Cement News tagged under: digitalisation
HeidelbergCement parters Giatec Scientific with a minority investment11 May 2022, Published under Cement NewsHeidelbergCement continues to advance its digital transformation by acquiring a strategic minority stake in Canada-based technology company Giatec Scientific through a low single-digit million euro investment. Together with its new partner, HeidelbergCement will drive the development and adoption of industry-leading sensor technology and AI-driven software with the clear target to reduce the carbon footprint of concrete and optimise processes for its ready-mixed concrete customers. Giat... |
Taking the magic out of machine learning20 April 2022, Published under Cement NewsArtificial intelligence (AI) and its subcomponent machine learning (ML) are almost everywhere in industrial processes, and cement manufacturing is no exception. 1,2 Despite the common use of these terms, how a model is built and implemented remains a mystery to many. Holcim Innovation Center demystifies the process by stepping through a machine learning project. By Louise Harding and Xavier Cieren, Holcim Innovation Center, France. Figure 1: machine learning implementation steps ... |
FLSmidth and AVEVA sign global digital solutions and service partnership agreement08 April 2022, Published under Cement NewsFLSmidth and AVEVA have signed a global partnership to deliver cutting-edge digitally enabled solutions and services to the mining industry. The agreement will accelerate the digitalisation of mining operations and allow miners to benefit from improved performance and productivity globally. With the new partnership, FLSmidth will work with AVEVA, using AVEVA's technology to securely integrate and provide various digitally enabled services to customers. AVEVA PI System will serve as the... |
Titan Cement introduces digital transformation to Egyptian plants04 April 2022, Published under Cement NewsTitan Cement ’s in-house proprietary advanced analytics methodology has been successfully rolled out in the company’s two cement plants in Egypt , following the successful implementation in Titan’s cement plants in Greece. In close cooperation with Titan’s Digital Center of Competence and, after a deep ‘dive’ into 16 years of data, the company’s teams teams in Beni Suef and Alexandria cement plants have applied the methodology that enables the company to minimise the total cost of s... |
FYM-HeidelbergCement to lead Neuclicem CCUS project08 March 2022, Published under Cement NewsFYM-HeidelbergCement is leading the Neuclicem carbon capture, usage and storage (CCUS) project from its factory in Arrigorriaga (Cementos Rezola – Arrigorriaga ), Spain. VOLBAS will participate as a partner and technological support will be supplied by Tecnalia Research & Innovation. The objective is to lay the operational foundations for a new CCUS process based on the mineralisation of alkaline waste by accelerated carbonation, studying its viability on an industrial scale and op... |
Cemex Ventures invests in PartRunner04 March 2022, Published under Cement NewsCemex Ventures has announced its investment in PartRunner, an on-demand delivery platform for the construction and industrial sectors. This transaction is part of Cemex´s strategy to invest in innovative construction start-ups to drive the construction industry revolution. This investment addresses a critical industry pain point of a complicated supply chain, particularly for small and medium-sized projects. This investment aims to offer a last-mile, last-minute delivery solution to Ce... |
Añorga plant to undergo electrical energy supervision upgrade24 February 2022, Published under Cement NewsThe Spanish Añorga cement factory of Sociedad Financiera y Minera SA ( HeidelbergCement Group) is to install an electrical energy management system. Currently energy measurement at the plant is carried out locally, with no real-time control of the energy consumed by the production equipment, nor its monitoring in the distributed control system (PCS7). The project will allow the analysis of the information related to the electrical consumption of the different installations t... |
Cemex signs up companies to its Working Smarter digitalisation program10 February 2022, Published under Cement NewsCemex has signed separate multi-year contracts that range from five to seven years totalling US$500m with six leading service providers under its Working Smarter digital transformation initiative. The partners are active in the fields of finance and accounting, information technology, and human resources, replacing current expenditures with the new suppliers’ services at an optimised cost, effectively continuing to reduce the company’s operating expenses. The initiative brings all wo... |
Schneider Electric and Nanjing Kisen sign strategic partnership agreement08 February 2022, Published under Cement NewsSchneider Electric has signed a long-term cooperation agreement with Nanjing Kisen (CNBM) to progress the operational efficiency of intelligent cement plants through innovative digital modernisation in alignment with UN Sustainability Goals, The strategic partnership agreement will accelerate the digital transformation of cement plants and enterprises in China, and beyond, leveraging their shared strengths in advanced digital technologies for energy and resource efficiency. U... |
Shree Cement awards FLSmidth digital transformation contract03 February 2022, Published under Cement NewsIndia-based cement producer Shree Cement has been upgrading 16 plants with 24 lines in total with FLSmidth ECS/PlantDataManagement packages to drive efficiency and deliver increased productivity. The digital transformation project also includes the downtime analysis solution, ECS/UptimeGo, and access to the mobile plant management app, SiteConnect. With an installed capacity of over 47Mta in India and the Middle East, Shree Cement aims to optimise production lines, minimise equipment downt... |