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SmartFactoryKL is a network of strong partners

The realization of Industrie 4.0 demands ideas and collaboration, as well as the eagerness to experiment and willingness to learn. Numerous renowned companies and institutions have recognized this and support us as members. Together in a strong network, we gather important experience, develop practical solutions – and play a key role in shaping the future of the intelligent factory. We invite you to become a partner of our strong network.
Our members
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Adient is the global leader in automotive seating. With 75,000 employees operating 230 manufacturing/assembly plants in 33 countries worldwide, we produce and deliver automotive seating for all vehicle classes and all major OEMs. From complete seating systems to individual components, our expertise spans every step of the automotive seat making process. Our integrated, in-house skills allow us to take our products from research and design all the way to engineering and manufacturing – and into more than 25 million vehicles every year.

www.adient.com

AREND process automation

Automation is our core competence. But it is also our passion.

AREND is your successful partner for development and production of electrical plants (switching-, control-, measuring- and regulation-technology) and for mechanical engineering. Permanently great reliability and high quality standards are what distinguish our company.

Till plant-optimization and modernization projects, we create individual or end-to-end solutions, transparent […] and cost-effective From analysis, consulting and planning to the complete system and beyond… service, training and maintenance – all from one source.

www.arend-automation.de
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B&R is an innovative automation company with headquarters in Austria and offices all around the world. On July 6, 2017, B&R became a business unit of the ABB Group. As a global leader in industrial automation, B&R combines state-of-the-art technology with advanced engineering to provide customers in virtually every industry with complete solutions for machine and factory automation, motion control, HMI and integrated safety technology. With Industrial IoT communication standards like OPC UA, POWERLINK and openSAFETY as well as the powerful Automation Studio software development environment, B&R is constantly redefining the future of automation engineering. The innovative spirit that keeps B&R at the forefront of industrial automation is driven by a commitment to simplifying processes and exceeding customer expectations. www.br-automation.com

Founded in Hanover, Germany, in 1871, Continental can look back on a history of success. Over the years we have brought individual mobility to the road and initiated, advanced and collaborated on a host of technological developments. As a supplier of brake systems and components for the powertrain and chassis, instrumentation, infotainment solutions, vehicle electronics, tires and technical elastomer products, and as an expert in networked automobile communication, Continental contributes to enhanced driving safety and global climate protection. The ContiTech division is also an expert development partner for various other key industries.

In its five divisions – Chassis& Safety, Powertrain, Interior, Tires and ContiTech- Continental has approximately 178,000 employees in 49 countries.

www.conti-online.com
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DENSO Corporation, headquartered in Kariya, Japan, is a leading global automotive supplier of advanced technology, systems and components in the areas of thermal, powertrain control, electronics and information and safety. Its customers include all the world’s major carmakers. Worldwide, the company has more than 200 subsidiaries and affiliates in 38 countries and regions (including Japan) and employs more than 151,000 people.

DENSO’s European operations include sales offices in Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Russia, Sweden, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. In addition, the company operates engineering centers in Germany and Italy and manufacturing facilities in the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Spain, the U.K. and Morocco.

For more information, go to www.denso.com or the European website www.denso-europe.com.

The German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) GmbH with facilities in Kaiserslautern Saarbrücken and Bremen and with a project office in Berlin is the leading close-to-market research center in Germany in the area of innovative software technology for commercial application.

In the international science world, DFKI ranks among the worldwide most important “Centers of Excellence” which successfully and quickly implemented leading edge research into commercially relevant application solutions. Founded in 1988 by several renowned German information technology companies, the Fraunhofer Society and a large research institution as a non-profit GmbH, the DFKI GmbH has since then established a reputation for proactive and customer-oriented work and is known both nationally and internationally as a competent and reliable partner for commercial innovation.

