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Industry 5.0 – How the Shop Floor Workforce drives Digitalization at Grace

Solution Study

Tuesday, March 14

08:45 AM - 09:15 AM

Live in Frankfurt

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A people-centered approach for digital transformation – Digitalization initiatives have revolutionized the way chemical companies increase the collaboration between people and systems. Whereas we have been focused on getting process-relevant data and an overview of all plant states, it takes people to align the information with strategic priorities. With the right knowledge, creativity and the ability to respond to unexpected events, people build the greatest asset of chemical manufacturing plants. Grace recognized the importance of their shop floor workforce and manages interactive plant operations with future-proof human-to-human and human-to-machine communication. In doing so, Grace unlocks the full potential of a people-centered approach for digital transformation and brings workers and managers into the age of Industry 5.0.

This presentation covers:

  • How digitalization initiatives have proven to drive plant performance
  • Why a people-focused approach is key for successful manufacturing
  • How chemical companies facing new challenges can achieve resilience

Speaker

Veit Hora

COO, eschbach GmbH

Veit Hora is COO at the software company eschbach. He has been dedicating his work to shop floor collaboration and plant process management.

Veit has been leading multiple digital asset utilization and OEE tracking projects for global chemical manufacturers. With a background in business as well as innovation methods and user experience design, he has been driving eschbach’s manufacturing performance solution roadmap.

Asset utilization and OEE are an integral part of the Shiftconnector® solution. For over 15 years, eschbach’s award-winning Shiftconnector® solution has brought shift teams together to improve safety and performance. Shiftconnector® has continuously developed in close cooperation with leading organizations in the chemical industry.

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Klaus Weckheuer

Senior Site Director, Grace Europe Holding GmbH

Grace is a leading specialty chemicals company with focus areas in Silicas, Adsorbents, and Catalysts for the Refining and Polymer industry.

Klaus Weckheuer is the leader of the largest manufacturing site of W.R. Grace with approx. 900 employees. His key responsibilities are further strengthening of the Grace safety performance and the relentless optimization of the manufacturing units to achieve operational excellence. Klaus has a professional Operations background at Grace for 25+ years in the areas of Manufacturing, Quality and Productivity, in Germany and other European countries and plants.

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Marius Lawall

Engineer Manufacturing Leadership, Grace Europe Holding GmbH

09.2021 - today Engineer Manufacturing Leadership Program at Grace Europe Holding GmbH Worms
12.2020 - 06.2021 Master thesis at BASF SE in the field of Computational Fluid & Particle Dynamics:
"Numerical simulation of particle abrasion as well as dust deposition at the particle surface for a particle system on an industrial scale".
04.2019 - 07.2021 Master study Production Engineering at the Technical University of Kaiserslautern
04.2020 - 10.2020 Project work at the Chair of Mechanical Process Engineering: "Further development of a fluid bridge model for CFD-DEM simulations"
02.2019 - 08.2019 Bachelor thesis at the Chair of Mechanical Process Engineering: "CFD-DEM simulation of a coating process in a Spouted Bed"
10.2014 - 08.2019 Bachelor studies in mechanical engineering at the Technical University of Kaiserslautern

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Company

eschbach GmbH

Software solutions for the interactive operation. The eschbach company develops software for interactive management, transparent communication and business intelligence. The award-winning Shiftconnector® solution was created by eschbach in 2005 and since then, has been continuously developed in close cooperation with our customers. Today, the product is successfully used worldwide by leading production and supply companies.

Grace Europe Holding GmbH

https://grace.com
Grace is a leading specialty chemicals company with focus areas in Silicas, Adsorbents, and Catalysts for the Refining and Polymer industry. Built on talent, technology, and trust, Grace is a leading global supplier of specialty chemicals within the Standard Industries family of companies. Our two industry-leading business segments—Catalysts Technologies and Materials Technologies—provide innovative products, technologies, and services that enhance the products and processes of our customers around the world. Through customer-driven innovation, strategic acquisitions, flexible worldwide manufacturing, and the talent of our people, we maintain strong strategic positions and unmatched customer relationships with many of the world’s best companies. Grace, a Standard Industries company, is committed to delivering value, safely and sustainably, to customers, to shareholders, and to the communities in which we operate.
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