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GUIDE TO THE MOST CURRENT AUTOMATION AND INDUSTRY 4.0’S TERMINOLOGIES

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HOW WILL US INTEREST RATES AFFECT EMERGING MARKETS Publisher Oxford Business Group on June 2, 2022

THE ROLE OF INDUSTRIAL ZONES IN SME GROWTH IN EMERGING MARKETS Published by Oxford Business Group on June 8, 2022

EU’s INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE COVID-19 UP TO NOW

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INDUSTRY 4.0 GUIDE TO THE MOST CURRENT AUTOMATION AND INDUSTRY 4.0’S TERMINOLOGIES

By Mor Nguirane

A big step towards understanding a specific industry is to know the used terminology. Automation and Industry 4.0 have many terminologies which are unknown or less familiar to the most. We will go through the most used terms when talking about industry 4.0 and automation in the 4IR and see what these terms mean and how they are defined.

This is the first part (from A to M) since the list is quite long.

Advanced Research Computing High performance computing and storage needs that are too complex to be handled by a standard desktop workstation, specifically in support of research. Includes cloud environments, massivescale infrastructure and large computational power.

Algorithm Formal specifications used in software to Additive Manufacturing (AM) process and analyse datasets. Typically made up Manufacture of a solid body by depositing of a series of calculation steps, an algorithm will successive thin layers of material, usually describe how to process data with the goal of powder, until the desired shape and size solving a specific problem. are obtained (also called 3D Printing). It has extensive applications in the industrial world Analytics and represents a revolution in manufacturing The process of using statistics, algorithms processes and systems. and software to transform data into useful information and to draw conclusions.

Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) Advanced Encryption Standard, a specification Application Architecture for the encryption of electronic data. Advanced Application integration architecture refers to Encryption Standard process, the process used the standards and policies created to define in choosing an algorithm for standardization. the means by which manufacturing and AES instruction set, an x86 microprocessor engineering applications are built, accessed, architecture addition to accelerate Advanced and integrated across the 4IR enterprise. It Encryption Standard. consists of a set of application guidelines and architectural components and may include Advanced Manufacturing (AM) messaging standards for accessing applications.

This is the somewhat more general name used in This standardization is expected to enhance the world, since it was coined by the government the organization’s ability to extract data from of the United States, than Industry 4.0, which is applications (and hence value), link disparate of German origin. In addition to the technologies business and manufacturing processes, and involved in the digital transformation for Industry ultimately eliminate redundancy between 4.0 (additive manufacturing, collaborative applications across the 4IR enterprise. robotics, cyber-physical systems, augmented reality, cloud computing, big data, computer Artificial Intelligence vision, artificial reality and cyber security), the Artificial Intelligence is the development American definition also refers to the use of new of computer systems able to perform tasks avant-garde materials and emerging capabilities normally requiring human intelligence, such as enabled by the biosciences and nanotechnology. visual perception, speech recognition, decision-

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making, and translation between languages applications, which can be used as required and to take actions that maximize its chance of and which can be accessed from any fixed or success at some goal. mobile device with Internet access. Industry environments and processes can take advantage Big Data of this infrastructure.

High-volume, high-velocity and high-variety information requiring innovative forms Cloud Robotics of information processing for enhanced Shared intelligence. Nowadays smartphones, understanding and decision making. tablets and computers utilize data and processing power from the cloud as a matter of course. In Blockchain the context of Industrie 4.0, robots too will be Blockchain technology is being internationally able to access decentralized data in networks or recognized as one of the most disruptive in the cloud, thereby significantly boosting their innovations of the 21st century. Technology performance and flexibility. The robot itself will which, in spite of being complicated to only require a small chip to control functionality, understand, represents a transformation in motion and mobility. For the task at hand, the way we currently conduct transactions. specific services will be retrieved from the cloud The first application of this technology was or individual robots networked on an ad hoc with the appearance of the famous “Bitcoin” basis to form temporary production teams. In cryptocurrency, but it has both financial this way, specialists will become universalists and non-financial applications. Blockchain that can be used for a wide range of different technology allows virtually everything of value manufacturing processes. Cloud robotics that can be expressed digitally to be recorded: enables the implementation of a broad spectrum birth certificates, title deeds, votes, financial of different industry-specific applications via accounts, product data, formulas, contracts, etc. “Robotics as a Service®”. Another effect of the All this is performed more quickly, securely and cloud: robots learn from one another. If one transparently than with traditional alternatives”. robot encounters an obstacle, for example, it posts this information to the connected systems, Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) which can use it to respond intelligently to the BLE (Bluetooth 4.0) is a lower-energy- obstacle. consumption version of the Bluetooth wireless communications standard, which runs constantly, Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) announcing a device’s presence to local sensors In machine learning, a convolutional neural and optimizing battery life for the device in network (CNN, or ConvNet) is a class of deep, question. In the IoT, BLE allows for precise feed-forward artificial neural networks that has location and feature tracking without reduced successfully been applied to analyzing visual battery life. imagery.

Business intelligence (BI) A set of methodologies and tools that analyse, report, manage, and deliver information that is relevant to the business, and that includes dashboards and query/reporting tools similar to those found in analytics. One key difference between analytics and BI is that analytics uses statistical and mathematical data analysis that predicts future outcomes for situations. In contrast, BI analyses historical data to provide insights and trends information.

Cyber Security In a digitized environment, the protection of any important company information, or cyber security, becomes increasingly important. Cyber security means all the technologies and services that protect the company from any attack or loss of data.

Data For example, numbers, text, images, and sounds, in a form that is suitable for storage in or processing by a computer.

Cloud Computing The cloud is a shared platform of computing Data Analytics resources such as servers, storage and The science of examining data with software-

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based queries and algorithms with the goal of as a cloud service and consumed through a drawing conclusions about that information for service level agreement. business decision making.

Design Patterns Data Architecture Works with commonly occurring structure within The data management architecture refers to the components. These are fine-grained concepts data models created within the 4IR enterprise in compared to Architectural Patterns and RAs and order to facilitate the creation of a common view are useful during detailed design. of the data resources within the organization, and common methods for assessing and integrating Digital Shadow data including augmented intelligence. This Virtual image of real things. The digital shadow is standardization allows all users better access a digital image of a real object. These data contain to business data, integrated business views both the current status and the desired status of dependent upon integrated data, and data- the object, the possible ways and processes for facilitated (analytics) real-time response to achieving the desired status, and the history of market opportunities. what the object has already gone through. It is only the combination of a digital shadow and a Data Mining physical object that results in a smart thing. Every An analytical process where large datasets are physical product can be manufactured more explored or “mined” in search of meaningful efficiently and with higher quality in the digitized patterns, relationships or insights. The process production facility if a digital shadow has been can include machine learning, statistics or created for it and it bears its own specific DNA. artificial intelligence.

Digital Supply Chain Data Scientist Transcending all boundaries. The digital supply An expert in computer science, mathematics, chain merges the major business processes statistics, and/or data visualization who develops of all parties involved – from the suppliers to complex algorithms and data models for the the manufacturer and the end customer. The purpose of solving highly complex problems. potential of a digitized value creation chain lies primarily in the acceleration of the production Decentralized Intelligence and logistics processes, the reduction of effort Intelligence evolves in the swarm. Decentralized for data acquisition and the optimization of intelligence will play an important role in data security and consistency. With integrated Industrie 4.0: all parties can communicate with networking, the digital value creation chain is one another – work piece with machine, machine able to overcome current media discontinuity. with machine or with higher-level processes. No One example from the field of procurement: central “brain” will control and monitor the things, where a steel-processing company previously had but rather autonomous production units will to activate a complicated process via different carry out this function for both heterogeneous media for purchasing and replenishment, in the and homogeneous teams. Decentrality makes future purchasing will be automated on the basis for greater flexibility and quicker decisions. of predefined parameters. Companies today Intelligence evolves in the swarm or through are already making use of digital value creation joint networking with the cloud. chains to optimize individual production islands and processes within their organization. In the Deep Learning (DL) factory of tomorrow, the digital supply chain Deep learning (also known as deep structured will also encompass global procedures across learning or hierarchical learning) is part of a company boundaries, controlling them largely broader family of machine learning methods autonomously. based on learning data representations, as As the most flexible machine ever conceived opposed to task-specific algorithms. Learning can by man, the robot plays a central role in the be supervised, semi-supervised or unsupervised. digital supply chain. In its function as the core component of intelligent automation solutions, Deep Learning as a Service (DLaaS) it increases the entrepreneurial freedom of Deep learning methods and algorithms provided action, secures competitive advantages, speeds

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up production processes and assures quality in High Performance Computing (HPC) the long term.

