fuelforthought Impressive Lineup of Leading Companies from the Instrumentation Industry to Meet in Munich
Addressing the challenges as well as the opportunities in the analytical instruments industry, the seventh edition of analytica Anacon India 2013, jointly organised by Messe München International (Germany) and the Indian Analytical Instruments Association (IAIA), ended with 4,022 trade visitors from the industry. The three day event took place at the Bombay Exhibition Centre in Goregaon from November 12 to 14, 2013.
Mr. Bhupinder Singh, Deputy CEO, Messe München International India, said: “analytica Anacon India 2013 has been successful in bringing a new momentum to research, business and technology of analytical instruments in India. The event has consistently showcased top manufacturers and suppliers of analytical instruments from all over the world. With a strong focus on innovation, this specialised event provided a platform for key professionals from around the world to link to the exciting Indian market.”
analytica Anacon India attracted visitors from primary domains like pharmaceutical, chemical and petrochemical, food, medical laboratory, universities and research institutes. Offering potential to revolutionise other growing industries, the event had participation from a broad range of leading local, national and international analytical instrument manufacturers and distributors.
Ms. Pranaya Pradhan, Marketing Specialist, Millipore India Pvt Ltd., Labwater, expressed: “The event is like a bridge between us and our customers. Since Millipore is a brand in the analytical instruments segment, we had a very good number of industry professionals coming to our stall for knowing the highend technology used in our products. Many new customers visited our booth and we are hoping to get good business post the event.”
This edition of analytica Anacon India witnessed an impressive line-up of key players from the instrumentation industry like Agilient Technologies, Borosil, Bruker AXS Analytical Instruments Pvt Ltd, Cryogen Instruments, Eppendorf, GCE India Pvt Limited, Genedirex, Inkarp Instruments, Labcon, LCGC Chrom Consumables LLP, Marsap, Medispec Instruments, Merck Millipore, Metrohm India Limited, Phenomenex India, Skytech Systems,
S.V.Scientific, TA Instruments, Vishva Protech, Waters India and many more. Next to German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi) as well as the Association of the German Trade Fair Industry (AUMA) supporting German group participation, the trade fair also had international country pavilions from China and Japan.
Mr. Manu Grover, Product Manager, Waters, said: “The response that we are getting from the exhibition is really good. Quality visitors from all segments, be it pharmaceutical or non-pharmaceutical, are visiting the stalls. All the big corporate names in pharmaceutical industry from across the state visited the show. On an overall basis, the show is getting better year after year. The conference sessions are also witnessing participation from high–end industry professionals.”
The trade fair also featured an international conference addressing various concerns in the instrumentations industry. The analytica Anacon India Conference with the topic “Research & Regulations: Challenges for the Pharmaceutical, Life Science and Food Industries” was presided by industry leaders as well as international speakers from the science, giving expert insights into the latest research developments in the analysis, chromatography, biotechnology and life-science sectors. The program was organised by the IAIA and Prof. Dr. Oliver Schmitz (University Duisburg-Essen, Dept. Applied Analytical Chemistry).
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Scottish Minister Officially Opens New Service Centre
Fergus Ewing, Scottish Minister for Energy, Enterprise and Tourism officially opens ABB’s (UK) new facility in Aberdeen, Scotland following a £3.5 million upgrade. The Altens site is the headquarters for the power and automation technology company’s UK service businesses, bringing together its oil & gas and marine services, spare parts and logistics, turbocharging and consulting activities.
The move to the 27,000 square feet bespoke facility, from the city centre’s Commerce Street, accommodates an advanced learning centre for employees and customers, an automation build and test staging area and upgraded turbocharger workshop. The site also houses ABB’s consulting services team. Consulting helps customers to improve the performance of their total operation in the areas of process safety, integrity management and reliability. Typical services include asset life extension, decommissioning, process safety risk assessment and management, alarm management, technical training and specialist technical engineering.
