NIVEA BOTTLING LINES GET AN EFFICIENCY BOOST WITH PILOT PRODUCTION DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS

Beiersdorf AG is reporting significant increases in efficiency at its NIVEA production plant in Hamburg, Germany, following the implementation of a PILOT [TPM] Total Productivity Management system from FELTEN. The web-based solution is affordable, scalable, and easy to integrate across multiple lines and numerous locations. With its globally-renowned beauty and skin-care products, Beiersdorf AG owns…

P4A COMBINES NEW PANASONIC FLAT SCREEN PCS & MOVICON CE TO DELIVER LOW COST, WINDOWS™ CE-BASED SCADA PACKAGE

Products 4 Automation (P4A) has concluded an agreement with Panasonic, under which P4A will distribute the Panasonic GN series of flat panel PCs running P4A’s Movicon CE™ software, the most powerful HMI platform currently available for Windows™ CE. The combined package is compact, and capable of satisfying every user need, in terms of visualisation and…

PRODUCTS4AUTOMATION SEMINAR REVEALS SOLUTIONS BEHIND HUGE INCREASES IN PRODUCTIVITY FOR TWO LARGE EU COSMETICS AND FOOD INGREDIENT MANUFACTURERS

Most production and process engineers in the UK would love to know the detail behind how Beiersdorf (Nivea) and Symrise – one of the world’s largest producers of fragrance, flavours and bulk ingredients – added a substantial amount to their bottom line profitability without any outlay on new machinery. A number of experienced process automation…