Emerson (St. Louis, Mo.; www.emerson.com) opened a customer-focused Solutions Center at the regional headquarters of its Automation Solutions business in Singapore. To mark the opening, the company also unveiled a collaborative project implemented under the Memorandum of Cooperation signed with Singapore Polytechnic to advance training of the digital workforce of the future.
The newly opened Emerson Solutions Center in Singapore brings to life the capabilities of Emerson’s Plantweb digital ecosystem, the industry’s most comprehensive Industrial IoT automation platform. The Plantweb offering consists of standards-based hardware, software, intelligent devices, and services for securely implementing Industrial IoT-based solutions that can expand digital intelligence to the entire manufacturing enterprise.
The Emerson Solutions Center in Singapore has collaboration spaces with state-of-the-art multimedia technology, including augmented reality and virtual reality. Customers can get an immersive experience using Plantweb technologies to operate and maintain digital plants with wireless sensors feeding data through a digital communications network that gets analyzed by software programs and becomes available for actionable use through apps and cloud-based services. The Emerson Solutions Center in Singapore includes two built-out plant settings. The Digital Plant in the Center features a scaled-down replica of a process manufacturing facility equipped with Emerson’s foundational digital solutions for process control and safety systems, as well as new Industrial IoT technologies. The Digital Plant simulates the processes of a typical facility, such as an oil refinery, a pharmaceutical plant or a power plant. The Center also includes a Central Control Room where customers can experience simulations of critical manufacturing processes for process optimization.
“This is a first-of-its-kind facility that shows customers how automation and IoT technologies can drive measurable improvements to the bottom line of their manufacturing processes,” said Ron Martin, Asia Pacific president, Emerson Automation Solutions. “Here in Singapore, we have the brightest minds in the industry collaborating with and helping our customers plan and execute their vision of future operations and working with them to reengineer their facilities to deliver Top Quartile operating performance.”
“Emerson has been a long-standing partner and valued contributor towards the vibrancy of the industrial ecosystem in Singapore,” said Chng Kai Fong, managing director, Singapore Economic Development Board. “Emerson’s new Solutions Centre builds on Singapore’s deep engineering and innovation capabilities in high-value manufacturing, to accelerate manufacturers’ digital transformation journeys within Singapore and across the region. The collaboration with Singapore Polytechnic demonstrates Emerson’s commitment to developing local talent, and we are pleased to partner Emerson as we work towards raising the depth and breadth of our manufacturing competencies.”