www.dfki.de
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Doosan Machine Tools designs, engineers and manufactures the industry’s widest breadth of CNC machine tools. The company started its business in Korea in 1976 and has been growing with its customers for 40 years. Beginning in 1981, the company pioneered the global market and achieved high-growth by reaching production of 10,000 units in 1990 and surpassing aggregate production of 50,000 units in 2000. Via leading technology, the basis of customer confidence, Doosan Machine Tools has improved fundamental product competitiveness. Based on solid global dealer networks and product competitiveness, the company has emerged as a leading global enterprise. www.doosanmachinetools.com

Empolis Information Management GmbH

Empolis supports customers in making the right decisions. Currently, around 500 Empolis installations exist around the world, and nearly 700,000 professional users rely on Empolis solutions on a daily basis to serve approximately 40 million end customers. We combine artificial intelligence technologies for CRM and service management in cutting-edge cloud solutions. They offer entirely new service quality, customer approaches and digital “As a Service” and platform business models – from signal to action. In connection with the Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence (AI) offers unparalleled opportunities for manufacturing companies in production, service and maintenance. Real-time analysis of machine, product and service-related data, as well as the utilization of new human-to-machine interfaces (e.g. voice interface, image recognition and augmented reality) allow for fast development and good go-to-market for innovative service products. In the very near future, personal service assistants will be available to service technicians for maintenance and repair assignments, which will guide them through repair, maintenance and diagnostic processes via voice control. AI processes information and data automatically and makes them available to service workers, as required. AI technologies and digital assistants thus represent the next logical step in the fourth industrial revolution. Looking forward, human and artificial intelligence will work side by side. www.empolis.com
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EPLAN Software & Service develops CAx, configuration and mechatronic solutions and advises companies on how to optimise their engineering processes. Customers benefit from increased efficiency in the production process thanks to standardised procedures, automated sequences and continuous workflows. 



EPLAN delivers tailor-made concepts for introducing and setting up systems as well as integrating them into the IT/PLM system landscape – based on standard engineering solutions. The service portfolio also comprises customising, consulting and training. Both standardised as well as customised interfaces to ERP and PLM/PDM systems ensures data consistency in product development, order processing and manufacturing. Factors for success in engineering include a consistent customer focus, global support and innovative development and interface expertise. EPLAN was founded in 1984 and is part of the owner-operated Friedhelm Loh Group.

www.eplan.de

Festo is a worldwide leader in automation technology and world market leader in technical education and training. Pneumatic and electric drive technology from Festo stands for innovation in industrial automation and process automation – from individual products to turnkey solution. Innovations for maximum customer productivity, global presence and strong system partnership with its customers are the hallmarks of Festo. The company employs 19,200 people in over 60 countries.

www.festo.com

German Edge Cloud is a start-up company belonging to the Friedhelm Loh Group, which has developed the first AI Edge Cloud for real-time industrial applications. Together with affiliated company Innovo Cloud and with partner firms like IoTOS GmbH and the Fraunhofer Gesellschaft, the company provides AI-enabled managed manufacturing edge products for the production industry.

German Edge Cloud offers data sovereignty to the customer by providing private edge cloud infrastructures (IaaS), platforms for data analysis (PaaS), and industry-specific AI applications (SaaS), making networked factory data available quickly and easily. Data processing of large volumes can be moved to the “edge” of the Cloud using edge computing, which ensures the real-time availability of the required data.

www.gec.io

Griesson – de Beukelaer is one of the leading companies in the European sweet and savoury biscuit market, and produces 151,000 tons a year at its German sites in Polch (Rhineland-Palatinate), Kempen (North Rhine-Westphalia), Kahla (Thuringia) and Wurzen (Saxony). 
The company employs 2,100 people and in 2016 generated total sales of EUR 514 m. The product range includes the famous brands Griesson, DeBeukelaer, Prinzen Rolle, Wurzener and LEICHT&CROSS.
Technology leadership, sustainability and acting with a long-term perspective are the guiding lights of our mission statement.

www.griesson-debeukelaer.de
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Founded in 1984, the Haier Group is today the world’s leading brand of major household appliances and is now transforming from a traditional manufacturer to an open entrepreneurship platform. In the era of the Internet and post e-commerce, Haier will extend its ecosystem to social networks and community economies while enhancing the user value of Haier products and services and instilling integrity as a core competence throughout the Group. Haier aims to become a global leader in the era of the Internet of Things.