High Performance Computing most generally refers to the practice of aggregating computing Digital Twin power in a way that delivers much higher A digital twin is a digital replica of a physical performance than one could get out of a typical machine or system. It use data from sensors desktop computer or workstation in order to installed on physical objects to represent their solve large problems in science, engineering, or near real-time status, working condition or business. position.

The delivery of this date can be through High Performance Computing as a Service simple dashboards or through the use of a 3D (HPCaaS) geometrical model of the machine or system Cloud Computing attempts to provide HPC-asallowing contextualised location of data sources. a-Service exactly like other forms of services If a snapshot of the real-time status is taken, and currently available in the Cloud such as then fed into a predictive simulation model, this Software-as-a-Service, Platform-as a-Service, model is no longer a twin, but instead can be and Infrastructure-as-a-Service. HPC users may considered to be a Digital Master, especially if benefit from the Cloud in different angles such the physical world is then adjusted based on this as scalability, resources being on-demand, fast, master. and inexpensive.

Digitization Potential of the digital transformation. Converting real products and analogue sequences into digital data and processes is referred to as digitization.

In Industrie 4.0, people, machines and industrial processes are networked on the basis of cyber physical systems incorporating state of-the-art information and communications technology.

In this context, the intelligent exchange and interpretation of data determine the entire life cycle of a product: from the idea to development, manufacturing, use and maintenance through to recycling. Production and logistics processes will be globally networked beyond the factory gates in the future for the purpose of optimizing the flow of materials, detecting non-conforming parameters at an early stage and enabling a highly flexible reaction to changing customer requirements and market conditions.

Embedded Computer A term for computing that is dedicated to a single purpose, as opposed to general-purpose computing. Embedded computer systems are special-purpose and contain only the software and hardware needed to achieve those ends. In the IoT, many systems are developed for specific purposes and made to work in concert with other systems.

Human-Robot Collaboration The best of two worlds. Until now, industrial robots always worked separately from humans in specially safeguarded protected spaces. Robotics have broken down this barrier with a new generation of collaborative industrial robots.

With human-robot collaboration (HRC), combine the skills of humans with their superior creativity and cognitive abilities and the robot with its greater repeatability, strength and precision. In this way, the robot becomes the third arm of the human operator. This new form of collaboration opens up previously inconceivable possibilities for the smart factory of the future.

I4.0 Component Globally uniquely identifiable participant with communication capability consisting of administration shell and asset within an I4.0 system which there offers services with defined QoS (quality of service) characteristics.

I4.0 Platform Implementation of a (standardized) communication and system infrastructure with the necessary management and production services and defined QoS (quality of service) characteristics as a basis for the efficient construction and integration of I4.0 systems in an application domain.

Encryption Reversible operation by a cryptographic I4.0 System algorithm converting data into cipher text so as System, consisting of I4.0 components and to hide the information content of the data. components of a lower CP classification, which

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serves a specific purpose, has defined properties, the ‘acting’ purpose of the device. A second and supports standardized services and states. ‘intelligent’ part is that the device can leverage local and distributed “intelligence”.

Industrial Internet Internet of things, machines, computers Internet of Things (IoT) and people, enabling intelligent industrial Defines the connectivity of objects through operations using advanced data analytics for a communication protocol. Everything from a transformational business outcomes. watch to the condition of a shipping container in the middle of the ocean can be tracked, Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) monitored and configured via the internet. It The Industrial Internet Consortium will enable delivers real-time knowledge of an environment and accelerate adoption of the Industrial Internet the user wants to control. The development of which is essential to growth and competitiveness sensors and communicating technologies such as in key industry sectors, including: manufacturing, 5G networks provide low-cost opportunities. transportation, energy, healthcare, buildings, utility infrastructure, defence, and emergency Machine Learning (ML) response.

Machine learning is a field in which machines can ‘learn’ without explicit programming.

Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) Evolved from the study of pattern recognition System that connects and integrates industrial and computational learning theory in artificial control systems with enterprise systems, intelligence, machine learning explores the business processes and analytics. study and construction of algorithms that can learn from and make predictions on data – such Industrie 4.0 (I4.0) algorithms overcome following strictly static Industrie 4.0 originates from a project in the high- program instructions by making data driven tech strategy of the German government, which predictions or decisions, through building a promotes the computerization of manufacturing model from sample inputs. and is the original definition of 4IR, i4.0 etc.

Machine-to-Machine (M2M) Industry 4.0 (I4.0) M2M relates specifically to the interconnection Industry 4.0 is a name for the current trend of of devices, usually wirelessly – such as devices automation and data exchange in manufacturing that track a car’s location or monitor its engine’s technologies. It includes cyber-physical systems, performance. the Internet of things, cloud computing and cognitive computing.

Machine-to-Machine Communication Machine to machine communication is one of the Internet of Automation (IoA) breakthrough benefits of having smart connected Basis for efficient production. Both the Internet machines. Smart machines can make decisions of Automation (IoA) and the Internet of Robot based on machine learning, artificial intelligence Things (IoRT) make use of defined open and historical data. A single machine’s decisions communications and data standards to network may influence other machines in the process interoperable production processes even across chain thought the communication of its own company boundaries. In the near future, it will decision. be possible for all the cyber-physical elements involved in the automated manufacturing process to be networked in the IoA and to communicate with the IoRT. Internet of Robot Things (IoRT) The device (robot) is intelligent in the sense that it has embedded monitoring (and sensing) References capabilities and at the same time can get sensor -AMRC Industry 4.0 Dictionary data from other sources which are fused for -Wikipedia.com

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AMERICA HOW WILL US INTEREST RATES AFFECT EMERGING MARKETS Publisher Oxford Business Group on June 2, 2022

– In May the US Federal Reserve implemented its largest interest rate increase in two decades – The move is likely to affect emerging market currencies and increase debt payments – Emerging markets are better positioned to combat higher interest rates than in the past – Many central banks anticipated the rate hike and implemented their own fiscal measures Following the US Federal Reserve’s decision to raise benchmark interest rates in recent months, analysts are closely tracking the impact this will have on emerging markets and their economies.

On May 4 the Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate by 0.5 percentage points to a target range of 0.75-1%, the largest increase since 2000. This followed a 0.25-percentagepoint rise in March, the first since December 2018.

Past experiences, most recently in 2013, have shown that interest rate rises often increase the cost of servicing US dollar-denominated debt for emerging markets, lead to a depreciation of their currencies, weaker demand for exports in the US and potential outflows of capital from lowerincome economies.

Higher interest rates were cited as a contributing factor, along with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, when the IMF in April downgraded its full-year growth outlook for developing and emerging market countries from 4.8% to 3.8%.

The primary challenge of higher interest rates is that they weaken the value of other currencies against the dollar, making it more expensive to service existing debt payments and often triggering an outflow of capital investment from emerging markets.

