Schneider Electric, AVEVA Select Scandinavia and AFRY assist Roslagsvatten in creating the intelligent purification plant of the future
06 OCT 2022 – In a unique collaboration between Schneider Electric, AVEVA Select Scandinavia and AFRY, Roslagsvatten is building one of Sweden’s most modern and efficient treatment plants with a clear focus on sustainability.
Roslagsvatten ensures that 130,000 people get clean drinking water every day. In collaboration with the leading players in new technology and system integration, Roslagsvatten is now starting the construction of a completely new and innovative treatment plant in Margretelund.
– To realize Roslagsvatten’s vision, we were looking for actors with a great breadth and expertise in the implementation of cyber-secure new technology, says Christian Wiklund, CEO of Roslagsvatten. The collaboration between Schneider Electric, AVEVA Select Scandinavia, and AFRY was all the parts we were looking for, so the choice was easy,” he continues.
“Leaders in smart water technology improve key processes and applications throughout the life cycle,” says Kenneth Lindqvist, sales engineer in the ”Industry” business area at Schneider Electric. “We are very proud and happy to have been chosen to help realize Roslagsvatten’s vision of building the most modern treatment plant in northern Europe”, he continues.
AVEVA™ Unified Operations Center for Water is unique in offering a centralized view to improving decision-making, thanks to established capabilities in collecting, visualizing and analyzing data, and providing action-centric information. By combining information from different data sources and putting the data in the right context into a single centralized view, AVEVA UOC for water will enable Roslagsvatten to benefit from integrated and enhanced visibility and deeper insights for quick and accurate decision-making. Roslagsvatten’s various stakeholders will also be enabled to make informed decisions thanks to the 360-degree holistic overview of the entire business. Besides, teams will be empowered with increased agility allowing them to make decisions in parallel to each other, expedite responses to performance events, and identify new optimization opportunities that will contribute to sustainability goals.
”Through faster access to more reliable data, Roslagsvatten can make better decisions related to ongoing operations,” says Patrik Steiner, Business Development Manager, Infrastructure, AVEVA Select Scandinavia. “It increases efficiency and safety while reducing environmental impact through reductions in energy consumption” he continues.
With the support of our specialized partners a.o. Ultimo B.V. and MaxGrip B.V. we’re providing Roslagsvatten with digitized asset management systems for optimal performance. We’re looking forward to a very successful partnership with the team and Roslagsvatten for continuous improvement in asset performance.”
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”By using innovative industrial technology to collect data from sensors in the field, such as satellite data, GIS and financial systems, you can build autonomous data-driven functions and systems with the highest IT and cyber security,” says Fredrik Kahr, head of Digital Management at AFRY.
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For further information, please contact:
Helen Lindros, press contact AVEVA Select Scandinavia, +46 706-316926, hlindros@scandinavia.avevaselect.com
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