The culture of innovation at Endress+Hauser goes far beyond research and development.
Beginnings are always hard – and so it is with the circular economy. Michael Sinz, director of strategic business, explains how it can become a reality for the process industry and how Endress+Hauser is making headway with its implementation.
It’s time to rethink our linear economic model: the consequences of all that taking, making and wasting are getting harder and harder to ignore. But as yet we seem to lack that initial impetus, that spark, needed to set the circular economy in motion.
How much oil is in the storage tank? In international trade, only calibrated measuring devices can deliver an acceptable answer. Calibration can be done laboriously on site or directly at the factory, as Endress+Hauser does. And this is all thanks to a unique calibration rig.
Procurement offers great leverage towards achieving climate neutrality. That’s because with high production volumes – of instrument housings, for example – even small material savings can make a difference.
The systems of Swiss company Climeworks remove carbon dioxide from the air. They are becoming more powerful and cost-effective thanks to highly precise process data.
The energy transition raises countless questions, which in turn are catalyzing an abundance of bright ideas. Wherever you look, there are companies creating solutions with the ‘eureka effect’ – like these ones…
Numerous actions taken by Hofbräu München have already resulted in a 70 percent reduction in CO₂ emissions per hectoliter of beer brewed. Now the plan is to realize even more reduction potential with the help of a solution from Endress+Hauser: the most advanced energy monitoring system installed at any brewery worldwide.
Although gas-fired power plants are considered a bridge technology in the energy transition, they still have to be efficient, flexible and cost-effective. The plants operated by German regional energy provider KMW achieve this with innovative ideas, intelligent systems and advanced technology.
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