Alan Norbury, industrial CTO for Siemens UK & Ireland, says a technologic revolution has started, so while many British manufacturers pride themselves in sweating assets, foreign competitors are investing in technologies that are accelerating innovation cycles beyond all expectations.
Jonny Williamson takes a tour of Festo’s ultra-modern technology plant in Ostfildern-Scharnhausen (just outside Stuttgart, Germany), a site heralded as the forefront of automation for the future.
While attending the 14th International Festo Press Conference, Jonny Williamson spoke to senior executives about how Industry 4.0 may be disruptive, but offers huge potential for the automation industry.
As we enter a truly digital age, manufacturers are increasingly looking to technology to help in ways they might never have imagined before. IFS’ Antony Bourne explains.
The internet of things; 3D printing; cloud deployment, and big data may have captured the imagination and budget of many manufacturers, but amid this glamour, it's easy for the basics to fall to the bottom of the list of IT priorities, warns Andrew Kinder - industry and solution strategy director, Infor.
