Industrial digitalization
Industrial digitalization provides the opportunity to sustainably transform physical industries and cities through digitalization and connectivity. We focus on our offering through our Enterprise business with solutions for industry and cities that help to enable improved decarbonization, productivity, resource efficiency, and safety. This is our handprint. We focus on maximizing our positive impact as we believe it can have a much greater influence on the world’s carbon footprint in comparison to reducing our own footprint. However, we emphasize focusing on both our handprint and our footprint.
Our 2022 Sustainability report, People & Planet, include:
By end 2022, Nokia has deployed mission-critical networks to more than 2 600 leading enterprise customers in the transport, energy, large enterprise, manufacturing, webscale, and public sector segments around the globe
Our conducted research suggested advanced digital technologies are critical to the successful decarbonization of the energy industry
Nokia Oulu factory Finland has seen increase in output while maintaining the same level of resources and energy consumption due to digitalization projects
Nokia Bell Labs released its initial research on environmental monitoring and early views on sustainability in
Nokia is the leader in the private wireless market with over customers globally, helping industrials accelerate their digital transformation to create more efficient processes, empowered workers and high-quality output
Nokia has deployed mission-critical networks to more than 2,600 leading enterprise customers in the transport, energy, large enterprise, manufacturing, webscale, and public sector segments around the globe. It has also extended its footprint to more than 560 private wireless customers worldwide across an array of industrial sectors and has been cited by industry analysts as the leading provider of private wireless networking worldwide.
Private wireless can achieve enterprise goals
Market research reveals private wireless enterprise drivers and ROI
GlobalData surveyed key decision makers at 79 multinational companies, representing early adopters of private wireless digitalization solutions in the manufacturing, energy and transportation sectors. Results show a high level of confidence in private wireless and industrial edge, particularly in integrated solutions to achieve enterprise cybersecurity, cost, efficiency and sustainability goals. Of those who had already deployed the technology, over 50 percent had already seen total cost of ownership (TCO) reductions of six percent or more from their investments, with 29 percent experiencing a more than 10 percent reduction.
Respondents noted that the increased insights, made possible through enhanced sensor and data analytics, allowed them to establish more efficient and safer operations. Most cited more than 10 percent improvement in their internal metrics across a range of areas, including reduced downtime and energy consumption, with many seeing more than 20 percent improvement.
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Nokia and ABI Research unveil Industry 4.0 maturity index for industrial campuses
Nokia and ABI research have announced the results of research that highlights the progress and plans for enterprise infrastructure investments in several key sectors. Electronics and appliance manufacturers are leading the way in Industry 4.0 technology investments and use case deployments. Opportunities lay ahead for manufacturers of heavy equipment to advance their digitalization plans by closely aligning IT and operational (OT) environments. Enterprises can use a self-assessment tool to measure digital maturity and identify opportunities to achieve operational and ESG goals on their path to the industrial metaverse.
Enterprise and industrial metaverses are exceeding expectations
Informed by more than 8 years of research at Nokia Bell Labs, we believe that the industrial metaverse is an extension of Industry 4.0. Consequently, those who have already implemented mission-critical communications networks for Industry 4.0 are now well placed to experience the benefits of the metaverse that clearly some companies are already seeing.
Companies that have already deployed industrial metaverse use cases are seeing more reported benefits than those still in the planning phase expect, most notably in capital expenditure reduction (15%), sustainability (10%) and safety improvement (9%), according to a study published by Nokia and EY. Examining the current state of the enterprise and industrial metaverses, The metaverse at work study which surveyed 860 business leaders across six countries shows that the industrial metaverse, particularly, is expected to deliver on and beyond expectations.
- Nokia’s Oulu factory in Finland is a fully digitalized factory: Increasing output sustainably
- Nokia is expanding and extending its relationship with Kyndryl, the world’s largest IT infrastructure services provider
- Alcatel Submarine Networks has inaugurated the deployment of the largest private industrial 5G network in Europe to date
- British Sugar and Virgin Media O2 have launched the first multi-site private network of its kind in the UK: Dedicated connectivity for next generation manufacturing
- Nokia and TPG Telecom to manage up to 1 million IoT devices across Yarra Valley Water's 20,000 km pipe network
- We're working with AeroFarms on AI-enabled smart agriculture solutions
- Energy providers can deploy more efficient, reliable and sustainable infrastructure: Adapting to changing environmental conditions
- Integrated Operations Center in Nicosia, Cyprus
- Nokia and Claro deploy the first industrial-grade private 4.9G wireless network in a maritime terminal in Colombia
- Working with with U.S. energy provider Xcel Energy to help modernize grid operations
- Providing the first private wireless 5G network for the agricultural machinery industry in Latin America
Nokia’s Oulu factory in Finland is a fully digitalized factory: Increasing output sustainably
Nokia’s Oulu factory in Finland is a fully digitalized factory: Increasing output sustainably
Our factory has been recognized as a world economic forum light house. It incorporates all 5G+ technologies to drive machining and assembly using robotics, autonomous transportation through mobile robots, advanced quality control methods, including video analytics, and maintenance schedules driven by Augmented Intelligence/ Machine Learning recommendations based on real-time asset condition data.
According to the latest data gathered in 2022, factory output has increased by 250% whilst maintaining the same level of resources and energy consumption. We saw a reduction of energy consumption per produced product by 54% and 70% of CO2 emissions have been avoided. In addition, both process defects and product time to market were reduced by half.
