Leuze is launching an innovative mounting bracket for their 25C sensors that saves conveyor system manufacturers both time and money

Designed for reliable pallet detection, the sensor and bracket are supplied as a pre-assembled set to enable the conveyor system manufacturer to pre-mount to the conveyor in the factory, which is traditionally done on-site during the installation and commissioning phase of the system.

Innovative, factory integration of the special mounting bracket with sensor for pallet detection in the inner area of the conveyor.

A perfect fit inside the conveyor
The innovative new mounting brackets are designed specifically to fit the 25C series sensors. This means that the conveyor system manufacturer can install the sensor and bracket set inside the conveyor thus protecting it from potential damage. The integrated sloping front screen of the bracket deflects any dirt or debris that may fall onto it ensuring that the all-in-one solution requires less cleaning and maintenance than systems that rely on standard retro-reflective photoelectric sensors.

In addition, the special ambient light configuration of the 25C sensors ensures that they are insensitive to high-frequency LED illumination used that is often found in production and logistics buildings and can cause unreliable operation of other types of diffuse sensors. Pallets are notoriously difficult to detect with diffuse optical sensors due to the differences in colour and surface. However, thanks to the detection performance and outstanding function reserve of the 25C sensors from Leuze these issues are easily overcome and reliable detection of different pallet types is ensured.

A Broad Range of Products for the Unique, Demanding Requirements of Wastewater

Pfannenberg, Inc., a leading global manufacturer of thermal management and signaling solutions technologies, highlights its broad range of solutions for the demanding requirements of the water industry. Products include cooling systems that can withstand extreme conditions like corrosion due to Hydrogen Sulfide gas and signaling systems that notify employees of life-threatening situations like toxic gas leaks, as well as other solution essential to protecting the safety of employees and the efficient operation and long service life of equipment.

A detailed description of Pfannenberg’s thermal management and signaling solutions for the water industry is available by clicking the banner abovePfannenberg’s thermal management solutions for enclosure electronics range from the highly energy efficient Original Filterfan^® to the PWS Air/Water Heat Exchangers that can remove a considerable amount of heat while isolating sensitive electronics from a corrosive atmosphere outside of the enclosure. For example, the air/water heat exchangers are widely deployed to protect variable frequency drives located in pump control panels from the harmful effects of H2S sour gas.

Signaling systems are also critically important to keeping employees safe and systems running smoothly in wastewater treatment facilities. Pfannenberg has developed a broad range of audible and visual signaling technologies to provide an Indication of the status of a machine, process or test procedure, a Warning of a dangerous situation or required corrective action, and an Alarm to alert personnel of life threatening and emergency situations.

Pfannenberg also offers a range of service programs to keep wastewater facilities up and running, including factory certified refurbishment, field repair and preventive maintenance options.

About Pfannenberg

Established in 1954 by Otto Pfannenberg in Hamburg Germany, Pfannenberg, Inc. is recognized as a leading global manufacturer of thermal management technologies within the Electro-technology Industry. In 1958 we invented the Filterfan^®, which continues to be recognized worldwide as a leading product to help manage the temperature in electrical enclosures. Our business philosophy: Protecting Man, Machine and the Environment.

To develop and scale up digital solutions, AFRY has established a new digital accelerator named AFRY X. As of May 3, the unit will be led by Per Kristian Egseth.

AFRY currently has over 2,000 experts worldwide who work with digitalisation in several areas. AFRY X was recently launched to coordinate this work, scale up existing digital solutions and develop new ones. The digital accelerator will focus on creating value in existing client projects, but also on innovation and development of completely new digital solutions. About 200 people will be recruited to AFRY X in the first half of 2021.

“With AFRY X, we will be able to accelerate our efforts to help our clients on their digitalisation journeys, thus strengthening their competitiveness. Per Kristian’s impressive track record when it comes to driving digital transformation and sales at large global companies will be an important piece of the puzzle,” said Jonas Gustavsson, President and CEO of AFRY.  

