For more than a century, automation systems have been central to enabling the operation of industries that provide the basic building blocks of our everyday lives – energy, power, water, metals, minerals, chemicals, and transportation. So how are automation systems being used now to scale to the needs of a growing population – while helping industries reduce carbon emissions?

Tune in to the latest episode of The Process Automation Podcast, where host and engineering enthusiast Fran Scott speaks to Bernhard Eschermann, Chief Technology Officer at ABB Process Automation, and Mike Williams, a modern automation consultant, about the key role of automation systems in enabling a more sustainable and resource-efficient future.

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“Water is the driving force of all nature” – Leonardo da Vinci

This episode of The Process Automation Podcast delves deep into the world of water. Our need for water is essential and that need is ever-growing. About 70 percent of our world is covered in water and only 3 percent of that is drinkable. Moreover, only one-fifth of the wastewater generated around the world is currently reused. Scarcity, ageing infrastructure, limited access and climate change all demand more efficient management of available water resources to serve a growing global population. So how can process automation help?

Presenter and engineer Fran Scott is joined by Marco Achilea, Global Segment Manager for water and infrastructure at ABB, as well as Mohammed Eid Ibrahim, Irrigation Networks Section Manager for AADC, and Cecilia Wennberg, Vice President for market development and sales at DHI. Together they look into how efficient water resource management through the implementation of smart automation solutions can help secure the future of water for our planet.

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Shipping is key for the world economy and our everyday lives – over 80% of world traded goods is carried by sea, while ferries transport over 4 billion passengers a year. What goes behind the scenes of this massive – and yet often invisible – industry?

Join host and engineering fan Fran Scott as she learns about the technologies that are propelling ships toward a sustainable future in conversation with ex-mariner and shipping journalist Craig Eason, ABB’s passenger vessel expert Marcus Högblom, and ferry designer Johannes Johannesson.

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How important it is to continuously monitor our global emissions to ensure that the air we breathe is safe for humans, animals, and the environment? From what's being monitored, to how it is dealt with, join host and engineering fan Fran Scott as she learns how ABB's solutions tackle these challenges.

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Fran Scott discovers just how critical the mining industry is, the challenges it faces in 2022, and how ABB technology and solutions are helping to tackle these challenges while also supporting the clean energy transition.

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Across societies and economies, many of us take it for granted that we have reliable power at the flip of a switch, that water flows at the turn of a knob, or that goods are available at our fingertips. What we rarely think about are the sophisticated, interconnected processes, systems, technologies and operations working around the clock to enable everyday life as many of us know it. At the heart of what’s behind this seeming ‘magic’ in the background is process automation – orchestrating production and enabling safe and efficient operations of some of the most complex and vast infrastructures on our planet.

In this first episode host Fran Scott is joined by Peter Terwiesch, President of ABB’s Process Automation business area, to discuss what process automation is and how automation, electrification and digital technologies – through their role in industry – are contributing to life the way we know it and are enabling society to become more efficient and sustainable to make a world of difference. The Process Automation Podcast by ABB is a Fresh Air Production.

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From the phones in our hands, to the water in our taps Process Automation technologies are behind the scenes, orchestrating industrial processes, machinery, and systems to operate seamlessly and efficiently to enable our everyday.

Join presenter and engineer Fran Scott as she explores the often unseen magic of process automation that enables our daily lives, shining a light on their Process Automation business, and the work they’re doing around the world. 

Throughout this series we’re going to discover how these invisible forces make a world of difference, affecting some of the world’s biggest industries such as mining for vital materials that provide the building blocks for modern life to shipping products around the world. Even the industries bringing essentials like water and gas into our homes. And ultimately we’ll see how these technologies not only make it possible, but in fact make these industries more efficient, safe, and sustainable than ever before.  

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