“This project has involved experts from almost all of Sulzer’s core businesses, combining their knowledge to offer our customers very significant operational savings. Now, we have proven the original concept in the field and shown that expert analytics can improve reliability and performance, which leads to reduced costs for the business. What makes BLUE BOX unique is its minimal digital footprint and secure connection to process data that can be gathered without the need for additional hardware. Combined with our expertise in pump manufacturing and maintenance, this cutting-edge data analysis tool can deliver long-term improvements and cost reductions.”

Dr Marc Heggemann

“The innovative integration of IoT (internet of things) into an existing productive environment and thus the optimal use of IoT convinced the jury. An existing value chain has been equipped with IoT solutions and thus offers a high customer added value. The selected combination of technical, procedural and people quality is a shining example of a high maturity in the development process based on the chosen MVP (minimum viable product) approach up to the marketable product.”

Swiss Digital Economy Awards judging panel