Per Kristian Egseth has extensive experience from growing digital organisations in global companies and also from developing digital solutions in close co-operations with key clients. He comes most recently from Hitachi, where he held the position as EMEA Commercial Leader within Industrial IoT & AI solutions and services, and before that he was an associate partner at IBM. He will take up the position as head of AFRY X on May 3 and will report directly to the President and CEO.

“AFRY has a unique combination of deep industry knowledge and broad digital expertise, which is particularly interesting when it comes to speeding up the sustainability transition. Through digitalisation, AFRY can lead societal development in the right direction, especially in areas such as infrastructure, clean energy, bioindustry and food & life science,” said Egseth.

Per Kristian Egseth

AFRY has an ambition to lead the way in industrial digitalisation and be best at using digital technology in its core sectors. The company aims to triple its income from the digital area within five years.

For more information about AFRY X and how digitalisation plays a key role in the transition to a more sustainable society, you are welcome to attend AFRY’s and Norrsken’s digital event on April 23 at 08.30 CET with speakers from Vattenfall, the Swedish Transport Administration, Norrsken and AFRY.

AFRY is a European leader in engineering, design, and advisory services, with a global reach. We accelerate the transition towards a sustainable society.

We are 16,000 devoted experts in infrastructure, industry, energy and digitalisation, creating sustainable solutions for generations to come.

Making Future

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation and long-term e-F@ctory solution partner Eplan are strengthening their digital solution's collaboration further as Mitsubishi Electric joins Eplan's new partner network; an initiative to further facilitate the structured implementation of digital manufacturing.

The Eplan Partner Network (EPN) is a framework for participants to jointly develop and market interfaces between Eplan's advanced planning software and, amongst others, field level devices and parts such as PLCs and their related simulators. The EPN partnership is based on common, binding goals, for enhancing and supporting such interfaces. This commitment both increases customer benefits and enhances quality.

The integrated automation solution provided by Mitsubishi Electric and Eplan connects Electric P8 to Mitsubishi Electric’s MELSOFT iQ Works, an integrated engineering software for programming and managing factory automation devices. Based on the open data format AutomationML, data such as symbolic addresses, I/O lists and process variables can be exchanged bi-directionally between both software tools. This optimizes the implementation of engineering and automation processes and paves the way  towards  Industry 4.0. The dataset created in Eplan forms the basis for the PLC hardware (rack) assembly and software programming in MELSOFT iQ Works. Users can exchange, later edit, and synchronize project data in any direction at all stages of the project. The data is shared throughout the whole product development process as a single source of truth to ensure its consistency. In addition, the Eplan Data Portal provides additional and necessary component data. Taken together, the integration accelerates component configuration and design planning significantly.

Mitsubishi Electric has joined the Eplan Partner Network as a Technology Partner

“We are pleased to have Mitsubishi Electric join our network,” says Marco Litto, Senior Vice President Strategy & Corporate Program. “With the EPN, we’re maximizing the overall benefits of our own solutions and those of our partners in the ecosystem of industrial automation for shared customers. Together we’re creating a win-win situation for both customers and partners.”

“Our participation in the EPN will tighten even more the existing relationship between Mitsubishi Electric and Eplan,” said Hajime Sugiyama, Industrial IoT Evangelist and Lead Global e-F@ctory Alliance coordinator of Mitsubishi Electric. “We are looking forward to further collaboration with Eplan to bring customers more benefit in their digital manufacturing initiatives.”

Eplan and Mitsubishi Electric have a long history of working together, which was initially kicked off through the e-F@ctory Alliance where the companies now work together in Japan, Europe and many other regions around the world. The new EPN will consequently strengthen ties between the companies and within the alliance, enabling customers to find the most optimal solutions for their integrated manufacturing needs.

About Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
With 100 years of experience in providing reliable, high-quality products, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6503) is a recognized world leader in the manufacture, marketing and sales of electrical and electronic equipment used in information processing and communications, space development and satellite communications, consumer electronics, industrial technology, energy, transportation and building equipment. Mitsubishi Electric enriches society with technology in the spirit of its “Changes for the Better.” The company recorded a revenue of 4,462.5 billion yen (U.S.$ 40.9 billion*) in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2020.  For more information please visit http://www.MitsubishiElectric.com.

About Factory Automation EMEA
Mitsubishi Electric Europe B.V., Factory Automation EMEA has its European headquarters in Ratingen near Dusseldorf, Germany. It is a part of Mitsubishi Electric Europe B.V. that has been represented in Germany since 1978, a wholly owned subsidiary of Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Japan.
The role of Factory Automation EMEA is to manage sales, service and support across its network of local branches and distributors throughout the EMEA region.

About e-F@ctory>
e-F@ctory is Mitsubishi Electric’s integrated concept to build reliable and flexible manufacturing systems that enable users to achieve many of their high speed, information driven manufacturing aspirations. Through its partner solution activity, the e-F@ctory Alliance, and its work with open network associations such as The CC-Link Partners Association (CLPA), users can build comprehensive solutions based on a wide ranging “best in class” principle.
In summary, e-F@ctory and the e-F@ctory Alliance enable customers to achieve integrated manufacturing but still retain the ability to choose the most optimal suppliers and solutions.

Further Information:
www.eu3a.mitsubishielectric.com/fa/

UrsaLeo, an enterprise software company that enables users to visualize operational data in a photorealistic 3D representation of their facility or product, have just announced that the company has been designated as a “Top Five Digital Twin Solution in the Oil & Gas Industry” by StartUs. Based in Austria, StartUs Insights is a worldwide operating data science company. Analysts from the company leveraged the Big Data and Artificial Intelligence-powered StartUs Insights Discovery Platform to create the report.

John Burton, CEO of UrsaLeo, will be presenting during Energy Tech Summit 2021 Automation & AI Summit on April 29, 2021 @ 9:20 AM ET for a panel discussion on Digital Twin of Any Energy System: How Far is Industry From It?

“We are proud to be chosen as a leading solution for 3D digital twins in the oil and gas industry,” said John Burton, CEO of UrsaLeo. “For more than a year, we’ve been working with multiple companies in the upstream, midstream and downstream of the oil and gas industry to introduce digital twin technology. Our platform is helping with remote collaboration and being used to reduce the cost and timeliness of maintenance. 

“Our team is also developing unique visualizations such as fluid flow and volumetric heat maps to display gas densities across a volume of space,” said Angie Sticher, COO and CPO of UrsaLeo. “We’ve designed our solution and gamified the digital twins by using Unity Software, well known as the best design technology in the gaming industry. This gives operators the power to easily monitor equipment from afar and work with on-site experts to identify and predict maintenance needs.”

Oil and Gas executives interested in taking a test  drive of UrsaLeo’s 3D photorealistic oil refinery model can request access here.

About UrsaLeo

UrsaLeo is an enterprise software company that enables users to visualize operational data in a photorealistic 3D representation of their facility or product. Backed by a powerful end-to-end IoT platform, UrsaLeo displays data from multiple systems to create a digital command center for all facilities or product information. Pulling in data from sensors, assets and maintenance databases, and other IoT systems, the UrsaLeo 3D system displays mind blowing visualizations, directs users automatically to user defined events, allows recording and replaying of the entire system during failures, accelerates triage response time, allows remote collaboration, and eliminates training needs. UrsaLeo was founded by manufacturing and software engineering experts with more than 50 years of industry expertise. For more information visit https://www.ursaleo.com.

Streamlining order delivery is an effective way to meet customer demand. To achieve this, distribution centres rely on large scale automation. For many, this means operating custom high-speed picking/dispensing systems. These feature multiple conveyors that automatically dispense orders to specific areas, ready for delivery. To improve the speed of its newly designed picking/dispensing system, one conveyor OEM turned to Warner Electric to provide fast switching electromagnetic clutches.

