How can textiles be produced more sustainably while remaining economically viable? In this episode of Talking Digital Industries, host Alex Chavez explores a groundbreaking innovation in textile fiber production with Juha Salmela, CTO and co-founder of Spinnova, and Eryn Devola, Head of Sustainability at Siemens Digital Industries. Spinnova’s revolutionary textile fiber has a 74% smaller carbon footprint and uses 98% less water than conventional cotton. Even more impressively, its 100% mechanical production process eliminates harmful chemicals and minimizes waste, setting a new standard for sustainable textiles. Learn how this vision is coming to life and how Siemens helps Spinnova scale with digital tools and the power of ecosystems.

Spinnova reference

What do automation, flies, agricultural waste, and Digital Twins have in common? They’re all part of a revolutionary approach to producing sustainable animal feed. This episode of Talking Digital Industries starts with an unusual snack before host Alex Chavez embarks on a fascinating discussion with Matt Simmonds, Managing Director at Entocycle, and Keith Thornhill, Head of Food & Beverage at Siemens UK and Ireland. Tune in to find out what it’s like inside an insect farm in central London, and how cutting-edge technologies are helping reduce food waste and create alternative protein sources.

Siemens Agriculture

Is AI already making an impact on industry? Absolutely! In this episode of Talking Digital Industries, host Alex Chavez explores the world of industrial AI solutions with Alvin Clark from NVIDIA and Dr. Michael Schrapp from Siemens. They discuss AI-driven solutions available today thanks to the collaboration between Siemens and NVIDIA. The conversation focuses on groundbreaking innovations and real-world applications that are making industrial processes more intelligent, efficient, and sustainable. Looking ahead, the guests share insights into the future of AI-powered industrial applications – and, for a fun twist, they reveal what AI task they’d love to hand over in their personal lives!

Siemens Industrial Copilot

Does Siemens drink its own champagne? This episode gives profound insights into a real sustainable Digital Enterprise – the Electronics Factory Erlangen in Germany. Moderator Chris Brow leads his guests Kevin O’Donovan, Stefan Krug, and Magnus Edholm through a conversation on the factory’s digital end-to-end production processes, which are made possible with technologies like the Digital Twin and AI. Among others they talk about the challenges of digitalizing a brownfield site, cutting the carbon footprint in manufacturing and product design, and, last but not least, the importance of the people. This episode is peppered with examples of what’s possible today with digitalization, such as using AI to reduce fake failures and how robots are trained to pick unsorted parts. Best of all, the solutions they talk about are available for all industrial enterprises.

Electronics Factory Erlangen

To tackle today’s challenges, the automotive industry is currently undergoing a major shift to electrification. Data transparency across the entire supply chain and new ways of collaboration are required. In this episode, Gunter Beitinger, Head of Factory Digitalization & Head of Product Carbon Footprint at Siemens Digital Industries, and Jan Burian, Analyst at IDC, focus on digital technologies in manufacturing and supply chains. They discuss the crucial role of technology, innovation, and data in the industry’s sustainability transformation. We take a deep dive into the challenges automotive companies are facing and look at solutions like SiGREEN, a tool that enables transparent CO2 data exchange for products across the supply chain.

Decarbonizing your supply chain with data

Say goodbye to cardboard-box planning! Designing factory workstations is now four times faster with a solution based on virtual reality. In this episode, host Alex Chavez meets with Tobias Haslböck, Business Developer at the startup Halocline, and Julian Boha, Head of the Siemens program Fast Lane for Startups. They talk about the solution that speeds up workstation planning, and they also share recommendations for startups on collaborating with a global player like Siemens. Listen in to find more about the benefits of working within the Siemens ecosystem!

Industrial Partner Ecosystem

Fast Lane for Startups

Want to increase the performance of your product? Katrien Wyckaert, who is responsible for strategy and innovation for the Simcenter software, talks about how simulation and testing in the virtual world can help. She is joined by Magnus Edholm. As a Siemens expert in helping companies becoming a Digital Enterprise, he knows how to use data to connect the top floor with the shop floor to continuously optimize everything. In this episode, both guests reveal to host Chris Brow how this technology aids in designing electric vehicles – like the SimRod. Katrien and Magnus present a concrete example of how the Siemens team has increased the range with the SimRod. In this episode, the guests also talk about their personal experiences with e-mobility, and they even touch on autonomous mobility.

Digital Enterprise

Programmable logic controllers – or PLCs – were introduced to the market around 60 years ago. Now, this classical hardware stands on the cusp of going digital. Efrossini Tsouchnika and Oliver Narr from Siemens talk about the implications and opportunities of virtual PLCs with host Alex Chavez. As it turns out, these two technologies are likely to exist side by side. The best of both worlds, so to say.  

Are you already tapping into digital technologies to transform the way you compete, collaborate, and connect? At the launch of Siemens Xcelerator, an open digital business platform, Siemens Digital Industries CEO Cedrik Neike welcomed three guests whose companies have made big strides in their digital transformations: Laura Matz, Chief Science and Technology Officer at Merck, spoke about how digitalization is speeding up the development of therapies. Patrick Verwer, CEO of Govia Thameslink Railway, or GTR, presented how digitalization is helping to deal with growing passenger volumes on legacy infrastructure. And Trond Skjellerud, CEO of Elvia, talked about managing the grid in the age of electric mobility. Host Alex Chavez guides you through this episode. 

Siemens Xcelerator

Becoming more sustainable is no longer a nice-to-have: it’s a business imperative. Consumers are demanding more sustainable products while governments are imposing regulations. In this episode, host Alex Chavez meets with Paul Miller, Analyst at Forrester, and Eryn Devola, Siemens Digital Industries’ Vice President of Sustainability, to talk about what companies can do today to become greener. As it turns out, most of the tools are already there – they just have to be implemented. Listen in to find out what role digitalization plays to make industries more sustainable.

Sustainable industries: www.siemens.com/sustainable-industries