In this episode of Digitalization Tech Talks, Jonas Norinder and Don Mack are joined by special guest Attila Lengyel, Senior Director of Corporate Research at Intel. They will have a fascinating conversation about the future of chip manufacturing and how digitalization is transforming fabs from the inside out.From AI-powered robots roaming factory floors to the power of digital twins and modular system design, Attila shares how Intel is tackling the rising cost and complexity of semiconductor pr...
Jul 03, 2025•18 min
In this episode of Digitalization Tech Talks, Jonas Norinder and Don Mack are joined by special guest Attila Lengyel, Senior Director of Corporate Research at Intel. They will have a fascinating conversation about the future of chip manufacturing and how digitalization is transforming fabs from the inside out.From AI-powered robots roaming factory floors to the power of digital twins and modular system design, Attila shares how Intel is tackling the rising cost and complexity of semiconductor pr...
Jun 26, 2025•16 min
There are many facets to consider when it comes to digital transformation to best ensure a successful outcome. In this episode we look at some of the considerations from an overall strategy and execution perspective.Our guest is Anuradha Raman, a Digital Strategist in Bayer’s Product Supply organization. In this role, Anu is responsible for measuring the progress of digital transformation at Bayer Crop Science’s 100+ manufacturing sites that focus on advancing regenerative agriculture. Anu weigh...
May 29, 2025•26 min
Welcome to another exciting episode of Digitalization Tech Talks! Join your hosts, Jonas Norinder and Don Mack, as they dive into the latest trends and innovations in digital technology within the process industries. In our 52nd episode, we're thrilled to welcome Robbie Peoples, the Director of Engineering at Cross Company, to discuss a topic we've yet to explore: mitigating risks in large integration projects.As the process industries strive to stay competitive, integrating cutting-edge technol...
Apr 24, 2025•20 min
Open process automation is transforming the industrial landscape by moving towards open, standards-based, secure and interoperable automation. In episode 51, we sit down with Kelly Li, the Commercial Lead for Open Process Automation (OPA) at ExxonMobil and an active contributor and recently elected forum co-chair in the Open Process Automation Forum (OPAF). Kelly provides unique insights into this cutting-edge open architecture concept and its potential to revolutionize industrial operations.In ...
Mar 27, 2025•20 min
Episode 50 is here, and it's time to celebrate! Join hosts Jonas Norinder and Don Mack as they mark this milestone with an exciting discussion on the power of 5G, featuring special guest Mick Davies from Betacom. Discover how 5G is revolutionizing industrial applications by massively increasing connected devices and unlocking new opportunities for Industrial IoT. Mick shares insights on the rise of private 5G networks and their significant impact on the industry. Tune in to explore real-world ap...
Feb 27, 2025•29 min
Spoiler alert: Wacker Chemie turned what is often considered to be a necessary evil into an opportunity for progress. In Episode 49 of the Digitalization Tech Talks podcast, we welcome Vishnu Sharma, Director of Project Engineering at Wacker, to discuss a transformative journey in the world of industrial automation and digital technologies. This episode dives into Wacker’s innovative approach to leveraging digital tools during a Distributed Control System migration, providing insights into how t...
Jan 30, 2025•18 min
Join hosts Jonas Norinder and Don Mack on "Digitalization Tech Talks" as they dive into the transformative power of plantwide wireless connectivity with Katelyn DuBois from Dow. In this episode, Katelyn shares how Dow implemented a robust wireless network across their manufacturing sites, overcoming significant challenges to enhance plant operations and reliability. Discover how this cutting-edge technology is revolutionizing Dow's workforce, from improving incident response times to transitioni...
Dec 12, 2024•21 min
In this episode of the Digitalization Tech Talks podcast, co-hosts Jonas Norinder and Don Mack connect with Duncan Coffey, Global Director of Science & Innovation IT at DuPont, to discuss the critical role of IT in supporting R&D through digitalization and technology deployment with a focus on sustainability. Insights are shared into how DuPont leverages digital tools to drive research and development in a way that aligns with the company’s sustainability goals. The conversation highligh...
