Bayer Bitterfeld GmbH is one of three largest production sites with high production capacity of  aspirin worlwide. They have asked Siemens to do migration, modernization and maintenance within a Lifecycle Service Contract.

The following technology is included: 

• SiVaaS with 23 hosts, 120 VMs for PCs 7 and SIMATIC IT eBR 
• PCS 7 with 9x OS server, 9x BATCH server, 76x OS / BATCH clients, 9x ES’n 
• SIMATIC IT eBR as an MES system with coupling to SAP and Oracle 
• IT security with firewall Palo Alto, system hardening, whitelisting, antivirus

Siemens service experts provided a Lifecycle Service Contract (LCS) for PCS 7, SIMATIC IT eBR and IT security with the following specifications: 

• Lifecycle service contract started on 01.01.2021 with a term of 12 years and 2 migrations lifecycle, on-call service with troubleshooting, inspection / maintenance, Lifecycle Information Services, Software Upgrade Service and contract management 
• Ensuring the compatibility of PCS 7 and SIMATIC IT eBR for the planned migrations and the entire LCS runtime 
• Service provided by Siemens Germany and support from the Center of Competence Pharma in Marburg

It is the world first lifecycle service contract from Siemens with PCS 7, SIVaaS, SIMATIC IT eBR and IT security in the pharmaceutical industry.

After the political change, the Management board of Bayer AG decided to set up a location in the traditional chemical region of Bitterfeld-Wolfen. Bayer Bitterfeld GmbH was entered in the commercial register on October 25, 1991, and the decision became a success story. Bayer Bitterfeld GmbH is one of three production sites for aspirin worldwide with a production capacity of around 9 billion tablets/year.