Optimize food production through a robust, scalable, and secure industrial network. Discover how Barilla ensures operational continuity and real-time data protection at the Rubbiano plant.
The Barilla plant in Rubbiano, a global center of excellence for sauce production, needed an industrial communication network to handle increased field devices after its 2018 expansion. The challenge was to digitalize the infrastructure without interrupting production cycles, while ensuring the highest cybersecurity standards and an advanced remote assistance system for managing external suppliers.
Structure organized factory communication to store and process Big Data from the field in real time.
Achieve the highest standards of cybersecurity and data protection to make factory networking a global model.
Ensure simplified maintenance with plug-and-play replacements that eliminate downtime due to technical failures.
Through SINEMA Remote Connect and SCALANCE S firewalls, Barilla manages remote technical interventions with complete confidentiality. The system allows precise access monitoring, ensuring that external suppliers operate with maximum security without compromising the integrity of the corporate network.
One of the most critical phases was the network architecture conversion with plants in operation. Thanks to the collaboration between the Siemens team and partner ITCore, the transition took place with zero downtime, leveraging the minimal production stops available to integrate SCALANCE XM400 and XR500 switches.
The infrastructure created in Rubbiano is not just a local solution, but a benchmark for the group's other sites. The ability to analyze Big Data in real time generates immediate business value, improving the efficiency of the cooking, production, and packaging departments.
A key element of this project was the implementation of Siemens' remote assistance infrastructure, based on the SINEMA Remote Connect solution together with SCALANCE S Firewalls. The most challenging part was converting the network architecture while the plants were in operation, or during the few production stops available. Thanks to the expertise of Siemens and their highly valued partner ITCore, we achieved this goal with zero downtime.