How will incoming cellular technologies transform manufacturing, and spur its drive for smarter production? That is the question Enterprise IoT Insights put to both sides of the industrial divide in a new editorial report, called 'Industrial LTE and 5G: How Incoming Cellular Technologies Will...
Antje Williams, Executive Programme Manager for 5G, Deutsche Telekom –
“We have a huge divide at the moment in the industry, in the country, how operators can serve industries best. There are lots of complaints about how operators have served industry so far, which...
Chinese vendor ZTE has signed a comprehensive strategic cooperation agreement with compatriot heavy equipment manufacturing company Sany to promote the integration of 5G and industry while accelerating the digital transformation of intelligent manufacturing.
Under the
terms of the agreement, ZTE and Sany will explore the...
Japanese giant Hitachi entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a robotics business operated by American firm JR Automation Technologies. The acquisition price for JR Automation is US$ 1.42 billion, Hitachi said.
JR Automation builds production lines and logistics systems using industrial robots. As a...
Future 5G investments will focus on creating service revenues
HANNOVER, Germany--Despite major marketing efforts coming out of the telecoms sector, industrial manufacturers today aren't focused on "leveraging 5G within the four walls of the plant," Accenture Senior Managing Director and Product Industry X.0 Lead Eric...
Infineon Technologies has released a new ‘trusted platform module’ (TPM) to protect data in industrial PCs, servers, industrial controllers, and edge gateways. Its new OPTIGA TPM SLM 9670 controls access to key data within a digital factory functions, as well as their interface to...
BMW Group has a global roster of about 1,800 suppliers, scattered at 4,000 points across the globe. Together, they deliver 31 million parts to 30 BMW production sites, worldwide, every day. At the same time, almost 10,000 vehicles come off its production lines daily,...
For industry, many critical applications cannot wait for artificial intelligence (AI) in the cloud. Instead, they demand insights and decisions at the edge -- closer to the source, where the real action is. A new report by Enterprise IoT Insights considers the balance enterprises are...
This article is the fourth instalment in a series taken from a longer report, Smart manufacturing: asset management, predictive maintenance, dynamic scheduling and other use cases, from August 2018.
The report tells the story of smart manufacturing in four chapters. The first two examine...
This article is the third instalment in a series taken from a longer report, Smart manufacturing: asset management, predictive maintenance, dynamic scheduling and other use cases, from August 2018.
The report tells the story of smart manufacturing in four chapters. The first two examine the...
This article is the second instalment in a series taken from a longer report, Smart manufacturing: asset management, predictive maintenance, dynamic scheduling and other use cases, from August 2018.
The report tells the story of smart manufacturing in four chapters. The first two examine the...
This article is taken from a longer report, Smart manufacturing: asset management, predictive maintenance, dynamic scheduling and other use cases, from August 2018.
The report tells the story of smart manufacturing in four chapters. The first two examine the expectations surrounding the IIoT movement (‘The...
The World Economic Forum has expanded its list of the most advanced factories in the world, consolidating Europe’s position as the smartest region for manufacturing. China shores up its second place. The US and Middle East trail behind.
In total, seven new ‘lighthouse’ factories (listed...
The internet of things (IoT) is making its entrance into the workplace of every industry – and manufacturing is no exception. This technology is changing the way manufacturers do business. Successful implementation is critical to ensuring the business not only adapts but thrives in...
Annual sales of industrial robots to factories has increased by 114 per cent over the last five years, according to a new report. Sales are expected grow at a compound annual growth rate of 13 per cent over the next five years, to around...
But flagship 5G Android devices are due out in 2019
HONG KONG—“We believe that we are poised to really transform the world, reinvent whole new industries and enrich lives with the impending launch of 5G.” That was the message from Penny Baldwin, Qualcomm CMO and...
“The kaleidoscope has been shaken; the pieces are in flux.” It is a phrase written for the political age, almost two decades ago. But as an analogy for ground-shaking change, it suits the mad-paced technology market’s face-off with industry particularly well.
For the technology market...
The UK government has ramped up its transformation of manufacturing and mobility with new initiatives and funding opportunities.
Its ‘made smarter’ commission, aimed at unlocking £455 billion gains in the manufacturing industry over the next decade, has convened for the first time, with senior executives...
The IR sensor is a crucial component in many everyday products, ranging from medical equipment to mobile phones. But the technology is 50 years old and in serious need of an upgrade. The next generation IR sensor 2.0 for IoT will be much thinner...
The most advanced factories in the world are in Europe and Asia, according to a new review of smart manufacturing by the World Economic Forum. Just one of the top factories is in the US.
However, German and the US companies, often working outside their...
The telecoms industry must get a handle on machine learning if it is to make advanced LTE and 5G communications feasible in industrial settings. This was the conclusion of a presentation by Cambridge Consultants at URLLC 2018 in London last week, an event focused...
Momentum is building, fast, for smart manufacturing. Here, Enterprise IoT Insights presents five more use cases from leading industrial IoT (IIoT) solutions providers. Also, check out the major new report on the state of smart manufacturing from Enterprise IoT Insights.
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Seoul-based electronics giants LG Electronics is to showcase a “human-centric” wearable robot next week at IFA 2018 in Berlin. The wearable robot will connect into a “smart working network”, said LG, to deliver information and tools required for manufacturing, logistics and distribution.
LG took a...
The appetite for new digital technologies is growing among manufacturers, with certain brands in certain sectors in certain regions experiencing a considerable uplift in performance. But the take-up of smart manufacturing solutions remains tentative, as companies are unsure how to start with digital change...
