“The Digital Sugar Mill” showcases today’s clear business imperative for the industry
Rahim Yar Khan: “A seminar on sugar and distillery automation” was
held by Avanceon and Rockwell Automation here on Wednesday. The event
focused on a key region in South Asia for sugar refineries and related
industrial processes. Chris Marshall, Market Access Director, Rockwell
Automation Southeast Asia, said “As an important driver of the economy
in Pakistan, we are pleased to be standing alongside such luminaries
of the sugar industry. It is essential we work together to enhance
business processes, delivering the same quality product at much lower
overall costs. Digitizing workflows is well within the reach of this
industry”. Bakhtiar H. Wain, Founder and CEO at Avanceon said, “A
learning seminar is the ideal event to achieve this objective; and
what better way than to enable mindshare with the top professionals of
the industry”. The participants from six sugar mills and ethanol
industries were given expert knowledge of how to provide continuous
and precise handling to ensure constant monitoring throughout the
manufacturing process, from raw material to finished products.
Delegates were shown how automation can ensure quality and efficiency
in a sustainable manner. For the first time, top professionals from
the industry spoke about successful automation projects in their
organizations with specific emphasis on the economic and business
benefits achieved. The Guest speakers including, Mr. Khalid Hayat
Khan, Faran Sugar Mills, who presented on auto cane feeding and mill
house automation, Mr Rafiq Ahmed Mangi, Habib Sugar Mills, who
presented on automating a complete distillery plant, Mr Zia Baloch,
who told how industries can take advantage of automation and process
control technologies.
