Case Study:
Leveraging Industrial AI
for Manufacturing Optimization
at The International Group
The International Group (IGI), based in Toronto, has refineries across North America. Through a fully integrated supply chain, IGI Wax specializes in the production and distribution of waxes, particularly paraffin and microcrystalline waxes, used in various industries like automotive, packaging, cosmetics, candles, and adhesives. With extensive experience dating back over 75 years, IGI Wax provides customized wax solutions to their customers across the globe.
The Problem
The production of wax requires the distillation of petroleum to separate out desired distillates from waste. Measuring this before and after the manufacturing process you are able to understand how much waste was added due to the processing. IGI Wax sought an AI solution to reduce the amount of waste being added during the process and thereby increasing the amount of valuable distillates being retained.
The Solution
A machine learning XGBoost model was utilized to predict waste from hourly data collected over the past year using a wide variety of system control settings and outcome measures.
An iterative set of simulations were then run to determine the optimal control settings that result in the minimization of waste.
For more information on this AI journey, check out this brief video.
“We worked with two AI companies to optimize the crude tower at one of our plants. The success we achieved with Lityx and the LityxIQ platform was far and above that of the competitor. The LityxIQ platform outperformed the competition with greatly reduced time to analysis and at a lower cost. We look forward to a long-term partnership with Lityx and the LityxIQ platform.”
— Bill Sandblom, CIO, The International Group
The Outcome
60% Reduction in Waste
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