Tailor-made automation solutions and digital transformation

With the digitalization of industrial plants, the volume of available production data is growing. The data can be used in many ways – for example, to ensure the reliability of production processes or identify hidden potential for improved efficiency.

For SCADA systems, this also creates the challenge of processing such huge data volumes. They must be managed and connected to other places, such as MES, ERP and the cloud. Our certified Solution Partners can help you to modernize your current SCADA system, making production processes more reliable, efficient and productive.

The seamless integration of machine safety into the automation system with SIMATIC Safety Integrated means that the safety functionality is already integrated and no additional system is required. This makes production lines not only highly flexible, but also more available and cost-saving while complying with legal safety regulations.

As the safety functions and the regular machine functions can be optimally coordinated, this increases engineering efficiency. In addition, the system of hardware and software leads to reduced wiring costs due to fewer types and parts, as the external safety solution is no longer required. Thanks to fast error detection and correction, the system also ensures a minimum of downtime and faster commissioning of machines.

Our Solution Partners with Factory Automation Safety expertise are here to support you in implementing fail-safe automation. They have a detailed knowledge of standards and regulations for functional safety and offer risk analyses to enable directive conformity and CE marking of the machines and systems.

Energy is a valuable resource and an important building block for sustainable production. End-to-end energy management from individual machines in production to the corporate level is indispensable to continuously optimize energy consumption and energy costs, and to improve the overall productivity and efficiency of your processes. In addition, an energy audit or an energy management system according to ISO 50001 is mandatory for many companies.

Benefit from the extensive project experience and industry know-how of our certified Solution Partners for customized energy management and cost-optimized energy purchasing for your plants. With our scalable products and solutions ranging from field-level energy data collection to enterprise-wide management-level energy analysis, our partners support you in the operation of your plants.

For production machines and lines, commissioning is the decisive phase of the project: Only then does it become clear whether the overall system of mechanics, electrics and automation works together as planned. However, unplanned behavior and errors can quickly lead to delays and high costs.

Virtual commissioning drastically reduces this risk. Production machines are first tested in a virtual environment before being commissioned in the real world.

Our certified Solution Partners help you to implement simulation and virtual commissioning. In this way, machine and plant builders as well as manufacturing companies can minimize the risk of unknown errors and, at the same time, save costs.

The digitalization of production, from the field level to the cloud, creates vast amounts of data. Using this data is the key to competitive production and the development of new business models.

With Industrial Edge, you are able to use the resulting data directly at the machine. Data is collected and analyzed without disrupting production. The insights are then used to optimize the machine. However, this does not exclude further processing of the data in the cloud. Industrial Edge also offers easy integration of the machines and plants in the cloud to benefit at one location from the data of plants worldwide.

Our Solution Partners can help you implement Industrial Edge in your production. The certified experts have proven product know-how and are thus able to develop a customized solution for your requirements.

The digitalization of production generates vast amounts of data. The big task, however, is to make good use of it. Only with intelligent evaluation of all data can manufacturing companies fully benefit from the digital transformation.

With MindSphere, our industrial IoT-as-a-Service solution, there is a wide range of options for data analysis. In addition to providing, collecting and analyzing data, there are also many apps and applications available to improve efficiency and profitability.

Our certified Solution Partners can help you implement our cloud solution for your production. With in-depth MindSphere know-how and plenty of project experience, they are perfectly prepared for the integration of IIoT applications in your plant.

Secure data exchange between operational technology (OT) and information technology (IT) is the backbone of digitalization.

But for the smooth interaction of OT and IT, it is important to understand the requirements of both networks. In IT, the focus is on usability as well as the performance of data transmission over a common infrastructure with the highest priority on confidentiality, i.e., comprehensive cybersecurity. In OT, the primary focus is on availability. In other words, the secure operation of systems with reliable data transmission for time-critical applications, in harsh environments and in accordance with security standards.

Our certified Solution Partners for IIoT Connectivity plan, implement and operate integrated solutions with which they optimally connect OT and IT networks, perfectly preparing you for the digitalization of the plant. As experts for industrial plants, from the field level to the cloud, they draw on many years of experience and unerringly apply their know-how to find the ideal solution for you.

Breweries must adapt to changing markets. To meet consumer tastes, they must constantly expand their portfolio. The key is flexible production that can quickly adapt to new processes while meeting the industry's high quality standards.