Nov 21, 2024•20 min
In another dynamic episode of Digitalization Tech Talks we are thrilled to delve into the transformative realm of generative AI with our special guest, Guy Bursell from Microsoft. If you’ve ever been curious about how GenAI can revolutionize the process industries, you’re in for a treat. We’ll uncover the myriad benefits it brings, from enhancing efficiency to driving innovation, and discuss the hurdles manufacturers might encounter. In this episode, you’ll discover: The fundamentals of generati...
Oct 31, 2024•27 min
What does it take to create a vision for digital transformation and then bring it to life? That’s exactly what we discuss in this episode of Digitalization Tech Talks! The company that achieved this is Midrex Technologies who specializes in direct reduction ironmaking technology in the steel industry. Join us as we interview Curtis Hughes, Midrex’s Chief Information Officer, about all the factors that went into their digitalization journey. First presented at the Siemens Realize LIVE conference ...
Oct 03, 2024•15 min
What does it take to create a vision for digital transformation and then bring it to life? That’s exactly what we discuss in this episode of Digitalization Tech Talks! The company that achieved this is Midrex Technologies who specializes in direct reduction ironmaking technology in the steel industry. Join us as we interview Curtis Hughes, Midrex’s Chief Information Officer, about all the factors that went into their digitalization journey. First presented at the Siemens Realize LIVE conference ...
Sep 26, 2024•16 min
Welcome to “Digitalization Tech Talks”, the podcast that explores the transformative power of technology in the industrial world. In this thrilling episode, we dive into a real-life success story that takes us from Bayer’s initial implementation of a cloud-based technology solution at a single manufacturing site to its impressive scaling across more than 40 global locations.Join us as we uncover the secrets behind scaling a technology focused on asset performance, data integration, and machine l...
Sep 05, 2024•23 min
Welcome to “Digitalization Tech Talks”, the podcast that explores the transformative power of technology in the industrial world. In this thrilling episode, we dive into a real-life success story that takes us from Bayer’s initial implementation of a cloud-based technology solution at a single manufacturing site to its impressive scaling across more than 40 global locations.Join us as we uncover the secrets behind scaling a technology focused on asset performance, data integration, and machine l...
Aug 29, 2024•15 min
This special episode is a celebration of four years of Digitalization Tech Talks. During that time, we’ve released more than 40 episodes on topics ranging from artificial intelligence to sustainable digitalization to workforce development as well as many others. We thought it was a great time to devote an episode to reflecting on the past and highlighting some of our favorite moments.If you are a regular listener you may be familiar with our typical approach of selecting new technologies and the...
Jul 25, 2024•24 min
In this episode, we explore synergies between artificial intelligence and predictive maintenance in the process industries. Discover how AI revolutionizes maintenance protocols, predicts the unpredictable and safeguards against equipment failure. These algorithms monitor, analyze, and forecast, turning vast streams of data into actionable insights while working tirelessly behind the scenes to ensure that facilities run smoothly with minimal interruption. Our guest, Alex Hill with Siemens who is ...
Jul 08, 2024•13 min
In this episode, we explore synergies between artificial intelligence and predictive maintenance in the process industries. Discover how AI revolutionizes maintenance protocols, predicts the unpredictable and safeguards against equipment failure. These algorithms monitor, analyze, and forecast, turning vast streams of data into actionable insights while working tirelessly behind the scenes to ensure that facilities run smoothly with minimal interruption. Our guest, Alex Hill with Siemens who is ...
Jun 27, 2024•20 min
The OT (operational technology) space has never been more of a target to cyber threats than today. A recent McKinsey & Company article stated “As this sector embraces digitalization, its ‘attack surface’ is skyrocketing. In a space that boasted about being air-gapped, or unplugged from the internet environment in years past, these new capabilities have made it vulnerable to attack – and threat actors are chomping at the bit.” In this episode we discuss cybersecurity in the process industries...
May 30, 2024•26 min
Get ready to dive deep into the world of data in today's Digitalization Tech episode! We're not just talking about data in theory but exploring real-life use cases and the incredible business value it holds. And here's the secret ingredient: data visualization and contextualization. We'll show you how these crucial practices can transform the way you understand and leverage data across different roles and functions. As the famous American painter Kenneth Noland once said, "context is key - from ...
May 02, 2024•15 min
Get ready to dive deep into the world of data in today's Digitalization Tech episode! We're not just talking about data in theory but exploring real-life use cases and the incredible business value it holds. And here's the secret ingredient: data visualization and contextualization. We'll show you how these crucial practices can transform the way you understand and leverage data across different roles and functions. As the famous American painter Kenneth Noland once said, "context is key - from ...
