Emerson Exchange

“The structures that once managed complexity now cause pressure.” Emerson CEO Lal Karsanbhai discussed how the company’s Project Beyond will make current automation investments deliver greater value without introducing complexity.

Driving the next era of industrial automation

Emerson President and CEO Lal Karsanbhai opened Emerson Exchange 2025 with a look at the changing landscape of the industry and the fresh solutions that will usher it in.

May 21, 2025

“We curate all the data in a central repository—making sure the data is clean and any calculations you need to normalize the data are there.” Emerson’s Hasit Patel explained how Emerson’s Inmation platform contextualizes a broad range of industrial data so that it is meaningful to the applications that need it.

Unleashing the intrinsic value of data with Emerson’s AspenTech Inmation

Emerson’s AspenTech Inmation helps companies create a real-time infrastructure for holistic monitoring of all acquired industrial data

June 2, 2025

“Saving 30 to 60 minutes per batch lets us run one or two extra batches per week, which means an extra $60,000 for each.” Synthomer’s Eric Schulz discussed how Emerson’s DeltaV Batch and DeltaV Live systems help execute operations more quickly and efficiently.

Synthomer streamlines polymer batches with DeltaV

Impact partner R.E. Mason helps with batch configurations, and modernizing charging system code

June 2, 2025

“We wanted to test WirelessHART’s self-organizing, self-healing network because it can use multiple pathways to reach its gateway.” Oliver Rodriguez, key account manager at Emerson, discussed Ternium Steel’s choice of WirelessHART technology to provide reliable communications despite harsh conditions.

Ternium Steel saves $650,000 monthly with wireless

Transmitters with WirelessHART reliably measure bearing oil temperatures on hot-steel rollers despite constant floods of cooling water

June 2, 2025

“We can optimize operations, enhance decision-making and boost productivity.” Brenntag’s Krzysztof Pawlowski discussed the company’s use of Emerson’s Rosemount SAM42 Acoustic Particle Monitor and DeltaV SaaS SCADA software to remotely detect sand production from gas wells and head off potentially erosive conditions.

Brenntag heads off erosive effects of sand with ultrasonic monitor

Oil & gas services provider partners with Emerson to enable real-time monitoring of sand in gas pipelines

June 2, 2025

“Over the past two years, we’ve had $214,000 in cost avoidance and reduced our maintenance rounds by 445 hours.” AbbVie’s Ellen Kaminski on the pharmaceutical company’s savings due to wireless steam-trap monitoring.

AbbVie, Emerson team on wireless steam trap monitoring

Timely response leads to lower energy costs, smaller carbon footprint plus increased safety and productivity

May 28, 2025

Nutrien’s Andrew Galambos, together with co-presenter Ryley Blyth of Spartan Controls, explained how the company has saved $7.6 million in process downtime through remote monitoring and analysis of valves and other instrumentation.

Nutrien mines savings with predictive valve monitoring

Fisher ValveLink and AMS software link up with SpartanPRO Connect and Iris cloud-based analytics to save $7.6 million over six years.

May 28, 2025

“It was a two-in-one solution.” Cliff Crawford of Enbridge Gas shared how the Rosemount 770XA Gas Chromatograph helped measure both hydrogen concentration and heating value of hydrogen and natural gas blends.

A hydrogen storage system for the future

Emerson’s Rosemount 770XA Gas Chromatograph helps Enbridge Gas turn surplus electricity into hydrogen

May 27, 2025

“DeltaV Mobile enables Merck to get better business results, streamlining workflows with alarms and notifications.” Merck’s Colleen Frank discussed how DeltaV Mobile promotes best practices across the company’s production sites.

Merck taps DeltaV Mobile platform for on-the-go intelligence

Encouraged to spend their time on the floor or in the field, Merck’s engineers and operators use DeltaV Mobile to stay in touch

May 27, 2025

“Emerson’s global workforce is propelled by bridging the gap between markets, unmet customer needs, and what our business can deliver.” Emerson CMO Vidya Ramnath spoke to the importance of partnership with the company’s diverse industrial client base.

