Talking Digital Industries

Circularity: Next-gen industrial sustainability explored

siemensfm.communications@siemens.com (Siemens.FM team) — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 08:47:56 +0000

Unlock industrial sustainability with digitalization & AI. Discover how circular models are reshaping business, driving investment, and building resilience. Real-world use cases included! In this episode of Talking Digital Industries, host Alex Chavez sits down with Eryn Devola, Head of Sustainability at Siemens Digital Industries, and Katja Grimme, sustainability analyst at IDC, to find out where circularity stands today and what tomorrow might have in store. Katja shares insights from IDC’s latest research, revealing where companies currently are and why investments in circularity are accelerating. In addition, Eryn explains how digitalization and AI can reduce adoption hurdles and make circularity efficient and successful.

Accelerating pharma: How digital labs and AI are transforming drug development

siemensfm.communications@siemens.com (Siemens.FM team) — Mon, 10 Nov 2025 10:26:32 +0000

Why does it take ten years to bring a new medicine to market, and how can we reduce that number? In this episode of Talking Digital Industries, host Alex Chavez dives into the future of pharma and life sciences with Siobhan Fleming, Solution Owner for Digital Lab at Siemens; Andy Whytock, Pharma Expert at Siemens; and Sean Ruane, Principal Data Scientist at the Medicines Manufacturing Innovation Center. Discover how Siemens’ Enterprise Recipe Management and AI-driven lab technologies are helping reduce development timelines, improve sustainability, and, in this case, to bring life-saving treatments to patients faster with the Digital Twin and AI.

The future of sustainable textiles with Spinnova

siemensfm.communications@siemens.com (Siemens.FM team) — Wed, 26 Mar 2025 10:55:44 +0000

How can textiles be produced more sustainably while remaining economically viable? In this episode of Talking Digital Industries, host Alex Chavez explores a groundbreaking innovation in textile fiber production with Juha Salmela, CTO and co-founder of Spinnova, and Eryn Devola, Head of Sustainability at Siemens Digital Industries. Spinnova’s revolutionary textile fiber has a 74% smaller carbon footprint and uses 98% less water than conventional cotton. Even more impressively, its 100% mechanical production process eliminates harmful chemicals and minimizes waste, setting a new standard for sustainable textiles. Learn how this vision is coming to life and how Siemens helps Spinnova scale with digital tools and the power of ecosystems.

Spinnova reference

Technology-driven insect farming for sustainable animal feed

siemensfm.communications@siemens.com (Siemens.FM team) — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 13:25:32 +0000

What do automation, flies, agricultural waste, and Digital Twins have in common? They’re all part of a revolutionary approach to producing sustainable animal feed. This episode of Talking Digital Industries starts with an unusual snack before host Alex Chavez embarks on a fascinating discussion with Matt Simmonds, Managing Director at Entocycle, and Keith Thornhill, Head of Food & Beverage at Siemens UK and Ireland. Tune in to find out what it’s like inside an insect farm in central London, and how cutting-edge technologies are helping reduce food waste and create alternative protein sources.

Siemens Agriculture

Superpowers for industry: How Siemens and NVIDIA are transforming AI

siemensfm.communications@siemens.com (Siemens.FM team) — Wed, 05 Mar 2025 11:16:11 +0000

Is AI already making an impact on industry? Absolutely! In this episode of Talking Digital Industries, host Alex Chavez explores the world of industrial AI solutions with Alvin Clark from NVIDIA and Dr. Michael Schrapp from Siemens. They discuss AI-driven solutions available today thanks to the collaboration between Siemens and NVIDIA. The conversation focuses on groundbreaking innovations and real-world applications that are making industrial processes more intelligent, efficient, and sustainable. Looking ahead, the guests share insights into the future of AI-powered industrial applications – and, for a fun twist, they reveal what AI task they’d love to hand over in their personal lives!

