Manufacturing

Hannover Fair is one of the world's largest trade shows for industrial technology. It is held annually in Hannover, Germany, and attracts exhibitors and visitors from around the world. The fair is important because it provides a platform for companies to showcase their latest technologies and products in the fields of automation, robotics, energy, industrial software, and other related industries.

The integration of Umati and Living Lab as a demonstration of federated data spaces is being developed to address the challenges of data exchange. The Manufacturing-X Demonstrator highlights the benefits of open standards and promotes interoperability and innovation in the machine building industry

The European Funding Project FENIX connects different pilot regions and transport corridors, to do so the project relies on the know-how of T-Systems.

The FAZ has received a new draft law for the sovereign handling and exchange of industrial data within the EU (“Data Governance Act”, link to FAZ article).

HERE is a leading provider of mapping and location data and related services to individuals and companies covering sectors such as Automotive, Public Sector & Infrastructure, Transportation & Logistics.

In Industry 4.0, Germany has a globally recognized brand. Many countries have defined strategies for orienting production to German standards.

The value chain of production in German industry is made up of many different individual segments. For example, a component supplier produces a wide variety of goods, which are then sold to many different machine suppliers. These suppliers manufacture machines that are later used in production. If one imagines the production chains in industry, they resemble a puzzle to whose different parts only individual actors have access and which produces diverse types of data.

A wide variety of materials are used in production. In order to minimize storage times and costs, the materials must be “just-in-time”; – at the right time – in the right place.

In beverage production, all parties involved are interdependent. For example, a farmer who grows apples and wants to sell them as juice is dependent on the bottle manufacturer and a juice bottler.