Plants that produce fine and specialty chemicals require more flexibility than ever before. There is a very strong  trend in the market toward shorter innovation cycles and more specific adaptations of product portfolios.  This also applies to the Evonik plant in Hanau, Germany.  That’s why Evonik wanted to implement a plant concept that would allow them to quickly and easily prepare and expand plant sections for a new test.  Evonik wanted to implement the latest generation of process control technology in their plant, which enables new methods of collaboration.
Also, a modular approach with Module Type Package (MTP) was required, to flexibly expand the plants and adapt them to specific customer requirements.

To implement this concept, Evonik is relying on Simatic PCS neo process control system from Siemens. It already supports the concept of modular production with MTP technology and convinces with its flexibility. Plant sections can be connected with just a few clicks and a minimum of mechanical modifications: Plug in, set the parameters, and go.

• DCS solution based on SIMATIC PCS neo and MTP 
  
• The web based technology of SIMATIC PCS neo and the flexibility of MTP to connect standardized interfaces of different OEM and machine builders enable Evonik to act very flexibly