonik…
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 digital sphere — are being implemented at an accelerated pace. Simply put, digitalization is the leveraging of digital technologies…
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 venture will leverage the power of artificial intelligence (AI), data analytics and other technologies to transform operations and create new…