Chemicals

Industrias Químicas del Ebro (IQE)

Zaragoza,

IQE, a production leader in the field of inorganic chemistry, needed:

To implement a robust, secure and structured industrial communication network which would guarantee the connectivity, remote access, scalability and flexibility while ensuring the continuity of the company´s industrial processes
To increase productivity
To connect the OT and IT networks

SCALANCE XC200 switches are used for the creation of the aggregation rings
SCALANCE XM400/XR500 are used for the two backbone rings which are redundantly connected to each other
SCALANCE SC600 industrial firewalls monitor inbound and outbound traffic allowing to block traffic to the control systems as needed
SINEMA Remote Connect guarantees a secure remote access
SINEC NMS is used for a centralized monitoring and management of a wide range of devices
Solution built together with Siemens´s partner Gotor Communications

“We have built a connectivity highway towards digitalization that paves the way for the future.”

Pedro Ruiz Juste, Project Manager, IQE

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