Haier has approx. 66000 employees, 24 production sites and 5 research centers world-wide. The company has built 8 interconnected factories to date. Based on the internet, their goal is to replace the company’s traditional mass production with the mass production of personalized products. At Hannover Messe (Hanover Fair) 2017, Haier COSMOPlat was presented first time: COSMOPlat is China’s world-leading Industrial Internet platform with intellectual property rights.

www.haieramerica.com

HANNOVER MESSE is the world’s most important industrial fair. The central exhibition ranges are industrial automation and IT, energy and environmental technologies, power transmission and control technology, industrial supply, production technologies and services, and research and development. HANNOVER MESSE offers in addition to the range of exhibits a high-caliber program of forums, congresses and special shows and confident with the unique networking of business, politics and science on an international level.

HANNOVER MESSE is organized by Deutsche Messe AG. Every year, the German Messe AG operates around 100 trade fairs and exhibitions worldwide with more than 36,000 exhibitors, around three million visitors and 15,000 journalists from over 100 countries, and thus occupies a leading position among the world’s leading trade-fair companies.

Deutsche Messe AG Messegelände 30521 Hannover Deutschland

www.messe.de
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The HARTING Technology Group is skilled in the fields of electrical, electronic and optical connection, transmission and networking as well as in manufacturing, mechatronics and software creation. The company uses these skills to develop customized solutions and products such as connectors for energy and data transmission in, e.g., mechanical engineering, rail technology, wind energy plants, factory automation and the telecommunication sector.

In addition, HARTING also produces electro-magnetic components for the automobile sector and is specialist in the field of industrial applications in the form of casings, cablings and assemblies of single or complete systems and automated vending systems.

www.harting.de
Helbling Business Advisors is a leading Consulting company in the German speaking area focused on mid-sized companies in the production industry sector. The Helbling Business Advisors are member of the Helbling Group, an Engineering and Consulting firm located in Zurich. Our consulting services are focused on the optimization of complex value chains (Product Development, Supply Chain Management and Operations, Distribution Processes and Structures) as well as the holistic optimization of complex production units. One core area is the design of Smart Factory environments based on the usage of latest technologies. Our service offerings consist of designing the strategic direction, the definition of use cases and the associated ECOSYSTEM (to realize those) as well as organizational development and process design. As a second step, the definition of the required IT architecture (e.g. ERP, MES, IIoT apps, IIoT platform) based on networking solutions and innovative technologies (e.g. data analytics, AI) is following. In addition, the realization of agile prototypes as well as the implementation support for building-up IIoT (Industrial Internet of Things) scenarios is part of our consulting services. www.helbling.de

Belden Inc., a leading global provider of high-quality signal transmission solutions, offers a comprehensive product portfolio that is tailored to the needs of mission-critical network infrastructures in the sectors of industrial and building automation. With innovative solutions targeted at reliable and secure transmission of rapidly growing amounts of data, audio and video needed for today’s applications, Belden is at the center of the global transformation to a connected world.. The company is headquartered in St. Louis, USA, was founded in 1902 and operates manufacturing facilities in North and South America, Europe and Asia.

About Hirschmann, a Belden brand

As a specialist in industrial communication technology Hirschmann develops innovative solutions that are geared to the requirements of customers in terms of performance, efficiency and investment security. Hirschmann offers a complete Ethernet product line for data communication in mission-critical applications. These include Layer 2 and Layer 3 switches, and security and wireless systems that allow a single, enterprise-wide communications infrastructure.

