Industry Optimized
Episodes
How digital tools support human talent in shipping
20 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Digitalization is transforming the shipping industry - but its true power lies in supporting human expertise. Technology helps crews when navigating r...
Towards Autonomous Industrial Operations
18 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Autonomous industrial operations might sound like something out of a sci-fi movie: a factory running in the dark, machines quietly humming and everyth...
Industry Optimized: Coming Soon
11 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What will the world’s most essential industries look like tomorrow? From energy and water to materials and transportation, how can technology he...
From Big Questions To Innovation - A Look Back At This Season's Conversations
10 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Throughout this season of The Process Automation Podcast, we’ve uncovered how experts around the world are rethinking the future of production i...
Re-Routing The Seas - From Data To Delivery
03 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The ocean is unpredictable, but smarter digital routing is transforming how ships navigate it to ensure safety of passengers, crew and cargo. Fr...
From Byproduct to Bioenergy - How Pulp and Paper Is Turning the Page For a Circular Future
21 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In our previous episode, we explored how fiber is being used in new and unexpected ways beyond traditional paper production. Today, we’re contin...
Reimagining Fiber - From Paper to Bio-Innovation
31 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Fiber is no longer just about paper. Across industries, wood and cellulose are being transformed into advanced biomaterials, sustainable textiles, and...
The Rise Of Marine Digitalization - Smart Ships, Smarter Operations
10 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In our last episode, we looked at how shipping - one of the world’s oldest industries - has evolved, with digital technology driving much of tha...
The Digital Seafarer - From Compass To AI
24 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Shipping is one of the world’s oldest industries, moving 80% of global trade and linking millions of people. But while seafarers’ mission ...
Small tech, big impact - delivering precision in harsh industrial operations
10 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From measuring emissions to boosting efficiency and enhancing plant safety, modern instrumentation often works quietly behind the scenes — yet i...
Hidden Heroes of Industrial Innovation
13 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In industries where extreme temperatures, hazardous chemicals, and high-pressure environments are the norm, specialized instrumentation technologies a...
Get to know our host, Fran Scott
30 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
She’s usually the one asking the questions – but in this episode, the mic is turned. After four seasons of hosting The Process Autom...
The Automation Balancing Act - Innovation Without Downtime
16 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Technology advancements have driven transformative evolution for industrial automation, but the benefits of modernization must be weighed against the ...
Automation In Action - Built To Last, Designed To Evolve
02 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Process automation is everywhere – powering the essential industries we rely on every day, from energy and metals to water and beyond. &nbs...
Forging Innovation - 30 Years of Lessons in Metals
11 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this special bonus episode, we revisit the future of metals through the lens of experience. Frederik Esterhuizen, Business Line Manager at ABB, ref...
Future-Proofing Metals - The Backbone of Progress
28 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Metals enable progress. They are essential to everything that shapes our daily lives, from infrastructure and transport to high technology. But with d...
A Brief History of Industrial Automation and Control
23 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The story of industrial automation begins with the Industrial Revolution, when machines first replaced human muscle, and extends to today’s adva...
Reskilling Today's Industrial Workforce
09 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The industrial workplace is evolving rapidly with increasing automation and digitalization of operations. How can organizations ensure that their exis...
Driving Change - The People Behind The Energy Transition
26 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Technology plays a key role in accelerating the energy transition. Yet, the true driving force is people: without human courage, curiosity, and care, ...
Truths and lies about... Carbon capture and storage (CCS)
18 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Can CSS really help to combat the emissions from the hard-to-abate industries? What will the adoption of CCS in industry look like? How will policy pl...
Capture, Utilise, Store - Harnessing Carbon Emissions with CCS
11 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) has an important role to play in the energy transition – especially in helping decarbonize traditional energy a...
Truths and Lies about... Remote Industrial Operations
20 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How can remote operations reduce the need to be in hazardous environments and help improve workforce diversity? Do remote operations also contribute t...
