Page 35 - Glass Machinery Plants & Accessories no. 2-2019

After a recent
Piramal art GM2.indd
announcement
regarding an important
collaboration with
Microsoft, we speak
to Vijay Shah, Director
of Piramal Glass and
Executive Director of
Piramal Enterprises, to
find out more on how
this global specialist
in design, production,
and decoration of glass
packaging solutions is
using this technology
to strengthen and
accelerate growth in all
aspects of its business.
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IoT platform, Microsoft and its
partners have helped us acquire
data from sensors on production
lines to identify quality parame-
ters at each stage and get insights
on line efficiencies in real-time.
This resulted in one per cent
improved production efficien-
cy within eight months and 40
per cent reduction in manual
data gathering. With real-time
feedback and communication,
we have seen lower numbers of
defects being generated. The
investment in this solution is up
to 70 per cent less as compared
to a glass industry manufacturing
execution system (MES).
GMP&A: You mention digital
transformation – how is this inte-
grating into your present produc-
tion and products? What are the
benefits for the end users of glass
packaging?
Vijay Shah: Glass manufactur-
ing is a complex process with
many interactive variables.
Combining digital technologies
with precision high-quality glass
manufacturing has helped our
company strengthen its acceler-
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