Significant production efficiencies to be realized at Egyptian Chemical Plant

Plant modernization program set to become global reference project for technology integration and enclosure solution

BRUSSELS/PRNewswire/ -- Rockwell Automation, Inc. (NYSE: ROK), the world's largest company dedicated to industrial automation and digital transformation, today announced that its automation and motor control center (MCC) technology will play a pivotal role in a significant modernization program at the Abu Zaabal Fertilizer Chemical co (AZFC) in Egypt.
 
The plant upgrade also sees a major global win for CUBIC, which Rockwell Automation acquired in 2022.

The brownfield site undertakes the production of sulfuric acid 98% for phosphate fertilizers. Previously owned by the Egyptian government, it is now leveraging private investment to modernize its operations, including the deployment of modern automation solutions and low-voltage MCC technologies, all of which will be housed in 87 modules, 16M2 and 25 Bays of CUBIC enclosures.

According to Sebastien Grau, regional vice president for the Middle East, Türkiye and Africa at Rockwell Automation: "This AZFC program was supported by KMT For Industrial Services – a local authorized distributor within the Rockwell Automation PartnerNetwork™. This team put a great strategy in place and effectively demonstrated the added value of the CUBIC solution versus those from other vendors. The system's highly flexible modular footprint played a large role in its acceptance too, as there is limited real estate at the plant."