Pomini Tenova, a Tenova brand and a global leader in roll shop equipment and services, and Siemens, a global leader in automation and digitalization through its Siemens Digital Industry business, announced the strengthening of their long-standing partnership to support customers in the revamping and modernization of roll grinders.
Building on over four decades of joint projects and nearly 1,000 Pomini Tenova machines already equipped exclusively with Siemens technologies, the partnership enters its next phase. It now aims to elevate technological excellence in the rolling mill sector to a new level of performance, reliability and digitalization. For mutual customers, the benefits include extended machine lifecycles and safeguarding existing investments, while enhancing overall operational efficiency.
The enhanced collaboration leverages the complementary expertise of the two companies. As the OEM, Pomini Tenova contributes deep process know-how and proven technologies in roll grinding, inspection, roll shop automation, and digital solutions. Siemens, on the other hand, provides advanced CNC-based control systems as well as drive and automation technology. This interaction also contributes to integrated safety and future-proof cybersecurity solutions for machine tools.
The renewed focus of the partnership places the transition to fully autonomous machines at the forefront. By tightly integrating Pomini Tenova’s mechanical upgrades and process-specific accessories with Siemens’ advanced technologies, the collaboration sets the basis for fully autonomous operation. This is achieved through digital monitoring and diagnostic tools as well as predictive maintenance. It also supports continuous process optimization, leveraging Industrial AI-based features. Revamping solutions deliver increased productivity, reduced downtime, and improved safety standards, while maximizing performance and helping to ensure high grinding quality throughout the entire machine operating life.
“Strengthening our collaboration with Siemens allows us to offer customers comprehensive revamping solutions that go beyond mere equipment upgrades, towards a truly AI-powered autonomous operation,” said Paolo Gaboardi, EVP Pomini Tenova. “By integrating Siemens’ advanced automation and digital technologies with our roll grinder-specific solutions, we help customers improve long-term competitiveness and enable them to differentiate from the competition.”
Sascha Fischer, VP Sales for Machine Tool Business at Siemens, added: “Together with Pomini Tenova, we transform roll grinders by upgrading the machine’s CNC core. At the same time, we combine deep domain expertise with advanced digital and future-proof automation technologies, as we do with new machines, for which we also take advantage of including Siemens’ most comprehensive Digital Twin. This approach enables more autonomous operations and unlocks new value from customers’ existing assets”.
The partnership underscores both companies’ commitment to driving digitalization, automation, and the transition towards more autonomous and AI-enabled operations.