Sorting orders via automation improves the speed at which they travel through a distribution centre, which ensures a reduced delivery time. In sectors where demand is consistently high, such as food and beverage, the market pressure to provide quick delivery is constant. As a result, custom automated systems are vitally important, allowing distribution centres to achieve time savings.

The main constituents of these systems are conveyors. Stretching throughout the distribution centre, multiple conveyors move orders from one area to another. To sort products bound for different destinations within the centre, conveyors at the end of the line will be fitted with stopper bars. These strategically open and close, either to hold back orders or to let them pass onto the next appropriate conveyor. This constitutes a picking/dispensing system.

An important metric for these picking/dispensing systems is speed of selection. The faster a system can select orders and move them to the correct destination, the better. Increasing the speed of selection means that an order moves through the system faster, which, with thousands of individual items, provides a substantial compound time saving. Consequently, delivery times are improved.

The SFM VAR Series of electromagnetic single-disc friction clutch has a compact design offering a nominal torque of 20 Nm.

Boosting speed of selection is a key objective for distribution centres, so many invest in new picking/dispensing systems. Specifying a more proficient system may initially translate to increased cost, but improved speed of selection will ensure that the purchase price is offset in the long-term due to efficiency cost savings. It is a case of exploiting the increased system performance to deliver an improved return on investment (ROI). This desire is transmitted directly to conveyor OEMs, who are required to design more efficient picking/dispensing systems to unlock these benefits for distribution centres.

As it embarked on the design process for a new picking/dispensing system for a distribution customer, a European conveyor OEM noticed that its stopper bars were an area where operational speeds could be improved. To enable this, they approached Warner Electric, a global designer and manufacturer of electromagnetic clutches to provide a solution.

In the system, clutches are installed on the computer controlled electric motors that raise and lower the stopper bars in the correct sequence. For this installation, the clutch would be attached to a shaft that would rotate at 40 rpm.

An electromagnetic clutch is ideal for this application. First of all, electromagnetic clutches offer fast switching, which provides time savings when opening and closing the stopper bar. Additionally, its design makes it easy to install, with a 2-wire connection allowing simple integration into the control system.

Streamlining order delivery is an effective way to meet customer demand. To achieve this, distribution centres rely on large scale automation and operate custom high-speed picking/dispensing systems.

The solution selected by Warner Electric for the application was a modified SFM VAR Series electromagnetic single-disc friction clutch. A compact design offering a nominal torque of 20 Nm, the SFM VAR Series can be easily installed. Furthermore, it offers no backlash in operation.

Working closely with the OEM, Warner Electric engineers tailored the design to suit the system, including the addition of a special hub to interface directly with equipment.

With the clutches installed, the newly designed system had the ability to dispense a considerably higher number of orders per hour. This provided the distribution centre with an improved speed of selection and consequently, ROI. This also meant that orders could reach their destinations faster than ever.

As a leading brand of Altra Industrial Motion Corp., Warner Electric provides global engineering support to conveyor OEMs. As a designer and manufacturer of electromagnetic clutches, Warner Electric delivers customised solutions that enable efficiency benefits, working closely with customers during the design phase to ensure seamless integration. This allows conveyor OEMs to specify optimum components to improve speed and reliability for their customers.

About Warner Electric

For over 70 years, Warner Electric has grown to become a global leader in electromagnetic clutch & brake solutions. Warner engineers utilise the latest design, materials and manufacturing technologies to develop easy-to-use and install clutches and brakes with longer life and improved accuracy and repeatability. Warner Electric offers the broadest selection of industrial clutches, brakes, controls, web tension systems, sensors and switches available from a single manufacturer.