The decision to lift interest rates comes amid To shore up foreign exchange rates, curtail attempts to control inflation in the US, which hit inflation in their own economies and pay down a 40-year high of 8.5% in March. dollar-denominated debt, emerging market central banks have already started raising After rates reached historic lows during the interest rates. pandemic, the Federal Reserve signalled that it will continue to raise them gradually over the On the same day that the US Federal Reserve coming months in small increments to provide a hiked its rate in May Brazil’s central bank so-called soft landing for the US economy. increased its rate by one percentage point to 12.75%. This was the 10th consecutive rate hike Impact on emerging markets for Brazil, with another expected in June. Nigeria While the rate hikes were initiated to help the similarly responded to the move by raising its US domestic economy, higher interest rates are lending rate by 150 basis points, its first interest nevertheless likely to impact emerging markets. rate hike in six years.

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The impact of the rate hikes is not expected to stronger-than-expected growth in the first be felt universally, however. quarter of the year.

Countries that run consistent trade deficits financed with dollar-denominated debt are likely to be more exposed to the potential flow-on effects. Examples include Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Turkey, which have seen the largest increases in their bond yields among emerging markets since the end of 2020.

One week after the Federal Reserve’s hike Argentina’s central bank raised its interest rate by another two percentage points to 49%.

In contrast, Turkey has held its rate steady at 14% this year, despite the official inflation rate reaching a two-decade high of 70% in April and the Turkish lira continuing to weaken.

Emerging markets have learned from past crises While pressure on exchange rates and bond yields is likely to persist over the coming 12 to 18 months, there is some evidence to suggest that many emerging markets are better positioned to handle the fiscal challenges than in the past.

In Colombia – where the central bank has increased interest rates six times since September, from 1.75% to 6% – the peso also rallied against the dollar in May after experiencing a drop in late April.

In general, emerging markets also hold larger foreign currency reserves, rely less on dollardenominated debt and run smaller current account deficits than in the past.

According to a paper from the Brookings Institution, a US think tank, in 2013 the world’s most fragile countries had an average current account deficit of 4.4% of GDP, but this figure stood at 0.4% in mid-2021.

More diversified economies and trade relationships are also serving to insulate emerging markets today.

In the past, a US economic slowdown was devastating for the export potential of many emerging markets; however, today most are more resilient and able to export goods to many other countries, including but not limited to China.

For one, several central banks anticipated the Federal Reserve’s move and started raising their Although China is facing its own economic own rates last year. headwinds due to dollar appreciation and its “zero-Covid” strategy, many emerging markets Mexico raised its interest rate for the eighth have more diversified, non-commodity export consecutive time in mid-May. The currency has sectors, making them better able to withstand been on a broadly upward trajectory against the the potential fallout of rate hikes and a slowing dollar since December, and the economy posted global economy.

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AFRICA THE ROLE OF INDUSTRIAL ZONES IN SME GROWTH IN EMERGING MARKETS Publisher Oxford Business Group on June 8, 2022

– SMEs are central to the growth of emerging markets globally – Free zones and industrial parks are viewed as key to the development of SMEs – Egyptian company Polaris Parks has an industrial site dedicated to small businesses – The AfCFTA is expected to provide SMEs with significant opportunities to export goods

national growth and development plans, this focus has intensified as a result of the pandemic.

This is a common pattern across Africa. In Morocco SMEs make up 90% of all companies but account for roughly 30% of exports.

Given their economic potential, supporting SMEs is seen as a key path to expanding the middle class and achieving more inclusive economic growth in emerging markets.

One player developing this strategy is Egypt’s Polaris Parks. Established in 2007, it has five industrial parks in the country, totalling 5m sq metres.

For example, in January Morocco’s government announced a series of measures designed to help SMEs, including greater access to credit and business support. In a similar vein, in December last year the Kenyan government and the World Bank unveiled a plan that will see 250,000 microAs governments across Africa look to bolster the enterprises and SMEs receive better access to economic potential of small and medium-sized finance. enterprises (SMEs), industrial parks and special economic zones (SEZs) are emerging as key SME presence in industrial parks enablers of their development.

As governments across Africa look to SMEs as a driver of growth and post-pandemic recovery, SMEs are the backbone of the global economy, SEZs and the industrial parks within them are particularly in emerging markets, where they viewed as instrumental to their development. make up 90% of all businesses and create 50% of all jobs. The impact is higher in Africa, where While SEZs have often been established to attract SMEs employ around 80% of the continent’s foreign investment from large, multinational workforce. companies, there are also examples of them being used to help develop SMEs. But while SMEs are a major economic driver, there is also significant room for further growth. Some think that the expansion of small business In Egypt, for example, SMEs employ 75% of the participation in industrial parks could lead to workforce, but contribute less than 20% of the greater involvement in the industrial value chain, country’s exports. which could result in an increase in SME exports.

While the various sites host multinational giants such as Procter & Gamble, Schlumberger and Henkel, they are also home to a number of Although SMEs have long been central to smaller regional and local companies.

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Indeed, its Bosla Park facility caters specifically to SMEs. Located in 6th of October City, the park contains 300 ready-made business units, providing companies with various forms of industrial facilities and infrastructure.

Capitalising on the AfCFTA The increased focus on developing SMEs, and in particular those that operate from industrial parks, comes as governments across Africa look to capitalise on the benefits associated with the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).

Polaris Parks, which also offers prospective clients both legal and administrative assistance, Launched on January 1, 2021, the free trade is constructing a second SME-focused industrial area brings together 54 of the 55 members of park in its Sadat City facility. the African Union and has a combined GDP of $3.4trn.

“The role of free zones and industrial parks in It aims to create a single market for goods, Egypt is… not confined to supporting large services and the movement of people, with plans companies and heavy industry, but to boost to abolish tariffs on 90% of the goods produced SME development and stimulate business within the zone. connections between cities and parks,” Osman Arikan, general manager of Polaris Parks, told The World Bank anticipates that the AfCFTA OBG in November last year. could boost African exports by 29%, or around $560bn, and lift more than 30m people out of “There is a key opportunity for SMEs in Egypt extreme poverty by 2035. In a further sign of to build out their production capacity, test the bloc’s trade potential, the UN Economic innovative ideas and ultimately begin exporting Commission for Africa estimates that the AfCFTA their products from industrial parks. could increase intra-African trade by 40-50% by 2040, with intra-African exports forecast to rise The government has been encouraging the by 25-30% by that time. development of SMEs through special incentives and financing, while parks have put tools at In light of this, many countries are looking to SMEs’ disposal,” he added. bolster their industrial capacity.

The current focus on SMEs aligns with the government’s broader goals. The Egypt Vision 2030 strategy contains several initiatives designed to stimulate SME growth, such as improving access to financing and business space, as well as helping small businesses integrate into value chains.

As OBG has reported, one such example is Ghana, which in December last year announced that it would build three industrial cities in the Ashanti, Eastern and Western regions. This adds to the four existing industrial free zones operated by the Ghana Free Zones Authority, and is central to the government’s transformation plan to increase processing and exports.

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The European Statistical Office (EUROSTAT) has released a series of valuable data regarding the EU industrial production that provide a picture of the European community industrial production from the hint of the COVID-19 to the 2022.

Recent development of industrial production In January 2022, industrial production in the EU increased by 0.4% month-on-month; in the euro area, industrial production remained unchanged.

The EU grew by 1.0% and 2.5% in December 2021 and November 2021, respectively, following gains in January. Negative rate of change prevails in late summer and fall of 2021. As growth rates have been relatively stable in recent months, and

despite relatively modest growth developments in the first months of 2021, industrial production in January 2022 was at 102.5% of February 2020 levels prior to the Covid-19 crisis.

Figure 1 shows the 2020 and 2021 development in industrial production for total industry and the various main industrial groupings, i.e. intermediate goods, capital goods, energy, durable and non-durable consumer goods.

