**London**: ABB and Bilfinger have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to improve operational efficiencies in various industries, focusing on sustainable energy initiatives and real-time data analytics to enhance supplier relationship management. The collaboration aims to drive growth through innovative digital solutions and instrumentation.
ABB has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and a Framework Agreement with Bilfinger, a prominent international provider of industrial services, to enhance operational efficiencies within the energy and process industries through advanced instrumentation and digital solutions. This partnership aims to address the growing demands for best practices in supplier relationship management (SRM) by leveraging real-time data and operational analytics.
The scope of collaboration under this agreement encompasses a range of industries, including energy, chemicals and petrochemicals, pharmaceuticals and biopharma, as well as oil and gas. The focus within the energy sector is particularly on sustainable initiatives, responding to the urgent transition towards low-carbon solutions, including hydrogen development and carbon capture utilization and storage (CCUS).
ABB brings to the table a comprehensive portfolio of innovative instrumentation and digital solutions, designed to enhance operational effectiveness, while Bilfinger contributes its extensive expertise in both conventional and renewable energy, coupled with its ability to support process industries across the entire value chain. As Gerald Pilotto, Chief Products & Innovation Officer at Bilfinger, articulated in remarks to the “International Environmental Technology,” “At Bilfinger, globally standardised, digital services are considered an important driver of growth. Together with ABB, we share a common understanding of these solutions as strategically essential to enhancing the industry’s efficiency and sustainability.”
The agreement outlines two primary areas for collaboration: maintenance and replacement orders as well as new greenfield and brownfield projects. Bilfinger oversees a variety of maintenance contracts that include instrumentation upgrades and management of spare parts and equipment replacements. For these projects, Bilfinger will rely on ABB for a range of instrumentation supplies, such as flowmeters, pressure, temperature, level sensors, and transmitters, along with flow computers and integrated digital services.
Amina Hamidi, Managing Director of the Business Line Instrumentation at ABB Measurement & Analytics, expressed enthusiasm about the partnership. “We are happy to collaborate with Bilfinger with the aim of delivering efficiency benefits to customers in target industries,” she stated. “It is becoming increasingly important for industries to measure end-to-end throughout their production processes. Together, we can ensure the performance of every step is optimised, helping process industries perform leaner and cleaner, and deliver efficiency gains.”
By combining their unique strengths, ABB and Bilfinger aim to jointly address the operational efficiency requirements of their customers, especially in emerging projects focused on sustainable energy solutions. This collaboration underscores a significant move in supplier relationship management, emphasising the need for real-time data and operational analytics to measure and improve supplier performance effectively.
Source: Noah Wire Services
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