Shapers of the Future: Can raw materials specialist Dorfner increase sales by 40 percent with AI?
The company from the Upper Palatinate region shows how employees can be motivated with AI and how operating times can be extended - and how the company can gradually emancipate itself from raw materials.
The German company Gebrüder Dorfner, which has been in operation for 130 years, has successfully implemented Artificial Intelligence (KI) to optimize its kaolin mining process. The company mines kaolin, a key ingredient in porcelain, cosmetics, and paper production, on a 47-hectare site in Hirschau. By using KI, Dorfner has reduced its annual extraction of raw earth from around 1 million tons to approximately 300,000 tons, while still increasing its results and revenue.
The company aims to extend the life of its mine and potentially reduce its reliance on raw materials by developing new products and business areas.
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