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ITT completes acquisition of SPX Flow
ITT Inc. (Stamford, Conn.; www.itt.com) today announced the closing of its acquisition of SPX FLOW, Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.; www.spxflow.com), a leading provider of highly engineered equipment and process technologies serving industrial, chemical, energy, nutrition and health and personal care markets.…
Hexagon software spinoff Octave launches brand identity and website
Octave (Huntsville, Ala.; www.octave.com), the potential software spin-off from Hexagon AB (Stockholm, Sweden; www.hexagon.com), today unveiled its new brand identity, marking a major step toward its transition into an independent company. Comprised of Hexagon’s Asset Lifecycle Intelligence and Safety, Infrastructure…
New single-channel controller simplifies water treatment
The new DULCOMETER diaLog C controller is designed for water treatment applications. The entry-level controller supports all of this company's sensors and can be used as either a transmitter or a two-way controller. It also performs two-way control tasks and…
Focus On: Solids-Handling Equipment
This vacuum system empties containers and minimizes dust The Pneumati-Con ® dilute phase vacuum conveying system (photo) is designed to facilitate dust-free manual dumping and the conveying of materials from small bags or sacks. Additionally, it includes the ability to…
Can We Skip Pilot and Demonstration Studies?
When scaling up from laboratory experiments to full-scale production, there are a strong set of reasons for constructing intermediate pilot-scale plants, but there are also some scale-up situations where it may pay off to skip the pilot studies Pilot-plant studies…
Thermal management system for data centers boosts cooling efficiency and shrinks footprint
Fast-growing power densities within the server racks at new data centers often generate enough heat to quickly overwhelm legacy air- and liquid-cooling methods, and managing the thermal load is becoming a constraint for the data-center infrastructure that supports AI. A…
Business News: March 2026
Plant Watch Solstice Advanced Materials to expand uranium conversion site in Illinois February 11, 2026 — Solstice Advanced Materials (Morris Plains, N.J.; www.solstice.com) has invested in debottlenecking projects at its facility in Metropolis Works, Ill., resulting in a production expansion…
Facts At Your Fingertips: Generative AI Use Cases in the CPI
Many in the chemical process industries (CPI) view generative artificial intelligence (genAI) as a powerful augmentation layer for the modern chemical workforce, and one that can unlock insights faster, lead to leaner operations and provide a more intuitive interface between…
Scale-Up Considerations for New Technologies
Scaling up new technologies is a strategic challenge requiring foresight and disciplined execution. Success demands designing pilot plants with scalability in mind. Applying a set of principles outlined here can reduce risk, improve investor confidence and enhance the likelihood of…
Editor Commentary: Inflection point for interoperability
The idea of vendor-neutral industrial control systems built on open standards that allow for interoperability among hardware and software components has been swirling within the industrial automation industry for the past 12 years, but progress toward this objective to date…