WORLD OF INDUSTRIES - MOTION, DRIVE & AUTOMATION 5/2017

innovations, concepts and products for use in many different
branches of industry.
Continuing its tradition to associate with a partner country
every year, Hannover Messe will showcase yet another partner
country with a strong economy and a wide manufacturing base:
Mexico. With a GDP of more than a trillion dollars, Mexico is one
of the strong emerging markets in terms of manufacturing and
overall industrial growth. At Hannover Messe 2018, Mexico will
emphasize on five themes – manufacturing, energy and environmental
technologies, career development, startups, and foreign
investment. Mexico is looking to utilize Hannover Messe as platform
to work-on modernization and expansion of its free-trade
agreement with the European Union. The Partner Country Mexico
exhibit will be in Hall 27.
Integrated Industry – Connect & Collaborate
Humans, machines and IT are the cornerstones of tomorrow’s
factories. However, only with networking will they reach their full
potential. With ‘Integrated Industry – Connect & Collaborate’, as its
central theme, Hannover Messe is highlighting how connectivity
in industry facilitates completely new forms of business, work and
collaboration models.
Today, factory, energy and Industrial IT platforms are more
efficient than ever and data analysis is developing rapidly. Artificial
intelligence and machine learning is now enabling machines
to make decisions and engineers are digitally simulating the
entire production chains. New players and new business models
are emerging. All this high speed development is blurring the
boundaries between industries. To understand and experience
the impact of these fast-track developments, Hannover Messe is
the place to be.
The lead theme ‘Integrated Industry – Connect & Collaborate’
is relevant to many branches of industry. For example, use of collaborative
robots, the digital twin etc. Energy is another area where
digitalization and networking are proceeding rapidly. For example,
virtual power plants that feed energy from various producers precisely
into the electric grid. Or in the areas of mobility, electric vehicles
that store energy and can then distribute it to consumers to
stabilize fluctuations in the grid. Smart Supply in the age of digitalization
opens up new perspectives for industrial subcontractors:
Supply chain management, simultaneous engineering, optimized
production runs, and minimal error rates – all of this is possible
when suppliers and customers see each other as development partners
and collaborate as equals. Industrial IT platforms play a crucial
role. Collecting, analyzing and merging large amounts of data from
different sources, combined with the respective industry expertise,
makes it possible to develop internet-based services that bridge
traditional industry boundaries.
Hannover Messe 2018 will feature more than 80 conferences and
forums with over 1,700 lectures and panels about everything from
cyber security, digitalization and energy efficiency to Industry 4.0
and startups. Visitors can also participate in guided tours organized
according to topics such as process automation, predictive maintenance
and innovations in mechanical engineering.
Photographs: Deutsche Messe AG
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WORLD OF INDUSTRIES – MOTION, DRIVE & AUTOMATION 5/2017