Remote Industrial Operations – Beyond Distance
06 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Many industrial facilities like mines, wind farms or marine vessels are often located in remote areas. Operating far from other infrastructure has its...
Truths and Lies about... Scaling up Green Hydrogen
23 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We return to look at Green Hydrogen and its potential to scale over the coming years. What do Hydrogen, Ammonia and Methanol have in common? What will...
Scaling Up Green Hydrogen – What Will it Take?
09 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Green hydrogen has an important role to play in the global effort to achieve decarbonization goals. Produced using renewable energy, it offers the pot...
Truths and Lies about... Offshore Wind
25 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We are back for a bonus episode to continue investigating Offshore Wind’s role in the energy transition. What could wind farms of the future look li...
Offshore Wind - Accelerating the Energy Transition
11 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Offshore wind power plays an increasingly important role in the energy transition. According to the International Energy Agency, it’s expected to gr...
Truths and Lies about... Renewable Energy in Industry
28 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We continue our exploration into the move from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources in Industry. Is it possible to reliably run industry on renewa...
Challenge Accepted - Powering Industry with Renewables
14 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
While industry is responsible for a substantial share of global greenhouse gas emissions, there is no denying the fact that as the world’s populatio...
Truths and Lies about... Methane Emissions
31 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The investigation continues into the invisible threat of methane emissions. Does methane impact our atmosphere in the long term? Can technology provid...
The Invisible Threat - Tackling Methane Emissions
17 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Methane is the second-largest contributor to global warming after carbon dioxide (CO2). According to the International Energy Agency, it is responsibl...
The Process Automation Podcast returns.
10 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Process Automation Podcast with presenter and engineer Fran Scott returns with a third season! In this series, we'll discover how we can tackle ha...
Batteries – Powering The Future
07 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Our smartphones, laptops and electric vehicles all need batteries to operate, but these powerhouses offer so much more, playing an important role in t...
Ports – Supporting The World In Motion
05 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Goods that we rely on every day – food, clothing, medicine and much more – are shipped across the oceans in container ships. 11 billions of tons o...
Digitalization – The Power of Data
22 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
From the early days of transferring books and newspapers into digital formats – to the modern digital ecosystems that utilize data to make complex i...
Lifecycle Support - Keeping The World Moving
25 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Industries that play a crucial role in enabling our daily lives – energy, water, transportation and many more – rely on lifecycle support to ensur...
Women in Engineering – Breaking Down the Barriers
20 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
While many engineering jobs have traditionally been dominated by men, the tide has turned in recent years with more and more women now stamping their ...
Energy Security - Ensuring Enough For All
23 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
While many of us takes access to energy for granted, today, 770 million people live without access to electricity. As the world’s population grows, ...
Green Hydrogen – A Hero of Energy Transition
16 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of The Process Automation Podcast explores the topic of green hydrogen – an important pillar of the ongoing energy transition. Hydrog...
Automation – The Brain of Industrial Operations
01 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For more than a century, automation systems have been central to enabling the operation of industries that provide the basic building blocks of our ev...
Water – A Precious Resource in High Demand
03 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
“Water is the driving force of all nature” – Leonardo da Vinci This episode of The Process Automation Podcast delves deep into the world of wate...
Shipping – Propelling into a Sustainable Future
06 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Shipping is key for the world economy and our everyday lives – over 80% of world traded goods is carried by sea, while ferries transport over 4 bill...
Emissions – What Gets Measured, Gets Reduced.
09 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How important it is to continuously monitor our global emissions to ensure that the air we breathe is safe for humans, animals, and the environment? F...
Mining - Driving the Clean Energy Transition
05 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Fran Scott discovers just how critical the mining industry is, the challenges it faces in 2022, and how ABB technology and solutions are helping to ta...
Process Automation – Making a World of Difference
07 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Across societies and economies, many of us take it for granted that we have reliable power at the flip of a switch, that water flows at the turn of a ...
The Process Automation Podcast Trailer
19 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
From the phones in our hands, to the water in our taps Process Automation technologies are behind the scenes, orchestrating industrial processes, mach...