- GE Digital’s Predix Asset Performance Management and Predix
ServiceMax industrial apps to optimize SIG operations worldwide
- Co-innovation between the companies to fuel asset efficiency, smart
supply chain and sustainable, intelligent packaging solutions to meet
customers’ evolving needs
SAN RAMON, Calif. & NEUHAUSEN, Switzerland -- (Business Wire)
GE
Digital (NYSE: GE) and SIG,
a leading provider of packaging systems and solutions for the food and
beverage industry, announced a strategic partnership to power digital
innovation in food and beverage packaging. SIG will deploy GE Digital’s
Predix Asset Performance Management (APM) and Predix ServiceMax
industrial applications across more than 400 customer factories
worldwide to drive new levels of efficiency, create intelligent
solutions and enable new possibilities for its customers.
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The food and beverage industry is ripe for digital transformation, with
consumers increasingly seeking innovative, convenient products that are
not only safe and sustainable but also affordable and differentiated. At
the same time, producers are facing competitive pressures, supply chain
complexities and ever-shorter production cycles – creating an increased
need for technologies that can enable producers to quickly identify,
predict and act on changing consumer and market demands.
The unique combination of GE Digital’s APM and ServiceMax applications
will enable SIG to build an end-to-end digital platform that will bring
a new level of insight and data-driven intelligence to its customers
worldwide – helping them and SIG transform how they predict, manage and
service the entire lifecycle of SIG filling lines. By automatically
collecting and analyzing asset data – tapping into billions of data
points across its operations globally in real time – SIG and their
customers can move beyond traditional asset monitoring and predictive
service models to reimagine their supply chain, enhance quality control
technologies and evolve their portfolio mix.
“Our ability to harness data is central to delivering on our promise of
opening up new opportunities for our customers,” said Rolf Stangl, SIG,
CEO. “By tapping into information in new and innovative ways, we will be
able to deliver an unmatched level of performance, security,
transparency and creativity across the entire food and beverage supply
chain – through to the end consumer.”
SIG’s customers fill more than 10,000 unique products into SIG packaging
across 65 countries worldwide. In 2017 alone, SIG produced 33.6 billion
carton packs for its customers. Through this large-scale partnership,
SIG and GE Digital will co-innovate packaging solutions and technologies
to address the industry’s two biggest needs today: improving asset
performance and optimizing service delivery.
“Digital is reshaping every sector, and industrials know they need to
own the productivity of their assets to succeed,” said Bill Ruh, GE
Digital, CEO. “By adopting Predix applications, SIG is establishing
itself as a leader in the transformation of food and beverage packaging.
This partnership brings our teams together to write a new chapter for
SIG and for the industry.”
The new digital service model will also enable SIG to deliver new
solutions and business models based on advanced performance metrics,
including as-a-service delivery, performance-based and subscription
solutions.
“This will be a true strategic partnership,” said SIG’s Rolf Stangl. “We
are excited to work alongside an experienced digital industrial company
to collaborate on innovative solutions – from 3D-printed spare parts to
a fully connected, intelligent supply chain to innovative ways to bring
advanced tracking and intelligence direct to the consumer.”
The initial deployment is expected to go live in July 2018 with the
global rollout anticipated to begin in January 2019.
About SIG
SIG is a leading systems and solutions provider for aseptic packaging.
We work in partnership with our customers to bring food products to
consumers around the world in a safe, sustainable and affordable way.
Our unique technology and outstanding innovation capacity enable us to
provide our customers with end-to-end solutions for differentiated
products, smarter factories and connected packs, all to address the
ever-changing needs of consumers.
Founded 1853, SIG is headquartered in Neuhausen, Switzerland. The skills
and experience of our 5,000-plus employees worldwide enable us to
respond quickly and effectively to the needs of our customers in more
than 65 countries. In 2017, SIG produced 33.6 billion carton packs and
generated ¤1.66 billion in revenue. For more information, visit www.sig.biz
About GE Digital
GE Digital is reimagining how industrials build, operate and service
their assets, unlocking machine data to turn valuable insights into
powerful business outcomes. GE Digital’s Predix portfolio – including
the leading Asset Performance Management and Field Service Management
applications – helps its customers manage the entire asset lifecycle.
Underpinned by Predix, the leading application development platform for
the Industrial Internet, GE Digital enables industrial businesses to
operate faster, smarter and more efficiently. For more information,
visit www.ge.com/digital.
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Contacts:
Media:
GE Digital
Amy Sarosiek, +1-224-239-6028
amy.sarosiek@ge.com
or
SIG
Ingo
Büttgen, +49 24 62 79 2809
ingo.buettgen@sig.biz
Source: GE Digital
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