SCALE-MX will be represented at the Hannover Messe on the Industry 4.0 Platform’s joint booth as part of Manufacturing-X (Hall 13, Booth C24). The Industry 4.0 Platform is the stage for a new era: With support from policymakers and the scientific community, German industry has reached a decisive milestone in the digital transformation. Manufacturing-X showcases applications that make value chains more competitive, resilient, and sustainable. More info ›

How can companies efficiently, securely, and effectively exchange data across organizational boundaries? And what role do industrial data rooms play in this process? During our Lunch & Learn workshop at the Hannover Messe, we’ll provide practical insights into the possibilities and benefits of data exchange in an industrial setting. Learn more ›

Ensuring their competitiveness is currently the biggest challenge for many small and medium-sized enterprises in particular—rising costs, reporting requirements, and a shortage of skilled workers are limiting their room to maneuver. At the same time, relevant data on orders, asset conditions, and supply chains is scattered across various systems, technically incompatible, and rarely shared due to fears of losing control—leaving potential for efficiency and innovation untapped. Digital data rooms can help in several ways here, for example, by flexibly utilizing production capacities within partner networks, bridging bottlenecks, and improving one’s own delivery capabilities, as well as making service and fault diagnosis significantly faster and more precise. In doing so, data rooms rely on European standards and federated structures that prevent new data monopolies and ensure fair competitive conditions for many providers, including small and medium-sized enterprises. In the workshop “The Digital Data Room as an Opportunity for Competitiveness – A Solution for SMEs,” the Chambers of Industry and Commerce (IHKs), the SCALE-MX project, and Fraunhofer IOSB-INA will provide a low-threshold introduction to the “data room for everyone” at SmartFactoryOWL in Lemgo and demonstrate in a practical manner how SMEs can utilize such approaches step by step. More info ›