Reliable Warner Electric components are used in a very wide range of markets including material handling, packaging machinery, food & beverage, elevator & escalator, turf & garden, agriculture and off-highway, forklift, crane and motion control. Applications include conveyors, lift trucks, wrapping machines, servo motors, capping equipment, combines and balers, baggage handling systems, military vehicles, hoist drives and lawn mowers.

Company Contact

Warner Electric : Marie Kerdoncuff
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Hexagon’s Mining division has been awarded a multi-solution project at Toka Tindung gold mine in North Sulawesi, Indonesia. The phased deployment will see Hexagon systems for fleet management, operator alertness, blast monitoring and enterprise analytics implemented by the company’s Indonesian staff at the mine between now and October 2021.

Toka Tindung is operated by subsidiaries of PT Archi Indonesia, one of the largest gold producers in Indonesia and Southeast Asia. The company has produced more than eight tons of gold per year for the past three years. Toka Tindung began commercial development in April 2011 and is in the process of expanding to increase capacity.

“We look forward to building our relationship with PT Archi Indonesia as it further develops the potential of Toka Tindung,” said Shane Boak, Business Manager & General Manager Sales, Hexagon’s Mining division. “Like PT Archi, Hexagon firmly believes in safety and efficiency, which makes this partnership all the more exciting.”

Ian Wraight, Fleet Management Systems Advisor for PT Archi, said: “In following management’s ‘Technology Transformation Project’ outline, Hexagon’s suite of integrated products and industry-proven technology solutions played a major part of the decision-making process.”

Hexagon is a global leader in sensor, software and autonomous technologies. We are putting data to work to boost efficiency, productivity, and quality across industrial, manufacturing, infrastructure, safety, and mobility applications.

Our technologies are shaping urban and production ecosystems to become increasingly connected and autonomous – ensuring a scalable, sustainable future.

Hexagon’s Mining division solves surface and underground mine challenges with proven technologies for planning, operations and safety.

Hexagon (Nasdaq Stockholm: HEXA B) has approximately 21,000 employees in 50 countries and net sales of approximately 4.6bn US. Learn more at hexagon.com and follow us @HexagonAB.

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The Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) has ordered 20 eco-efficient Konecranes Rubber Tired Gantry (RTG) cranes and 8 Konecranes Ship-to-Shore (STS) cranes for the Port of Savannah in the US. Six of the STS cranes will be the largest ever made by Konecranes. The RTG order was booked in Q1 2021, and the STS order was booked in Q4 2020.

The GPA placed the order as it prepares to serve the world’s largest container vessels such as the HMM Algeciras class and Maersk’s Triple-E class, which have capacities of 24,000 TEU or more – meaning they can carry 24,000 containers either 20 or 40 feet in size. The STS cranes will be delivered in two batches, the first in June 2023 and the second in October 2023. The diesel-electric RTG cranes will be delivered in four batches of five cranes in 2021-2022.

Griff Lynch, Executive Director of the GPA, said: “The GPA is always preparing for the next evolution of global trade. The new high-performance and long-lasting STS cranes on order are part of the Big Ship/Big Berth program. Six of the new cranes will be very large, enabling us to serve the New-Panamax container ships, which will reach us thanks to the dredging of the final portion of Savannah’s shipping channel, which will be done by late 2021.”

Mika Mahlberg, Executive Vice-President, Konecranes Port Solutions, said: “Konecranes has been working with the GPA since the early 1990s. We have always worked closely with them to improve efficiency and stay ahead of industry trends, and today’s announcement marks the latest step in that relationship. Six of the new STS cranes will be the largest that Konecranes will have ever made, and the new RTGs will help the GPA reach their growth and performance targets.”

When the new Konecranes STS cranes enter service, Konecranes will have delivered 45 STS cranes to the GPA, Port of Savannah, since 1990. The GPA also operates a large fleet of Konecranes RTG cranes; when the latest 20 RTGs are delivered and in service the GPA will operate a fleet of 201 Konecranes RTGs.

