Automation in pet food: Interview with Aldo Martínez from NorthWind

Aldo Martínez, Business Manager from NorthWind LATAM, shares his perspective on how automation and artificial intelligence are transforming the pet food industry. Discover more about the company that helps manufacturers to optimize each stage in the production process.

Seeking constant efficiency, accuracy, and sustainability is the priority in the pet food sector, and NorthWind is in the middle of this transition. We invite you to know Aldo Martínez's point of view, Business Manager, who shares their solutions and their impact in this interview:

- What benefits do manufacturers obtain by adopting automatized and IAbased solutions?

'One of the major benefits clients share is the analysis of general data, virtualization, and digitalization of plants. It is a way to analyze the consumption to evaluate general costs of the end-product and how to maximize consumption, energy, and production only with efficiency and performance management.'

- Which areas in the production process are positively impacted by these technologies?

'What we have seen is the general analysis of consumption; we analyze the consumption of raw materials, utilities, and reduction management. We offer data visualization and a list of opportunity areas by managing it by end product, recipes, energy consumption, and sustainability, with different improvement areas in different facility sectors to maximize the general process with automation.'

- Considering the future, how do you see these technologies evolving in the coming years?

'Now the trend is focused on energy analysis, sustainability, and the environmental impact accompanied by data and consumption analysis. The development of market trends, quality, and exportation are also contemplated, all of which are carried out together with artificial intelligence, market analysis, and new technological trends.'

- From NorthWind, are you working on new solutions?

'Working in the technology industry implies constant innovation. We are embarking on a new goal: bringing artificial intelligence to the technology and production market. Due to the amount of information, we seek to use these mechanisms to see opportunities that perhaps the human eye or the mind cannot manage and process. With AI and production mechanisms, we identify hidden areas that are hard to find and maximize the overall efficiency of the facility.'

We support NorthWind in recording its success case in PABSA, a pet food manufacturing company that uses its solutions.

Source: All Pet Food

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NorthWind’s skilled team of engineers, programmers, and technicians have extensive process experience in addition to programming and design expertise in a wide range of industries.

NorthWind provides automation solutions for manufacturing facilities throughout the world. We also offer industrial electrical installation services in the USA.

Our headquarters is located in Sabetha, KS. The majority of employees and all panel fabrication activities are located at this facility. A second location was established in San Jose, Costa Rica in June of 2019 in order to better serve customers in Latin America. The Costa Rica office houses four employees that work in Service, Sales, and R&D.

Our skilled team of engineers, programmers, and technicians have extensive process experience in addition to programming and design expertise in a wide range of industries. The NorthWind PlantLOGIX™ software suite streamlines and simplifies programming, management, and maintenance of industrial processes while increasing visibility into what’s happening on the factory floor. State-of-the-art office technology and expertise allows NorthWind to provide programming and support services to clients anywhere in the world in a multitude of industries.

Our U.L. Listed control panel shop is located in a 10,000 sq. ft. climate-controlled facility that is fully-equipped to fabricate, test, and ship control panels of any size. High standards and advanced manufacturing technologies used by NorthWind ensure that control panels are delivered onsite on time and ready to be installed.

NorthWind strives to achieve high standards that meet customer needs and company stability. The company has been Control Systems Integrators Association (CSIA) certified since 2010 and continues to employ CSIA’s Best Practices and Benchmarks in order to provide the best value to its customers, combining technical proficiency with sound business practices.

NorthWind is also an accomplished Rockwell Automation Solution Partner, providing proven services and solutions that meet our customers’ automation needs. Finally, NorthWind was named CSIA Integrator of the Year in 2019, a prestigious national award given to controls system integrators that demonstrate cutting-edge technology and cost effective solutions for manufacturers

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