From Strategic Investment to Product Line Synergy: ADTEK’s Role in Advantech Energy IoT

Background

ADTEK (銓盛電子ADTEK) is a strategic investee of Advantech Corporate Investment (ACI), specializing in the R&D and manufacturing of electricity measurement and instrumentation products for the energy management and automation sector, and serves as a core hardware supplier for Advantech's energy IoT meter product line. This year, a Taiwan-based system integrator deployed Advantech energy meters (EVA-P220) to build an energy management system for an industrial paper manufacturing plant. Combining smart monitoring technology with an energy-intensive industry demonstrates the combined benefits of “decarbonization,” “cost reduction,” and “efficiency improvement.”

An all-in-one Solution for Decarbonization, Cost Reduction, and Efficiency

Energy Efficiency Improvement

Papermaking involves extensive pulp processing, pressing, and drying, with energy costs accounting for a very high share of operating expenses. Real-time energy monitoring and data analysis allow the plant to precisely pinpoint energy waste hotspots.

Smart Operation & Maintenance

Long-term monitoring of equipment operating data helps the energy management system establish optimal operating baselines. Abnormal energy consumption at a machine is often an early warning sign of mechanical wear, pipeline blockage, or declining transmission efficiency. This predictive maintenance approach effectively prevents unplanned downtime while stabilizing production parameters — improving paper quality consistency and reducing scrap.

Strengthened Competitiveness

As international brand owners impose increasingly stringent supply chain carbon footprint requirements, transparent and traceable energy management data has become a “green ticket” for winning major international orders. By achieving energy savings and emissions reduction, enterprises can lower their product carbon footprint, gain an edge in ESG evaluations, enhance brand image, and secure their strategic position within global supply chains.

Advantages of Deploying the Advantech’s Power Meter Solution

Having previously distributed Omron meters, the system integrator has now switched to Advantech's power meter solution. Combined with its existing data acquisition modules and communication gateways, the entire system is now built on Advantech hardware. On the software side, Advantech also provides preconfigured meter settings, reducing the time customers need for software setup — effectively lowering the overall time cost of the project.