Infant Formula Production facility Case Study

Nu-Con Ltd engaged our services to work with Abbott Nutrition Singapore. Our assignment was to take a ground up approach to improve Abbott Nutrition’s service using integrated and cohesive design, combined with smart technology. Communicating with stakeholders from multiple geographies and co-ordinating many global vendors and on-site trades, we supplied NZ$1.9m worth of services and hardware. The project successfully concluded in 2010 with innovative, full electrical and automation services for Abbott Nutrition’s Greenfield Infant Nutritionals Plant in Singapore.

Tasks

• Functional Design development
• PLC, SCADA design and configuration
• Design and sub contract of MCC’s & Field panel construction
• Consulting
• Electrical Engineering
• Automation Engineering
• Installation and Commissioning

Challenges

• Consultation with stakeholders from multiple geographies to complete a fully integrated and cohesive design.
• Ground up project with a “Fresh Approach” to actively improve services through design and the use of smart technology.
• Co-ordination with multiple global vendors and on-site trades.
• Development and Integration of an S88 compliant Batch Control System.
• Meeting stringent validation and verification methodologies required for FDA compliance to GAMP 4 using GxP principles with Full Validation (FAT,IQ,OQ,PQ).

Outcomes

Siemens S7-400 PLC with 1,800 I/O

Proficy iFix SCADA with iBatch

2 x Form 4b MCC’s

16 x Remote IO panels

 

NZ Controls provided the full Electrical and Automation services for the Greenfield Infant Nutritionals Plant for Abbott Laboratories’ in Singapore.

This included the supply of NZ$1.9M worth of services and solution hardware. This significant project was successfully completed in 2010; with success due to detailed engineering and a disciplined approach to design and implementation, allowing validation to proceed smoothly.