Siemens Industrial Copilot

A sustainable Digital Enterprise in action: the Electronics Factory Erlangen

siemensfm.communications@siemens.com (Siemens.FM team) — Wed, 24 Jul 2024 12:00:00 +0000

Does Siemens drink its own champagne? This episode gives profound insights into a real sustainable Digital Enterprise – the Electronics Factory Erlangen in Germany. Moderator Chris Brow leads his guests Kevin O’Donovan, Stefan Krug, and Magnus Edholm through a conversation on the factory’s digital end-to-end production processes, which are made possible with technologies like the Digital Twin and AI. Among others they talk about the challenges of digitalizing a brownfield site, cutting the carbon footprint in manufacturing and product design, and, last but not least, the importance of the people. This episode is peppered with examples of what’s possible today with digitalization, such as using AI to reduce fake failures and how robots are trained to pick unsorted parts. Best of all, the solutions they talk about are available for all industrial enterprises.

Electronics Factory Erlangen

Decarbonizing the automotive industry with data transparency

siemensfm.communications@siemens.com (Siemens.FM team) — Tue, 14 Nov 2023 08:55:54 +0000

To tackle today’s challenges, the automotive industry is currently undergoing a major shift to electrification. Data transparency across the entire supply chain and new ways of collaboration are required. In this episode, Gunter Beitinger, Head of Factory Digitalization & Head of Product Carbon Footprint at Siemens Digital Industries, and Jan Burian, Analyst at IDC, focus on digital technologies in manufacturing and supply chains. They discuss the crucial role of technology, innovation, and data in the industry’s sustainability transformation. We take a deep dive into the challenges automotive companies are facing and look at solutions like SiGREEN, a tool that enables transparent CO2 data exchange for products across the supply chain.

Decarbonizing your supply chain with data

Two speedboats: A startup and a global player team up

siemensfm.communications@siemens.com (Siemens.FM team) — Wed, 08 Nov 2023 11:59:45 +0000

Say goodbye to cardboard-box planning! Designing factory workstations is now four times faster with a solution based on virtual reality. In this episode, host Alex Chavez meets with Tobias Haslböck, Business Developer at the startup Halocline, and Julian Boha, Head of the Siemens program Fast Lane for Startups. They talk about the solution that speeds up workstation planning, and they also share recommendations for startups on collaborating with a global player like Siemens. Listen in to find more about the benefits of working within the Siemens ecosystem!

Industrial Partner Ecosystem

Fast Lane for Startups

Electric vehicle SimRod showcases the benefits of a Digital Enterprise

siemensfm.communications@siemens.com (Siemens.FM team) — Wed, 16 Nov 2022 11:07:57 +0000

Want to increase the performance of your product? Katrien Wyckaert, who is responsible for strategy and innovation for the Simcenter software, talks about how simulation and testing in the virtual world can help. She is joined by Magnus Edholm. As a Siemens expert in helping companies becoming a Digital Enterprise, he knows how to use data to connect the top floor with the shop floor to continuously optimize everything. In this episode, both guests reveal to host Chris Brow how this technology aids in designing electric vehicles – like the SimRod. Katrien and Magnus present a concrete example of how the Siemens team has increased the range with the SimRod. In this episode, the guests also talk about their personal experiences with e-mobility, and they even touch on autonomous mobility.

Digital Enterprise

Deep Dive – What happens when classical hardware goes digital

siemensfm.communications@siemens.com (Siemens.FM team) — Thu, 27 Oct 2022 16:08:53 +0000

Programmable logic controllers – or PLCs – were introduced to the market around 60 years ago. Now, this classical hardware stands on the cusp of going digital. Efrossini Tsouchnika and Oliver Narr from Siemens talk about the implications and opportunities of virtual PLCs with host Alex Chavez. As it turns out, these two technologies are likely to exist side by side. The best of both worlds, so to say.

Siemens Xcelerator – Going digital in industry, mobility, and energy distribution

siemensfm.communications@siemens.com (Siemens.FM team) — Wed, 28 Sep 2022 13:06:42 +0000

Are you already tapping into digital technologies to transform the way you compete, collaborate, and connect? At the launch of Siemens Xcelerator, an open digital business platform, Siemens Digital Industries CEO Cedrik Neike welcomed three guests whose companies have made big strides in their digital transformations: Laura Matz, Chief Science and Technology Officer at Merck, spoke about how digitalization is speeding up the development of therapies. Patrick Verwer, CEO of Govia Thameslink Railway, or GTR, presented how digitalization is helping to deal with growing passenger volumes on legacy infrastructure. And Trond Skjellerud, CEO of Elvia, talked about managing the grid in the age of electric mobility. Host Alex Chavez guides you through this episode.

