Hannover Messe and CeMAT combine to provide a 360-degree perspective on Industry 4.0 and Logistics 4.0

03 April, 2018

Hannover Messe is also a summit and incubator for key industry trends and developments; including, most notably, Industry 4.0 (the digitisation of production), Integrated Energy, Smart Supply, Predictive Maintenance, Cobots, Lightweight Construction and Digital Twinning. The agenda for tomorrow’s manufacturing and sustainable energy systems is set in Hannover. And now, this year, due to the co-staging of CeMAT with Hannover Messe, the agenda in Hannover will also include intralogistics. Together, the two shows will provide a 360-degree perspective on the interrelationships between the trends of Industry 4.0 and Logistics 4.0.

As is fitting for a key industry summit, Hannover Messe is always well supported by political VIPs, including, at the highest level, Germany’s Chancellor, who traditionally opens the show in the company of the head of state of the participating Partner Country. In 2018, the Partner Country of Hannover Messe is Mexico.

Hannover Messe will also feature five parallel shows: IAMD (Integrated Automation, Motion & Drives), Digital Factory, Energy, Industrial Supply and Research & Technology.

Global industry’s platform for business and political dialogue

The growing convergence of automation and energy technology, intralogistics, IT platforms and artificial intelligence is driving the digital transformation of industry ever onwards and upwards. Hannover Messe 2018 is dedicated to this trend – as signalled by its lead theme, ‘Integrated Industry – Connect & Collaborate’. “Hannover Messe is the place to go to experience the rapid rise of Industry 4.0 and its consequences first-hand,” commented Marc Siemering, global director Hannover Messe at Deutsche Messe. “Hannover sets the pace for Industry 4.0. It is the only place where you can get an overview of the digital transformation of industry in its entirety.”

Mexico to star as Partner Country

As the Partner Country of Hannover Messe 2018, Mexico will have the opportunity to present its new technologies, investment opportunities, innovative growth strategies and research projects to the movers and shakers of global industry. Mexico and its exhibitors will be presenting on topics which will highlight the country as an innovative and open partner and an attractive place to do business – topics such as Industry 4.0, energy, environmental technology, vocational training, start-ups and foreign investment.

Robotics, eMobility, intralogistics and more

Hannover Messe’s automation-themed displays will have a strong focus on robotics, as robot manufacturers, systems integrators and providers of gripper systems step up to showcase their Smart Factory solutions. Their presence reflects the integral role of robots and automated guided vehicles in today’s modern manufacturing landscape. It is a landscape in which robotics and automation are constantly breaking new ground in human-machine collaboration. Hannover Messe 2018 will also have a new display area devoted to innovative electric mobility and transportation solutions. Titled ‘Electric Transportation Systems’, the display area deals both with electric vehicles and with the necessary supporting infrastructure, which itself needs to be integrated into tomorrow’s transformed, sustainable energy systems. In this sense, Hannover Messe is also a key international platform for policy and political dialogue on new technologies and solutions for tomorrow’s mobility.

Every square metre of space at the Hannover Exhibition Centre will be abuzz as Hannover Messe and CeMAT team up to present the inner workings of tomorrow’s factories and the key role intralogistics will play in them. Themed ‘Connected Supply Chain Solutions’, CeMAT will show how companies can integrate and digitise their entire supply chains across company boundaries.

Congress for industry and hub for industrial start-ups

Hannover Messe comprises more than 1000 conferences and forums addressing all of the major trends sweeping modern industry: Industry 4.0, the Internet of Things, digital transformation, cyber security, smart grids and decentralised energy systems. It will also feature programmes such as Tec2You, Job & Career and WoMenPower, which encourage young people to pursue studies in engineering and technology and offer professionals career advice and guidance. And then, in Hall 3, there’s Global Business & Markets, Europe’s leading event for foreign trade.

Industry demand for start-ups and the solutions they produce is immense and growing all the time. Hannover Messe’s solution for matching this demand with supply is Young Tech Enterprises. Located in Hall 3, Young Tech Enterprises is a central hub that facilitates dialogue between start-ups and start-up networks, accelerators and business development agencies. The showcase features a central forum, pitching and matchmaking events, and workshops. Participants will benefit from proximity to the start-ups and business development organisations at Research & Technology in Hall 2 as well as investors at the Global Business & Markets platform in Hall 3.

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