Customer collaboration drives innovation, real-world success

Emerson customers speak to Emerson’s partnership in digital transformation, a journey driven by shared purpose and partnership

May 27, 2025

“In the 1990s, a typical process plant might need 100 cabinets. In 2011, electronic marshaling reduced that number to a dozen. Now, everything can be run redundantly on two pairs of servers.” Emerson’s Camilo Fadul on the impact of software-defined control on system hardware requirements.

Innovations sparkle at Emerson Exchange 2025

Exhibits highlighted new Emerson developments ranging from valves and field instruments to industrial AI, software-defined control and enterprise operations

May 27, 2025

According to Adelino Dias, process systems analyst for Petrobras, one particular alert enabled the company to resolve a pressure safety valve issue in approximately six hours—a dramatic improvement from the six months it would have taken before implementing the LeakSpy project.

Petrobras dramatically speeds gas leak response

Wireless condition monitoring network pinpoints troublesome valves and steam traps, reducing emissions by the equivalent of 20,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide over six months...

May 27, 2025

Emerson’s Peter Zornio (left) led a panel discussion on the continuing edge and cloud computing developments that also included (left to right) William Reed from Dell, Zededa’s Padraig Stapleton, plus Brian LaMothe and Rick Kephart, both of Emerson.

‘Data gravity’ drives new wave of industrial edge adoption

Industry experts at Emerson Exchange 2025 explore how bringing computing closer to data sources is transforming manufacturing

May 27, 2025

“I know these numbers sound big on the instrumentation side, but you have to remember this has never been done before.” Eastman Chemical’s Mike Strickler explained how a DeltaV control system and Rosemount instrumentation helped the company gather the information needed to optimize a new recycling process.

Eastman automates recycling plant to refine new process

Specialty materials producer deployed an advanced digital control system and extensive sensor networks at its Kingsport facility as it looks to scale plastics circularity technology...

May 27, 2025

“The future of industrial automation isn't being handed down from the top. It is being built brick-by-brick.” In the closing general session of Emerson Exchange 2025, Emerson’s Ram Krishnan noted the critical role that attendees play in bringing industry forward to a new era of sustainably optimized performance.

Projecting progress over perfection

Top technology experts at Emerson Exchange 2025 explore the march toward autonomous operations.

May 27, 2025

Project Beyond enterprise operations platform and Inmation industrial data fabric were explained at Emerson Exchange in San Antonio this week by (l. to r.) Dr. Nina Schwalb, VP and head of Inmation industrial data fabric at Emerson’s Aspen Technology business; Dave Denison, technology VP at Emerson’s process systems and solutions business; and Claudio Fayad, CTO of Emerson’s Aspen Technology business.

Unified data gets serious support

An essential aspect of Project Beyond is its Inmation data fabric, which effectively streamlines the integration of formerly siloed, uncontextualized data

May 23, 2025

“We’re moving people away from an unhealthy environment and making the process more efficient.” Gabriel Carrizo of Rio Tinto share how the company improved the efficiency and safety of high-altitude evaporation pods using wireless radar technology.

Lithium carbonate production project banks on brine

Argentinian producer gets help from non-contacting radar to cut costs, improve safety of Andes operation

May 22, 2025

Claudio Fayad, CTO of Emerson’s Aspen Technology business, explained how Project Beyond integrates DeltaV control functionality with other Emerson software packages via a seamless data fabric.

Project Beyond unifies and simplifies

Claudio Fayad, CTO of Emerson’s Aspen Technology business, showed how Emerson’s new approach combines computing power, secure networking, unified data fabric, AI orchestration...

May 22, 2025

“Be clear what you want to do because that might influence your choice of technology as well as how and what you connect it to.” Emerson’s Raoul Mercer (left) and BP’s David Mason discussed how the company connects offshore assets for optimal remote operations.

BP expands remote operations to deepwater projects

The energy company is using Emerson's DeltaV Automation Platform to reduce safety risks and operational costs across projects from Azerbaijan to West Africa

May 22, 2025