Sometimes, digitalization is really straightforward. For example, retrofitting existing water treatment plants to enable transfer of measurement and sensor data to the cloud is now as simple as plugging in an expansion card.
Hydrostatic level measurement in hazardous areas
With SIL 2 certification for limit switches and 4…20 mA output
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.
APC enables capacity increases without new hardware, energy savings and cost reduction through continuous optimization, and more stable product quality under fluctuating conditions.
Intrinsically safe tablets and smartphones serve as digital and networked hubs for connected workers in the process industry
Merck and Siemens are deepening their strategic partnership with the aim of accelerating AI and data-driven drug discovery and development
From fertilizer to energy source of the future
Yokogawa Collaborates with Shell on Robotics and AI Technology for Plant Maintenance
The safety solutions provider has been successful in its digitalisation strategy, which has been helped by international expansion and strategic acquisitions.
Ethernet-APL extends connectivity all the way to process automation field devices. This is achieved with 2-wire cabling via Ethernet-APL switches at data transfer rates of 10 MB/s. Transmissions are intrinsically safe and therefore possible into Ex zones as well. This paves the way for the straightforward collection of large volumes of field data, which facilitates plant optimization as well as the development of new business models in process engineering. Yet physical transmission is only part of the story.
Endress+Hauser plans to take over Swiss Angenstein ESTECH AG, including the company’s production site in Cernay, France, ESTECH Industries Angenstein SA, succursale de Cernay. Representatives of both companies have signed a memorandum of understanding. All workplaces at the metal processing company are to be retained.
Competence Centre for Power Electronics strenghtened by setting up 500 state-of-the-art workplaces
Long Ridge Energy is one of the world’s first power plant operators to blend hydrogen with natural gas at scale. Measurement technology plays a critical role in paving the way for the decarbonization of the energy industry.
Revised single-phase motor with up to 1.5 kW power
Customised solution with two pressure transmitters at the same measuring point
Andreas Backs is responsible for the development and implementation of the Group’s global sustainability strategy
Certified for food contact under Reg. (EC) 1935/2004
Schubert has developed a new, extremely compact solution to automate the infeed of carton blanks to the packaging machine. The underlying idea is a slim high-performance machine concept in the smallest possible space, which saves manufacturers money and reduces the workload on production staff.
300,000 tons in carbon emissions to be saved by autonomous oil and gas operations, says the newly published report
The BEUMER Group has completely redesigned and overhauled its paletpac range of robust palletizers. The modular machines now have identical or similar components and modules and – wherever possible – are based on the same design. The total number of components has been reduced and faster deliveries are possible. If replacement parts are later needed, this will also go faster.
Continuous safety monitoring for working places
Unchanged accuracy over a wider measurement range
Higher reliability and lower maintenance for agitator drives
What comes to mind when you hear the word “app”? WhatsApp? TikTok? Linked-in? Broadening our scope from these examples that deliver entertainment and connection, what can apps do for users in the process industries? Quite simply, an app is an application software that generates benefits for the user - on your mobile device, in the cloud or on a server 'under the desk'. Let’s take a look at three apps for process instrumentation, exploring their different approaches as well as their advantages.
Highspeed Ethernet up to 1 km with 2-wire cables
Fraunhofer researchers develop sensors for fire and explosion protection
For applications with very hot media with temperatures up to 450 °C
Market access in the United Kingdom: Schmersal Group receives certificate for solenoid interlocks as transition period for British market ends 2022
For submersible pumps in cryogenic applications
Fixed robots reduce workforce requirements by 20% in a business area with fluctuating production levels.
A Polish producer of various milk-based products faced a problem of breaking granules during the transfer of instant milk within its process. In Piab’s piFLOW®p vacuum conveyor they found the solution they were searching for to solve the problem.
The plant in Trutnov will supply all European locations with assembled printed circuit boards
Compact D3 and M4 housing with a large switching distance
The world is going digital - this applies to our private lives as well as to large parts of our work. In the process industries, the focus is often on end-to-end digital engineering, the analysis of big data, or the utilization of legacy data. But in what way can digitalization change daily work routines and increase work efficiency? A practical example is provided by the specialty chemicals company Lanxess, which has abandoned the classic clipboard, thus demonstrating very clearly what digitalization actually means and what benefits it offers.
Process plants are often very extensive. Many of the plant components are interlinked and their functions coordinated. People who work in this area of plant construction know that there is generally less effort and expense involved in building a new plant, rather than adapting the existing one to meet new requirements. Despite the numerous challenges – and the restrictions imposed by the Corona pandemic and its consequences – the new and renovated production reactors went into operation again right on schedule.
Commissioning via HART, wireless with Bluetooth or Level app
Virtual General Assembly elects Vanni Vignoli as the 30th President of European pump industry association
Software increases ease-of-use for operators and safety of storage tanks for liquefied gas
Reliable sensor for permanent process control in hygienic design
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