Five steps on the road to industrial 5G – technology / standards (#1)
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemail5G will only gets its wings in 2023, or thereabouts, when its full functionality is revealed in a standalone version of the new radio (NR) standard. That is when it …
Nokia to deploy private LTE for Brazilian mechatronics centre to drive Industry 4.0
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailNokia is to equip a major state-run industrial training facility in Brazil with 5G and AI to accelerate Industry 4.0 skills, trials, and deployments in the region. The Finnish vendor …
Siemens to buy US edge software startup Pixeom to expand digital factory offer
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailGermany industrial giant Siemens has announced a deal to acquire US startup Pixeom for an undisclosed fee, in a move to boost its industrial automation and digitalization division. Pixeom, responsible …
Enterprises and industry 4.0: A love-hate story with 5G (Reader Forum)
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailLike it, love it or hate it? Enterprises are unsure about what to make of 5G. A study conducted by Barclays found that at best only 9% were allocating resources …
Brussels offers SMEs €1m to test industrial IoT, make Europe leader in Industry 4.0
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThe European Commission is offering manufacturing companies funding of €60,000 each to run collaborative smart manufacturing experiments at neutral hub sites, with a total funding pot stretching to almost €1 …
Ericsson inks deal with Vietnam to boost Industry 4.0 adoption
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemail The government of Vietnam has signed an agreement with Ericsson through which the latter will help accelerate the adoption of Industry 4.0 in the Asian nation, the Swedish vendor …
Industry 4.0 Q&A: Industrial 5G will cause “waves of disruption,” says TCS
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailSrinivas Garigipati, chief technology officer for the manufacturing business group at Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), talks with Enterprise IoT Insights about the impacts of incoming 5G technology on the broad …
Bosch: The only fixed assets with industrial 5G will be the floors, walls and ceilings
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailGerman industrial giant Bosch has set out a vision for a 5G-enabled factory where every part of the production environment is fluid, except for the floors, walls, and ceilings. Industrial …
European tech giants buying digital startups, China buying European tech giants
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailTraditional industrial technology giants are transforming their businesses by buying, funding or partnering with connected and intelligent manufacturing technologies and data management companies. The trend is most notable in Europe, …
Robots, robots, robots… and AI – How BMW is automating its supply chain functions
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailNote, this article is continued from a previous post, entitled ‘1.8k suppliers, 31m parts, 10k vehicles – How BMW is making sense of its supply chain’. Click here to go …