In the EU, production of non-durable consumer goods such as food and clothing increased by 3.0% in January 2022 month-on-month, while production of intermediate goods remained

Figure 1: EU, development of industrial production, January 2020 to January 2022, monthly data, seasonally and calendar adjusted (2015=100).

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Figure 2: EU, average monthly development of industrial production, 2010 - 2019, monthly data, seasonally adjusted (2015=100).

unchanged. Production of consumer durables as significantly. Over the past two years, gross automobiles, computers fell 0.3%, and energy industrial output has grown by 2.6%. production fell 0.4%. Production of capital goods even fell by 1.9%.

Most industries have returned to pre-crisis levels of February 2020, and some are now even higher.

For comparison, Figure 2 shows the average Industries that have significantly surpassed predevelopment of each industry grouping between crisis levels in early 2020 include computers and 2010 and 2019 (all years are based on an average related products and pharmaceuticals. Industries of 100 for the sake of comparability across index with a level of production below that of February levels). Except for power generation, all major 2020 are for example motor vehicles and other industrial groups (MIGs) increased in the January- transport equipment, as well as wearing apparel.

May period due to the start of the summer break, and declined in June, with the strongest months Development by country typically being March and May. Production levels As Covid-19 containment measures vary by remained relatively stable for the rest of the country in terms of timing and severity, the year. The average change in the index value is impact on industrial production is expected to well below one point. vary as well. Table 1 shows the rate of change between February-April 2020, April 2020 and Development by industry January 2022, and the latest monthly comparison About the development of each sector; the between January 2022 and December 2021 relative importance of each industry has changed rate of change. At the height of the crisis Italy, several times from January 2020 to January 2022. Slovakia, Cyprus and Hungary had extremely high Production of hard coal and lignite increased negative rates of change. Since May 2020, these by about a third. Pharmaceutical products also countries have also generally seen high interest recorded more than 30% growth. In particular, rates in the months of recovery. In some other the output of textiles and clothing (-24.8%), countries, the crisis appears to have little or no oil and gas production (-17.4%), automobiles impact on industrial production. Production in (-16.2%) and leather goods (-15.8%) declined Ireland increased by 10.2% between February

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Table 1: Selected industrial production growth rates for total industry 2020, 2021, and 2022, monthly data, seasonally adjusted.

2020 and April 2020, while industrial production crisis. Table 2 shows the extent of recovery in EU in Finland remained stable. However, the rate of countries and different MIGs. change in most countries is around -25%.

17 EU countries (Lithuania, Ireland, Poland, The overall increase since last summer was Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Latvia, enough for several countries to offset most of Greece, Slovenia, Croatia, Finland, Hungary, the losses in the worst stages of the Covid-19 Netherlands, Sweden, Slovakia and Czech

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Table 2: Industrial production, share of January 2022 production in % of February 2020 production, monthly data, seasonally adjusted.

Republic) have recovered or exceeded pre-crisis production and even. Industrial production in Ireland is even a third higher than it was before the crisis.

Some other countries are already very close to 100% (Spain, Romania, Italy). In Malta and Germany, production remains relatively low.

Table 2 also shows a relatively strong recovery in EU consumer discretionary (105.5%) and non-durable consumer goods (105.6%). The production of energy (103.7%) and intermediate goods (102.8%) have also surpassed the precrisis level. The recovery level for capital goods is relatively low (100.3%).

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CARLO SALVI Forming Machines

Turnkey solutions Carlo Salvi offers real turnkey solutions from a single source. Starting with initial consultations, then the development, production and fine-tuning of machines and of course also the customer service: The entire production process can be tailored and coordinated for the customer. The forming machines of Carlo Salvi offer enormous possibilities: thread rolling, drilling, and tapping are just a few of the many applications. The forming machines are specifically developed to meet customer requirements and to master complex shapes without any problems. All Carlo Salvi headers are equipped with a management system that enables the monitoring and control of processes at any time via remote access. Marco Pizzi: “We offer an extensive Industry 4.0 service package for maintenance and operations. For us, the interconnectedness also is an opportunity to continue to deepen our expertise and drive market expansion.”

From the vision to the mission The goal of Carlo Salvi has always been to provide clever solutions for sustainable metal forming operations that enrich people’s lives. “Based on our long-term experience and know-how in the metal forming technology, we build and elaborate with our partners inspiring, dedicated solutions for our customers and the requirements of tomorrow,” underlines Marco Pizzi. The decades of experience and know-how of the employees, says Pizzi, are the roots for all coming activities.

“The forming technology is our key business. All employees contribute to the solution, and the cooperation with our partners is fundamental, too. We strive for an inspiring, positive collaboration for mutual improvement.” The targeted, dedicated solutions of Carlo Salvi do not only take the complete process into consideration – they are also designed to satisfy the expectations of the customers. Marco Pizzi: “With our expert team we are ideally positioned for the challenges of tomorrow, such as digitalization and sustainability.”

The family enterprise has not just written down its company values – the values are filled with life.

“Passion is our engine. We stand for reliability and quality. We build trust with transparency and consistency. We work and deal with respect, just like a family. Finally, we want to move forward with courage and an open mind, because inventive spirit and innovative power will continue to be in the DNA of our company in the future,” explains Pizzi.

For more information please visit: www.carlosalvi.com

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THOMAS BANDSAWS ITALY Cutting Machine Tools

THOMAS BANDSAWS “ONE CUT BEYOND” With over 550,000 machines installed and distributors in more than 40 countries, the Italian brand THOMAS is well known as band saw manufacturer worldwide with an experience of over 60 years in the metal sawing machinery industry.

The wide range of products goes from the traditional circular saw to the more modern horizontal bandsaw available in the versions: manual and with gravity sawframe downfeed, semi automatic, automatic and CNC. For an excellent cut, the company also provide our WAL-ZER bandsaw blade and circular blade discs, always taking into account the specifications of material being cut.

THOMAS made in Italy band saws and WAL-ZER blades are high-quality products, essential in mechanical applications such as steel constructions, engineering and metalworking.

THOMAS is recognized by its partners as a solid, experienced and reliable company, where they can always find real support in choosing the right product and in after-sale assistance.

The company focuses on the study and design of always new and innovative solutions, as green as possible, always keeping in mind to protect the brand reliability; its distinctive feature.

This company is also open to new qualified partnerships, in order to further extend its international commercial network.

For more information please visit: www.sthemma.com

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METAL SAWING MACHINERY SINCE 1951

With more than 550.000 machines installed and distributors in more than 40 countries, THOMAS italian brand is well known as band saw manufacturer all over the world boasting an experience of over 60 years in the metal sawing machinery field.

The wide set of product range starts from the traditional circular sawing machine to the more modern horizontal bandsaw available manual and gravity downfeed, semi automatic, automatic and CNC versions.

For an excellent cut the company also provide our WAL-ZER bandsaw blade and circular blade disc.

THOMAS made in Italy sawing metal machines and WAL-ZER blades are high-quality products essential in mechanical applications like steel constructions, turning and metal working.

Sthemma Srl Via Pasubio 32, 36033 Isola Vicentina (VI) ITALY tel +39 0444 977980 fax +39 0444 976934 info@sthemma.com www.sthemma.com

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UFS Threading Tools

UFS is an Italian company specialized in the design and construction of threading tools; in particular of standard taps and special custom taps. Over time, the company has reached a very high level in terms of product quality, above all thanks to the intense work carried out in the Research and Development plant, where increasingly specific tools for threading in specific fields of application have evolved. Experimentation for technological innovation has not only had the task of analyzing and solving internal production problems, but also is addressed to emerging scientific issues, with national and international research plans, in synergy with some universities and polytechnics.

The result of this continuous evolution, aimed at identifying the best product for each specific use, could not fail to consider the economic aspects.

Ways and times of use of a threading tool are fundamental components, together with quality and technical characteristics, to identify the most suitable product.