Increased capacity has enabled a 30 percent growth in staffing levels. This provides the resources to achieve ABB’s goal to penetrate its own installed base and grow revenues from around 17 to 25 percent of group revenues by 2015. ABB in Aberdeen now has 140 employees comprising 100 engineers, consultants (on- and offshore) and support staff. It also continues to grow its graduate programme, developing its engineers for the future. The company will continue to recruit engineers in 2014.
Mike Crawford, Regional Service Manager, Northern Europe and head of the Aberdeen facility says: “We are now building the capacity and technology to support our customer base with advanced services across a more comprehensive portfolio of local services. This enables us to deliver more and new value to our customers, recognising the different requirements for supporting new and ageing assets.”
The learning centre supports the development of the skills required now and into the future to operate, maintain and extend the life of automation systems. The centre includes ergonomically designed interactive control room screens which aim to improve the safety and efficiency of operators by providing detailed and timely plant information. The centre also focuses on specific technologies such as instrumentation, electrical equipment including motors, drives, intelligent switchgear and advanced protection systems. ABB's D3 collaboration desk, also in the learning centre, allows users to see real- time process data and key performance indicators, alongside other documents from various sources. Demonstrations running on the desk illustrate how the different functions in an operating company can collaborate to improve performance or manage process excursions or incidents. The desk shows how the wide range of ABB's offerings are brought together to help its customers improve their operating effectiveness.
ABB’s staging area continues to grow and now houses several scale replicas of the actual control and safety systems in use on specific customer assets. This allows ABB to perform thorough testing of software and its integrity prior to its release to site. This provides the confidence that design specifications and safety standards have been met thus reducing the work required to install and commission onshore. The facility also enhances preparation for planned offshore visits and improves the level of operational support provided from base to facilitate technical troubleshooting and maintenance.
“Having our operations close to the majority of clients, helps ABB engage more efficiently with its customers to ensure our portfolio of services from the supporting units meet their current and future needs,” explains Crawford. “The wide variety of products and technology installed offshore and the difficulty in gaining access for training purposes requires us to train our engineers in a controlled environment. The staging and learning facilities are ideally suited for this purpose and helps strengthen the resource pool of competent and highly skilled engineers to better serve the customer base.”
Some 80 percent of the turbocharger population, in the supply and offshore specialist vessels, have ABB turbochargers. To support the growing demand and the new advanced turbochargers, ABB has also expanded the capacity of its turbocharger workshop. The 5,800 square feet turbocharger workshop now accommodates the most advanced testing and repair facilities to support a highly responsive service to ABB’s customers.
The site also provides a third location for ABB’s consulting services, following on from Billingham and Daresbury. Consulting specialises in customer process improvement, aging and life extension, alarm handling and functional safety management.
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Good Industrial Design GIO Award Received
PAC’s (USA) Alcor JFTOT IV recently won the Good Industrial Design Award (Good Industrieel Ontwerp - GIO) presented by Designlink. The GIO award is the longest running and most renowned award for Industrial Design in the Netherlands. It is held every year and awards are handed out in 5 categories: consumer products, public design and mobility, professional products, interior design, food & retail. The JFTOT IV won the award in the professional products category. PAC released the JFTOT IV in May of this year. Alcor’s JFTOT analysers are the globally recognised standard for jet fuel thermal oxidation testing with a worldwide installed base over 1000 instruments of various generations of instruments. In addition to its accurate and reliable jet fuel analysis, the JFTOT IV offers enhanced safety features and simplified operational capabilities in a smaller, more streamlined package than previous generations. Its appearance and user interface design, aided by Vanberlo design agency, were also greatly enhanced. The JFTOT IV strictly follows ASTM D3241, IP 323, and ISO 6249 standard test methods.
“PAC is very proud to have received this distinguished award for one of our most innovative products, the JFTOT IV. We incorporated several unique features into the design, such as the quick connect containers, sliding door over the heater tube, and a large touch screen, to enhance the ease of use and safety for the operators,” said David Tran, PAC Vice-President of Product Management and Marketing, “Our goal is to offer our customers with the best design features in our products and it is gratifying to know that they have been recognised by an independent and highly regarded organisation such as Designlink.”
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