In our second round of experts stand

Hartmut Puetz

President Factory Automation, Mitsubishi Electric BV, Ratingen

Christian Wolf

Managing Director, Hans Turck GmbH & Co. KG

Markus Sandhofner

Managing Director, B + R Industrie Elektronik GmbH, Bad Homburg

Answers to questions about the opportunities and risks of Industrie 4.0 in the run-up to SPS IPC Drives.


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These are the questions:
1. What do you personally understand by Industry 4.0?
2. What action is being taken in your organization to move industry 4.0 forward?
3. What do you think an industry 4.0 company structure should look like?
4. What dangers do you see in terms of safety and reliability in the 4.0 world?
5. What impact will the networked world have on global cooperation?
6. Are not we exposed even more to the dangers of data theft, cyber attacks and piracy?
7. What opportunities does industry 4.0 for the often unbearable, long delivery times?
8. Will it then be conceivable in the future that all suppliers involved in the manufacture of a product and the OEM work together in a centrally controlled manner - worldwide?
9. How must the skills of the manufacturing employees develop? Do not all of them have to be a bit computer scientist in the future?
10. Which Industry 4.0-capable products are you exhibiting at SPS IPC Drives?


Contact B + R, SPS IPC Drives Hall 7, 101 Stand
Contact Turck, SPS IPC Drives Hall 7, 351 Stand
Contact Mitsubishi, SPS IPC Drives Hall 7, 380 Stand

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