www.hirschmann.de

HUAWEI is a leading global provider of information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure and smart devices, founded in 1987. Huawei is committed to bring digital to every person, home and organization for a fully connected, intelligent world. Huawei has nearly 194,000 employees, and operates in more than 170 countries and regions, serving more than three billion people around the world. Huawei‘s end-to-end portfolio of products, solutions and services are both competitive and secure. Through open collaboration with ecosystem partners, Huawei creates lasting value for its customers, working to empower people, enrich home life, and inspire innovation in organizations of all shapes and sizes. At Huawei, innovation focuses on customer needs. Huawei invests heavily in basic research, concentrating on technological breakthroughs that drive the world forward with its 16 R&D Institutes & Centers/Offices and 36 Joint Innovation Centers around the world. Huawei’s European R&D Center is located in Munich/Germany.

www.huawei.com
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IBM helps organizations transforming towards Industry 4.0, starting with the idea all the way to building a sustainable value chain. Vertical and horizontal integration, data-driven optimization of production, maintenance and products, plus more efficient process across all business units are the foundation for our clients’ success. IBM offers consulting, design and implementation, along with the components of the solution. Industry analysts see IBM leading in delivering complete IoT software platforms with integrated functions such as cognitive capabilities, augmented reality, Blockchain, natural language processing or edge computing. Scalability and open interfaces of the IBM solutions are making Industry 4.0 a realistic option for every organization.

www.ibm.com

Today, with more than 61,000 employees and sales of 32 Billion US$ in 2011 (31 October), Deere & Company manufactures products in 18 countries and markets products in more than 160 countries. Deere & Company and its subsidiaries manufacture, distribute and finance a full range of agricultural equipment, a broad line of equipment for construction, forestry and public works, and a variety of commercial and consumer equipment. The company also provides financial services products for businesses and the general public.

About John Deere Werke Mannheim

The Mannheim tractor factory was founded in 1859 by Heinrich Lanz and covers an area of 42 hectares. The legendary Bulldog, the first crude oil tractor, was produced in 1921. Deere & Company acquired Heinrich Lanz AG in 1956 a further milestone and a crucial step on the way to be a Global Player.

www.deere.com

The Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) Europe is the governmental R&D institute of Korea in Europe, founded in 1996 in Saarbrücken. KIST Europe is a specific expertise in terms of innovation-oriented research & industry support as an open R&D platform between Korea and Europe.

Our employees do on-site research in Europe for globalization of Korean science and technology in the fields of environment and energy, integrative bio-nano-engineering and smart convergence. Also we provide technology information, support in technology transfer and joint projects, and we link Korean and European partners for Korea-EU Science and Technology Cooperation.

www.kist-europe.de

KSB manufactures pumps and fittings for various application fields at more than 30 production locations in 19 countries. The offer ranges from feed systems for the private utilization of rain water to pump stations and boiler feed aggregates for large power plants. The product portfolio comprises fitting in various versions, sizes and materials and offers an extensive range of use opportunities.

14,000 employees worldwide work for highest customer satisfaction in building services engineering, industry and water management, in the energy sector and mining.

KSB AG Johann-Klein-Str. 9 67227 Frankenthal Deutschland

www.ksb.com
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The Lapp Group is a globally leading supplier of integrated solutions and branded products in the field of cable and connection technology. The Group’s portfolio includes standard and highly flexible cables, industrial connectors and cable entry systems, customized system solutions, automation technology and robotics solutions for the intelligent factory of the future, as well as technical accessories.

In the 2015/16 business year, the Lapp Group generated consolidated revenue of 901 million euros. Lapp currently employs approximately 3,440 people across the world, has 17 production sites and over 40 sales companies. It also works in cooperation with around 100 foreign representatives.

www.lappkabel.de

The University of Lund in Sweden, is one of the oldest and leading universities in Scandinavia. The cooperation with the SmartFactoryKL takes place with the Faculty LTH (Lunds Tekniska Högskola) from the University of Lund. Particular projects so far and student seminars, and work in collaboration with the Department of “Automatic Control” were carried out, which is located at the area of ​​mechanical engineering.

www.control.lth.se

Mettler Toledo is a leading global manufacturer of precision instruments. The Company is the world’s largest manufacturer and marketer of weighing instruments for use in laboratory, industrial and food retailing applications. The Company also holds top-three market positions for several related analytical instruments and is a leading provider of automated chemistry systems used in drug and chemical compound discovery and development. In addition, the Company is the world’s largest manufacturer and marketer of metal detection systems used in production and packaging.

