Cinkarna Celje boasts 150 years of uninterrupted operations, making it one of the longest-standing companies in Slovenia. With approximately 800 employees and an annual turnover exceeding EUR 200 million, over 90% of which comes from export markets, the company leads the Slovenian chemical processing industry and is among the most important and successful industrial companies in the country.
Area
Chemical Industry
Solutions
Challenges
Our collaboration with Cinkarna Celje began in 2010 when we were selected to implement a Production Information System (PIS) for its titanium dioxide production plant, the company’s main product, which generates over 80% of its annual revenue.
Over time, the system became technologically outdated, and the need for additional functionalities arose. Cinkarna Celje therefore decided to overhaul the system completely and entrusted Metronik with the execution of this complex development project.
The key expected outcomes of the SPEKTER 2.0 system are the further reduction of production costs, improved product quality and enhanced operational safety.
Solutions
To implement SPEKTER 2.0 we used our own development platform, which is based on the latest technologies and enables the rapid and efficient development of a secure and scalable IT solution.
The main functionalities include the centralization and review of data from various production systems, which are then used to calculate global indicators (KPIs) for managing quality, production efficiency and achieving planned production targets.
For production monitoring, block diagrams offer a quick overview of operations within the selected process, and more than 30 synoptics visualize the status of equipment and processes.
Automated alerts, notifications and the logging and analysis of downtime and bottlenecks, as well as traceability of both the primary and secondary production chains, significantly reduce the need for repeated manual checks across different areas.
The solution also includes energy management tools (data review, trend analysis – M&T, consumption forecasting) and environmental management (monitoring and reporting on environmental parameters, reports for ARSO).
Another important feature is the automatic generation of over 100 reports.
Additionally, two new packages are planned: one for displaying groundwater level probe data and another for integrating batch data.
Results
With the renewed information system, Cinkarna Celje’s users now have efficient and reliable access to real-time production parameters. This contributes to cost optimization, improved product quality and provides a valuable tool for work process planning and internal and external reporting. The system can be accessed from anywhere and on multiple devices, offering flexibility and convenience to its users.
Photography source: Cinkarna.si