Register here to attend the webinar: “How to apply IoT, Industry 4.0, & Predictive Analytics in Manufacturing Domain” taking place on April 13th at 11:00am (EDT) / 5:00pm (CEST)  

The value created by Industry 4.0 vastly exceeds the low-single-digit cost savings that many manufacturers pursue today (Boston Consulting Group) When Germany launched a project under the name ‘Industrie 4.0’ to digitalize manufacturing at the Hannover Messe in 2011, the government officials, industry leaders and academics who were working on the project probably had no idea that Industry 4.0  would become such a widely used term and concept. Despite the buzzword aspect, ‘Industrie 4.0’ or ‘Industry 4.0’, however, is a very real phenomenon, transforming manufacturing into digital manufacturing with additional benefits and a range of technological evolutions and possibilities to […]

The event opened with a video message from Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker. High-level policy makers, including Commission Vice-President Jyrki Katainen, and Commissioners Elżbieta Bieńkowska (Internal Market, Industry, SMEs and Entrepreneurship) and Carlos Moedas (Research and Innovation) participated in the event. Representatives of traditional and new, disruptive sectors presented their views on the future of their business. Entrepreneurs, innovators, start-ups and the tech community shared the stage with key EU political leaders. Speakers from the Committee of Regions, the European Investment Bank, the European Parliament, Business Europe and the European Trade Union Confederation were also present. The nature of industry is […]