Additional information about Mettler Toledo can be found at www.mt.com.
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MiniTec – From modular assembly systems to total customized solutions: What started with miniature linear guides in 1986, has developed into a globally recognized full-service supplier, employing more than 350 staff at ten factories, and with more than 60 partners and service sites around the world. The MiniTec modular system, with its proven, versatile components for automation engineering and plant construction is valued and used by leading companies all over the world. It is on the basis of this system that MiniTec offers the entire spectrum of a full-service manufacturer: From consultation and project planning with our own software development, through to assembly at the customer’s site, including training and after sales service.

www.minitec.de
Perinet develops innovative electronic and electromechanical components as well as software to seamlessly connect sensors and actuators to IT-systems via hybrid single-pair ethernet. Direct, fully encrypted communication with each sensor and actuator in the field facilitates operational access to relevant process- management data in a wide range of IoT, IIoT and industry 4.0 use cases. Our components can be implemented in greenfield or – by retrofit – brownfield settings and allow for a fast, efficient and economical digitalization. An edge computer with modular design to fit a wide variety of needs vertically completes our product range. Additionally, we provide consulting services to clients on digitalization and sensor2cloud. www.perinet.io
Digital – A safe bet! PFALZKOM GmbH is your reliable ICT partner with around 100 employees in the heart of the Rhine-Neckar metropolitan region. We are actively shaping forward-looking topics such as Industry 4.0, the Internet of Things and e-health initiatives. Our top priorities are the security and high availability of data as well as individually tailored solutions for our customers. The expansion of our data centers, cloud and managed services, and the continued growth of our fiber optics backbone document our successful development. PFALZKOM GmbH is ISO 9001 and ISO 27001 certified. As a company of the Pfalzwerke Group since 1998, we are known for stability, security, and customer focus. We provide certainty for your digital future! https://www.pfalzkom.de

Phoenix Contact is the worldwide market leader of components, systems and solutions in the area of electrical engineering, electronics and automation. Today, the family-owned company employs 14,500 people worldwide.

The product range comprises components and system solutions for energy supply including wind and solar, device and machine building as well as control cabinet engineering. A diverse product range of modular terminal blocks and special-purpose terminals, printed circuit terminal blocks and plug connectors, cable connection technology and installation accessories offers innovative components.

Phoenix Contact supports the digital transformation with products, systems and solutions. Based on the experience in the in-house machine building, the company knows the requirements of the digitalization and integrated data flow from the engineering through the production and along the whole product life cycle.

www.phoenixcontact.com/industrie40
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Pilz is a complete automation technology supplier. The company covers the whole of automation technology, from sensor technology to control and actuator technology. The product range is being expanded to include relevant software tools, diagnostic and visualisation systems and services. Complete system solutions are the result.

Pilz solutions consist of both automation and safety functions. One example is the automation system PSS 4000, whose central concept is to merge safety and automation. As a distributed control system PSS 4000 still provides a centralised view of the automation project. PSS 4000 enables the mechatronic approach to be transferred to control level. This allows engineering times to be reduced considerably.

Pilz‘s approach is to automate plant and machinery in such a way that the safety of man, machine and the environment is always guaranteed.

