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NEWS AND MARKETS previous page At the Robotics, Automation & Vision display area, for example, system integrators will demonstrate their applications and solutions for robot-assisted automation in a range of industries. 2015 will also be the fifth time that the Robotics Award is offered by the organizers. The award honors companies that develop products, projects and technological advancements that make an innovative contribution to robotics-based solutions in the areas of industrial automation, mobile robots and autonomous systems. Olaf Lies, the Lower Saxony Minister for Economics, Labor and Transportation, will present the winners with their prizes at a special ceremony at the Automation Forum on April 14, 2015. Process automation for Industry 4.0 Exhibitors at the Hannover Messe preview We asked exhibitors what kind of innovations they will present to the public at Hannover Messe 2015. Industrial process automation in all its many shapes and forms will be on show at Industrial Automation, too. And one of the keynote themes, alongside classic process automation topics like life cycle management and field instrumentation, will be Industry 4.0 – the 4 th industrial revolution that is set to bring fundamental change to the process automation sector, as Endress+Hauser, ABB, Jumo and other bigname exhibitors will show. Industry 4.0 describes the convergence of key trends, such as the Internet of Things, increasingly complex hardware, software and logistics systems, and advanced control technology, to create the intelligent, self-organizing factory of the future. At Hannover Messe, Endress+Hauser will be among the exhibitors presenting solutions that turn Industry 4.0 into reality for process automation users. Their exhibits will focus on three distinct aspects of operationalizing Industry 4.0 in process automation settings: vertical integration, which puts in place key linkages all the way from the field level to business control; horizontal integration, which yields optimized value chain outputs; and end-to-end engineering, which saves valuable time and resources in all areas, from planning to process control. In this way, the products displayed and issues discussed at the fair will enable visitors to discover and understand what lies at the heart of Industry 4.0. www.hannovermesse.com Video AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES 2/2015
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