Some examples, among the most important in the entire UFS production, for specific materials to be threaded. In High Strength, designed to work materials up to 52 HRC, they are produced in PM sintered super rapid steel with high percentages of vanadium and cobalt and available with surface treatments that have a high resistance to wear and oxidation.

For stainless steel, ideal for hard-to-machine and long-chipping steels. The basic steels are of the HSSV3 type, with 3% vanadium, or in PM sintered steel with a high content of vanadium and cobalt.

The cutting geometries and the TXC treatment prevent the formation of built-up edge.

For light aluminum alloys, long-chipping copper alloys and soft magnetic iron (Fe) and aluminum alloys with silicon. Available with AZ alternating thread that avoids the formation of the chip skein with a reduced number of cuts and large unloading compartments.

In cast iron, the items are made of super-rapid steel sintered in metallurgy powders with a low cutting angle and combined with an accentuated rake angle that render these types of taps suitable for working abrasive materials. They have an increased tolerance of type 6HX and a TiAlN coating, combined with micro surface finishing processes. Also with short intake for tapping with a reduceddimension or 25° helical discharge chamber for applications on steel cast iron (steel castings).

For titanium, products come in steel sintered in metallurgy powders bearing special cutting geometries. They bear a 15° left helix for through holes and 15° right helix for blind holes. They are also available in 4HX tolerance and with TiCN treatment for processing the most demanding alloys.

For nickel, the pieces have a reinforced body structure. They have a 10° left helix for throughholes and 10° right helix with chip breaker for application on blind holes and also come with a 4HX tolerance and 25° helical taps with rear tapering.

For synchronised rigid tapping, in quality powder-sintered steels, the taps are rebored with h6 shank tolerance to ensure maximum precision at high cutting speed. They can also be used with thermal coil spindles.

Full-thread carbide has straight cuts for machining very abrasive materials. Available with a central hole for the passage of lubricant and with TiCN surface coating.

Thread mould taps in steel sintered in metallurgy powders. The coatings are combined with special surface preparation processes to minimise friction between the tool and material being worked.

Available with and without ducts, also with 6HX and 6GX tolerances and an internal lubricant type FOR central hole or with radial FORY-type outputs.

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MEGADYNE Power Transmission Solutions

Meet Megadyne!

•Megadyne is a part of AMMEGA Group – the global leader providing power transmission solutions, awarded the platinum medal by EcoVadis in recognition of sustainability achievement.

Megadyne is born | The history of Megadyne starts in 1957 in a small town near Turin (Italy), where Corrado Tadolini launched his own production of flat rubber drive belts. His small “corner shop business” soon experienced strong economic growth. Modern technologies and the Tadolini family’s natural technical and engineering skills led to the development of new polyurethane belts. With this success, the company established itself on the national market and shortly after expanded its horizons to international locations. Today Megadyne – as a member of AMMEGA Group - develops and manufactures power transmission belts, matched components and complete belt systems for a diverse range of applications. As a reliable partner for original equipment manufacturers and aftermarket distributors, with manufacturing plants in Europe, North America and Asia, Megadyne provides its customers with a large range of products: thermoset and thermoplastic polyurethane belts, rubber timing and v-belts, pulleys, clamping plates, timing bars and complementary products, including made to order.

Stronger together | In the new millennium, Megadyne made a further leap forward, thanks to several company acquisitions that allowed to obtain a strong commercial and manufacturing presence across the globe (such as America, China and Europe) and to offer its customers increasingly complete and innovative solutions for a wide range of applications and industries. Further development was yet to come. In 2018, Partners Group, the private equity company, acquired Megadyne together with another world leader specialising in industrial handling: Ammeraal Beltech. The merger of the two companies gave rise to the AMMEGA Group - a truly global provider of belting solutions.

As part of the AMMEGA Group, Megadyne shares its core values: customer-centricity, people focus, entrepreneurship, agility, and responsibility.

Sustainability matters | Megadyne, together with the whole AMMEGA Group, aspires to be the local partner of choice for sustainable belting solutions around the globe. The company strives to do business in a way that minimises the negative impacts and maximises positive value for people, the environment, and the economy. Its priorities include health and safety, and responsible consumption and production. This year, AMMEGA Group has been awarded the platinum medal by EcoVadis in recognition of sustainability achievement. That is the highest rating possible, proving that the company constantly improves business excellence alongside its impact on the environment and society. Megadyne takes great care to run its business responsibly and offers its customers transparent and fair cooperation. It is also a member of the United Nations Global Compact.

Follow Megadyne | Throughout the past sixty years, Megadyne has grown from being a small family company to become a leader in the field of power transmission. It has been offering its customers solutions that optimise production lines, ensuring efficiency, reliability, energy-saving, durability and minimized maintenance costs. But its mission is not over. Its goal is to consolidate and increase the global presence through continuous research and development of innovative and high-quality products combined with professional customer support. Stay up to date following Megadyne website and LinkedIn profile.

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WE MAKE YOUR BUSINESS MOVE Megadyne develops and manufactures power transmission belts, matched components and complete belt systems for a diverse range of applications. Megadyne offers its customers innovative solutions that optimize production lines, ensuring efficiency, reliability, energy-saving, durability and minimized maintenance costs.

As a member of AMMEGA Group, Megadyne aspires to be your local partner of choice for sustainable belting solutions, wherever you are. www.megadynegroup.com | info@megadynegroup.com

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SCAGLIA INDEVA ​Material Handling Solutions

INDEVA® state-of-the-art materials handling technology for more Ergonomics, Safety and Productivity The INDEVA® lifting systems are the state- of- the- art technology for manual load handling systems and are an evolution of the industrial manipulators.

With forty years’ experience in the design and manufacture of devices that comply with all the latest safety regulations and the most complete range of manipulators on the market, INDEVA® technology fully complies with all the latest guidelines related to ergonomics and safety.

To effectively improve operator wellbeing and achieve ergonomic and safe handling operations, it is necessary that the manipulator not only eliminates the strain during load lifting (along vertical axis), but also the inertia during acceleration, braking or direction change. The INDEVA®, known as intelligent devices for handling or intelligent assist devices, comply with the above ergonomics requirements.

Performance and productivity are increased as a result of the constant production rate, increased reliability and smooth, precise handling, eliminating the risks and stresses of manual handling.

INDEVA® industrial manipulators represent an excellent choice for companies who want to improve employee health and safety, minimize the cost and distress of work-related injuries, whilst at the same time optimizing efficiency and production.

ACCURATE MOVES AND PRECISE LOAD POSITIONING | The INDEVA® technology allows for accurate and precise movements, a feature which is essential for all applications where the load has to be placed in a restricted area without jerks, in order to safeguard product integrity with no strain for the operator.

TOP SAFETY STANDARD •In case of power failure, mechanical lock will prevent the fall of the gripping tool; •In case an end effector not designed by INDEVA® is used and load is lost, the auto balancing function prevents the manipulator from shooting upwards; •Diagnostic: wide diagnostic functions and alarms available from display.

VERY LIGHT TO MOVE | Both Column and Rail mounted INDEVAs are light to move, allowing very precise and quick load positioning (no over travelling, bouncing and need of lots of little corrective movements, that, added to cycle time, reduce productivity).

AUTOMATIC WEIGHT DETECTION AND BALANCING | INDEVA® technology allows to handle different loads without need of adjusting with selectors, in case different parts have to be handled.

BESPOKE LOAD GRIPPERS | Scaglia Indeva boasts the greatest expertise in designing and manufacturing bespoke end effectors and is appreciated worldwide for being able to provide tailor made load grippers for a great variety of different loads and work cycles.

INDUSTRY 4.0 | An INDEVA® can exchange data with the Customer IT System through the Company Network and allows visualisation of manipulator activity by means of interface software.