www.pilz.com
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For more than 25 years, proALPHA has been satisfying clients with software that truly moves them forward. Besides SMEs from production and retail, the proALPHA Group today supports users from various other industries. Every day, around 1,200 employees help 4,500 clients around the world in moving toward digitization. The powerful ERP complete solution forms the digital backbone here by networking and controlling systems and processes along the entire value chain. Further solutions can be connected directly, such as admission control, operational and machine data logging and data analysis, as well as certified partners. www.proalpha.de
Rausch & Pausch GmbH (RAPA), with its headquarters in the Upper Franconian Selb, is among the world’s leading developers of hydraulic and pneumatic valve systems for vehicle construction and also increasingly for other industries. The Managing Director Roman Pausch is managing the company, which was founded in 1920, in the fourth generation and today employs more than 950 employees at three locations in Germany and in the USA. Our company motto applies to our products in the same way as it applies to our company culture: We care about important values! www.rapa.com
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Economical, precise, safe, and energy efficient: drive and control technology from Bosch Rexroth moves machines and systems of any size. The company bundles global application experience in the market segments of Mobile Applications, Machinery Applications and Engineering, and Factory Automation to develop innovative components as well as tailored system solutions and services. Bosch Rexroth offers its customers hydraulics, electric drives and controls, gear technology, and linear motion and assembly technology all from one source. With locations in over 80 countries, more than 29,500 associates generated sales revenue of approximately 5 billion euros in 2016.

www.boschrexroth.de

Rittal, headquartered in Herborn, Hesse, Germany, is a leading global provider of solutions for industrial enclosures, power distribution, climate control and IT infrastructure, as well as software and services.
The wide range of products from the global market leader includes configurable enclosures, whose data is available throughout the entire production process. Intelligent Rittal cooling solutions, with up to 75 percent lower energy and carbon dioxide consumption requirements, can communicate with the production environment and enable predictive maintenance and service planning. Innovative IT solutions ranging from IT racks, modular data centres through to edge and hyperscale computing solutions also form part of the company’s portfolio.

Leading software providers EPLAN and Cideon complement the value chain, providing interdisciplinary engineering solutions, while Rittal Automation Systems offer automation systems for switchgear construction. Rittal delivers within 24 hours in Germany – precisely as needed, flexibly and efficiently.

Founded in Herborn in 1961 and still run by its owner, Rittal is the largest company in the Friedhelm Loh Group. The Friedhelm Loh Group operates worldwide with 18 production sites and 80 international subsidiaries. The entire group employs more than 11,300 people and generated revenues of around €2.2 billion in 2016. For the ninth time in succession, the family business has won the accolade “Top German Employer” in 2017.

Further information can be found at www.rittal.com and www.friedhelm-loh-group.com.

SAMA PARTNERS is an independant IT and Engineering Consulting Company combining expertise in different branches with integrated solutions. As a link between classic and industrial IT, our Consulting Service is based on high quality in planning and implementing innovative process- and IT solutions.

We are your reliable and competent partner in optimating and secure designing of your IT and business processes, adding value to your company. Furthermore, we train your employees in different disciplines, sensitising them for important issues like IT-Security.

www.samapartners.com

SAP is at the center of today’s technology revolution. The market leader in enterprise application software, SAP helps organizations fight the damaging effects of complexity, generate new opportunities for innovation and growth, and stay ahead of the competition.

Visit our corporate site to explore news, information for investors and analysts, career resources, SAP’s history, and more.

Visit our Global Corporate Site www.sap.com

SCHOTT is a leading international technology group in the areas of specialty glass and glass-ceramics. The company has more than 130 years of outstanding development, materials and technology expertise and offers a broad portfolio of high-quality products and intelligent solutions. SCHOTT is an innovative enabler for many industries, including the home appliance, pharma, electronics, optics, life sciences, automotive and aviation industries. SCHOTT strives to play an important part of everyone’s life and is committed to innovation and sustainable success. The group maintains a global presence with production sites and sales offices in 34 countries. With its workforce of approximately 15,000 employees, annual sales of approx. EUR 2 billion are generated. The parent company, SCHOTT AG, has its headquarters in Mainz (Germany) and is solely owned by the Carl Zeiss Foundation. As a foundation company, SCHOTT assumes special responsibility for its employees, society and the environment. www.schott.com
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Siemens AG (Berlin and Munich) is a global technology powerhouse that has stood for engineering excellence, innovation, quality, reliability and internationality for more than 165 years. The company is active in more than 200 countries, focusing on the areas of electrification, automation and digitalization. One of the world’s largest producers of energy-efficient, resource-saving technologies, Siemens is a leading supplier of efficient power generation and power transmission solutions and a pioneer in infrastructure solutions as well as automation, drive and software solutions for industry. The company is also a leading provider of medical imaging equipment – such as computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging systems – and a leader in laboratory diagnostics as well as clinical IT. In fiscal 2016, which ended on September 30, 2016, Siemens generated revenue of €79.6 billion and net income of €5.6 billion. At the end of September 2016, the company had around 351,000 employees worldwide.

