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utting digitaliza- talization that other indus-
tion into practice in
In this article, we speak P the glass processing tries are starting to enjoy
to the glass processing in-
industry has taken some dustry. Now, we can look
to Glaston’s Digitalization time. But now the momen- back and see our progress.
tum has picked up and the We’re actually even further
Manager – Kai Knuutila number of users is acceler- than we initially aimed.
ating rapidly. Kai Knuutila, Our online reports have
– who explains what Digitalization Manager at improved, and we’re really
Glaston, tells us why this is proud now to present them
digitalization means to the happening. to customers and to the en-
tire industry. Our work has
WHAT DOES led to a lot of information
company in its continuous 1 MILLION LOADS that now offers value.
MEAN TO YOU?
commitment to help its Pioneers like Glaston have REACHING THE FIRST
helped fuel the demand for MILESTONES
clients achieve success. And greater digitalization by By the end of 2018 and ac-
educating customers about cording to plan, Glaston
with the company’s usual the benefits, demonstrating successfully reached sev-
real progress along their
eral of its big milestones:
‘passion’ for innovation, digital strategy roadmap – over 100 tempering and
laminating lines are now
and adding more custom-
ers and their data to the cloud-connected, and data
the next move is to take cloud to accelerate the en- from 1 million loads has
tire movement. now been recorded.
artificial intelligence (AI) to We spent the majority of Growing numbers of glass
2018 building our con- processors are joining the
the next level. fidence by implementing digitalization movement
ideas and collecting data to because they understand
bring the benefits of digi- the advantages. At the mo-
Kai Knuutila
Digitalization Manager
Glaston
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