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    Case Study - Alembic Pharma

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    This project involved integrating an existing Sauter Novanet building management system at Alembic Pharmaceuticals' facility in Vadodara, India with the NETIX Controls platform. To minimize downtime during the migration, the NETIX system was developed in parallel without disrupting operations. The 95 Sauter controllers were retained using a custom Novanet to NETIX driver. Through close collaboration between NETIX, Smart Building Technologies, and careful commissioning, the systems were successfully integrated and validated while meeting Alembic's requirements for a robust and customizable solution to control their HVAC and other building systems. Alembic was impressed with the partnership's commitment to quality and minimal downtime achieved during the transition.

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    This project involved integrating an existing Sauter Novanet building management system at Alembic Pharmaceuticals' facility in Vadodara, India with the NETIX Controls platform. To minimize downtime during the migration, the NETIX system was developed in parallel without disrupting operations. The 95 Sauter controllers were retained using a custom Novanet to NETIX driver. Through close collaboration between NETIX, Smart Building Technologies, and careful commissioning, the systems were successfully integrated and validated while meeting Alembic's requirements for a robust and customizable solution to control their HVAC and other building systems. Alembic was impressed with the partnership's commitment to quality and minimal downtime achieved during the transition.

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    This project involved integrating an existing Sauter Novanet building management system at Alembic Pharmaceuticals' facility in Vadodara, India with the NETIX Controls platform. To minimize downtime during the migration, the NETIX system was developed in parallel without disrupting operations. The 95 Sauter controllers were retained using a custom Novanet to NETIX driver. Through close collaboration between NETIX, Smart Building Technologies, and careful commissioning, the systems were successfully integrated and validated while meeting Alembic's requirements for a robust and customizable solution to control their HVAC and other building systems. Alembic was impressed with the partnership's commitment to quality and minimal downtime achieved during the transition.

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    Case Study - Alembic Pharma

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    This project involved integrating an existing Sauter Novanet building management system at Alembic Pharmaceuticals' facility in Vadodara, India with the NETIX Controls platform. To minimize downtime during the migration, the NETIX system was developed in parallel without disrupting operations. The 95 Sauter controllers were retained using a custom Novanet to NETIX driver. Through close collaboration between NETIX, Smart Building Technologies, and careful commissioning, the systems were successfully integrated and validated while meeting Alembic's requirements for a robust and customizable solution to control their HVAC and other building systems. Alembic was impressed with the partnership's commitment to quality and minimal downtime achieved during the transition.

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    CASE STUDY

    NETIX Controls Partner: M/s Smart Building Technologies, India


    Site Name: M/s ALEMBIC FORMULATION DIV -1 OLD AREA AND NEW AREA
    Project Type: Retrofit
    Owner: Alembic Pharmaceuticals
    City*: PANELAV, VADODARA
    Province/State*: Gujarat
    Country*: India
    Total IO Points*: 2500+
    Completion Date*: September 2019
    Vertical Market: Pharmaceuticals

    About the customer: (Taken from Wikipedia and Facebook page of Alembic)
    The legacy of Alembic Pharmaceuticals Limited (APL) dates back to over 100 years. Established in
    1907 with an objective to develop and revolutionize the Pharmaceutical and Drug industry in the
    Indian subcontinent, Alembic Pharmaceuticals Limited today is one of the leading pharmaceutical
    companies in India. With an emphasis on innovation and technology, the company has established
    a state-of-the-art research facility – Alembic Research Centre (ARC)-including formulation
    research, and 150-bed bioequivalence facility at Vadodara, Gujarat.

    System Controlled/Monitored:
    HVAC, UPS

    The Products:
    NETIX Controls Software, NCCBC56, NCCBX22IN, Sensors

    The Story:
    List Details Such as: What was the primary theme of the project; consolidation of system or
    customisation or ease of operation or ease of installation or adaptability
    The scope of works included

     Integration of legacy Sauter Novanet system to Netix Controls platform.


     Supply of
    o 21CFR Part 11 Compliant software
    o Controllers
    o Sensors
     Monitoring and Control of HVAC System
     Soft Integration of ACD
     Soft Integration of AWD-PLC
     Completed system validation:
    o Design qualification (DQ)
    o Installation qualification (IQ)
    o Operational qualification (OQ)
    The Challenge:
    The project was a legacy Sauter Controls installation and the customer was facing a huge
    challenge with regards to getting support from the earlier system installer. Another challenge the
    customer was facing is that since the Sauter Controls system installed was on Novanet protocol
    which is a closed protocol they were not able to migrate from the Sauter Controls to any other
    platform.
    Our system installer contacted us with this challenge and we proposed the NETIX Controls
    Software to be used along with a NOVANET to NETIX custom driver.
    Since this was a functioning pharmaceutical plant the customer wanted to ensure that there
    would be minimal downtime in the migration of the software from Sauter Controls to NETIX
    Controls.

    The Solution:

    Keeping the above challenge in mind our system integrator and our technical team started
    working on developing a parallel server to the Sauter Controls software without disturbing the
    existing software. We developed the custom graphics, alarm management and custom reports for
    the customer. Like any custom driver the integration with Novanet to NETIX had its own teething
    issues which we resolved one after another.
    Once our parallel server was ready, we migrated the system to the NETIX Controls software by
    retaining the 95 Nos. controllers of Sauter on Novanet protocol with a very minimal downtime
    over a weekend to ensure smooth transition.
    The system was successfully handed over after the complete system validation was done which
    included Design qualification (DQ), Installation qualification (IQ) and Operational qualification
    (OQ)

    End User Feedback


    Few lines about NETIX Controls system and SBT as a partner
    We have done multiple pharmaceutical projects with NETIX Controls – integrated building
    management system and the experience gives us the confidence that NETIX Controls has a truly
    open platform which is very flexible for customizations and at the same time is very robust with
    regards to performance.

    Smart Building Technologies has a deep understanding and sensitivity that is needed for critical
    pharmaceutical projects, their excellent commissioning skills, commitment towards quality have
    impressed us.

    Having an experienced engineering system installer like M/s Smart building Technologies, India
    with their excellent project management skills and proper know how on the system, supported by
    the NETIX Controls technical team ensured that we together exceeded the customers’
    expectations.

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    Site Image (Alembic Facebook page)

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