A strong focus on customers and a commitment to business growth and continuous improvement make Konecranes a lifting industry leader. This is underpinned by investments in digitalization and technology, plus our work to make material flows more efficient with solutions that decarbonize the economy and advance circularity and safety.

Further information:
Jussi Suhonen, Regional Sales Director Americas, Konecranes Port Solutions
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Further information for investors and analysts:
Kiira Fröberg, Vice President, Investor Relations, Konecranes
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Konecranes is a world-leading group of Lifting Businesses™, serving a broad range of customers, including manufacturing and process industries, shipyards, ports and terminals. Konecranes provides productivity enhancing lifting solutions as well as services for lifting equipment of all makes. In 2020, Group sales totaled EUR 3.2 billion. The Group has around 16,900 employees in 50 countries. Konecranes shares are listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki (symbol: KCR).

Seeq Corporation, a leader in manufacturing and Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) advanced analytics software, has just announced it has closed a $50 million Series C funding round, led by global venture capital and private equity firm Insight Partners. The round includes participation from existing investors Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures, Altira Group, Chevron Technology Ventures, Cisco Investments and Second Avenue Partners. This round brings Seeq’s total funding since inception to approximately $115 million.

Seeq enables engineers and scientists in process manufacturing organizations to rapidly analyze, predict, collaborate, and share insights to improve production and business outcomes. Seeq customers include companies in the oil and gas, pharmaceutical, chemical, energy, mining, food and beverage, and other process industries. This funding will accelerate Seeq’s expansion of development, sales, and marketing resources, and help increase the company’s presence in international markets.

“We are pleased to close our Series C funding efforts with the support of Insight Partners to scale our business and enable manufacturing organizations to make data-driven decisions,” said Steve Sliwa, CEO and Co-Founder of Seeq. “By leveraging big data, machine learning, and computer science innovations, Seeq is enabling a new generation of software-led insights.”

"Seeq has established themselves as the leader in process manufacturing and IIoT analytics, and we believe they will continue to transform the way companies find and share insights and make faster decisions," says Matt Koran, Vice President at Insight Partners. "The company has achieved incredible growth to date, and we are excited to partner with them to help execute their vision for a new generation of machine-learning enabled analytics."

Seeq’s comprehensive set of applications for analyzing and sharing insights on process manufacturing data includes Workbench for easy to use advanced analytics, Organizer for publishing reports and dashboards, Data Lab for accessing Python libraries, and Cortex for IT governance, data connectivity, and calculation features.

Seeq was recognized in 2020 by Inc. Magazine as #261 on their 2020 list of the Fastest Growing Companies, #76 on Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500™, and chosen as a Red Herring Top 100 North American winner.

Seeq’s rapid growth is being fueled in part by its partnerships and commitment to cloud-based computing. Seeq is available in the AWS Marketplace and is an AWS Industrial Competency Partner. On Azure, Seeq has been available in the Azure Marketplace since 2019 and was recently recognized as a 2020 Microsoft Energy Partner of the Year Finalist.

In addition to cloud partnerships, Seeq connects to an extensive set of automation vendor data storage platforms for on premise engagements including OSIsoft, Siemens, GE, Honeywell, Emerson Automation Solutions, Inductive Automation, AVEVA, AspenTech, Yokogawa, and others.

Seeq is available worldwide through a global partner network of system integrators, which provides training and resale support for Seeq in over 25 countries, in addition to its direct sales organization in North America and Europe.

To learn more about Seeq visit seeq.com.

About Seeq Corporation
Founded in 2013, Seeq publishes software applications for manufacturing organizations to rapidly find and share data insights. Oil & gas, pharmaceutical, specialty chemical, utility, renewable energy and numerous other vertical industries rely on Seeq to improve production outcomes, including yield, margins, quality, and safety. Headquartered in Seattle, Seeq is a privately held virtual company with employees across the United States and sales representation in Asia, Canada, Europe, and South America.

