# Rockwell Automation to modernize Korteks fiber plant in Turkey

Rockwell Automation signed a contract with Korteks for a plantwide redesign and modernization of its polyester yarn production plant in Bursa, Turkey, to address obsolescence and digitize operations over three years.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2023-03-30
- Where: Bursa, Türkiye
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 600 tons of yarn per day
- Products: polyester yarn, automation systems
- Sectors: [Industrial Textiles](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-textiles.md)

## Companies

- [Rockwell Automation](https://endata.com/companies/2401.md)
- [DSME](https://endata.com/companies/1204.md) (partner)
- [Saipem](https://endata.com/companies/1847.md) (partner)
- [Rockwell Automation](https://endata.com/companies/2401.md) (supplier)
- [Petrobras](https://endata.com/companies/2820.md) (customer)
- [TotalEnergies](https://endata.com/companies/9252.md) (customer)
- [Sensia](https://endata.com/companies/37434.md) (partner)
- [Korteks](https://endata.com/companies/51156.md) (customer)
- [EverGrain](https://endata.com/companies/70027.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [prnewswire.com](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/rockwell-automation-helps-modernize-machine-infrastructure-at-major-fiber-and-textiles-plant-with-minimal-downtime-301784460.html), 2023-03-30: "This phased modernization approach is a textbook example of what can be achieved with the right planning, backed by proven hardware and supported by a highly knowledgeable technical team."
- [kalypso.com](https://kalypso.com/about/press/releases/rockwell-automation-leverages-iot-gamification-and-digital-twin-technologies-to-implement-a-robotic-supervision-system-rss-for-totalenergies), 2023-04-24: "Rockwell Automation, Inc. ... today announced that it is working with TotalEnergies, the global multi-energy company, to implement a robot fleet management system, driving autonomous operations for its offshore platforms."
- [spotonwisconsin.com](https://spotonwisconsin.com/wi-business/2182549/rockwells-win-with-anheuser-busch.html), 2023-04-29: "Rockwell Automation Inc.'s Plex Systems business won a contract with Anheuser-Busch InBev's EverGrain sustainable ingredient startup."
- [rockwellautomation.com](https://www.rockwellautomation.com/en-us/company/news/press-releases/control-and-safety-at-the-heart-of-petrobras-fpso-vessel.html), 2023-05-09: "Rockwell Automation, Inc. (NYSE: ROK), the world's largest company dedicated to industrial automation and digital transformation, today announced that it has been chosen to supply the automation and Integrated Control and Safety Systems (ICSS) systems for P-79, an FPSO vessel in the Petrobras fleet."

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