A pulp and paper factory is made up of equipment, processes, and people, all of which must work together to drive efficiencies across the production line. As one of Europe’s largest pulp and paper factories, Mondi Štětí is continually seeking ways to make better, faster decisions—while minimizing environmental impact and maintaining consistent quality. For 19 years, Mondi has used the PI System to gather real-time intelligence to give people the visibility they need to optimize equipment and processes. As the factory has expanded, Mondi’s journey with the PI System has grown, putting the company on the path to reaching lofty production goals.
Year: 2019

Energy Queensland has been in business for more than a hundred years. In a century of delivering electrical power to a northeastern Australian territory two and a half times the size of Texas, the company has risen to every challenge of its harsh rural terrain. But lately, advances in renewable energy have begun to test Energy Queensland’s capacity like never before. As solar power becomes cheaper and more feasible, large solar farms are emerging in the company’s territory, seeking to feed electricity back into a grid designed for the one-way flow of power. At the same time, grid-independent home solar is becoming cost-competitive with electrical rates, putting downward pressure on the utility’s operating costs.
Year: 2019

A manufacturer of autoclaves, core lechers, and vulcanizers, Bondtech strives to be more than just a vendor. “We don’t want to just sell you a machine and then walk away,” Brainard said during his presentation at PI World San Francisco 2019. “If you’re buying our equipment, we want to be your forever partner.” But the dream of being a forever partner was costing Bondtech a lot of time and money. A lack of access to customers’ asset data was driving up maintenance costs and hindering the company’s ability to service machines once they were sold. Fortunately, Brainard had worked with the PI System before. “I knew the data historian and I knew the analytics capability. I knew of the notification capability. So I knew that I wanted to center the solution around [the PI System],” he said.
Year: 2019

Every pulp and paper mill faces the same challenge: optimizing production at the lowest possible cost. Decisions, such as rationalizing grade structures and enabling the supply chain to respond to shorter product life cycles, can have a critical impact on the bottom line. It can also mean the difference between efficient operations or shutting their doors. The key to optimizing production with no additional capital investment is a digital infrastructure that enables self-service access to operational data. In this exclusive OSIsoft webinar, you will learn with the help of real-time data from all your plant assets and control systems how users can optimize performance from every level and make critical changes that prevent production losses, increase output and preserve equipment health - all without complex technical knowledge of the data technology behind it.
Year: 2019

OSIsoft Names Michael Siemer Company President Wolfgang Kuchen also joins as Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing General 2019-07-24 San Leandro, CA- OSIsoft LLC , a leader in data technology for critical operations, is pleased to announce that Michael Siemer will join OSIsoft as President whi ...