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    “The structures that once managed complexity now cause pressure.” Emerson CEO Lal Karsanbhai discussed how the company’s Project Beyond will make current automation investments deliver greater value without introducing complexity.
    Len Vermillion
    May 21, 2025
    Emerson President and CEO Lal Karsanbhai opened Emerson Exchange 2025 with a look at the changing landscape of the industry and the fresh solutions that will usher it in.
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    Nutrien’s Andrew Galambos, together with co-presenter Ryley Blyth of Spartan Controls, explained how the company has saved $7.6 million in process downtime through remote monitoring and analysis of valves and other instrumentation.
    Jim Montague
    May 28, 2025
    Fisher ValveLink and AMS software link up with SpartanPRO Connect and Iris cloud-based analytics to save $7.6 million over six years.
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    “It was a two-in-one solution.” Cliff Crawford of Enbridge Gas shared how the Rosemount 770XA Gas Chromatograph helped measure both hydrogen concentration and heating value of hydrogen and natural gas blends.
    Len Vermillion
    May 27, 2025
    Emerson’s Rosemount 770XA Gas Chromatograph helps Enbridge Gas turn surplus electricity into hydrogen
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    “DeltaV Mobile enables Merck to get better business results, streamlining workflows with alarms and notifications.” Merck’s Colleen Frank discussed how DeltaV Mobile promotes best practices across the company’s production sites.
    Greg Slabodkin
    May 27, 2025
    Encouraged to spend their time on the floor or in the field, Merck’s engineers and operators use DeltaV Mobile to stay in touch
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    “Emerson’s global workforce is propelled by bridging the gap between markets, unmet customer needs, and what our business can deliver.” Emerson CMO Vidya Ramnath spoke to the importance of partnership with the company’s diverse industrial client base.
    Greg Slabodkin
    May 27, 2025
    Emerson customers speak to Emerson’s partnership in digital transformation, a journey driven by shared purpose and partnership
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    “In the 1990s, a typical process plant might need 100 cabinets. In 2011, electronic marshaling reduced that number to a dozen. Now, everything can be run redundantly on two pairs of servers.” Emerson’s Camilo Fadul on the impact of software-defined control on system hardware requirements.
    Jim Montague
    May 27, 2025
    Exhibits highlighted new Emerson developments ranging from valves and field instruments to industrial AI, software-defined control and enterprise operations
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    According to Adelino Dias, process systems analyst for Petrobras, one particular alert enabled the company to resolve a pressure safety valve issue in approximately six hours—a dramatic improvement from the six months it would have taken before implementing the LeakSpy project.
    Jonathan Katz
    May 27, 2025
    Wireless condition monitoring network pinpoints troublesome valves and steam traps, reducing emissions by the equivalent of 20,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide over six months...
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    Emerson’s Peter Zornio (left) led a panel discussion on the continuing edge and cloud computing developments that also included (left to right) William Reed from Dell, Zededa’s Padraig Stapleton, plus Brian LaMothe and Rick Kephart, both of Emerson.
    Jonathan Katz
    May 27, 2025
    Industry experts at Emerson Exchange 2025 explore how bringing computing closer to data sources is transforming manufacturing
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    “I know these numbers sound big on the instrumentation side, but you have to remember this has never been done before.” Eastman Chemical’s Mike Strickler explained how a DeltaV control system and Rosemount instrumentation helped the company gather the information needed to optimize a new recycling process.
    Jonathan Katz
    May 27, 2025
    Specialty materials producer deployed an advanced digital control system and extensive sensor networks at its Kingsport facility as it looks to scale plastics circularity technology...
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    “The future of industrial automation isn't being handed down from the top. It is being built brick-by-brick.” In the closing general session of Emerson Exchange 2025, Emerson’s Ram Krishnan noted the critical role that attendees play in bringing industry forward to a new era of sustainably optimized performance.
    Len Vermillion
    May 27, 2025
    Top technology experts at Emerson Exchange 2025 explore the march toward autonomous operations.
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    Project Beyond enterprise operations platform and Inmation industrial data fabric were explained at Emerson Exchange in San Antonio this week by (l. to r.) Dr. Nina Schwalb, VP and head of Inmation industrial data fabric at Emerson’s Aspen Technology business; Dave Denison, technology VP at Emerson’s process systems and solutions business; and Claudio Fayad, CTO of Emerson’s Aspen Technology business.
    Jim Montague
    May 23, 2025
    An essential aspect of Project Beyond is its Inmation data fabric, which effectively streamlines the integration of formerly siloed, uncontextualized data
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    “We’re moving people away from an unhealthy environment and making the process more efficient.” Gabriel Carrizo of Rio Tinto share how the company improved the efficiency and safety of high-altitude evaporation pods using wireless radar technology.
    Len Vermillion
    May 22, 2025
    Argentinian producer gets help from non-contacting radar to cut costs, improve safety of Andes operation
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    Claudio Fayad, CTO of Emerson’s Aspen Technology business, explained how Project Beyond integrates DeltaV control functionality with other Emerson software packages via a seamless data fabric.
    Jim Montague
    May 22, 2025
    Claudio Fayad, CTO of Emerson’s Aspen Technology business, showed how Emerson’s new approach combines computing power, secure networking, unified data fabric, AI orchestration...
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    “Be clear what you want to do because that might influence your choice of technology as well as how and what you connect it to.” Emerson’s Raoul Mercer (left) and BP’s David Mason discussed how the company connects offshore assets for optimal remote operations.
    Jonathan Katz
    May 22, 2025
    The energy company is using Emerson's DeltaV Automation Platform to reduce safety risks and operational costs across projects from Azerbaijan to West Africa