Indofen Adopts Siemens Performance Insight to Deliver Real‑Time Analytics for Cleaner, Smarter Foundry Operations

Indofen Adopts Siemens Performance Insight to Deliver Real‑Time Analytics for Cleaner, Smarter Foundry Operations

(IN BRIEF) Indofen Furnaces LLP has deployed Siemens Performance Insight—an Industrial Edge solution within the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio—to bring real‑time data analytics to aluminum recycling and die‑casting furnaces. The integration delivers live monitoring of fuel use, metal charge cycles, and temperature, driving improvements in energy efficiency, consistency, and uptime. This collaboration demonstrates how scalable, edge‑based digital solutions can help Indian SMEs optimize resource consumption, comply with environmental regulations, and boost competitiveness. Key outcomes include enhanced process visibility, reduced emissions, and predictive maintenance capabilities.

(PRESS RELEASE) NUREMBERG, 17-Jul-2025 — /EuropaWire/ — Indofen Furnaces LLP, a leading Indian manufacturer of advanced furnace systems for aluminum recycling and die‑casting, has integrated Siemens’ Performance Insight—an Industrial Edge solution from the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio—to accelerate digital transformation for its clients. This deployment equips foundry operators with real‑time analytics and edge‑computed insights, empowering more informed decisions across process control, energy use, and maintenance.

In sectors where high fuel costs, process variability, and unforeseen downtime can erode profitability and sustainability, Indofen’s new digital capability drives significant gains in transparency and efficiency. By monitoring key metrics—metal charging and bale‑out cycles, fuel consumption, temperature profiles—through live dashboards, users can optimize combustion, preempt equipment failures, and standardize product quality, all while adhering to stringent environmental regulations.

“Siemens Performance Insight delivers a unified view of furnace performance, enabling rapid, data‑backed decisions on production and resource management,” explains Ezhil Kumar, Managing Director of Indofen. Suprakash Chaudhuri, Head of Digital Industries at Siemens Limited India, adds, “This partnership exemplifies how the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio empowers India’s SMEs to embrace scalable, intelligent solutions and thrive in a digital‑first economy.” Yusuf Gündüz, Global Head of Vertical Markets Paper & Metals at Siemens AG, notes, “Harnessing installation‑generated data through this collaboration sets a benchmark for efficiency and sustainability in metal processing.”

As part of the open Siemens Xcelerator platform, Performance Insight offers modular, future‑ready tools tailored to the aluminum recycling and foundry industry’s challenges.

The solution’s benefits include:

• Operational Transparency: Live furnace parameter tracking enhances process consistency.
• Energy Efficiency: Data‑driven controls reduce fuel consumption and lower emissions.
• Minimized Downtime: Predictive alerts and analytics prevent unplanned stoppages.
• Scalability: Modular edge components scale with operational growth.

Regulatory Compliance: Comprehensive traceability and reporting support environmental and safety standards.

Siemens Digital Industries (DI) empowers companies of all sizes within the process and discrete manufacturing industries to accelerate their digital and sustainability transformation across the entire value chain. Siemens’ cutting-edge automation and software portfolio revolutionizes the design, realization and optimization of products and production. And with Siemens Xcelerator – the open digital business platform – this process is made even easier, faster, and scalable. Together with our partners and ecosystem, Siemens Digital Industries enables customers to become a sustainable Digital Enterprise. Siemens Digital Industries has a workforce of around 70,000 people worldwide.

Siemens AG (Berlin and Munich) is a leading technology company focused on industry, infrastructure, mobility, and healthcare. The company’s purpose is to create technology to transform the everyday, for everyone. By combining the real and the digital worlds, Siemens empowers customers to accelerate their digital and sustainability transformations, making factories more efficient, cities more livable, and transportation more sustainable. A leader in industrial AI, Siemens leverages its deep domain know-how to apply AI – including generative AI – to real-world applications, making AI accessible and impactful for customers across diverse industries. Siemens also owns a majority stake in the publicly listed company Siemens Healthineers, a leading global medical technology provider pioneering breakthroughs in healthcare. For everyone. Everywhere. Sustainably. In fiscal 2024, which ended on September 30, 2024, the Siemens Group generated revenue of €75.9 billion and net income of €9.0 billion. As of September 30, 2024, the company employed around 312,000 people worldwide on the basis of continuing operations. Further information is available on the Internet at www.siemens.com.

Media Contacts:

Bijesh Kamath
Siemens Limited, India
+91 22 6251 7000
bijesh.kamath@siemens.com 

Laura Egger
Siemens AG, Digital Industries
+49 152 589 630 51
laura.egger@siemens.com 

SOURCE: Siemens