Siemens Xcelerator

Aerospace industry – Flying high with digitalization

siemensfm.communications@siemens.com (Siemens.FM team) — Thu, 03 Feb 2022 12:20:48 +0000

When it comes to the aerospace industry, people are usually talking about propulsion and the fuel it takes to keep planes high above the clouds. But there is so much more to it than that. For example, have you considered what it takes to construct one of those behemoths? Or have you given thought to the ecological footprint over the entire lifecycle? The guests of this Talking Digital Industries have. Host Chris Brow peeks behind the scenes together with Richard Aboulafia, Managing Director at AeroDynamic Advisory, and Jürgen Nolde, Vice President Aerospace at Siemens Digital Industries. Learn how automation and digitalization are helping airplane manufacturers cope with the challenges of cost pressure, managing complexity, and society’s demand for sustainable mobility. Also, find out where Richard and Jürgen are heading for their next holidays.

Aeroworld: www.siemens.com/aerospace

Additive Manufacturing – 3D printing the future of industry

siemensfm.communications@siemens.com (Siemens.FM team) — Wed, 24 Nov 2021 14:38:09 +0000

In this episode of Talking Digital Industries moderator Chris Brow learns all about Additive Manufacturing. He is joined by Dr. Karsten Heuser, VP of Additive Manufacturing Siemens Digital Industries. Tune in and join them as they travel through the history of 3D-printing to the present day and discuss the impact this technology has on giant and tiny applications. Listen how Phillip Jung, Chief Strategy Officer at HP, and Dr. Adrian Keppler, Managing Director at EOS, share their insights and their business cases in this field. Finally our experts look forward into the future to forecast how Additive Manufacturing will change the industry as a whole.

Siemens Additive Manufacturing Experience Center (AMEC): https://new.siemens.com/global/en/markets/machinebuilding/additivemanufacturing/additive-manufacturing-experience-center.html

Digital Twin – How digitalization creates the perfect wave

siemensfm.communications@siemens.com (Siemens.FM team) — Wed, 20 Oct 2021 09:15:04 +0000

Surfing. For many, it’s freedom, a sense of adventure and the feel of riding the wave with the wind and spray hitting you as you come into shore. In this episode moderator Chris Brow learns how digitalization can help to create the perfect surfing wave – without being dependent on wind and weather conditions. Together with Tom Lochtefeld, CEO and founder of Surf Loch and Thomas Tengan, Director of Digital Enterprise at Siemens Digital Industries Software Chris discusses the impact of the digital twin on the surfing industry.

Surf Loch reference page: https://new.siemens.com/us/en/products/campaigns/company-topics/surfloch.html

Deep Dive – Drive data and how edge computing can make you a machine whisperer

siemensfm.communications@siemens.com (Siemens.FM team) — Tue, 21 Sep 2021 08:41:24 +0000

In this episode moderator Christine Brunner learns all about the drive train. Together with the Siemens experts Michael Leipold and Dominik Bittner she discusses how drive data can be used most efficiently and why the drive train is a good place to start the edge computing journey. Check out the podcast and learn how machine users and machine builders can become real machine whisperers using data analytics and edge computing. Learn more at siemens.com/digital-drives

Digital Transformation – What about the humans?

siemensfm.communications@siemens.com (Siemens.FM team) — Thu, 12 Aug 2021 08:43:27 +0000

“In the end it’s all about speaking the same language!” If you want to know what this sentence has to do with human-centric technology and low-coding, tune into the summer edition of our podcast. Chris Brow will be moderating from his holiday destination in Rome and joined virtually by his guests Cyril Coste, consultant for the digital transformation, and Jakob Schillinger, low-code evangelist at Siemens Mendix. Chris learns about fight or flight reactions, misunderstandings during Dungeons and Dragons roleplay games and how he’ll be able to deliver his first app in just two hours.

Food trends – healthier, tastier and more sustainable

siemensfm.communications@siemens.com (Siemens.FM team) — Tue, 20 Apr 2021 07:17:27 +0000

This episode is about a topic that really affects us all: food and drinks. The food and beverage industry plays a central role in our lives. Moderator Chris Brow explores how recent trends are changing the industry and how manufacturers can adapt to new trends or even to a pandemic in the shortest possible time. Together with his guests Kai Schneiderwind, Senior Vice President Food & Beverage at Siemens, Alastair Orchard, Vice President Digital Enterprise at Siemens, and Magnus Edholm, Head of Marketing Digital Enterprise at Siemens, Chris discusses under sea gardens, digital twins for the food industry and blockchain technology in a bag of potato chips.