REMOTE TROUBLE SHOOTING | An INDEVA® can be connected via Wi-Fi to App-Indeva, so that machine data can be transferred to a remote tablet or smartphone in real time. This can assist fault diagnosis, so significantly reducing call-out charges and operator downtime.

ENVIRONMENT FRIENDLY | Reduced carbon footprint due to low energy consumption.

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INDEVA THE HUMAN ARM EXTENSION ®

ERGONOMICS INDUSTRY 4.0 INTUITIVE CONTROL IMPROVED SAFETY EASY MAINTENANCE Head Office Val Brembilla, BG Italy

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KELLER ​Pressure Transducers and Transmitters

KELLER AG FÜR DRUCKMESSTECHNIK A market leader in the production of isolated pressure transducers and transmitters KELLER AG für Druckmesstechnik was established in 1974 by Hannes W. Keller, the inventor of the integrated silicon measuring cell. Today, his sons Tobias and Michael Keller run the business. The company is wholly family-owned and employs 450 staff.

KELLER feels a strong connection to its home of Switzerland. Its headquarters are where the value is added and where most of our employees work. As a result, all KELLER products bear the quality seal ‘Made in Switzerland’ and embody the Swiss values of quality, functionality and reliability.

KELLER AG für Druckmesstechnik, including KELLER Gesellschaft für Druckmesstechnik mbH in Jestetten, is certified to ISO 9001. This means that our measured values can be fully traced to national standards.

At home anywhere in the world As a company that operates on an international scale, KELLER AG is represented at a number of locations around the globe. Because we are committed to offering the best service to our customers, you will always receive advice in your local language. KELLER has ten branches in Europe, Asia, South America and the USA. Various representatives and distributors also support our branches in other countries.

Piezoresistive pressure measurement technology made in Switzerland Every year, KELLER produces 1,2 million high-grade measuring cells which, in addition to being sold directly, can also be found in all of KELLER›s consumer products. Whether a standard or customised solution, quality is our principal focus. From start to finish, our value chain is created at our headquarters in Winterthur, where we do everything from producing the individual parts to calibrating the sensor and carrying out the final checks on the finished product.

Strong roots meet sustainable development KELLER strives not just to meet individual customer requirements, but also to ensure that the company develops in a sustainable way. This is underpinned by our commitment to promoting the independent development of our employees in both the personal and the professional realm.

Added value – by people, for people KELLER is committed to building a strong network and running a company that is operated by and for people. KELLER AG is more than just a financial backer – it creates sustainable added value.

KELLER places a special focus on projects that give people an opportunity for development.

For more information please visit: www.keller-druck.com

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Your Swiss Pressure Sensing Specialist Since 1974

The leading manufacturer of pressure transducers and transmitters High-precision, piezoresistive pressure measurement technology in a wide array of designs

KELLER AG für Druckmesstechnik St. Gallerstrasse 119 8404 Winterthur Switzerland info@keller-druck.com www.keller-druck.com

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OLEOBI Hydraulic Systems

Oleobi: integrated hydraulic systems for the most demanding industrial applications Customized and innovative solutions to meet our customers’ needs. How we do that?

Taking care of every single detail of the project: from design to construction, from installation to after-sales and Service.

Our production lines are divided into: • Hydraulic Power Units (HPU) • Hydraulic Manifolds • Test benches • On-site commissioning and Service & Maintenance dedicated team • Hydraulic & Electronic components sales The testing of the complete system is performed on our test benches compliant to the CE certifications or on- site where the machine is installed. This guarantees the maximum reliability, quality and efficiency of our projects.

We strongly believe that Hydraulics has plenty of precious benefits to offer, especially when integrated with new technologies that expand the range of application opportunities.

At Oleobi, our goal is to deliver these advantages to our customers, allowing them to benefit from systems that are optimized with the best combination of Hydraulics and Electronics, while being supported by people with a vast experience and unyielding passion for fluids and wires, together when needed. When it comes to high technical complexity projects our experience steps in: we manage systems without power limits, onshore and offshore even in ATEX areas. That’s why we boast state-of-the-art process and product certifications issued by the most prestigious international authorities: ISO 9001-2008, PED, ATEX, BV, DNV, ABS, RINA, LR, KR. Service & Maintenance Our Service & Maintenance department is composed of a team of skilled operators able to intervene worldwide onshore and offshore on every type of hydraulic system.

Some of our services are: • Internal service (revision of hydraulic power units, hydraulic pumps and motors, manifolds. All tested with certified test benches) • Upgrade / Revamping of systems designed both by Oleobi and third parties • External call service 24/7 • Fluid treatment (removal of water from hydraulic oil, filtration, high pressure lines flushing) • Scheduled customer maintenance • Predictive maintenance using remote monitoring system • Full-Service Maintenance.

Flodraulic Group From 2016 Oleobi is a member of Flodraulic group and is focused on the introduction and the development of people that, at a technical, engineering and managerial level, can contribute to the growth that an international group can aspire to. The group was founded in 1980, has more than 700 employees worldwide and 23 global offices throughout the United States, Canada and Europe with an impressive resume of technical capabilities.

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LIMA Seals and Technical Items

LIMA is engaged in the production and marketing of industrial seals and technical items made of thermoplastic materials and fluoro carbon resins, whatever they may be with more than 5,000 compounds available.

The Company has an IT infrastructure developed to ensure the correct flow of information between departments and subdivisions, data recording, the safe storage of documents and traceability of batches handled in production and then shipped to customers in accordance with ISO9001 and ISO 14001 - ISO 45001 standards LIMA has many years of experience manufacturing seats, insert rings and sealing rings (with springs in Elgiloy, Hastelloy) which are assembled inside valves destined to gas pipelines, oil pipelines, oil platforms, cryogenic plants and equipment for the chemical sector.

LIMA’s production department can rely on various types of machinery to cope with a wide variety of Customer requirements in terms of size, adherence to drawing tolerances and geometric complexity.

LIMA is structured in three distinct production lines.

In the first, the CNC turning department, the company utilizes high-tech machinery (lathes, multispindle, multi slide, 3/5 axes), capable of turning parts up to 1,500 mm.

In the second, the milling department, details are made by processing the plates: we have 3/5-axis CNC vertical machining centers with worktops up to 5,500 x 3,500 mm.

In the third, the automatic machine turning department, parts are produced in series and orders of hundreds of thousands of pieces, in addition to grinding operations.

Furthermore, in our workshop there are machinery suitable for deburring, roughing, cutting, finishing and drilling. We also do custom leveling, coating, water jet cutting, laser engraving and coloring work.

The quality of the workmanship is guaranteed both by the high technologies at our disposal and by the professionalism of our staff: each seat is checked by means of altimeters, comparators, sets of calibrated spheres and optical measuring machines, lasers and 3D probes.

For more information please visit: www.limaplastics.com

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Since 1971 Seals and Technical Items

WE PRODUCE INDUSTRIAL SEALS AND TECHNICAL ITEMS IN PLASTIC AND RUBBER, INTENDED FOR THE MOST VARIED INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS Milan Headquarters Via Padova 147 20127 Milano (Italy) Phone (+39) 02 289 5156 Fax (+39) 02 261 9990 Mail info@limaplastics.com www.limaplastics.com

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IMA Cutting, Grinding and Flap Discs

IMA: THE BEST CHOICE Founded in 1975, IMA Abrasivi is a leading company in the production of cutting, grinding and flap discs. A member of oSa (Organization for the Safety of Abrasives) since 2007, IMA has a large share of the market in Italy and internationally with its trademarks IMA, GOLD and IMACH3. The plant is situated in Cava de’ Tirreni (Salerno, Italy), an area boasting a great tradition in the fields of ceramic and abrasive products. The production facility is equipped with the latest machinery and with technologically advanced equipment. Our primary goals are to maximize operator safety, research and experimentation in the choice and combination of components through constant innovation.