The BRAUMAT process control system enables effective control of recipe-controlled processes, ensuring a high level of transparency, improved flexibility, and optimum quality. Our certified Solution Partners support the process automation of your brewery with BRAUMAT. With many years of project experience and extensive knowledge of the brewing industry, they are experts in the complete process, from the brewing kettle to the glass.

The Food and Beverage Industry for dairy processing or the production of lemonades and soft drinks faces similar challenges. With new, individual customer requirements, the increasing importance of sustainability and maximum productivity, a reliable process automation system is essential.

With SISTAR, a system is available to meet all these requirements. Above all, the individualization of the system, depending on the requirements of the end product, seamless scalability and fast engineering enable precise results and high stability. With in-depth know-how, our certified Solution Partners are ideally prepared for the implementation of SISTAR to make the process automation of your plant transparent and future-proof.

Process plants are becoming more complex, and the range of tasks for plant operators is broadening. In order to best support the operating personnel, relevant process information must be available at all times.

That is why we offer you customized solutions and special industry know-how with certified partners. Rapid fault diagnosis in critical process situations, better message analysis, and fast and accurate detection of process deviations are just some of the aspects in focus here. At the same time, our Solution Partners ensure maximum ease of use and high operational reliability with minimum engineering effort. In this way, you gain improved flexibility, scalability, availability and safety in your process automation.

For plant operators, process safety is a top priority when handling hazardous processes. Hazards to people, the environment and equipment must be minimized without compromising the production process.

Our certified Solution Partners for functional safety support you in achieving the overall risk-reduction goals. They help you implement the best possible protection thanks to reliable safety systems that place the plant in a safe condition in time if the trigger limits are exceeded. With in-depth know-how in the implementation of such systems and all aspects of functional safety, as well as detailed knowledge of applicable standards and regulations, they are the ideal partner for the safety of your production processes.

The process industry operates in a very complex environment. The demands on control technology are correspondingly high. It should not only meet the current requirements, but also be designed for adaptations and expansions of the plant or new locations through high scalability and flexibility.

By using the new web-based SIMATIC PCS neo process control system, our Solution Partners create ideal conditions. With central, object-oriented data management, the web-based process control system ensures that everyone involved has direct access to consistent and reliable information at all times in order to make the right decisions as quickly as possible.

Our certified Solution Partners support you in the implementation of PCS neo. With years of project experience and expert knowledge of the process control system, they are the ideal partners for getting the latest control technology up and running in your plant. This will allow you to manage global engineering projects and the operation of your plants even more efficiently in the future – regardless of location, using any device and with the best usability.

Here, you will soon find out all about how our partners can support you in the area of PCS neo Lifecycle.

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Ever higher production speeds, maximum availability and flexibility, optimum product quality and minimum life cycle costs – the demands in the converting industry are immense.

These are easy to master, however, with our Solution Partners and their specialist expertise, because they create seamless converting solutions for you from a single source. Thanks to platform-based components, these can be implemented quickly, easily and securely and tailored precisely to your requirements.

Whether winders, cross cutters or flying saws: For first-class processing of continuous material webs, we offer you an extensive range of automation and drive systems for every machine type – and the Solution Partner with the proven expertise.

The requirements for manufacturing companies are increasing. Products need to reach the market ever faster, in smaller batch sizes, or completely individualized. At the same time, cost pressure is growing while product quality must be maintained or even increased.

Innovative machine concepts are needed to respond to these new challenges. Handling solutions play an important role here, setting new standards not only in terms of performance. They can also be implemented flexibly and rapidly in an integrated automation platform.

Our certified Solution Partners can help you implement modern handling solutions – for example, in the glass, plastics or packaging industries. In this way, your systems keep pace with the rising demands of a rapidly changing market and ensure maximum flexibility and productivity for your production processes.

The Intralogistics Industry is facing new challenges. The rapid growth of e-commerce is causing higher inventory turnover with shorter storage periods, small order quantities with fast delivery times, increasing return rates as well as the short-term delivery quantities. The key to meeting these requirements is digital intralogistics processes that provide greater flexibility while ensuring maximum reliability and availability.

The digitalization of intralogistics can be implemented with an end-to-end digital portfolio for all main technologies. Existing centers can be equipped with driverless transport vehicles, state-of-the-art conveyor technology and automated storage systems that enable more efficient and transparent processes.

Our certified Solution Partners support machine builders and customers in unlocking the benefits of digitalization for logistics centers. With in-depth industry know-how and an end-to-end portfolio, they help you master the digital transformation!