Nokia’s Oulu factory in Finland is a fully digitalized factory: Increasing output sustainably
Our factory has been recognized as a world economic forum light house. It incorporates all 5G+ technologies to drive machining and assembly using robotics, autonomous transportation through mobile robots, advanced quality control methods, including video analytics, and maintenance schedules driven by Augmented Intelligence/ Machine Learning recommendations based on real-time asset condition data.
According to the latest data gathered in 2022, factory output has increased by 250% whilst maintaining the same level of resources and energy consumption. We saw a reduction of energy consumption per produced product by 54% and 70% of CO2 emissions have been avoided. In addition, both process defects and product time to market were reduced by half.
Nokia is expanding and extending its relationship with Kyndryl, the world’s largest IT infrastructure services provider
Kyndryl and Nokia established their global network and edge computing alliance in February 2022. The partnership has since grown exponentially, with more than 100 active engagements with global enterprises, from advisory or testing, to piloting, to full implementation, across 24 countries. With a shared vision and commitment to help enterprise and mission critical infrastructure customers accelerate their digital transformations with leading-edge LTE and 5G private wireless networking, 90% of the current engagements are enterprises in the industrial manufacturing sector, including multinational petrochemical, mining and timber and utilities/energy companies.
We are now seeing good early results with large scale deployments of private wireless networks, particularly in heavy industrial environments
Alcatel Submarine Networks has inaugurated the deployment of the largest private industrial 5G network in Europe to date
The network is designed for ASN’s submarine systems production and assembly site and will provide coverage to the 50,000 sqm of the Calais site; eventually, 11 buildings as well as the loading docks will be covered by 59 5G small cell antennas (57 indoor emission points and 2 outdoor emission points).
This network, supplied by Nokia, will be one of the key elements of ASN’s Industrie 4.0 project, an ambitious digitalization plan that aims to modernize ASN’s industrial processes, optimize operational performance and improve working conditions for employees. This private 5G network will also enable the implementation of industrial IOT with many use cases already identified to monitor and improve the performance of the production site in Calais.
British Sugar and Virgin Media O2 have launched the first multi-site private network of its kind in the UK: Dedicated connectivity for next generation manufacturing
British Sugar and Virgin Media O2 have launched the first multi-site private network of its kind in the UK. The private wireless network will cover all British Sugar’s manufacturing facilities and connect IoT units, robots and drones and use artificial intelligence to digitalize and automate the production process. This will enable British Sugar to increase productivity, boost efficiency and improve health and safety on site.
Nokia and TPG Telecom to manage up to 1 million IoT devices across Yarra Valley Water's 20,000 km pipe network
The devices will provide data across a range of use cases, including flow, pressure, and water quality to help improve service reliability, responsiveness, and reduce water wastage. Monitoring leaks, water losses, sewer spills and major breaks.
We're working with AeroFarms on AI-enabled smart agriculture solutions
We're working to produce more food, more sustainably while using fewer resources. AeroFarms are global leaders in vertical farming with up to 390 times greater productivity per square foot annually, while using up to 95% less water and zero pesticides.
If 25 percent of all farms adopted precision farming by 2030, it would lead to yield increases of up to 300 million tonnes per year. (Bell Labs Research). Vertical farms not only maximize square footage, but they also require far less water, energy, labor and pesticides than traditional farms. Huge amounts of spoilage could be eliminated by revolutionizing vertical farming.
Energy providers can deploy more efficient, reliable and sustainable infrastructure: Adapting to changing environmental conditions
Energy providers can reduce downtime by introducing intuitive sensors and automation to boost forecasting and predictive maintenance. On the customer side, such systems can monitor consumption and regulate the flow of electricity, creating time and demand-based power supply.
See how private wireless networks can help in the North Sea with CityMesh.
Integrated Operations Center in Nicosia, Cyprus
Working with Cyta in Nicosia, Nokia’s Integrated Operations Center combines separate data sources with analytics to support the first Pancyprian Nicosia smart city platform and has been recognized as one of the best digital carbon reduction solutions by the European Green Digital Coalition network.
Nokia and Claro deploy the first industrial-grade private 4.9G wireless network in a maritime terminal in Colombia
Nokia's industrial-grade private 4.9G wireless network that will be deployed in Puerto Bahía to provide robust connectivity with low latency, high predictability, and greater mobility. Sociedad Portuaria Puerto Bahía, in Cartagena, Colombia, is the first multipurpose terminal to adopt a private 4G technology in Latin America.
Working with with U.S. energy provider Xcel Energy to help modernize grid operations
Nokia will work with U.S. energy provider Xcel Energy to help modernize grid operations to better serve customers across the company’s eight-state service area. The project will include the deployment of Nokia private LTE network technology, helping support secure, reliable data connectivity and new levels of automation. The network technologies will back a growing mix of renewable power sources for Xcel Energy and optimize the delivery of electricity to its millions of customers.
Providing the first private wireless 5G network for the agricultural machinery industry in Latin America
Nokia will help Jacto to deploy the first industrial-grade private wireless 4.9G/LTE & 5G network for the agricultural machinery industry in Latin America. Jacto's 5G Smart Factory in Pompeia, in the province of Sao Paulo, Brazil will house an automated painting system with cutting-edge technology, autonomous vehicle handling and an automated storage system. The plant will also include an advanced training center.
COP28
Nokia will be at the COP28 Finland Pavilion in the Blue Zone showcasing the enabling effects of the digital transition, while also demonstrating how the ICT sector can simultaneously reduce its own footprint.