Plant Construction & Process Technology

OEM in the process industry

28.07.2016 - Original equipment manufacturers (OEM) produce machines for special applications, all types of equipment, skids and subsystems. These are all tailor-made system components that...

Plant Construction & Process Technology

Optimizing Maintenance – Who is Responsible for What?

07.07.2016 - Inadequate maintenance and unsuitable strategies repeatedly cause malfunctions, which sometimes result in significant damage and high costs. As plants are highly individual, none...

Plant Construction & Process Technology

Staying Ahead In Outsourcing

05.04.2016 - Pharmaceutical companies of all sizes now routinely outsource many of their research, development and/or manufacturing requirements to contract organizations around the world...

Plant Construction & Process Technology

Future Production Concepts in the Chemical Industry

04.04.2016 - In the last few years, chemical and pharmaceutical industry companies are working on two major production concepts to further improve their production of chemicals, drugs...

Plant Construction & Process Technology

Process automation meets strict safety measures for storage vessels

29.03.2016 - PPG Industries knows better than most the challenges of storing solvents. Founded in 1883 in Pittsburgh, the company operates globally in nearly 70 countries, and is a world leader...

Plant Construction & Process Technology

Intergraph CAESAR II 2016 Better Pipe Stress Analysis

04.12.2015 - Ensuring a plant’s piping systems adhere to international codes and standards plays an integral role in keeping a plant operational. Intergraph CAESAR II software makes it easy to...

Plant Construction & Process Technology

One batch more

16.11.2015 - 17 days and not a day longer – this was the initial situation for the migration of a process control system of a large resin reactor. With the help of simulation, virtual test...

Plant Construction & Process Technology

Serialization in the Pharmaceutical Industry

19.10.2015 - Logistics heads and executives are asking themselves, “Do we need to approach serialization, or is it just a minor trend?” Is serialization pain or gain? Now is the time to act no...