Voith opens new OnPerformance.Lab (OPL) in São Paulo

Voith announces the opening of a new OnPerformance.Lab (OPL) site in São Paulo, Brazil, South America. With this expansion, Voith strengthens its regional footprint and expands its service, optimization and consulting activities. The new OPL site is specifically designed to support paper manufacturers in automation, digitalization and achieving their sustainability goals.

Remote support represents an important part of Voith's service portfolio and complements existing on-site services offered by the leading full-line supplier. Customers can quickly and easily access the expertise of the experts and jointly find solutions to individual challenges. In this way, short-term problems can be solved efficiently, and long-term optimization projects can be carried out successfully. With the OPL, Voith takes a holistic and integrated approach that enables sustainable improvements.

"With the new location in São Paulo, we want to offer our customers even greater proximity and support," says Ivan Medeiros, Head of Digital and Automation at Voith Paper South America. "We want to help them use digitalization profitably and increase their resource efficiency to reliably achieve their goals."

The OPL in São Paulo is part of a global initiative by Voith to offer comprehensive know-how and expertise to its customers worldwide. Existing OPL locations can be found in Heidenheim, Germany; Kunshan, China; and Tokyo, Japan. The opening of additional regional offices is planned to further strengthen the regional footprint.