Apr 25, 2024•21 min
Henry Ford is quoted as saying “The only thing worse than training your employees and having them leave is not training them and having them stay.” This has never been truer than during the time of digitalization. A digital transformation will fail without developing the workforce required to support it.In this episode we have a conversation with Steve Moskowitz on the topic of workforce development. Steve is the Principal with Industry 4ward and Senior Content Director with the Manufacturing Le...
Mar 28, 2024•25 min
Get ready for an exciting episode of Digitalization Tech Talks! We are thrilled to have Sebastian Haertner from EMD Electronics (a division of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany) as our special guest this month. Sebastian, the Principal Process Development Project Lead, is deeply involved in making Module Type Package, or MTP, a success at Merck. He will be sharing his valuable implementation experience at various global sites of this innovative technology that is quickly gaining traction.Additional...
Feb 29, 2024•24 min
What do “The Economist” and Denmark have in common? They both declared ChatGPT as the word of the year for 2023. When technology takes the top spot on the word of the year podium, especially in the homeland of one of the Digitalization Tech Talks co-hosts, and when we meet an end user in the process industries that is implementing generative AI today, it’s time for an episode on it! Generative AI has been on the short list of potential future episodes during most of 2023. This episode includes a...
Jan 25, 2024•13 min
When Evonik decided to build a brand-new chemical plant on the Gulf Coast, they were tasked with utilizing the latest and greatest in technology to make the plant more efficient, more reliable, and safer than ever. One of the key technologies that was selected to help achieve these goals was an Operator Training Systems (OTS).As you will hear from our guest, Tony Lee, Senior Process Control Engineer, Evonik identified several benefits of implementing the OTS - not only in the design and engineer...
Dec 14, 2023•19 min
Water… It plays a very significant role in transferring massive amounts of energy in the process industries. As a result, addressing cooling and heating water systems can make a key contribution towards energy efficiency and sustainability. This episode includes a conversation about the application of digital technology to industrial water with Neil Davidson, Nalco’s Marketing Director focused on Digital and Sustainability and Sterling Allen, a Business Development Director with Siemens Digital ...
Nov 16, 2023•15 min
Episode 34 is all about data. How you capture it, how you optimize it, and how you clean it so that you can make use of it across an entire organization and not just a single group or department. And why is this important?According to our guest, Mads Torry-Smith from Novozymes they are “investing in making a step change in the data capture culture to break down data silos between functions. The ultimate goal is to enable better learning loops and unlock faster innovation timelines”.This is no sm...
Nov 02, 2023•12 min
Episode 34 is all about data. How you capture it, how you optimize it, and how you clean it so that you can make use of it across an entire organization and not just a single group or department. And why is this important?According to our guest, Mads Torry-Smith from Novozymes they are “investing in making a step change in the data capture culture to break down data silos between functions. The ultimate goal is to enable better learning loops and unlock faster innovation timelines”.This is no sm...
Oct 26, 2023•21 min
In episode 33, megatopics collide! These days most companies have ambitious sustainability goals that include reducing their carbon footprint and eventually achieving net zero emissions. The exciting facet of that is that digitalization can play a role in reaching these targets!Listen in and learn answers to the following questions…Why has sustainability become such a hot topic?How are companies factoring sustainability into key decisions?What role does digitalization play in sustainability?How ...
Sep 28, 2023•19 min
Join us for the latest episode of Digitalization Tech Talks hosted by Don Mack and Jonas Norinder, where we dive into the fascinating world of cloud and edge computing, 5G, and cybersecurity. These cutting-edge technologies are transforming the way we interact with the digital world, from the way we process data to the way we protect sensitive information.We explore the latest trends and insights in each of these areas and examine their impact on the process industries. You will discover how clo...
Aug 24, 2023•20 min
In episode 31, a two part episode, we cover four important technologies related to the world of digitalization. These technologies are all important pieces of the puzzle for companies in the process industries that are considering or currently seeking to undergo a digital transformation to increase efficiency, improve quality, and/or to gain flexibility. We cover the technical aspects of each as well as how they fit into the overall picture. The technologies covered include:Ethernet APL (Advance...
Aug 03, 2023•14 min
