AUTOMATION EXTENDED: ENABLING INDUSTRIAL INNOVATION WITH CONTINUITY
- Episode 6 - video - 2026-08-17T00:00:00.000+05:30
- Automation Extended enables industries to adopt new digital capabilities at their own pace while protecting core control systems
- Real-world examples demonstrate how to build automation environments that are easier to operate, expand, and ready for the future
MODERNIZE WITHOUT LOSING CONTROL
Automation keeps the world’s most essential industries running safely and reliably. But how can industry upgrade existing automation and design new, future-ready automation approaches that balance stability, flexibility and long-term value?
In this episode of Industry Optimized, host Fran Scott speaks to Per Erik Holsten, President at ABB’s Energy Industries division and Joachim Braun, President at ABB’s Process Industries division. Together they discuss how Automation Extended can enable customers to protect core control while adopting new digital capabilities at their own pace. Customers can create automation environments that are easier to operate, easier to expand and help industries modernize and build automation systems that are ready for what’s next – without losing control today.
We also hear how this works in action from Matthijs Zwart, CIO at Vitens and Jenny Gotthardsson, General Manager at Södra Cell.
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