Chemistry is the future. Make it yours.
Chemical industry leaders face pressure to cut emissions, adapt fast and improve efficiency — all while managing costs. Discover how digitalization, smart buildings, electrification and grids, modular production and process optimization address these demands and secure your plant’s future.
Overcome industry challenges with smart solutions
Today’s chemical industry must move faster, cleaner, and more efficiently while keeping costs in check. Discover how digitalization, smart buildings, electrification and grids, modular production and process optimization can meet these challenges and secure your plant for the future.
Sustainability
Digitally optimize energy use, efficiency, and emissions for compliance. Enhance process sustainability — like fertilizer production — and develop greener buildings, grids, and electrical systems for a more sustainable future.
Efficiency
Boost efficiency and meet market demands with digital batch production. Go paperless, monitor energy use, optimize energy services, and ensure a reliable power supply for greater flexibility and documented quality.
Process optimization
Simulate processes with digital twins before using precious raw materials. Combine live plant data with deep process knowledge to shorten development and transform operational decision-making.
Flexibility
Adapt to changing demands with flexible modular production. With Module Type Packages (MTPs), you can configure new processes and plant sections much faster.
Recycling
Turn waste into value. With chemical recycling technologies, reuse materials — like plastic, used tires and end-of-life batteries — to support a more sustainable circular economy.
Safety and security
Minimize safety and security risks for people, assets and the environment. Modernize chemical production, monitor hazardous processes and ensure compliance with strict safety and cybersecurity regulations.
Real-world applications
Explore solutions for the entire value chain
Process optimization
Support every phase of your plant’s lifecycle through digitalization. Future-proof your business by maintaining plants proactively, responding flexibly to market requirements, and thinking ahead and optimizing processes.
Competitive, safe, and sustainable infrastructure
Transform chemical industry infrastructure with a trusted partnership built on digital innovation. Collaborate to bring safety and sustainable solutions to your buildings, power grids and production.
Improve process operations with digital twins
Amid price volatility, discover how high-fidelity digital twins and live plant data unlock new levels of decision support. Learn how Clariant, SK Innovation and Immaterial are using this technology to boost yields and reduce energy use.
Our customers
Push the boundaries of what's possible
Here are just a few of our customers that are leading the way:
Case study
Evonik Industries
Germany
To modernize its Hanau plant, Evonik Industries adopted SIMATIC PCS neo and MTP for web-based, modular engineering. Learn how this lets the business quickly adapt subplants for new tests and scale processes to meet customer needs.Read more
Case study
Cathay Industrial Biotech Ltd.
China
Cathay Biotech is redefining bio-manufacturing. At its Wusu plant, Siemens’ digitalization and automation solutions help scale sensitive lab processes to industrial levels — delivering faster time to market and higher quality.Read more
Video
Tronrud Engineering AS
Norway
See how Tronrud Engineering accelerates machine development with a digital twin in NX MCD and TIA Portal - cutting engineering time and enabling fast, flexible packaging with SINAMICS‑powered changeovers.Watch here
Partner ecosystem
1,000+ products and growing
While Siemens offers extensive products, solutions and services, a core part of our model is to work closely with trusted partners. Our partners augment what we offer so you always have a reliable solution available.
Explore our chemical industry resources
Podcast
Continuity Through Change: Tech Talks Transition
Episode 65 brings together Don Mack and Jonas Norinder for a reflective chapter on the Digitalization Tech Talks series. They revisit impactful episodes, industry shifts, and insights, while introducing new co-host Cole Lewis.Listen here
White paper
More low-carbon H2, less costs with digital technology
Learn how digital technology can cut hydrogen costs by 9–12% with a digital twin approach and pre-engineered templates. Gain traceability and insights that accelerate low-carbon H₂ production and smarter investments.Read more
Decarbonizing practices in the global chemical industry
The global chemical industry is a major carbon emitter. Discover essential strategies to navigate a path towards a carbon-free future.Read more
Webinar
Don’t get hacked — keep your terminals safe and secure!
Digitalized terminals offer big advantages, but also new risks. Learn how a holistic cybersecurity approach can protect your operations, while securing your peace of mind.Learn more