A report launched by Honeywell earlier this year found that two-thirds of medium-to-large organisations in the UAE (68 per cent) and Saudi Arabia (66 per cent) across various industry sectors believe IIoT technologies are critical

Honeywell's technologies are at work in almost every refinery in the world, producing 60 per cent of the world’s gasoline and 40 per cent of its LNG.

At Adipec 2019, customers visiting Honeywell’s booth will have the chance to see new technologies for the first time in the Middle East, which use operational data to help them achieve peak performance and maximise safety and efficiency.

Digitalisation initiatives and IIoT technologies are revolutionising the way companies across the Middle East operate, by connecting disparate systems across industrial operations to derive previously untapped information that can drive new growth.

A report launched by Honeywell earlier this year found that two-thirds of medium-to-large organisations in the UAE (68 per cent) and Saudi Arabia (66 per cent) across various industry sectors believe IIoT technologies are critical to business operations, or will become critical in the next five years.

'In the energy sector, we see that our customers are generating more data from increasingly connected operations, and are asking for technologies to aggregate this data and convert it into insights that drive profitability. Through the right combination of hardware, software, analytics and cybersecurity, these companies are poised to realise the gains Industry 4.0 has to offer,' says Norm Gilsdorf, president for Honeywell, High Growth Regions, Middle East, Russia and Customs Union.

'We’re excited to be showcasing a regional first for digitalisation at this year’s Adipec. Visitors will have the chance to experience first-hand, our new Honeywell Forge for Industrial platform for the first time anywhere in the Middle East.'

This new enterprise analytics platform is shaking up how organisations use digitalisation to drive growth, through a totally new concept created by Honeywell – Enterprise Performance Management (EPM).

This solution is a new category of software that improves the way companies collect, analyse and act on data from their operations. It converts massive quantities of data from processes, assets, and people into actionable insights and enables top-to-bottom visibility into how operations are performing from a single screen.

This new software leverages predictive analytics to help identify maintenance issues before they happen, enables workers to be more productive and safe, and reduces costs while increasing productivity.

'Another key topic we are addressing at Adipec this year is cybersecurity. We will showcase new software that simplifies, strengthens and scales cybersecurity for asset-intensive businesses and critical infrastructure facing cyberthreats.'

The Honeywell Forge Cybersecurity Platform improves cybersecurity performance at a single site or across an enterprise through increased visibility of vulnerabilities and threats, risk mitigation, and improved cybersecurity management efficiency across industrial environments.

The new platform safely moves data from one site to another and uses operations data to strengthen endpoint and network security, and improves cybersecurity compliance. The platform also delivers a scalable software solution to better address cybersecurity pain points in OT (Operational Technology) and IIoT (Industrial Internet of Things) environments. Honeywell is at Adipec 2019, US Pavilion, Hall 7, Stand 7310.