Further information is available on the Internet at www.siemens.de
TE Connectivity is a global technology leader with 75,000 employees – including more than 7,000 engineers – working alongside customers in nearly 150 countries. Our commitment to innovation enables advancements in transportation, industrial applications, medical technology, energy, data communications, and the home. TE’s unmatched breadth of connectivity and sensor solutions, proven in the harshest of environments, helps build a safer, greener, smarter and more connected world. We help ensure that EVERY CONNECTION COUNTS. www.te.com
Deutsche Telekom is one of the world’s leading integrated telecommunications companies, with some 178 million mobile customers, 28 million fixed-network lines, and 20 million broadband lines. We provide fixed-network/broadband, mobile communications, Internet, and IPTV products and services for consumers, and information and communication technology (ICT) solutions for business and corporate customers. Deutsche Telekom is present in more than 50 countries. With a staff of some 216,000 employees throughout the world, we generated revenue of 75,7 billion Euros in the 2018 financial year, about 66 percent of it outside Germany. So that we can continue to be successful, we are already evolving from a traditional telephone company into an entirely new kind of service company. Our core business, i.e., the operation and sale of networks and connections, remains the basis. But at the same time we are proactively committing to business areas that open up new growth opportunities for us. www.telekom.com
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TU Kaiserslautern (TUK). Strong in research and embedded in an excellent network the TUK has gained a considerable reputation on a national and international level since its foundation in 1970.

www.tu-kl.de

TÜV SÜD is a premium quality, safety, and sustainability solutions provider that specialises in testing, inspection, auditing, certification, training, and knowledge services. Represented by more than 24,000 employees across 1000 locations worldwide, TÜV SÜD holds accreditations in Europe, the Americas, the Middle East, Asia and Africa. More information: www.tuv-sud.com

Within Digital Service TÜV SÜD offers Consulting, Testing and Certification services for Industrie 4.0. TÜV SÜD combines more than 150 years of industry expertise with state-of-the art digital knowledge.

www.tuv-sud.com

The “Lucian Blaga” University of Sibiu (LBUS) is one of the oldest Romanian higher education institutions and has currently over 16.000 students. The collaboration with SmartFactoryKL is done through the Engineering Faculty. Until now, the cooperation involved exchange of students and academic staff but also projects involving both Industrial Engineering and Computer Science department. www.ulbsibiu.ro

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As experienced experts we support our customers and partners around the world with products, solutions and services in the industrial environment of power, signal and data. We are at home in their industries and markets and know the technological challenges of tomorrow. We are therefore continuously developing innovative, sustainable and useful solutions for their individual needs. Together we set standards in Industrial Connectivity. The Weidmüller Group owns manufacturing plants, sales companies and representatives in more than 80 countries. In its fiscal year 2016 Weidmüller reached sales of 680,4 million Euros with 4,500 employees. www.weidmueller.com
Wibu-Systems is an innovative security technology leader in the global software licensing market. In its mission to offer the most secure, unique, and highly versatile technology, Wibu-Systems has developed CodeMeter®, a comprehensive, award-winning suite of hardware and software-based solutions for computers, embedded systems, mobile devices, PLCs, and microcontrollers that incorporate internationally patented processes dedicated to protecting the integrity of digital assets. Software publishers and intelligent device manufacturers can safeguard the intellectual property of their applications against illicit and fraudulent use, reverse engineering, and tampering attacks, and generate new digital business models fully integrated with ERP, CRM, and e-commerce platforms. www.wibu.com
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