As companies move towards risk-based asset management, they need to be confident that their decisions will increase the profitability and productivity of their asset bases while minimising the exposure to the risk of catastrophic events
Traditional chemical engineering skills will help towards achieving sustainability. But this does not mean simply doing more efficiently what has led to success in the past.
Lyondell Chemical Company is a global enterprise specialising in the production of basic chemicals and derivatives that are the building blocks for everyday products, such as clothing, food packaging, building materials, household furnishings and automobile parts.
Energy-intensive industries in Europe are no longer competitive globally and the EU regulatory and legislative framework is putting European industry at serious risk.
Dr Jürgen Hambrecht, President of the German chemical industry association (VCI) and Chairman of BASF, believes that the EU has for too long lacked the courage to make the reforms needed to support a successful chemical sector
Rexroth's 32 series A10VSO variable axial piston hydraulic pumps for applications in harsh environments 
Units come in PVC or CPVC plastic bodies with EPDM of FPM o-rings for a wide range of chemical compatibility 
Gauges (bottom) can be accurately adapted to any industry requirements, thanks to their intelligent sensors 
Carlo Gavazzi's compact RSHR-MIDI starters are claimed to offer more starts per hour, thanks largely to an integrated external heat sink 
Sensortechnics is introducing new miniature HCLA pressure sensors that include signal conditioning; customised versions also available
Field technicians can obtain measurements, make setting changes and read trouble-shooting codes without ever having to open the instrument
IFM Electronic is adding more models to its range of inductive proximity switches for use in safety-related control systems
Festo is now offering a version of its CPV10 valve terminal, the CPV10 Ex-i, for use in potentially explosive atmospheres