Digitalization is changing our world – and the world of industry – in tangible ways. The digital transformation is creating new competitive advantages and business models in many companies in the manufacturing and process industry. Machine builders and plant engineers can also take advantage of this development and make it usable for their customers. For digital enterprises systems and processes can be comprehensively and uniformly optimized throughout the entire lifecycle of products and plants. At the SPS IPC Drives in Nuremberg, Germany, from November 28 to 30, 2017 – which took place this year under the motto "Discover the value of the Digital Enterprise" – Siemens presented in hall 11 specific examples of applications to show how this can be done.
As part of formnext 2017, the leading exhibition for additive manufacturing, Siemens presented its comprehensive solution portfolio for consistent digitalization of additive manufacturing, starting with the design and engineering software, via innovative simulation tools to complete machine and factory automation. In addition to this, Siemens demonstrated how the industrialization of additive manufacturing can be further accelerated by using innovative added value services.
The EMO Hannover is the world's premier trade fair for the metalworking sector. Some 2,000 exhibitors come to the EMO Hannover to present products and services from across every segment of metalworking technology, from machine tools, precision tooling, and automation components to systems with a customer-oriented focus. A selection of accompanying events and special shows form the framework to the EMO Hannover and supplement the exhibition spectrum.
From 14 to 17 September 2017, representatives from the worlds of politics and industry met at the New Mobility World to shape the future of mobility across industries. The event took place within the context of the IAA 2017. Under the banner "Shaping future mobility systems – from understanding to optimizing," Siemens exhibited at Booth 39 in Hall 3.1 with an array of current applications and solutions surrounding the topics of charging technology for electric vehicles and intelligent communication systems linking vehicles and infrastructure. Siemens offers a wide range of products and solutions that help shape the future of mobility already today.
"Discover the value of the Digital Enterprise for the beverage industry" was the Siemens motto for the Drinktec 2017, the leading international trade fair for the beverage industry. At the 240 square-meter booth in hall A3, Siemens showcased how industrial companies of every size can benefit from the digital transformation – from the digital value chain in the engineering process to the integration of machines into the line.
On the first day of the Hannover Messe, April 24, Klaus Helmrich welcomed you to the annual Siemens Press Conference. As member of the Managing Board of Siemens AG, Klaus Helmrich is responsible for the Digital Factory as well as Process Industries and Drives Divisions. The Press Conference took place at 6:30 PM in the Trade Fair's Convention Center, Room 1 A/B. Mr Helmrich talked about current digitalization trends in the manufacturing and process industries under the heading "Discover the value of the Digital Enterprise".
On the first day of Hannover Messe, April 25, Klaus Helmrich welcomed you to the yearly Siemens press conference. As member of the Managing Board of Siemens AG, Klaus Helmrich is responsible for the Divisions Digital Factory as well as Process Industries and Drives. The press conference took place at 6:30 PM, in room 1 of the fair's Convention Center.
On the first day of Hannover Messe, Klaus Helmrich welcomed you to the yearly press conference. As member of the Managing Board of Siemens AG, Klaus Helmrich is responsible for the Divisions Digital Factory as well as Process Industries and Drives. He was speaking on the digitalization of the industry. The press conference took place on Monday, April 13, at 6:30 PM, in Room 1 of the fair's Convention Center.
The Amberg Electronics Factory showcases Siemens' concept for a "digital enterprise." The factory already employs production methods that will be the standard in many manufacturing facilities in a number of years. Products in the plant control their own assembly by directly communicating their specific requirements and their next production steps via a product code to the machines.