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before issues escalate. Automated grade transitions, alarm-based diagnostics, and customisable reporting enhance standardisation and improve overall operational discipline. At the same time, the software helps mills move beyond reactive planning by enabling dynamic, forward-looking decision support. It uses higher time-horizon targets from Manufacturing Execution System (MES) to create weekly and daily production plans that account for real-world constraints. By modeling alternative scenarios for demand changes, shutdown and startup planning or resolving bottlenecks, it provides recommendations that balance throughput, cost and resource use. It calculates optimal set-points and production rates – either on demand or continuously – allowing teams to minimise waste, increase throughput and reduce cost-to-produce, all within the existing asset base. The result is a more agile and resilient mill, capable of adapting to change without sacrificing quality or efficiency. “Digitalization is not only about data access – it’s about turning operational complexity into clear, coordinated action,” said Sanjit Shewale, Global Division Head of Digital, ABB’s Process Industries division. “With Plant Optimizer for Pulp Mills, we’ve designed a solution that brings planning and operations together, so mills can run more efficiently today and prepare for more autonomous operations tomorrow.” This latest application adds to ABB’s proven suite of ABB Ability digital solutions for the pulp and paper industry, reinforcing its commitment to help producers extract greater value from their existing assets while navigating the energy transition and skills gap. ABB is a global technology leader in electrification and automation, enabling a more sustainable and resource-efficient future. By connecting its engineering and digitalisation expertise, ABB helps industries run at high performance, while becoming more efficient, productive and sustainable so they outperform. At ABB, we call this ‘Engineered to Outrun’. The company has over 140 years of history and around 110,000 employees worldwide. ABB’s shares are listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange (ABBN) and Nasdaq Stockholm (ABB). www.abb.com ABB’s Process Automation business automates, electrifies and digitalizes industrial operations that address a wide range of essential needs – from supplying energy, water and materials, to producing goods and transporting them to market. With its ~20,000 employees, leading technology and service expertise, ABB Process Automation helps process, hybrid and maritime industries outrun – leaner and cleaner.
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