

Emerson Process Management, with strategic partner for industrial Ethernet MYNAH Technologies, will add PROFINET protocol to the DeltaV digital automation system.
Specialty chemicals company Lanxess is expanding its global production network for inorganic pigments and building a new plant in China for the Inorganic Pigments business unit. The new facility for high-quality iron oxide red pigments is being erected at a cost of €55 million at the chemical park in Ningbo, on the eastern coast of China.
In December 2011, NNE Pharmaplan decided to open a new office in Belgium, accommodating the demand of several of their existing customers. The office is located in Rhode-Saint-Genèse, the southern Brussels area, which is a pharmaceutical hub for vaccine and biotech.
More Plastics, Less CO2 - Plastics are playing a pivotal role in the development of "green" vehicles. This is evident, for example, in a lightweight front-end carrier made entirely of polyamide; new, particularly heat-resistant, polyamides for engine compartment applications; and new rubber products for low rolling-resistance tires.