case studies

digitize for better communication and integration in the value chain

Founded in 1961, Castel is a leader supplier company of refrigeration and air conditioning components. Based in Pessano con Bornago (MI), the Company has a workforce of 160 employees, with a turnover of 50 million a year.

Thanks to its outstanding pursuit of innovation and the constant desire to conquer new markets, it is present in more than 90 countries on 5 continents with the aim of consolidating the presence of the Castel brand’s in existing markets and making the brand known in emerging ones.

Needs and Objectives

Obtain the availability of objective data relating to the performance of production machinery
Uniform data
Enhance communication and integration between the main players in the value chain
Transforming data into information that can be used directly at decision-making level

Solution

ROLD has digitized more than 10 Castel production lines with SmartFab, starting with a first pilot project, then expanded to other lines. SmartFab has been installed since 2017, both on dated and recent machinery, satisfying the pre-established business needs and challenges.

"SmartFab is the ideal platform for companies in which manufacturing is the core business: it is a tool itself that, by monitoring in real time, allows you to be proactive at the right time. This solution is very flexible: we have digitized both recent and dated machinery without problems. SmartFab is a simultaneous data translator and thanks to it we have become more aware of our production data"

An evolving company in the pharmaceutical sector

Founded in 1917, Truffini & Reggè Farmaceutici operates in the chemichal-pharmaceutical sector for the production of white label drugs and food supplements. Based in Milan, it boasts an annual turnover of 18 million and can count on 72 employees.

Technology, Innovation, Results, Quality and Passion are the key values of the Company.

Needs and Objectives

Solution

ROLD has digitized 12 Truffini & Reggè production machines. SmartFab has been installed since 2018 and is integrated with the company’s management system in order to achieve bidirectional integration from an Industry 4.0 perspective.

"SmartFab is the result of an excellent idea: to connect the machine directly to the ERP, without being a solution suitable only for large companies. At any time, I can have the production situation under control without going to the plants. We implemented the solution in a smooth and gradual way, with the first installations with edge machine monitors, in an area led by an experienced foreman, open to innovation. In SmartFab I saw a conceptually very simple tool, capable of essentialize all the actions to be performed on the machine"