Smart Factory

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Siemens Congleton Digital Factory

Shining a Light on the Future Factory

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Industrial Data & AI

Why manufacturers are a particularly juicy target for cyberattack

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The key stages to deliver Artificial Intelligence into manufacturing production

The sun rises over the Liverpool Exhibition Centre as Day 2 of the Expo kicks off. Image courtesy of the Manufacturer.

Digital Transformation

Day 2 of the Smart Factory Expo gets going

Smart factories are set to improve productivity and labor cost hugely over the next 5 years - image courtesy of APS

Smart factories set to contribute up to £1.13 trillion to the global economy

Hack & Pitch - Smart Factory Expo - Innovation Alley will be sponsored by Innovate UK, and located at the intersection of Smart Factory Expo’s four zones.

Digital Transformation

Hack & Pitch comes to Smart Factory Expo

How is chewing gum made?

Swinburne’s Factory of the Future has received additional funding. Image courtesy of Swinburne University.

Australian uni receives $135m to digitalize its Factory of the Future

Panasonic Smart Factory is delivering increased manufacturing performance - image courtesy of Panasonic

Panasonic Smart Factory realises higher productivity with new function

The Ashington plant uses a variety of renewable energy sources, including photovoltaic (PV) cells and a biomass boiler – image courtesy of AkzoNobel.

AkzoNobel opens £100m paint factory of the future

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Digital Twins: distilling science from fiction

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Cyber security in industrial control systems

The shift from pen and paper to fully-connected factories could make the manufacturing industry in the UK unrecognisable in just five years’ time. - image courtesy of Zebra Technologies.

Manufacturers to substitute pen & paper for wearable tech

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Chewing over the Cognitive Factory