Attending the eChem Expo? Step Aboard the Siemens Mobile Showcase for a look into the Digital Future.


March 2018, MARIETTA, GA ~ Don’t miss the Siemens mobile showcase at the 10th bi-annual eChemExpo Solutions Marketplace and Technology Innovations Conference . The event will be held in Kingsport, Tennessee, Thursday, April 5, 2018. Undeniably the chemical industry's largest single chemical processing complex, the theme of this year’s exposition is "Safely Accelerate Innovation, Improve Agility and Increase Productivity for Sustainable Business Growth."

Siemens’ mobile showcase will be parked on the exhibit floor and features products and solutions that support digitalization in the process industry world. Among the new products, there will be a self-configuring and self-documenting I/O device called a “Compact Field Unit.” Other new products include the ET200SP HA line, which provides the highest-density I/O possible, and the SITRANS FS230 digital clamp-on ultrasonic flow meter. Siemens will also display the SITRANS TO500 multipoint temperature transmitter, which is capable of reading up to 192 measuring points. On display, you will also see MindSphere, Siemens’ cloud-based approach to handling the Internet of Things (IoT). MindSphere is an open IoT operating system that connects your products, plants, systems, and machines, enabling you to harness the wealth of data to help drive business success.

During the conference, topics are divided into six tracks and Siemens will be presenting two abstracts under Track 1: Digital Transformation. Don Mack, a chemical industry manager with Siemens’ Automation & Engineering group, will present a presentation called, “Digitalization in the Process Industries – How and Where to Implement. ” It will provide attendees with an overview of digitalization, including the expected benefits and will give practical examples of implementation. The second presentation is entitled, “Harnessing the Power of Digitalization for Transformation and New Profit Stream ,” and will be presented by Cynthia Mason, a cloud application services manager. She will explain how plants can harness huge volumes of data by connecting machines and physical infrastructure to the digital world as well as provide examples of chemical companies that are using digital platforms for highly improved insights.

To learn more about Siemens’ contribution to this year’s eChem Expo, read the full article here.