Siemens Food & Beverage: https://new.siemens.com/global/en/markets/food-beverage.html

Deep Dive – Edge computing for the machine tool industry

siemensfm.communications@siemens.com (Siemens.FM team) — Mon, 29 Mar 2021 07:08:38 +0000

In this episode Moderator Christine Brunner dives deep into the world of machine tools and data analytics. Sinumerik Edge expert Björn Rosenbaum explains that mechanics will reach a limit at some point and shows that data processing and analyzation offer new possibilities to observe and enhance the production process and the product quality, reduce unexpected downtimes and create new business models. Edge computing brings IT to the shopfloor and to machine tool systems. Tune into the episode now and we will take care of everything else!

Deep Dive – How to produce what really matters!

siemensfm.communications@siemens.com (Siemens.FM team) — Tue, 16 Mar 2021 11:08:58 +0000

In this Deep Dive episode moderator Christine Brunner is focusing on the personalized production of goods. Each one of us knows the situation: we are looking for the perfect product. We expect the ideal product in matters of size, material, shape, color, quality and much more – all of it manufactured to our individual needs. The personalization that was considered fiction a few years ago is already becoming a reality in many areas. But what impact does this have on the production process? What will the production of the future look like? The answer is an autonomous production. Tune in to the podcast and listen how our experts Ariane Sutor and Lorenz Rappl explain what it takes to create an autonomous factory.

Ecosystems – What industry can learn from nature

siemensfm.communications@siemens.com (Siemens.FM team) — Thu, 04 Mar 2021 09:40:53 +0000

This episode of the Talking Digital Industries podcast is all about ecosystems. Moderator Chris Brow takes a look at biology and explores what industry can learn from nature. He and his guests Cedrik Neike (MBM Siemens AG & CEO of Siemens Digital Industries), Elie Girard (CEO of Atos), and Antonio Santos (Co-founder of the Digital Transformation Lab), talk about coral reefs, bees, and the impact of industrial ecosystems. His guests explain the importance of collaboration and trust, and review the partnership between Atos and Siemens. Tune in to learn how digitalization drives industrial ecosystems and how every participant can benefit. (Photo Credits: Georgette Douwma/gettyimage)

Deep Dive – The Sinumerik story: from punched tape to the digital twin

siemensfm.communications@siemens.com (Siemens.FM team) — Wed, 16 Dec 2020 09:38:57 +0000

In this Deep Dive episode moderator Christine Brunner explores the history and the future of Computerized Numerical Controls. For 60 years the Siemens Sinumerik CNC has made production easier, faster and more flexible. For this episode Christine is joined by CNC experts Ankita Kambale and Karsten Schwarz. Together they discuss how NC programs were coded into punched tapes and how the Sinumerik evolved into a digital native. Tune in to the podcast and listen how the digital twin will shape the future of the machine tool industry.

Digitalization in Pharma – Winning the race against time

siemensfm.communications@siemens.com (Siemens.FM team) — Thu, 10 Dec 2020 08:15:04 +0000

This episode of Talking Digital Industries podcast takes moderator Chris Brow into the pharma industry. Together with his guests Rebecca Vangenechten, Head of Pharma at Siemens Digital Industries, and Gunther Bechmann, Senior Manager Operations at Pfizer in Freiburg, he discusses how digitalization can help the pharma industry to shorten the time of vaccine or drug development. His guests share their experiences of the last few months and explain a magical machine that produces drugs in Freiburg. Join our podcasters and find out how the digital twin can help to produce medications and vaccines.

Siemens Pharmaceutical Industry: https://new.siemens.com/global/en/markets/pharma-industry.html

Industry under new conditions – How to adapt to a rapidly changing world?

siemensfm.communications@siemens.com (Siemens.FM team) — Thu, 20 Aug 2020 08:22:39 +0000

Quite a few specials form this episode of “Talking Digital Industries,” moderated by Chris Brow : A collection of his personal highlights from the Digital Enterprise Virtual Summit, a major industry online event organized by Siemens with more than 6,000 live participants from around the world. The topic: How to adapt to a rapidly changing world? How can industrial companies respond to the new situation created by the corona crisis? How can production become more flexible, efficient and secure to meet constantly changing market conditions and customer requirements? Tune in and find out!

