In this article, Transform and Grow – Manufacturing Excellence in Specialty Chemicals, Aspen experts discuss what is required to drive transformation in specialty chemicals through technology-enabled best practices.

Real-time condition-based monitoring of assets is an attractive solution for mining companies to minimize their unscheduled downtime and improve reliability of critical equipment. The success of an asset monitoring program depends on how well this data is analyzed, filtered and categorized to enable accurate predictions of impending failures. Focusing on the behavior of an asset only tells a small portion of the story. To fully predict failures, the trends of the entire process must be considered as a whole.

The era of the intelligent mine is here and the maintenance department of the future will use insight to improve its decision-making ability based on data.

Predictive technologies are taking the mining world by storm, providing new insights to help companies avoid dangerous situations and costly mistakes.

The 2015 Paris Agreement and other international climate change accords have helped raise global awareness of the need for countries to take urgent action to combat climate change. As companies continue to focus on sustainability, a common theme is taking shape around the role of digitalization as a key enabler. In fact, a recent ARC Advisory Group survey revealed that 75% of respondents rated digital transformation as highly important for achieving sustainability goals.

2015年《巴黎协定》和其他国际气候变化协定有助于提高全球对各国需要采取紧急行动应对气候变化的认识。随着企业继续关注可持续性，围绕数字化作为关键推动因素的作用，一个共同的主题正在形成。事实上，ARC咨询集团最近的一项调查显示，75%的受访者认为数字化转型对于实现可持续发展目标非常重要。

Aspen HYSYS, with its ability to rigorously simulate refinery wide processes & equipment including distillation columns, reactors, heat exchangers, gas plants and more, enables refiners to quickly and accurately analyze operational feasibility of new crude blends. Start your 1-day online trial today to take a guided tour and test drive of the functionality and workflows that enable refiners to eliminate operational risks in processing economic crudes.

Changes are a part of the life of an estimator. Aspen Capital Cost Estimator helps you make those changes quickly, so you can analyze and address the updated costs and man-hours. Start your 1-day online trial today to take a guided tour to add spare equipment, include a quoted cost and change the material of construction for the equipment.

Estimators can compare both construction methods, analyze cost and schedule tradeoffs and support an early optimal execution decision. Start your 1-day online trial today to take a guided tour of creating a modular area, defining construction and engineering workforces, configuring the project scope and running an economic evaluation comparison with Aspen Capital Cost Estimator.

Building on the BLOWDOWN technology in Aspen HYSYS, Staggered Analysis is used to complete the design or validation of disposal systems that sequence the discharge of multiple blowdown valves. Start your 1-day online trial today to take a guided tour and try out the breakthrough technology that can be used to significantly cut CAPEX without compromising safety