News 2016

Digitization in Rhineland-Palatinate
At the event “ZIRP at 8”, Rhineland-Palatinate’s Prime Minister Malu Dreyer praised the SME 4.0 Competence Center at SmartFactoryKL as one of the highlight projects to implement

Best Paper Award
Received at the IFAC IMS2016 Workshop Prof. Dr.-Ing. Detlef Zühlke, Dr.-Ing. Dominic Gorecky, André Hennecke and Stephan Weyer (all from the German Research Center for

SmartFactoryKL and DFKI will exhibit at SPS IPC Drives
With their joint booth at SPS IPC Drives in Nuremberg (Germany), Europe’s leading expert trade fair for electric automation, the Technology Initiative SmartFactory KL e.V.

Kick-off of the EU project HyproCell
November 22, 2016 marked the kick-off of the EU-funded project HyproCell (Hybrid Production Cells), which SmartFactoryKL and several members are participating in – along with many other

National IT-Summit in Saarbrücken: Commitment to Digital Education
„Learning and acting in the digital world” – this was the motto of the German national IT Summit in Saarbrücken on November 17, 2016, where

Industrie 4.0 conference in Seoul
The conference “4th Industry Revolution” which took place in Seoul (Korea), from November 1-2, 2016, focused on “Changes of technology, industry and social trends with

Booth at the MuT Summit
Representing Technologie-Initiative SmartFactory KL e.V., Dr. Dominic Gorecky, Head of Research, gave two talks on the work of the technology initiative.

Implementing Industrie 4.0 into Lean Production
„Lean meets Industrie 4.0“ was the title of the TOP Transfer Forum which took place at Schaeffler AG in Herzogenaurach on September 27, 2016 and

Prof. Zühlke among Smart Industry’s TOP 50 Innovators of Digital Transformation
The latest edition of the US-based magazine Smart Industry features „The Smart Industry 50“, a collection of digital innovators already putting the concepts of the

Roundtable on Digitising Europe with Commissioner Oettinger and Prof. Zühlke
The European Commission hosted a roundtable chaired by EU-Commissioner Günther H. Oettinger on September 20, 2016 in Brussels. Representatives from politics and industry from all

2nd Industry of Things World Conference in Berlin
More than 900 representatives from industry and research are discussing the development of and implementation strategies for the industrial Internet of Things at the 2nd

Number of SmartFactoryKL members grows constantly
As a new member, the Boston Consulting Group joined the SmartFactoryKL. We are very happy, to welcome the world’s leading advisor on business strategy.

Prof. Zühlke at EU-Commissioner Günther Oettinger’s in Brussels
On the 27th of July professor Zühlke, chairman of the Executive Board Technology-Initiative SmartFactory KL e.V., Scientific Director, Innovative Factory systems DFKI and professor at

Weißes Haus gründet „Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute
Die Obama-Regierung hat die Gründung eines „Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institutes (SMII)“ bekanntgegeben. Dieses wird sich, in Zusammenarbeit mit dem US-amerikanischen Energieministerium, auf die forcierte Entwicklung

SmartFactoryKL attends the conference „Industrial Technologies“ 2016
From June 22 to 26, SmartFactoryKL will attend the conference „Industrial Technologies“ 2016 in Amsterdam. With his speech „Industry 4.0 – from vision to reality“, our employee

SmartFactoryKL with MiniTec at the trade show Automatica 2016
During the next week, the SmartFactoryKL will exhibit at the booth of MiniTec at the trade show Automatica in Munich. In hall A5, booth 324, we show

Prof. Dr. Detlef Zühlke holds a keynote during the Manufacturing Leadership Summit 2016
This year´s Manufacturing Leadership Summit took place in Carlsbad, California and was attended by more than 200 senior industry leaders. From 6 to 9 June,

Erste Veranstaltungen des Mittelstand 4.0-Kompetenzzentrum Kaiserslautern
Im Rahmen des Mittelstand 4.0-Kompetenzzentrum Kaiserslautern lädt Sie die SmartFactoryKL in ihrer Funktion als Konsortialführer herzlich zu den ersten Informationsveranstaltungen ein.

Kick-off des Mittelstand 4.0-Kompetenzzentrum Kaiserslautern
Mittelständische Unternehmen auf Ihrem Weg zur Digitalisierung begleiten. – Eine Aufgabe, der sich seit 01. April 2016 das Mittelstand 4.0-Kompetenzzentrum Kaiserslautern widmet. Der offizielle Kick-off

Admission of Mettler Toledo – Member number 45
Mettler Toledo joined the SmartFactoryKL as member number 45. The company is a leading global manufacturer of precision instruments and the world’s largest manufacturer and marketer of weighing instruments

Brief review on the Hannover Messe 2016
We are looking back on an eventful trade fair: this year’s Hannover Messe has ended last Friday, April 29, 2016, after five successful days.

47th member of SmartFactoryKL: Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) Europe
We´re very glad to welcome the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) Europe as our 47th member.

New member within the SmartFactoryKL´s Partner circle
We´re very pleased to announce that bridgingIT joint our Partner circle as its 46th member.

43rd Member of the SmartFactoryKL: Griesson – de Beukelaer
The SmartFactoryKL welcomes Griesson – de Beukelaer as 43rd member within the network.

iTAC Software AG – 42nd member of SmartFactoryKL
iTAC Software AG (Internet Technologies and Consulting) has joined the SmartFactoryKL as its 42nd member.

B&R – New member of SmartFactoryKL
We are very pleased to welcome Bernecker + Rainer Industrie Elektronik GmbH (B&R) as the 41st member of the SmartFactoryKL.

Prof. Dr. Detlef Zühlke – Ernennung zum Wissenstransferbotschafter des Landes Rheinland-Pfalz und zum Beirat der österreichischen FTI-Initiative
Die rheinland-pfälzische Ministerpräsidentin Malu Dreyer ernannte Prof. Zühlke nun zum „Transferbotschafter für den Potenzialbereich Produktionstechnik, Automation – Schwerpunkt Industrie 4.0“. Vorgeschlagen wurde dies durch Wissenschaftsministerin