Siemens to acquire industrial drive technology business of ebm-papst

25-Mar-2024 - Siemens AG has signed an agreement to acquire the industrial drive technology (IDT) business of ebm-papst. The business, which employs around 650 people, includes intelligent, integrated mechatronic systems in the protective extra-low voltage range and innovative motion control systems. These ...

Merck Commissions Fully Automated Unit for the Digital Color Measurement of its Pigment Products

Automation and digitalization of production processes

29-Sep-2022 - Merck commissioned its first fully automated unit for the digital color measurement of its pigment products. The unit was commissioned in Gernsheim, Germany, the company’s largest pigments production site. Approximately 560 people work at the site. “We have invested tremendously in recent years ...

BASF inaugurated application center for Plastic Additives

Merging key resources at one location to create a center of excellence

12-Jun-2018 - BASF recently inaugurated its new EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) Application center for Plastic Additives in Kaisten, Switzerland. The new facility, located in the existing BASF production site, includes a state of the art compounding extruder, stretch film and tape lines as well as an ...

Smart tomographic sensors control industrial processes of tomorrow

HZDR coordinates European Doctoral Training Network TOMOCON

01-Sep-2017 - Modern parallel computer architectures are capable of processing huge amounts of data at high speed. This allows for the increasing use of imaging techniques as sensors to control machines and process plants. In the new European collaborative project TOMOCON twelve research institutions and 15 ...

LSB Industries Inc. Awards $5.3 Million Order to Rockwell Automation

06-Aug-2014 - LSB Industries Inc. has awarded a $5.3 million contract to Rockwell Automation. Rockwell Automation will serve as main automation contractor, providing a $3.5 million PlantPAx process automation system with electrical, controls, and instrumentation services and a $1.8 million Ethernet motor ...

Water and wastewater industry’s drive to optimise energy usage

Entering the smart water grid market will provide growth opportunities for smart pump manufacturers

11-Mar-2014 - The enhanced focus on optimising energy consumption and minimising pump lifecycle costs in the water and wastewater industry is boosting the adoption of smart pumps across Europe. Although smart pumps have a higher initial cost than standard pumps, they enable a reduction in the total cost of ...

ABB completes acquisition of K-TEK

Integration of instrumentation maker expected to boost offering for oil and gas, water markets

13-Jul-2010 - ABB announced it has completed its acquisition of Prairieville, Louisiana company K-TEK, which becomes part of the Measurement Products business unit within ABB’s Process Automation division. With over 350,000 installations since its founding in 1975, K-TEK is recognized as a global leader in ...

ABB wins $60 million oil and gas order in Norway

31-Mar-2010 - ABB has won an order worth more than $60 million from Hyundai Heavy Industries to provide an array of power and automation technologies for an offshore production platform at the Goliat oil and gas field off the northern coast of Norway. The field is being developed and operated by Eni Norway. A ...

ABB realigns automation divisions to enhance growth opportunities

30-Nov-2009 - ABB is reorganizing its automation divisions to align their activities more closely with those of its customers. These changes will enable ABB to better tap growth opportunities in service, expand its presence in the discrete manufacturing sector and better respond to the increasing demand for ...

ABB wins $19 million automation lifecycle support contract in South Pacific

21-Jul-2009 - ABB announced it was recently awarded a three-year service contract worth approximately $19 million, by Vale Inco Nouvelle Caledonie. Under this contract, awarded during the second quarter of 2009, ABB will provide onsite process control systems service and maintenance at Vale Inco’s process ...