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In September 2025, a ransomware attack on Collins Aerospace interrupted check-in and boarding systems at major European airports, heavily impacting Heathrow, Brussels, and Berlin. The attackers never breached the airport’s core IT – they didn’t need to. One compromised supplier was enough to paralyze a critical service. Here, Stephan Nobis, business development manager at automation supplier COPA-DATA, discusses why Europe’s critical infrastructure must move from compliance to continuous cybersecurity – or face severe risks.
Around three years ago, EBRO ARMATUREN worked closely with its customers to develop a butterfly valve adapted specifically to the requirements of the chemicals industry. A prototype has already been deployed in the food and beverage sector, including at Schneider Weisse. Besides the FDA compliance required with regard to food and pharmaceutical technology, resistance to chemically aggressive media...
For safe manucfaturing processes without foreign bodies
The Fraunhofer Cluster of Excellence Circular Plastics Economy CCPE and its Institute for Environmental, Safety and Energy Technology UMSICHT have developed an advanced recycling process for used plastics. The pilot project with SABIC and Procter & Gamble serves to demonstrate the feasibility of closed-loop recycling for single-use facemasks.
"All-in-one" process for feed and fertiliser production
Approved for hazardous processes and plant areas
Digital Communication Specialist awarded in Malaysia
Pocket-size food scanner developed by German researchers
With the Industrial Internet of Things and Industry 4.0 rapidly gaining acceptance in wider industry, a digital transformation is now being seen as the only way to keep pace with modern consumer demands.
In chemical and pharmaceutical environments, it is sometimes hard to maintain the integrity of the product during dispensing operations, especially in IBC. This challenge was accepted by CO.RA. with its DUK, a flexible and easy cleanable system
Having over 30 years of experience in manufacturing, in his new role Gilliam will lead a team that takes responsibility for educating and informing food manufacturers on the impact of digitalization and on long-term solutions to improve efficiency
Thanks to the magnetic coupling, there is no physical connection between the tank’s interior and exterior. The encapsulated sensor provides permanent monitoring, regulation and data collection of the mixing process
The exceptional performance of such critical components thanks to high quality production and maintenance strategies, helping to optimize availability and minimize costs of a LDPE plant
Twisted Vine Brewery implemented Unitronics's PLC Vision1040™, paired with a V200-18-E3XB snap-in I/O module, to control a rotary phase converter, maintain their products at the optimum temperature while keeping low development and operating cost
inspects blister packs with zero tolerance
for extreme temperature conditions
for chemical manufacturer
At American Crystal Sugar Company a rigid sensor couldn’t measure molasses temperature accurately in a conventional thermowell, but a custom thermowell and a flexible sensor provided the solution.
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