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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…
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…
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…
Ansaldo Green Tech completes large-volume production line for AEM electrolyzers
Ansaldo Green Tech S.p.A. (Genoa, Italy) has completed its new high-volume production line for AEM (anion exchange membrane) electrolyzer stacks at its Genoa facility. With a production capacity exceeding 300 MW per year, the plant marks a significant step in…
Sartorius and NIBRT partner to establish world’s first continuous bioprocessing training center
Sartorius AG (Göttingen, Germany) and the National Institute for Bioprocessing Research and Training (NIBRT) (Dublin, Ireland) are partnering to establish the world's most comprehensive training center for intensified and fully continuous bioprocessing in Dublin, Ireland. Starting in the fourth quarter…