Automation in action: built to last, designed to evolve | ABB

Automation in action: built to last, designed to evolve

- Episode 2 - video - 2025-07-02T00:00:00.000+05:30

  • The widespread role of process automation across essential industries - supporting rising demand for energy and materials while ensuring safe, reliable, and uninterrupted operations
  • How smart automation improves efficiency and performance, helping keep critical infrastructure running smoothly

Keeping Essential Industries Moving

Process automation is everywhere - powering the essential industries we rely on every day, from energy and metals to water and beyond.

In this episode, we explore the critical role of automation, and ask the question: “As demands for energy and materials grow, how does automation keep the world’s most essential industries running - safely, efficiently and without interruption?

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A brief history of industrial automation and control​​

Stefan Basenach, Senior Vice President of  Automation Technology at ABB, joins host Fran Scott on the podcast to delve into automation’s engineering and innovating milestones.

The automation balancing act: innovation without downtime

Technology advancements have driven transformative evolution for industrial automation, but the benefits of modernization must be weighed against the cost of interruption to plant operations.

 

Host Fran Scott is joined by Christopher Leinen, Chief Technology Officer at PLT Networks, to explore how industrial facilities can strike the balance between innovation and continuity.

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