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HANNOVER MESSE 2017: Adding value with Industry 4.0
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and collaborative robots (cobots), companies ANNOVER MESSE 2017 opens in systems will incorporate machine-learning of all sizes today have a multitude of highabout four weeks’ time. The show, technologies that analyze this data centrally tech solutions to choose from. But often they which runs from 24 to 28 April, will and feed the results back to the production find it difficult to predict what value these machines in question, thereby enabling sport a rich array of highlights, including a sorts of solutions might add. Which is where record 500-plus Industry 4.0 applications, them to learn and self-optimize. As such, HANNOVER MESSE 2017 comes in. Köckler: machine learning is fundamental to predictive self-learning robots with near-human touch “The world’s leading trade fair for industrial maintenance – a highly promising aspect of sensitivity, and advanced technology solutions technology will present solutions for all parts Industry 4.0 that will feature prominently at the for a more sustainable energy future (Fig. 1). of the industrial landscape. It’s a landscape upcoming HANNOVER MESSE. “The technologies needed for the successful in which mechanical engineering and IT digitalization of industrial production are fully developed and ready Digitalization as a driver of to go,” commented new business Deutsche Messe models Managing Board member Jochen Integrated Industry will reach far beyond Köckler.” “The task the walls of smart now is to ensure that decision makers factories. The goods produced by smart from industry and factories will stay the energy sector connected with understand the direct, their manufacturers long-term benefits throughout their that digitalization service lives, can offer them and supplying a constant their organizations, business models stream of valuable 1 and employees,” he data. This data added. “Challenging will enable the Figure 1: HANNOVER MESSE will take place from 24 to 28 April 2017 in Hanover, Germany. people to ‘think manufacturers to outside the box,’ develop additional are converging. This is digitalization, and highlighting all the various ways in which web-based services and to pursue new HANNOVER MESSE will show visitors how to digitalization can add value, and opening business opportunities outside the confines recognize its benefits and make them their up new markets – that’s what this year’s of their traditional industries. At the upcoming own.” HANNOVER MESSE is all about, with its lead HANNOVER MESSE, industrial subcontractors theme of Integrated Industry – Creating Value.” will demonstrate how digitalization helps them The show will have around 6,500 exhibitors Predictive maintenance through to offer innovative and highly customized machine learning and feature Poland as its official Partner solutions more quickly than ever before. “The Country. Digitalized production processes generate vast biggest value-adding potential of digitalization With Industry 4.0, integrated energy, quantities of data which are then analyzed by lies in the development of completely new digital twins, machine learning, predictive various upstream and downstream systems. business models and in the markets these maintenance, smart materials, and networked In the not-too-distant future, manufacturing business models tap into,” explained
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