OI4 Alliance Presents Access and Imple­men­ta­tion Poten­tial of Members at Hannover Messe 2022

Reinach, Switzer­land, 03.05.2022 

The Open Industry 4.0 Alliance will be presenting at the Hannover Fair 2022, from May 30 to June 2 (Hall 8, Booth C08), with the theme ‘Connect to the Open Industry 4.0 Alliance’. Whether an open commu­nity, an industry or tech­nology company – the alliance will inform the trade fair audi­ence, along with any other inter­ested parties, about the numerous access and inter­ac­tion oppor­tu­ni­ties avail­able to alliance members world­wide. This year, the Open Industry 4.0 Alliance will not only demon­strate how Industry 4.0 initia­tives can be imple­mented on the factory floor via prac­tical digi­tal­i­sa­tion but will also show how members are success­fully posi­tioning them­selves as a powerful commu­nity in the fields of resilience, climate protec­tion and the expor­ta­tion of indus­trial plants. 

“Germany and other indus­tri­al­ized coun­tries in Europe are predom­i­nantly export nations. When it comes to issues of climate change, there are always those who compare the CO2 emis­sions of Euro­pean indus­tries against those from the rest of the world in an effort to ‘talk their way out’ of the climate debate. But this is misleading – people forget that we, in Europe, supply parts of the world’s indus­tries with the best equip­ment avail­able,” explains Nils Herzberg, spokesman for the board at the Open Industry 4.0 Alliance. “However, as an indus­trial equip­ment supplier, we are in a posi­tion to make key contri­bu­tions to the envi­ron­mental friend­li­ness of facto­ries and supply chains around the world. We are putting supply chain resilience into prac­tice and building ‘sustain­ability by design’ into network soft­ware appli­ca­tions. We are eager to bring more mid-sized indus­trial equip­ment suppliers on board with this agenda and look forward to welcoming inter­ested parties to our booth in Hannover.” 

“There is a product shortage that is affecting 90% of compa­nies in the mechan­ical engi­neering, elec­tronics and auto­mo­tive indus­tries, according to the ifo Insti­tute for Economic Research,” says Ekrem Yigitdöl, Managing Director at the Open Industry 4.0 Alliance. “While procure­ment within digital supply chains is being used as one solu­tion, other methods and processes need to be ‘rewired’ at light­ning speed. For this, we present ourselves as a guide, helping compa­nies to reor­ga­nize them­selves and tackle these issues in new and different ways. We are very excited to help our members along the way to a connected, circular economy. We have the imple­men­ta­tion solu­tions to do this, and Hannover Messe is the perfect plat­form for us to present ourselves as an alliance driving Industry 4.0 forward.” 

Open Industry 4.0 Alliance’s Fair High­lights

In line with its theme, ‘Connect to the Open Industry 4.0 Alliance’, the alliance will provide infor­ma­tion on how medium-sized compa­nies and corpo­ra­tions are driving Industry 4.0 initia­tives forward at a faster pace by coop­er­ating with other members, rather than pursuing them on their own. This illus­trates the powerful effect of the full alliance, which was launched at Hannover Messe 2019 and now has 96 members. The members of the alliance, all strong medium-sized compa­nies, actively drive inter­na­tional digi­ti­sa­tion solu­tions and services forward despite the current chal­lenges. 

The prac­tical appli­ca­tion scenarios the alliance will present are either already feasible or will possibly be in the future thanks to the coop­er­a­tion of its members. These scenarios will be under­pinned by the key topics of resilience and sustain­ability that the alliance will address at the fair (Stand C08, Hall 8): 

• Monday (May 30): Connect to an Open Commu­nity – how alliance members, as part of an inter­op­er­able ecosystem, are imple­menting existing stan­dards into real digi­tal­iza­tion cases, exchange ideas and build strong networks. 

• Tuesday (May 31): Connect to an Open Industry – how members are sustain­ably accel­er­ating and imple­menting real use cases with tangible customer value within their respec­tive indus­tries. 

• Wednesday (June 1): Connect to Open Tech­nology – making the Digital Twin a reality: how the alliance’s modular approach allows seam­less inte­gra­tion of Industry 4.0 tech­nolo­gies. 

• Thursday (June 2): Connect to an Open Future – how the alliance not only discusses but also imple­ments key industry trends in the market in a solu­tion-oriented and sustain­able way. 

The Open Industry 4.0 Alliance will also be repre­sented at the ‘Industry 4.0 Stage’ of the Hannover Fair in Hall 8. Ekrem Yigitdöl, Managing Director of the Open Industry 4.0 Alliance, and Ricardo Dunkel, Tech­nical Director, will present a prime example of digi­tal­i­sa­tion within a Dutch sustain­ability factory during their talk, ‘Real I4.0 Imple­men­ta­tion in the Sustain­ability Factory – a joint approach to successful IIoT use cases’. The talk will take place on June 1 from 15:25 to 15:50. 

Further infor­ma­tion on the Open Industry 4.0 Alliance’s pres­ence at this year’s Hannover Fair can be found here: https://oi4.webflow.io/ 

Media Note: Inter­ac­tive Web Press Talk in the run-up to Hannover Messe

The Open Industry 4.0 Alliance is hosting an inter­ac­tive web press talk on ‘Open Industry 4.0 Alliance – now, next and the future’ in the run-up to Hannover Messe on Wednesday, May 10. The video confer­ence will start at 14:00.  

The following Alliance experts will be avail­able to answer ques­tions at the press talk: 

• Nils Herzberg, Spokesman of the Board at Open Industry 4.0 Alliance 

• Ekrem Yigitdöl, Managing Director at Open Industry 4.0 Alliance 

Ricardo Dunkel, Tech­nical Director at Open Industry 4.0 Alliance 

IMAGE BOOTH OPEN INDUSTRY 4.0 ALLIANCE, PORTRAIT EKREM YIGITDÖL AND NILS HERZBERG 

“Indus­trial compa­nies need to source smart, calcu­late and respond faster. We have more or less shown how to be resilient with stan­dards-compliant cloud processes in digi­talised supply chains.” –Nils Herzberg, board spokesman at the Open Industry 4.0 Alliance.
“Procure­ment within digital supply chains is being used as a solu­tion. Other methods and processes need to be ‘rewired’ at light­ning speed and we present ourselves as the guide, helping compa­nies reor­ga­nize them­selves and tackle these issues in a new and different way.” Ekrem Yigitdöl, Managing Director of the Open Industry 4.0 Alliance