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IMA devotes itself to developing the best solutions in cutting, deburring, grinding and all polishing and finishing operations, providing excellent performance, higher comfort, productivity and duration, with a view to continuous improvement of our product.

INNOVATION AND SAFETY Continuous research and market-oriented innovation allowing us to launch new products and new lines by anticipating market trends, thus meeting the evolving needs as required by our customers.

Safety in the use of abrasive wheels and protecting the welfare of the operator: this is real innovation.

LOGISTICS AND ENVIRONMENT IMA logistics allows for the handling and management of orders according to market demands, from Just-in-Time or, if necessary, the stocking of specific products. We dedicate great attention to the protection of the environment and to all forms of renewable energy, with the awareness that the future is already today.

For more information please visit: www.imabrasivi.it

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IDROINOX IMPIANTI Stainless Steel plants and Equipment

IDROINOX IMPIANTI SRL has been dealing for the last 30 years with the designing, manufacturing and installation of stainless-steel plants and equipment for the food, pharma, cosmetic and electronic processing industry, its activity carried on directly with end customers or in partnership with engineering and contracting companies in Italy and abroad.

Idroinox’ main activities are: •To provide turnkey solutions food and pharma preparation including commissioning; •To provide turnkey PW, WFI and PS distribution circuits including commissioning; •To supply preparation vessels and storage tanks; •To supply tube heat exchangers; •To supply complete equipments for the production of ozone, inverse osmosis and clean steam generators; •To provide CIP/ SIP systems; •To supply water pretreatment assemblies with filtration systems and iron and manganese removal, for the production of clean and ultra clean waters according to USP; •To provide detailed engineering: P&ID, tubing sizing dedicated to Process Fluid transport and utilities with implementation of 3D drawings and plant’s layout; •To arrange all necessary documents for FAT, SAT and related protocols along with all required documentation for commissioning and following FDA system validation; •To provide and certify non-destructive controls on raw material and on each part of the plant including: bore scopes, SMEs (alloys analyzer), iron content testing, Eddy Current test, etc…) performed by skilled technicians and state-of-the art instruments; •To carry out Washing, Passivation and Derouging of obsolete plants according to most updated standard.

IDROINOX IMPIANTI has always focused onto Quality as the main feature of its work and has obtained following ISO certifications: ISO 9002, ISO 9001:2000, ISO 9001:2008, ISO 9001:2015 For the designing, manufacturing, installation and sale of stainless steel plants and equipment for the food and pharma industry.

IDROINOX is also certified according to PED, module H and H1, for the designing, fabrication, final inspection and testing of tanks, vessels, exchangers and other assemblies.

Industry 4.0 The year 2019, It’s been an year very important for the establishment of 4.0 Industry requirements, on which the company focuses a lot. For that, Idroinox installs control systems very efficient and always interconnected. This permits, to its customers, to read in real time, the process critical parameters.

The benefits of this new industrial revolution are the follow: •Cost reduction and reduction of production times.

•Improvement of Automation data archiving and major control of production process.

•Time reduction of machine downtime and small number of stoppages for errors.

•Greater involvement of the final customer.

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Idroinox Impianti srl Via F.Santi 9 Q.re Ind. Bogolese 43058 Sorbolo Parma Italy Phone: (+39) 0521 - 695011 Fax: (+39) 0521 - 695001 www.idroinox.com information@idroinox.com

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PASIAN Pellet Stoves and Thermo Stoves

Pasian, which is a company located in the heart of Salento, has been producing and marketing pellet and multi-fuel stoves and thermo-stoves for over 20 years. Our products are capable of burning a lot of various types of fuels: such as the pellets, olive peanuts, almond shells, and the mixed corn....

The range of stoves and boilers satisfies a very big variety of needs,so the overall dimensions are always contained and you can choose from numerous versions: air, simple or with a ductable system, or Hydro, to be connected to the home’s heating system too.

The air range, in the front versions, includes versions from 8 kw up to 16 kw; in ducted versions from 11 up to 16 kw and there are in production some versions of the inserts and Slim stoves.

Pasian produces the hydro versions with a constantly evolving design, with a range of power from 14 kw up to 34 kw, and from a technical room (from 14 to 45 kw).

Our production has been enriched over the years with the new series of hot air generators and with burners (compatible with most of the burner boilers installed) . These have a power range ranging from 25-50 kW to 350. kW. The new multi-fuel horizontal flame burners and multi-fuel hot air generators ensure high performance and low consumption to the heat artisan and the industrial premises, to the agricultural greenhouses and in general it can be installed where a high level of reliability is required.

“A milestone that makes us very proud - says the head of the marketing department - is the continuous export of our products all over the world and also to Japan: a very difficult market to penetrate for foreign companies .

All Pasian’s importers and collaborators find in our company a reliable and receptive business partner, with an international experience already consolidated in other markets.

In addition to covering all of Italy, the Pasian dealer network is active in many other nations: from Greece to Brazil, from Moldova to France and Chile.

The satisfaction of the Pasian family is more evident: “The fact that among the numerous companies producing thermal energy from renewable sources, many consumers have chosen one of our products is a great achievement that pushes us to improve ourselves more and more.”

The production cycle is entirely concentrated within the structure and this guarantees effective control over each phase, thanks also to the advanced know-how and an excellent team of skilled labor.

These are the characteristics that make the Pasian products able to offer a solutions designed for civil and industrial heating, in compliance with high quality standards and in total respect for the environment and for the future.

For more information please visit: www.pasian.eu

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APSOLUT Solution Management Services

ADAPTING TO THE WINDS OF CHANGE Dr Ferhat Eryurt explains how procurement experts apsolut helped transform a wind turbine company based in Germany to deal with the challenges of the global marketplace Businesses today face unprecedented challenges, but you can take action to deal with them.

We face continuing Covid outbreaks affecting global supply chains, price inflation and sanctions imposed on Russia because of the conflict in Ukraine, all impacting our procurement operations.

Enercon, a foundation-run company based in northern Germany, had been operating successfully since the 1980s manufacturing wind turbines – until radical regulatory changes in 2017 forced it to take urgent action.

In order to be competitive in a globalised world, it took measures to stabilise and realign its operations by adopting strategies for digitalisation, internationalisation and cost reduction.

Reviewing its sourcing meant supply chains became more international and now included component suppliers in Poland, Portugal, Turkey, India and other Asian countries – it had successfully globalised its supply operations and doubled the number of its employees in Global Procurement in just three years.

Working with procurement specialists apsolut, the company digitised its strategic procurement processes by implementing SAP Ariba, with solutions including Supplier Lifecycle and Performance, Risk, Sourcing and Contract Management.

To reveal weaknesses in the new processes, we helped with best-practice solutions and added Enercon-specific requirements to involve interfaces and stakeholders more effectively.

This meant transparency for all users, an onboarding process through Ariba and internal online training carried out by apsolut before each implementation.

Katrin Tammling, Expert Process Management and eProcurement at Enercon, says: “We moved forward quickly thanks to apsolut’s great expertise with SAP Ariba and their uncomplicated knowledge transfer.

“Times ahead will be challenging for many companies but there is a lot you can do to be prepared.

Thanks to the action we took with apsolut, we are now confident for the future.”

Dr Ferhat Eryurt is a Partner at apsolut Group apsolut is an established partner for SAP and SAP Ariba on-premise, cloud and hybrid procurement solutions, with expertise ranging from SAP Ariba and SAP Fieldglass to SAP S/4HANA. We are a SAP Gold Partner, multi-awarded SAP Ariba MEE Partner of the Year, an SAP development innovation partner and solution partner of United VARs, the global alliance of top-rated SAP solution providers. apsolut operates from our offices across Europe and Asia in Bangalore, Beijing, Bielefeld, Dubai, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hyderabad, London, Madrid, Málaga, Paris, Prague, Shanghai, Stuttgart, Tianjin, Vienna, Vijayawada, Warsaw and Zurich. With partners VIVO Consulting and Bloom Consulting, apsolut is also active in Latin America and Australia/New Zealand For more information please visit: www.ap-solut.com

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SAP Ariba MEE Partner of the Year 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021

apsolut is an SAP & SAP Ariba partner for on-premise, cloud & hybrid procurement solutions.

