WORLD OF INDUSTRIES 02/2018

The new “Made
in Germany”?
EDITORIAL
Editorial Director:
Dirk Schaar, Email: d.schaar@vfmz.de
Winfried Bauer, Email: w.bauer@vfmz.de
Dear readers,
Around the world, “Made in Germany” stands for high quality,
outstanding engineering skills and reliable business practices. This
is still the case and will remain so in future, because goods from
Germany are more than ever in demand on a global scale. Asian
companies in particular are increasingly relying on our products,
well aware that their own developments are making great progress
but are still a long way from reaching the high quality standards.
German industry is not taking a break: The concept of “Industry
4.0,” which has spread around the world from Germany, has set
“Made in Germany” on the path to the future. Silicon Valley may be
better at mastering numerous technologies in the IT sector, but
German industry clearly sets the pace worldwide in matters of
mechanical engineering and automation technology.
Digital networking of industry, energy and logistics is gathering
momentum. Boundaries between industries are being blurred,
productivity is rising and new business models are emerging. And
Germany will once again be in the limelight in April 2018: That is
when the Hannover trade fair and CeMAT will launch the next level
of Industry 4.0. Under the main theme “Integrated Industry – Connect
& Collaborate,” visitors from around the world will experience
how networking in industry is creating entirely new ways of running
a business, working and collaborating. “The Hannover trade fair is
the place to experience the fast-paced development of Industry 4.0
and its applications. Leading manufacturers of automation technology,
the most important robotics companies, as well as IT and
software companies will make Hannover a global hot spot for
Industry 4.0,” stresses Joachim Köckler, Chairman of the Management
Board of Deutsche Messe AG. The Hannover trade
fair thus promises to have much to offer again this year. A
major trade fair IAMD – Integrated Automation, Motion
& Drives, combining drive technology, fluid power
technology, automation technology and digital factory –
will be held for the first time. And the integrated trade
fair CeMAT also offers ideas for making logistic processes
fit for the future.
You will find many new products and topics from the
Hannover trade fair in this current edition. So take a
look, it will be worth your while. And if you are a guest
in Hannover between 23 rd and 27 th April, you will see:
There’s no getting around Industry 4.0 and “Made in
Germany”.
Dirk Schaar
Editorial Director
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Nicole Steinicke, Email: s.steinicke@vfmz.de
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Svenja Stenner, Email: s.stenner@vfmz.de
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