The fertilizer sector is caught in a global paradox between growing food to feed billions and the urgent need to decarbonise. Compressors present a largely overlooked opportunity to reduce lifecycle costs and carbon emissions, while enabling more sustainable production of ammonia. Author: Greg Gedney, Business Development Manager, Industrial Operations, Greene Tweed
The German specialist in mixing, dispersing and powder-wetting technologies, is significantly strengthening its operations in India with the opening of a new facility in Bangalore. The expansion, which includes a larger technical and service team as well as increased local procurement, underscores the company’s long-term commitment to the Indian and Southeast Asian markets.
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.
Solving different engineering challenges with the right supplier
Experts have to collaborate effectively for process plants to be controlled reliably and economically. Safety, reliability, and efficiency must be guaranteed. This means operators of such plants are dependent on experienced project partners who not only supply individual products, but also have a deep understanding of the processes and requirements on-site and are able to use this knowledge to develop customized and long-term sustainable solutions.
As businesses in industry continually aim to become environmentally sustainable, the demands are increasingly pushed throughout the supply chains. Liquid and gas flow controls, ubiquitous throughout industry, are highlighted within the sustainability drive. Optimising the performance of valves and their controls can directly improve energy efficiency for end users. Moreover, procurement teams are progressively checking that flow control suppliers are achieving a holistic position to meet sustainability goals.
AERZEN and HH2E agree on cooperation for large-scale production with an initial capacity of 100 MW in 2026
Joint development and construction of electric steam cracking furnaces at BASF’s Verbund site in Ludwigshafen. The technology has the potential to reduce CO2 emissions by at least 90% compared to conventional steam crackers.
Joined forces to expand offerings of levulinate solvents across Europe
Even under normal conditions it is not simple to always have the right motor on hand to address a wide range of applications. It is all that much more difficult in large chemical companies if several thousand drives have to be kept running around the clock in harsh explosive environments. In the future, one of the largest chemical companies in the world will be depending on a team of external specialists and the comprehensive range of Simotics XP explosion-protected motors from Siemens.
Measurement and automation specialist increased sales and profit in 2021 to an unexpected level
Asahi Kasei subsidiary Tong-suh Petrochemical becomes the first acrylonitrile manufacturer in Asia to acquire ISCC PLUS certification
BASF Renewable Energy GmbH will focus on renewable power supply for BASF’s European sites
AS-Schneider valves are being successfully used at the Amal oilfield in Oman which uses steam generated at the Miraah solar thermal facility. Steam injection is a common enhanced oil recovery method.
Easy to handle for use in a wide range of basic applications
Bühler and Vyncke form strategic partnership to offer low-carbon-emissions food plants
Smart universal marshalling can minimise costly downtime, simplify operations and deliver better TCO, says Roger Highton, MTL Product Line Manager, Eaton.
For retrofitting of ball and butterfly valves
Air Products and thyssenkrupp Sign Exclusive Strategic Cooperation Agreement
Versatile full-flow valve designed for harsh environments and working pressure of more than 400 bar
Digitization and modularization will in the centre of attention in Frankfurt
Main goal of Operational Technology Cyber Security Alliance is to develop comprehensive cybersecurity guidelines for operational technology infrastructure
Increased transparency and improved controlling through all divisions is the goal
New member for Board of Directors of Swiss Bühler Group
MMEC Mannesmann brings along its global technological know-how and expertise to help grow the region’s oil & gas and chemical industries
August 2018 sees the initial launch of the new Gericke GS centrifugal sifter. The new range of GS centrifugal sifters is the evolution of a long established design principle, highlighting Gericke as an industry leading sifter manufacturer
To keep ahead internationally, manufacturers have to achieve a high efficiency rate. Automation plays an important role here – but standardization can also be fundamental
INPEX's onshore and offshore facilities are the most modern in the world, being connected for almost 900 kilometers to a total of 25,000 safety-related input and output points thanks to HIMA’s safe Ethernet protocol
Thomas Walkenhorst will take over as CEO of the company from 1 March 2017, succeeding Dr Hans-Nicolaus Rindfleisch. The new company head will be supported by the recently appointed Chief Operating Officer, Hans Joachim Machetanz
When trying to identify and implement trends in water supply, it’s important to take into account topics such as system migration and modernization, data capture and analysis or preventive maintenance
The Nottinghamshire based fabrication and water control experts will be exhibiting at stand E22 in the Energy Event, which is the leading event for energy and utilities procurement specialists and aims to influence energy management policy
Interview with Mr. Morteza Seraj, Director for Process Automation at Mitsubishi Electric Europe, and Mr. Michael Suer, Director Life Science EMEA, Mitsubishi Electric Europe
CBS System helped Kugler Feinkost reach efficient food production, effective quality control and comprehensive traceability, by controlling and monitoring the entire process
It will take place on 25th-26th March 2015 in Istanbul
natural-gas-fired
for new UK energy-from-waste plant
help refinery to meet fuel specifications
on the 2013 ISA Water/Wastewater and Automatic Controls Symposium and instrument testing
in hygienic applications
to the process industry sector
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