Our expertise ranges from SAP Ariba and SAP Fieldglass to SAP S/4HANA. Founded in 2005, we quickly established a reputation as a pioneer in SAP-based eProcurement.

We are SAP Gold Partner, multiawarded SAP Ariba MEE Partner of the Year, development innovation partner of SAP and solution partner of United VARs, the global alliance of top-rated SAP solution providers.

CONTACT

apsolut Group l +49 (0) 521 163 909 0 | info@ap-solut.com | www.ap-solut.com

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SERVICES

BSN CONSULTING 42 Health and Safety in the Workplace

Special waste and WEEE, safety, training: an integrated service DEDICATD ASSISTANCE TO COMPANIES ON CURRENT AND ESSENTIAL ISSUES. THIS IS THE OFFER OF BSN CONSULTING 42, WHICH WANTS TO IMPROVE THE PERFORMANCE OF ITS PARTNERS AND BRING THEM INTO THE LINE WITH THE MULTITUDE OF THE SECTOR’S REGULATIONS. Responsibility is at the center of any business that wants to last over time, especially when the range of action is a sector that evolves together with changing regulations, sometimes complex and articulated such in the waste management, environmental protection and safety in the workplace.

These are all themes that build the know-how of BSN Consulting 42, a company that has been offering support, training and a specific consultancy in technical, legal and financial matters to companies, for years.

COMPETENCES Responsibility, transparency and concreteness are the pillars of our activity – as explains the administrator Leonardo Di Cunzolo: an activity that is based on competence and on over 15 years of experience, which aims to improve the company performance and to identify new business opportunities by constantly checking customer satisfaction.

With a specialized and high-level consultancy work at the service of some of the most famous brands of eldom, among others, and of various independent stores, we take care of critical aspects on behalf of each client company. We are specialized in the many regulations, like for manufacturers and importers of electronics and household appliances, up to those necessary for storage and disposal systems and the transport of WEEE or packaging. We also deal with the practices of environmental reduction and facilitation in the context of the regulations and the Ta.Ri . We are specialized in safety in the workplace, being a certified training body for professional certificates. We have certified teachers and a platform capable of responding to the multiple needs of our customer landscape.

The company deals in particular with aspects such as risk assessment, health surveillance and training, information and training activities based on current legislation.

QUALIFIED SUPPORT A mission on several fronts, which has evident advantages both from an internal point of view and from the partners that the company collaborates with: BSN Consulting 42 in fact exploits the synergies of long-time professionals, placing itself as a single interlocutor able to provide varied services of vital importance in terms of corporate compliance. We can be the link between the ministerial directives applied to our reference sectors and the market. We pay particular attention to communication with our partners. The company boasts a stable collaboration with an advanced logistics platform, dealing with the entire process ranging from warehouse management to so-called ‘home delivery’ up to the collection of generated waste ABOUT THE LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE Leonardo Di Cunzolo is the director of the BSN CONSULTING 42 Consultancy Company, and member of the Board of Directors of the Archimede cooperative, operating in the transport, logistics and waste disposal sector. He is the commercial manager of the Delta Group, active in the transport, logistics, waste disposal and thermo-hydraulic sector. He is the president of the Italian National Union of Environmental Consultants, technical manager of waste management in the National Register of Environmental Managers for companies and municipalities, qualified technician for support services in the Metropolitan City of Rome and the Juvenile Court of Rome.

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We offer personalized advice, responding to the needs of each client

BSN CONSULTING 42 srlA Via Bellico Calpurnio 4/2 Roma RM 00118 Italy +39 06 87609901 +39 328 1392210 www.bsnconsulting42.it info@bsnconsulting42.it

PLATFORMS/SOLUTIONS

MYWAI Equipment-as-a-Service

MYWAI is a new European start-up (www.myw.ai) with headquarters in the wonderful Silence Bay of Sestri Levante (between Cinque Terre and Portofino in the Riviera di Levante of Liguria which during 2020 and 2021, when the pandemics was hitting hard global supply chains and industrial set ups, designed, patented, and developed Europe’s first fully native Equipment as a Service (EaaS) solution to help machine tool builders and users to add new digital services such as innovative technical (e.g. Predictive Maintenance & Visual Quality Assessment), Insurtech (e.g. Pay per Event) and Fintech business models (e.g. Pay per Use) to their networked machines worldwide.

The recently released MYWAI™ EaaS platform version 1.0 pre-launched during the SPS (Smart Production Systems) 2022 event in Parma (Italy) enables the use of multimodal IoT sensors and digital cameras empowering time series fault analysis and production quality visual inspection from remote service centres, over the Internet, delivering Artificial Intelligence models wherever needed, whenever needed, from the cloud to the edge of plants, to the very edge of machine tools for any machine builder willing to enter the “smart” machines markets and evolutionary opportunities.

In particular, the MYWAI™ v1.0 is based on four main modules: 1.The MYWAI™ Cloud Manager that lets you design and deliver edge intelligence to any equipment, machine and appliance by plant, site and factory together with notification procedures, alarms and events interworking with existing systems by means of the de facto Industry 4 standard OPC Unified Architecture 2.The MYWAI™ MLOPS Edge AI modeler that lets you define and train Machine Learning algorithms on the Cloud and deploy to remote CPU, FPGA and/or ASIC empowered edge computers managing all AI operations from models design to consensus building amongst product engineers and experts 3.The MYWAI™ Edge Analyzer that lets you monitor multivariate data streams and imagery on CPU and/or Neural Boards Modules, delivering low cost and low consumption artificial intelligence at the very edge of equipment and machinery 4.The MYWAI™ DLT Certifier that uses a combo setup made of a new generation distributed ledger topology (IOTA™) and a distributed file System (IPFS™) to store and certify equipment and production anomalies for innovative Insurtech services To date the MYWAI platform has been successfully used in the first market and research demonstrators amongst which: -the RAISE™ (Robots as an AI Services Ecosystem) demonstrator which has received funding by the EU H2020 RD Program (Grant nr 825196) via an Open Call issued by the Trinity Robotics™ work program and CECIMO™ (The European Association of Machine Tools Builders) -the PromenAIde™ (Prognostic Medical Machinery Maintenance using AI & DLT on Edge) which has received funding by the Italian Regional RD funds (P.O.R.-FESR Liguria 2014-2020) for maintaining medical Ultrasound and Magnetic Resonance Imaging equipment -The SATISFACTION Project™ (Satellite Augmented Cargo Tracking & Insurance Services for Food Supply in Action) which has received funding from ESA (European Space Agency) for studying the remote monitoring and tracking of Reefer Containers for the correct shipment and delivery of edible goods in worldwide supply chains using satellite-augmented fintech and insurtech services.

More info at www.myw.ai or on our Linkedin page at https://www.linkedin.com/company/mywaisrl

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Delivering Artificial Intelligence based Predictive Maaintenance at the very edge of Industry 4.0, Bio-Medical & Smart Cities scenarios via:

Enhanced Time Series Labelling MLOPS AI Pipeline Design and Development Edge, Fog or Cloud AI algorithms Delivery OPC UA based plant integration Chip Based Neural Networks

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Via Bellico Calpurnio 4 Roma RM 00118 Italy

St. Gallerstrasse 119 8404 Winterthur Switzerland

24-25 Carlo Salvi SpA

50-51 MYWAI Srl

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