Envision, create and manage your digitalization initiatives, capture real value from IoT applications - guided by a digital transformation partner with deep knowledge of the steel industry, copper, aluminium, other metals and metallurgy.

Removing ambiguity. Eliminating guess work. Every single aspect, every minute detail of plants operations in your control. At your fingertips.

✓	Every component is intelligent
✓	Asset tracking ensures effective planning and precision
✓	Every single piece of data across the value chain is visualized and visible
✓	AI & analytics driven system self-diagnoses to inform you of its optimization needs

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✓	Data integration, visualization and analytics
✓	Operations and production management
✓	Process and electrical control
✓	Optimizing iron and steelmaking processes with model predictive control
✓	Smart melt shop solution
✓	Asset management
✓	Real-time optimization in continuous casting
✓	Performance optimization for long product rolling
✓	Central control room

We have now entered the century defined by Industry 4.0, which is progressively evolving to meet the needs of rapid and productive operations.

The first step to creating this transformative regime is making data across the plant available in real-time, analyzed and presented on a highly intuitive dashboard. This simplification & ease is the first step towards Intelligent Plant operations.

We monitor diverse parameters – including and especially temperatures – and further help control these to minimize occurrence of unwanted activities - protecting human life and infrastructure assets and therefore safeguarding your brand reputation and financial security.

Performance enhancement is the primary focus of an ABB Ability™ solution. We create the inherent ability to track all key machine parameters for metals operations directly resulting in a reliability-centered maintenance approach.

Metals companies can't rely on aging systems to support the business activities of the future. To remain competitive, they need to transform, creating new operating and business models and fostering a digital culture.

We see a plethora of technology to assist steelmakers in their roles such as fully and semi-autonomous robots, drones, increased use of artificial intelligence, virtual, augmented and mixed reality, digital twins, 3-D and 4-D printing and ever more innovative ways to transform. Experimenting, piloting, learning and adapting will help prioritize the technologies with the biggest impact for each specific situation, paving the way to intelligent plants.