It is becoming increasingly difficult for process manufacturers and producers to execute large capital projects.
April 25, 2017
The distribution model of the past 50 years is changing rapidly thanks in part to the digital revolution.
April 12, 2017
The positive forecast Alan Beaulieu of ITR Economics shared was welcome news at VMA’s 2017 Leadership Forum. “You’re going to like 2017 and 2018,” he said. “Consumers are in great shape, retail sales are at a record high level, housing starts are positive, interest rates remain favorable, employment and wages are rising, and banks are lending.” However, it is not all smooth sailing.
April 3, 2017
Q: How do the requirements in this International Organization for Standards (ISO) document differ from those in the previous version?
March 29, 2017
Because of the difficulties of dealing with slurry as a medium, the equipment assigned to move it along faces many challenges.
March 29, 2017
Over the centuries, the pulp and paper industry evolved greatly: from the first recorded paper made from rag stock in China (circa 100 AD) to paper derived from wood pulp (the 1840s) to the highly technical manufacturing and chemical processes of today.
March 14, 2017
After a year of little growth in 2016, U.S. valve shipments for 2017 are forecast to gain ground: about 2% for the year.
February 28, 2017
Fourscore and seven years ago, no one had ever heard the term “fugitive emissions.” Today, many people wish they’d never heard the expression.
January 31, 2017
Many manual and ad hoc processes are used to manage the unstructured information that surrounds key manufacturing processes.
January 31, 2017
The world may not agree on all the causes of climate change, but most people realize our actions over the last 150 years have directly contributed to greenhouse gas (GHG) buildup, most notably accumulation of carbon dioxide and methane.
January 23, 2017
The words, “maintenance” and “repair” are so common in everyone’s vocabulary that we use them almost daily, and sometimes we’re not exactly happy about it.
January 17, 2017
The recently released Annual Energy Outlook 2017 (AEO2017) from The Energy Information Administration (EIA) provides modeled projections of domestic energy markets through 2050.
January 17, 2017
