Rockwell Automation is assisting the digital evolution journey of Liquats Vegetals, which is a leading Spain-based producer of plant-based beverages, by deploying sophisticated industrial automation and data management technologies in enhancing digital manufacturing efficiency in manufacturing operations.
As the plant-based food and beverage sector has become more intricate, the partnership aims to increase functional visibility, improve consistency in processes, and provide more transparency in terms of energy consumption.
Manufacturers in the industry are dealing with a wider range of product formulations, more regular production changes, developing sustainability expectations, and increasing demands for traceability along with resource effectiveness.
As production demands change constantly, Liquats Vegetals is investing in digital technologies so as to gain greater insight into manufacturing performance, while facilitating more informed decisions throughout its plants. The company has production sites located in Catalonia and a broad client base, including foodservice operators and major retailers, as well as global distribution partners.
The technology portfolio of Rockwell Automation is at the heart of supporting these objectives. The plant employs the PlantPAx distributed control system, enabling greater flexibility in the process and more efficient management of a variety of formulations and regular product changeovers, as well as assisting to ensure quality of the product and functional consistency.
FactoryTalk Energy Manager is additionally assisting Liquats Vegetals in improving resource management, with the solution offering real-time visibility of energy along with utility consumption. The platform allows operations teams to track usage patterns, detect inefficiencies, and advocate for initiatives focused on enhancing energy performance and environmental responsibility.
The company has also implemented the DataMosaix industrial DataOps solution that brings together production, sustainability, and energy information on one platform. Liquats Vegetals can combine operational data from various sources to enhance traceability, detect optimization possibilities, and fuel continuous improvement efforts across its manufacturing processes.
According to the country director for Spain at Rockwell Automation, Jose Paredes, increasingly one can see manufacturers realizing the importance of digital transformation to improve operational insight and resource efficiency along with production flexibility. Advanced visibility into data is indeed becoming an increasingly critical part of day-to-day decision-making when it comes to manufacturing, he adds.
The Director of Processes and Continuous Improvement with Liquats Vegetals, Tasio Corachán Masriera, highlighted the need for unified and dependable data from operations in the management of more complex production environments.
He adds that they are currently making better-informed decisions and driving ongoing operational enhancements with better visibility on process efficiency, energy consumption, and operating costs.
Interestingly, the initiative combines real-time production intelligence and energy management capabilities so as to support the broader sustainability strategy of Liquats Vegetals. The digital transformation program is anticipated to assist the company in maximizing resource utilization, enhancing digital manufacturing efficiency, and minimizing environmental impact, while conforming to the high levels of quality necessary throughout its wide-ranging range of products.