WACKER Confers Innovation Award for Optimized Polysilicon Manufacturing Process

28-Jun-2023 - Munich-based chemical group WACKER has given this year’s Alexander Wacker Innovation Award to a project team from Burghausen. The award was conferred for improvements to the polysilicon manufacturing process that further increase production efficiency. Paul Bönisch, Markus Wenzeis and their team ...

Emerson completes acquisition of ProSys

19-Jan-2018 - Emerson announced it has acquired ProSys Inc., a global supplier of software and services that increase production and safety for the chemical, oil and gas, pulp and paper, and refining industries. By building intuitive processes for plant operators, these solutions make everything from everyday ...

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 ...

Merck: Optimizing the Further Development of the Darmstadt Site

Establishment of subsidiaries under the roof of Merck KGaA to be considered

17-May-2017 - Merck announced that it will purposefully develop its structures at the Darmstadt site further. The aim is to be able to benefit in the best possible way from the global growth opportunities of the three business sectors over the long term.“Darmstadt is a strong site with strong prospects. Our ...

GEMÜ: 50 years of experience in valve design

26-May-2014 - The company Gebrüder Müller Apparatebau GmbH & Co. KG -GEMÜ for short -based in Ingelfingen, Baden-Württemberg, is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Founded by Fritz Müller in his parents' garage, the manufacturer of valves, measurement and control systems can now look back on an ...

Expansion of Oil, Gas and Energy Industries Powers Automation and Control Solutions Market in CIS Countries

ACS suppliers must customise products to stay competitive in a market grounded in innovation

29-Apr-2014 - Upcoming brownfield and greenfield projects in the oil and gas and power generation industries will sustain the demand for automation and control solutions (ACS) in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). Among the countries in the region (Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, ...

The ATM strikes back

14-Apr-2014 - Hot foam may soon send criminals running if they damage ATM. ETH researchers have developed a special film that triggers an intense reaction when destroyed. The idea originates from a beetle that uses a gas explosion to fend off attackers. Its head and pronotum are usually rusty red, and its ...

Turkey: Rising demand for oil and gas will fuel automation and control systems

22-Aug-2013 - A robust Turkish economy, aided by a stable political establishment, is set to increase investments in the oil and gas industry and boost automation and control solutions (ACS) market growth. Compliance with new regulations governing oil and gas products is also poised to promote fresh ACS ...

ABB technologies to power waste incineration plant in Switzerland

13-Oct-2010 - ABB will supply equipment for a new waste incineration facility being constructed by Energie Wasser Bern.The planned facility will be the first of its kind in Europe, integrating a clean biomass-fired power station and combined cycle gas turbine plant. It will replace an existing waste ...

ABB wins $155 million oil and gas order in Kuwait

14-Jun-2010 - ABB has won a contract worth $155 million from the Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) for a turnkey project to design and build a new crude-oil transit line and associated ancillary systems. The project includes the expansion of an existing manifold (a pipeline consolidation installation) at Point A, a ...