Aspen Technology, Inc., a global leader in industrial software, today announced that the largest petrochemicals company in the Philippines, JG Summit Olefins Corporation (JGSOC), is advancing its journey toward operational excellence by unlocking untapped value in production optimization. This planned deployment with Aspen Unified PIMS™ supports the company’s innovation-driven vision and is projected to boost operating margin by optimizing feedstock selection at the crackers. The JGSOC expansion project is a step toward further diversification of the local petrochemical and chemical industries and is envisioned to strengthen the industrial value chain linkages for the manufacturing sector.
Samuel Co Chan, Vice-President for Supply Trading and Product Optimization, JG Summit Olefins Group, said: “AspenTech’s distinct and transparent solutions align with JGSOC’s pursuit of operational excellence by deploying the best and most efficient technologies. As the leading, value-driven, and highly innovative software, Aspen Unified PIMS can enable production optimization with greater intuition, accuracy, and accessibility. JGSOC is deriving current benefits in plant efficiency and productivity with Aspen Plus® and Aspen DMCplus® solutions.”
Lawrence Ng, Vice President of Sales, Asia Pacific & Japan, Aspen Technology, added: “AspenTech is pleased to deepen our partnership with JG Summit Olefins Group through the company’s latest adoption of Aspen Unified PIMS software. In advancing toward the Self-Optimizing Plant, this planned deployment empowers JGSOC with a scalable technology solution amidst industry skills shortage.”
