- Digital smelter solutions to be created
by GE’s teams in the US and the UAE, demonstrating international
collaboration for global first-of-its-kind project
- Powered by GE’s Predix*, digital
solutions will enhance Aluminium of Greece’s (AOG’s) smelting
process by lowering energy consumption, reducing the amount of
aluminium fluoride used in aluminium production and predicting pot
leakages
GE (NYSE:GE) and Aluminium of Greece (AOG), a Mytilineos Group
subsidiary, today signed a 10-year agreement in Dubai, the United
Arab Emirates, to implement global first-of-their-kind digital
smelter solutions for AOG to enhance its aluminium smelting process
and contribute to increased operational efficiency and
productivity.
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left: Joseph Anis, President & CEO of
GE’s Power Services business in the Middle East & Africa;
right: Dimitris Stefanidis, CEO of Aluminium of Greece. (Photo:
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The digital solutions are a significant step in charting the
next generation of smelting operations globally. The agreement was
signed by Dimitris Stefanidis, CEO of Aluminium of Greece and
Joseph Anis, President & CEO of GE’s Power Services business in
the Middle East and Africa, in the presence of senior officials of
both companies in Dubai.
“As the largest vertically integrated bauxite, alumina and
aluminium production and trading unit in the European Union, we are
constantly looking at innovative technologies to enhance our
performance standards. The application of digital industrial
solutions is a remarkable opportunity to achieve process
optimization across our operations and to push productivity
levels,” said Dimitris Stefanidis. “With GE’s digital smelter
solutions, we are setting a global first for the aluminium industry
that will contribute to our operational efficiency and set new
benchmarks in the sector.”
Underlining GE’s strong global collaboration, digital strength
and industrial know-how, the digital solutions for smelting
operations are being created by a team of engineers and developers
based in San Ramon, USA; GE Power’s Digital Smelter Center of
Excellence (COE) in Dubai, UAE; and GE’s Global Research Center in
Bangalore, India. The project will be executed by the team based at
the COE in Dubai, while the facility that the solutions will be
implemented at is located in Agios Nikolaos, Viotia, Greece.
“GE has been at the forefront of digitizing the future of
industry globally and in the region, providing digital industrial
solutions for power generation and the LNG industry, among others”
said Joseph Anis. “By bringing together the strengths of our
multi-locational teams and GE Power’s Digital Smelter Center of
Excellence in Dubai, we will collaborate with AOG to create a new
chapter in the history of smelting operations as well.”
GE has supported AOG’s growth and development over the decades,
having supplied it with advanced technologies and signing
multi-year agreements to cover the maintenance of gas turbines and
associated generators.
The digital solutions will operate in the cloud, powered by
Predix*, GE’s operating system for the Industrial Internet. Virtual
sensors will facilitate the ongoing evaluation of parameters such
as temperature and chemistry that are not ordinarily monitored
continuously. This, in turn, will help to anticipate the health and
condition of the pot, providing timely monitoring reports on the
operations of the plant.
“We will be able to recreate an actual smelter using artificial
intelligence and physics-based models,” stated Bhanu Shekhar, Chief
Digital Officer for GE Power in the Middle East and Africa. “This
is a living digital model that will continuously generate smelter
data, and will be a game changer in helping to address the
challenges of power usage and the consumption of raw materials in
the smelting industry.”
“The application of the digital smelter solutions will
contribute to the operational efficiency improvement of the
Aluminium of Greece, by lowering raw materials’ consumption,
decreasing energy consumption, and reducing pot leakages,”
concluded Dimitris Stefanidis.
GE’s digital solutions for aluminium smelting can help unlock a
new era of productivity for this critical industry in Europe, the
Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and beyond. A one percent increase
in efficiency of aluminium smelter operations can contribute to an
annual global savings of US$970 million across the total cost of
production, US$936 million in output increase, and US$464 million
in operations and maintenance costs. In the GCC region alone, the
same one percent increase translates into US$28 million in savings
on operations and maintenance. Today, the region’s aluminium
smelting industry accounts for up to ten percent of the world’s
total production, and GE has a strong history of leadership in the
sector to enhance competitiveness, efficiency and sustainability
for customers.
About Mytilineos Group:
Mytilineos Group is a leading Greek industry active in
Metallurgy & Mines, Energy and EPC Projects. Established in
Greece in 1990, the Group’s holding company, MYTILINEOS HOLDINGS
S.A., is listed on the Athens Exchange, has a consolidated turnover
in excess of €1.3 billion and employs directly or indirectly more
than 2,700 people in Greece and abroad. www.mytilineos.gr
About GE:
GE (NYSE: GE) is the world’s Digital Industrial Company,
transforming industry with software-defined machines and solutions
that are connected, responsive and predictive. GE is organized
around a global exchange of knowledge, the "GE Store," through
which each business shares and accesses the same technology,
markets, structure and intellect. Each invention further fuels
innovation and application across our industrial sectors. With
people, services, technology and scale, GE delivers better outcomes
for customers by speaking the language of
industry. www.ge.com
About GE Power:
GE Power is a world leader in power generation with deep domain
expertise to help customers deliver electricity from a wide
spectrum of fuel sources. We are transforming the electricity
industry with the digital power plant, the world’s largest and most
efficient gas turbine, full balance of plant, upgrade and service
solutions as well as our data-leveraging software. Our innovative
technologies and digital offerings help make power more affordable,
reliable, accessible and sustainable. www.gepower.com. Follow us on
Twitter @GE_Power.
*Predix is a trademark of General Electric Company.
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