Given the well-known fact that glass production is extremely energy- and cost-intensive, many adjustments need to be made in order to achieve improvements in both areas. And this would be impossible without the use of professional software tools, especially in light of Vetropack’s goal of ensuring uniform energy management across all its locations. Another challenge is the definition, harmonization, and uniform reporting of energy measurement points with the involvement of Controlling.  Objective - to comprehensively manage energy throughout the Vetropack Group, from planning and strategic procurement to monitoring consumption and invoice verification.

• Energy Management System: SIMATIC Energy Manager PRO and add-ons for structured energy procurement 
• Automation Systems: DCS SIMATIC PCS 7 and SIMATIC S7 PLCs - ET200 SP HA 
• Metering devices and instrumentation: SITRANS FX330, SITRANS FS 220 for natural gas, compressed air, water; SENTRON PAC 3200/4200  for electrical energy 
• Services: from advice and analysis in joint workshops to installation, commissioning, and project planning of energy management software solutions.         

What’s special about Vetropack’s approach is that a core project team is devoted to the task of tackling energy management from the perspective of both commercial and technical factors as an integral part of the company’s digitalization strategy. The project was initiated and is led by Strategic Procurement. The packaging glass manufacturer believes that the best and only way to optimize energy consumption and energy costs at the Group level – and thus make the necessary contribution to improving the company’s CO2 footprint – is to link all disciplines involved, from production and engineering to procurement. After a phase of evaluating and piloting different systems, the longtime Siemens customer chose the Simatic Energy Manager PRO software solution. Siemens and Vetropack piloted the system in the Austrian factory in Kremsmünster in 2019 before systematically embedding it into the existing Simatic PCS 7 and IT infrastructure in all the other factories, beginning with the factory in the Croatian town of Straza.