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technologies and solutions to allow them to improve their businesses, and to see and learn from industry experts and associations who are at hand to assist. Innovate UK is one of the associate sponsors and the organisation has got behind this event as it sees it as a perfect way to interact with UK companies who have heard a lot about industry 4.0 and
Catapult & Knowledge Transfer Network, Innovate UK will offer one-on-one advice and consultation to visitors on how to get access to finance and get their businesses 4.0 ready.
ith Brexit, President Trump and Leicester City winning the Premier League, it would be a brave person who predicts what the future holds. Yet that is what Industry 4.0, often coined the ‘fourth Industrial Revolution’, is expected to bring. The ability to forecast, plan and react to changes in business operations, particularly in manufacturing, where companies will be increasingly expected to adapt quicker than ever to customer’s needs and to improve operations t o increase profitability by the adoption of advanced digital practices.
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Manchester, the Industry 4.0 Summit is a brand new conference that aims to help companies get a better understanding of how the digitalisation of manufacturing and the supply chain will have an impact on their business. With case studies of Industry 4.0 in practice, as well as talks from experts covering IIo T, factories o f the future, cybersecurity and business models, this event promises to be a very insightful look at this much talked- about, some say hyped, topic.
The organisers havemanaged to attract a great line up of senior speakers from manufacturers (Airbus, Unilever, Bosch, AccoladeWines), software (Cisco, IBM, Dassault Systemes), consultants
(McKinsey, Roland Berger), associations (TechUK, Gambica) and leading
automation companies (S chneider Electri c, Bosch, Siemens, ABB), as well as the deputy secretary general of the European Trade union Confederation who will be looking at human-centered production. Alongside the Summit is the free-to- attend Factories of the Future Expo, where visitors will be able to see
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Schneider Electric’s demonstrating how I
IoT technology can be experts will be
used to develop businesses by improving energy efficiency and optimising productivity. The company’s zone president, Tanuja Randery, will also be delivering the Summit’s keynote speech. Balluff will have numerous demo displays, including its Flexlink (a
the need to digitalise. With partners HVM conveyor belt of a modern day factory, demonstrating a huge variety of sensors and products in action). It will also be bringing along its brand new ‘Safety Over IO-Link’ demo case. Balluff is the first in the world to offer e quipmen t
to sit-in on presentations fromleading experts on Industry 4.0, such as Alan Conn,
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to the evening networking event after conference closes on day one. The actories of the Future exhibition & Open
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running a ‘Hack & Pitch’ event which will challenge SMEs to identify innovative solutions that can positively disrupt the UK’s manufacturing industry. All perfectly legal, we assure you Automation professionals vi exhibition will be eager to vis
MD,Weidmueller; SteveWilkinson, CTO, CimLogic, Cathie Steel, CBO, K3 Syspro & Andrew Steele,MD, Forcam.
Visitors to the exhibition will also be able manufacturers a simple-to-integrate, cost-saving solution based on IO-Link. Event organiser, Gary Gilmour,
comments: “The aim of the event is to educate and collaborate. The summit promises to be a great place for
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Rexroth stand as they showcase their Industry 4.0 demonstrator for the first time in the UK. Visitors will witness what Industry 4.0 looks like in action – connecting humans and machines to provide new potential for productivity, quality and efficiency.
The Industry 4.0 demonstration unit comprises three automatic and two manual stations, creating a networked mini assembly line. The unit displays the data collection procedure while the product automatically steers itself through the stations. Meanwhile digital assistance systems help guide employees through step-by-step processes.
Andrew Minturn, business development and strategic product manager, Bosch Rexroth, says: “Industry 4.0 is no longer just a concept and our Indus try 4.0 demonstrator helps users to see what can be achieved. The Industry 4.0
Summit and Factories of the Future EXPO is the perfect platform to unveil our Industry 4.0 demonstrator, inspiring visitors to look towards the future, and harness Industry 4.0 technologies.”
delegates to see the sharp end of 4.0, companies putting it into practice and business models to enable them to adapt. For those companies visiting the exhibition they can come and see the companies with th e solutions to hel p them get 4.0 ready and plan for the next 10 years of operations. Innovate UK will be on hand to offer practical assistance, and visitors can sit in at the mini-theatre and learn about 4.0 from experts.” With recent events impacting on the economic outlook the organisers have put together a very interesting conclusion to the summit, hosted byMcKinsey & Co. The idea is to have an open debate that will look at Brexit, fromdomestic & Europea n viewpoints, the future of IIoT, and the outlook formanufacturing. Speakers include Ian Funnell,MD of ABB UK, Colin Shaw, head of operations atMcKinsey & Co. and the heads of the Industry 4.0 initiatives fromThe Netherlands & Austria. Gilmour concludes by saying: “We’ve worked very hard to bring all the
components of 4.0 to this show, with a greatmixture of exhibitors and a world- class line-up of speakers, and we’re sure that visitors to the events will not have a wasted journey. We look forward to
welcoming visitors to the fourth Industrial Revolution inManchester in April.”
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