How can the textile industry become more sustainable? By adopting circular models, low-impact materials, and efficient manufacturing. Spinnova, a Digital Enterprise from Finland, has developed a unique solution in collaboration with Siemens, using technology from the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio.
The textile industry faces growing demand for natural fibers and sustainable production. Spinnova meets both with a process that uses minimal water and energy, avoids harmful chemicals, and reduces CO₂. Spinnova's technology enables customers to produce textile fiber from cellulosic raw materials through a process that mimics how spiders weave their webs. This unique approach results in fibers that look and feel similar to natural fibers.
Spinnova aims to produce sustainable fibers where they’re needed most. With Siemens’ global tech and expertise, Spinnova is ready to fundamentally change the footprint of the textile industry.
A full-factory simulation models all lines, machines, production areas, recipe information and material flows. These optimizations shorten commissioning time and enable operator training before production starts.
Spinnova uses a Digital Twin of the product to research, design, optimize and align the final product formulations. This ensures consistent quality from raw material all the way to the finished fiber.
Technology drives industrial sustainability. Combining the real and digital worlds with our comprehensive Digital Twin is the baseline to becoming a sustainable Digital Enterprise. This makes it possible to digitalize the entire product value chain, from the earliest stages of design through production, use, and end-of-life considerations.
This interconnected Digital Thread extends beyond individual elements, reaching into supply chains and ecosystems, and ensuring that data flows seamlessly throughout the product lifecycle. This provides a holistic perspective on sustainability, delivering collective intelligence to make better decisions and scale sustainability impact.
AI for industrial applications differs significantly from AI used in homes or other commercial settings. It must meet the rigorous requirements and standards of the most demanding industrial environments. In short: AI in industry must be industrial-grade.
Industrial AI is rapidly changing the world, revolutionizing industries, enhancing human capabilities, and reshaping our lives. Yet, reaping AI’s benefits in industry is complex due to stringent standards, critical reliability requirements, and a shortage of skilled experts. We enable you to effectively tackle these challenges and supercharge your transformation with Industrial AI.
Industrial Operations X enables a highly adaptive and people-centric production. We integrate IT and software capabilities into automation, with machine learning and data analytics built-in to increase adaptability. Our intuitive automation solutions support teams from a range of automation and IT backgrounds.
With IT capabilities and software development methods, Industrial Operations X helps make your production process more adaptive, autonomous and people-centric. This enables teams to overcome growing challenges in the industry sector.
Siemens has helped us to develop the SPINNOVA® fiber process faster and reduce the time to market. They are able to scale as we scale our production from R&D to piloting and to production.
This white paper examines six action steps for how an organization can integrate sustainability requirements. Learn how to combine real and digital environments to become a sustainable Digital Enterprise.
