TECHNOLOGY AND AUTOMATION WHAT’S NEW IN PROCESS INDUSTRY TECHNOLOGY & EQUIPMENT EMERSON WINS BASF AUTOMATION CONTRACT

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Emerson is modernising automation software and controllers at BASF’s specialty chemical production facility in Lampertheim,Germany.As part of its five-year investment to boost capacity and operational excellence within its global plastics additives business,BASF awarded Emerson the multi-million dollar contract.These enhancements will help the world’s largest chemical manufacturer increase production flexibility and enhance operations.As the European chemical industry faces increasing market competition from outside Europe,flexible and cost-competitive development methodologies and production technologies are needed to ensure success,says research by DECHEMA Gesellschaft fur Chemische Technik und Biotechnologie eV(Society for Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology).BASF is making a significant investment to modernise plant automation as part of its effort to sustain market leadership and achieve top quartile performance.