The Way Forward: https://new.siemens.com/global/en/company/topic-areas/new-normal.html

Deep Dive – Edge Computing in SMEs

siemensfm.communications@siemens.com (Siemens.FM team) — Fri, 10 Jul 2020 09:30:12 +0000

Welcome to the first Talking Digital Industries Deep Dive! In the deep dive format Christine Brunner takes over and dives into a topic. In this episode she explores Edge Computing in SMEs. Together with Felix Kretschmer an edge-expert from Siemens Digital Industries she discusses how Edge Computing gives SMEs the possibility to bring IT and OT together. Tune in and listen! Just try, there is no risk. http://siemens.com/industrial-edge

Industrial 5G – is there really something behind it?

siemensfm.communications@siemens.com (Siemens.FM team) — Mon, 22 Jun 2020 07:00:26 +0000

In this episode of Talking Digital Industries moderator Chris Brow dives into the topic of Industrial 5G and learns why it is an essential topic for the industry. Together with his guests Sander Rotmensen, Head of Product Management Industrial Wireless & Security Components at Siemens Digital Industries and Andreas Kornbichler, Head of research group “Wireless Networks” at Siemens Corporate Technology he discusses why 5G brings more than faster download speeds, how robots can become cobots and why 5G isn´t always 5G. Join our podcasters and have a look into the “Zauberkugel” (crystal ball) to learn about 5G and to explore what will happen beyond 5G.

Industrial 5G: https://new.siemens.com/global/en/products/automation/industrial-communication/industrial-5g.html

AI in industry – Chance or risk?

siemensfm.communications@siemens.com (Siemens.FM team) — Thu, 14 May 2020 06:55:09 +0000

Talking Digital Industries moderator Chris Brow explores the impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on industrial production. How is AI used in manufacturing? What will the factory of the future look like? And who’s responsible for the actions of AI? Chris discusses these and more questions with his guests Ewa Duerr, Head of Product Strategy and Operations and Cloud Artificial Intelligence at Google, Dr. Matthias Loskyll, Director Advanced Artificial Intelligence at Siemens Digital Industries and Dr. Ulli Waltinger, Head of the Machine Intelligence Research Group and Technology Head of the Siemens AI Lab. Tune in and find out how AI has already found its way into our daily lives and how it is enhancing the capabilities of machines and men.

Artificial Intelligence in Industry: https://new.siemens.com/global/en/products/automation/topic-areas/artificial-intelligence-in-industry.html

Industrial Services in the digital age – Goodbye hold-the-line loops

siemensfm.communications@siemens.com (Siemens.FM team) — Thu, 16 Apr 2020 08:02:13 +0000

In this episode of Talking Digital Industries moderator Chris Brow explores the field of customer services in the digital age. For the first time Chris is joined by two guests remotely: Karen Florschütz, CEO of Customer Services at Siemens Digital Industries and Fabio Migliorati, an Italian Customer Services engineer with more than twelve years of experience in the field. Tune in and discover how customer services have changed in times of digitalization and how service engineers make sure to keep customers' plants running – even during a crisis. And in the end of this episode, you’ll definitely forget about any time you got stuck in a hold-the-line loop. Promise!

Digital Enterprise Services: https://new.siemens.com/global/en/products/services/digital-enterprise-services.html

Edge Computing – More than a hype!?

siemensfm.communications@siemens.com (Siemens.FM team) — Tue, 26 Nov 2019 11:15:06 +0000

In this episode of Talking Digital Industries moderator Chris Brow is joined by three Edge enthusiasts: Mirko Ross is the co-founder of digital worx and asvin.io and IoT security expert. Rainer Brehm heads the Automation Systems and Products unit at Siemens Digital Industries. Michal Skubacz is responsible for Industry Software Motion Control at Siemens Digital Industries. Tune in and listen to them discussing use cases, data security and new business models and learn how Edge Computing will bring about a renaissance on the shop floor.

Industrial Edge: https://new.siemens.com/global/en/products/automation/topic-areas/industrial-edge.html