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Pilot project demonstrates AI-powered machine vision for tube quality control

Together, Prevas AB (Västerås, Sweden) and Alleima AB have developed and verified a machine vision solution for automated quality control of tubes. Using camera technology and AI-based image analysis, the solution can identify surface defects directly in the production environment…

Sumitomo Chemical and Tata Electronics sign MoU exploring development of India’s semiconductor supply chain

Sumitomo Chemical Co. (Tokyo, Japan) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Tata Electronics Pvt. Ltd. (Mumbai, India) to explore the possibility of collaborating to build a semiconductor supply chain in India. Under the MoU, Sumitomo Chemical will examine…

Shell inaugurates grease manufacturing plant in Indonesia

Shell Indonesia Corp. inaugurated a Grease Manufacturing Plant (GMP) in Indonesia. With a production capacity of up to 12,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr), the facility complements Shell's existing Marunda Lubricants Oil Blending Plant (LOBP) in Bekasi, Indonesia. Construction of…

BASF evaluating investment in new MDI production complex in India

BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) is evaluating a potential investment in India as part of its continued commitment to serving growing customer demand in the region. The company is in the advanced stages of a feasibility study for the construction of…

This lube-oil analyzer features triple-cell FTIR technology

This company has expanded the technical capabilities of its eraspec oil technology, a portable, stand-alone Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) lubricant analyzer. Designed to deliver laboratory-grade precision directly to onsite environments, the lube-oil analyzer utilizes a fully automated, solvent-free workflow with an…

Toray Industries wins RO membrane order for Singapore’s Changi NEWater Factory

Toray Industries, Inc. announced today that it has received an order for its low-fouling reverse osmosis (RO) membranes for wastewater treatment. The RO membrane elements will be used for the Changi NEWater Factory (CNF3), a large-scale used water treatment plant…

INEOS opens E.U.’s first full-scale CO2-storage site in Denmark

INEOS Ltd. (London) announced the opening of the first full-scale facility for the permanent storage of CO₂ in the E.U. The opening takes place at a ceremony at the Port of Esbjerg in Denmark marking Greensand’s move into commercial operation.…

Fujifilm to establish semiconductor materials plant in India to supply Tata Electronics fab

Tata Electronics Pvt. Ltd. (Mumbai, India), a pioneering leader in India's electronics and semiconductor manufacturing sector, and FUJIFILM Corp. (Tokyo, Japan), a global semiconductor materials company, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to accelerate semiconductor materials ecosystem development in…

This imaging system uses millimeter-wave technology to inspect packaging in real time

The R&S Imager uses millimeter-wave imaging to inspect the quality of packaged goods in real time, implementing innovative imaging technology to penetrate materials with invisible millimeter waves, analyze the return signals using a sensor array and convert them into razor-sharp…

Multinational firms join initiative to decarbonize industrial heating across pharma supply chains

Multinational pharmaceutical companies Sanofi S.A. (Paris, France), UCB S.A. (Brussels, Belgium) and Opella Healthcare Group S.A.S. (Neuilly-sur-Seine, France) have joined AstraZeneca plc (Cambridge, UK) as founding members of the Clean Heat Program, an initiative from supply chain intelligence network Secaro…