Rewriting the future of the bio-manufacturing industry

Polymers are an essential element for various chemical products. It’s probable that by the time you’ve showered, brushed your teeth, put on your favourite jersey and taken the bus to work, you’ve come into contact with products and services that rely on polymers.

Cathay Industrial Biotech, a leading bio-technology company in a growing field, is developing new ways to produce polymers via bio-manufacturing using renewable raw materials such as corns instead of oils.

Go digital and unlock potential

It’s thanks to the digital manufacturing process, Cathay is creating a new generation of organic corn-based polymers which use fewer resources, create less waste and are kinder to the environment. Not only is this pushing the manufacturing industry forward, it’s improving life in meaningful ways for people every day from the clothes they wear, to the way they furnish and accessorize their homes, to improving the performance and comfort of the cars they drive.

Cathay enlisted Siemens to build a digital factory to fully unlock the potential of turning natural plants into sustainable fabric. With Siemens’ expertise, Cathay benefitted from faster time to market, increased capacity and greater production security. Plus, in a completely virtual environment, it can simulate and optimize its physical factory, products and production processes with accuracy and control.

Manage your entire factory in real-time

If every microorganism is a micro-reactor, bio manufacturing is the of pooling numerous micro-reactors together for mass production – but once started it cannot be interrupted. This needs real-time management. Siemens’ DCS control system SIMATIC PCS 7 ensures seamless integration, continuous production and performance optimization as well as decentralized control and clear visualization combined with low TCO and intelligent services.

Push the manufacturing industry forward

Managing and maintaining a plant requires data input from thousands of assets. The combination of Siemens’ COMOS, SIMATIC PCS 7 and XHQ will help Cathay to manage the integration of engineering, operation and maintenance. COMOS can manage assets and develop maintenance plans, and together with PCS 7 it can provide information about any piece of equipment. Its intelligent software presents real-time operational data for better utilization of assets. The future can come for Cathay in Wusu, Xinjiang, China.

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