{"id":7751,"date":"2025-11-05T10:09:27","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T10:09:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ottevanger.com\/innovation\/"},"modified":"2025-12-12T15:38:03","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T15:38:03","slug":"innovation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ottevanger.com\/us\/innovation\/","title":{"rendered":"Innovation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-07579d57 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-a7dce961 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ottevanger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/mdu-dosing-innovation.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5303\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">One big idea: a practical approach to innovation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At Ottevanger we like to think along with customers, which means that experimentation is never done in isolation. Everything we do is driven by the practical needs of the feed producer along with the insight that our own experts see and hear from the factory floor each day. For example, by testing and fine-tuning machine concepts early, our team can help reduce technical risk, increase process efficiency, and ultimately unlock new improvement opportunities. This also includes small-scale testing setups that allow us to simulate your production environment; and then apply (and validate) new ideas.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:60px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-07579d57 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Seeing double: with the digital twin<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Automation and digitization are now playing an increasingly important role within the feed industry. But what does this mean on a practical level? One idea our experts have been developing is \u2018the digital twin\u2019 &#8211; a digital &#8216;copy&#8217; of the feed mill that can used to simulate all kinds of scenarios and then analyze the results \u2013 with no need for physical testing or complex technical drawings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s all possible due to the increasing amounts of data that Ottevanger can now generate at the strategic, tactical and operational level of the feed mill through our family of automation and digitization solutions \u2013 which our development center continues to constantly refine and improve.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ottevanger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/automation-innovation-feed.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5308\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One big idea: a practical approach to innovation At Ottevanger we like to think along with customers, which means that experimentation is never done in isolation. 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