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50 tobaccoasia Issue 6, 2025 November / December By Thomas Schmid A global stage for fresh innovation InterSupply has long been the tobacco industry's premier showcase for in- novation, and 2025 was no exception. Aside from its numerous regulars, the Dortmund-based trade fair also marks a pivotal moment for many companies as their first foray into presenting new technologies to the most relevant buy- ers and decision-makers in the global tobacco sector. This year, Tobacco Asia explored four standout manufacturing solutions introduced by first-time ex- hibitors, each offering a fresh take on production efficiency, scalability, and data-driven operations. InterSupply First Timers Tobacco Asia looked at some new machinery products from first-time InterSupply exhibitors. Accevo's software suite: visualizing losses, driving improvements Poland's Accevo Sp. z o.o. made its InterSupply debut with a mature and highly customizable software suite designed to interface directly with tobacco machinery and visualize pro- duction losses in real time. Program manager Albert Pawula explained that the system is built to support continuous im- provement methodologies such as integrated work systems (IWS) and micro-stop analysis. "Our software focuses on gathering detailed information from production machines and putting it into a standardized system," Pawula said. "We've developed dedicated interfaces to all standard to- bacco machines and generations from the major suppliers." Albert Pawula explains the Accevo system's detailed timeline display. All photos: Thomas Schmid With over 35 factories already con- nected globally, including industry lead- ers as well as local manufacturers, Acce- vo's system captures stoppage times and reasons, presenting them in a timeline format that allows operators and manag- ers to drill down by module, machine, or line. "We always highlight the top 3 or top 5 losses—whether breakdowns, pro- cess failures, or plant downtime—so it's simple for the operator to understand," Pawula noted. The suite also includes an operator panel for manual input, such as clean- inspect-lubricate (CIL) breaks, and sup- ports trend analysis and grade loss track- ing. "It's a comprehensive system that captures and measures actual data from all machines in a line, focusing on loss elimination and guiding production op- erations. The platform is highly scalable – equally effective and cost-efficient for a single line or a multi-site global rollout" Pawula summarized. Importantly, the software is com- pliant with TMC tobacco specifications, ensuring standardized data recording and avoiding vendor lock-in. "We provide the whole package," Pawula said, "both full TMC compliance and advanced loss- visualization tools tailored to the tobacco industry: from real-time machine inter- facing to visualization and compilation software." Accevo's approach to implemen- tation is deeply collaborative. "We con- duct workshops with customers and are always open to tailor visualizations to fit individual client methodologies," Pawula explained. "Every second year we release updated versions to extend the function- ality and stay up-to-date." The suite's flexibility extends to various tobacco formats, including nico- tine pouches, snus, heated sticks, OTPs, and liquids. "We started with cigarettes but now support pretty much any tobac- co product… except hand-rolled cigars," Pawula said. "But even for cigars, we can monitor the packing process." Accevo's software also facilitates paperless defect handling, center lining, and DMS meetings. "As you already have the top losses mapped, it's just about trig- gering root cause analysis and using the factory's expert knowledge to address them," Pawula said. More at: accevo.com