About Insight Partners
Insight Partners is a leading global venture capital and private equity firm investing in high-growth technology and software ScaleUp companies that are driving transformative change in their industries. Founded in 1995, Insight Partners has invested in more than 400 companies worldwide and has raised through a series of funds more than $30 billion in capital commitments. Insight's mission is to find, fund, and work successfully with visionary executives, providing them with practical, hands-on software expertise to foster long-term success. Across its people and its portfolio, Insight encourages a culture around a belief that ScaleUp companies and growth create opportunity for all. For more information on Insight and all its investments, visit insightpartners.com or follow us on Twitter @insightpartners.

About Altira Group
Altira Group is a Denver-based venture capital firm that works closely with entrepreneurs to scale emerging industrial technology and software companies. Founded in 1996, Altira has invested over $1B with partners in over 60 companies. Its investment partners include a select group of oil and gas companies that help accelerate the growth of Altira's portfolio companies by serving as large, fast-adopting

Migration of Repsol’s exploration data to the cloud delivers significant performance and collaboration improvements

Emerson (NYSE: EMR), a leader in digital transformation solutions, has just announced it has successfully migrated the exploration data of Repsol, a global energy company, to the cloud. Cloud capabilities enable companies to securely store the data that powers vital analytics, helping optimise operations and achieve higher levels of performance.

Migration to the cloud proved to be a cost-effective alternative for Repsol, eliminating the need to invest in new hardware, and increasing collaboration, visualisation capabilities, and performance for its exploration activities. During the three-month project, the team migrated Emerson’s E&P software suite and approximately 90 terabytes of data from Repsol’s on-premises locations in Houston and Madrid to the cloud.

After only one hour of onboarding, users were up and running, and benefitting from working in a cloud environment. Since completion of the project, Repsol has seen improved performance. Repsol’s globally distributed asset teams are making decisions and achieving results faster using the data, as well as collaborating more effectively across projects.

Emerson migrated its exploration and production software along with Repsol's data to the cloud, making advanced visualisation and reservoir analytics available for collaboration across global teams.

The movement to the cloud is part of the ambitious digitisation programme that Repsol is carrying out. Using Emerson’s optimised approach for migrating its software and data, the project was accomplished with no work disruption. Repsol geoscientists were able to leave work on Friday and return on Monday to a new environment, with no downtime or lost data.

“As one of our closest collaborative partners, we worked hand-in-hand with Repsol to perform a seamless migration from one environment to another,” said Steve Santy, president of E&P software at Emerson. “Our team has developed a customised approach specifically aimed at optimising the migration of our solutions and our clients’ data to the cloud in a way that is transparent to users. Simply put, our tools and services make it fast and easy to migrate to the cloud, with minimal impact on users.”

The close partnership between Repsol and Emerson was a key factor in the success of the project.

For more information on Emerson’s E&P software, go to Emerson.com/Paradigm.

About Emerson  
Emerson (NYSE: EMR), headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri (USA), is a global technology and engineering company providing innovative solutions for customers in industrial, commercial and residential markets. Our Automation Solutions business helps process, hybrid and discrete manufacturers maximise production, protect personnel and the environment while optimising their energy and operating costs. Our Commercial & Residential Solutions business helps ensure human comfort and health, protect food quality and safety, advance energy efficiency and create sustainable infrastructure. For more information visit Emerson.com.

About Repsol
Repsol is a global multi-energy company, headquartered in Madrid, Spain. It employs 25,000 persons, has assets in 30 countries, and boasts 10 million customers. In December 2019, Repsol committed to becoming a net zero emissions company by 2050. Technology, digitalisation, and the circular economy are the pillars that support the company in improving its efficiency, reducing emissions in all its businesses, and developing new solutions to fulfil the energy needs of society in the future. As established in the company’s 2021-2025 Strategic Plan, digitalisation plays a key role in the organisation thanks to aspects such as artificial intelligence, automation of operations, or the commitment to cloud solutions. For more information visit Repsol.com.