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During the Hannover Messe trade fair 2016, Plattform Industrie 4.0 presented the results achieved during the past year. In addition to the platform’s own exhibition stand at the trade fair and the presentation of its map at the stand of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, the platform was able to share its knowledge during several events, delegation visits and other expert discussions. Plattform Industrie 4.0 would like to thank all platform partners, members, supporters and visitors for an eventful, inspiring and enriching week at the trade fair. Here are some impressions:
Group of visitors at the trade stand of Plattform Industrie 4.0
Visit of the Japanese delegation to Plattform Industrie 4.0’s stand within the context of the 10th German-Japanese Economic Forum during the trade fair. From left: Uwe Beckmeyer (Parliamentary State Secretary at BMWi), Marcus Schürmann (German Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Japan), Takeshi Yagi (Ambassador of Japan in Germany), Prof. Dr. Peter Post (Festo AG & Co. KG)
Visit of the delegation of the United Arab Emirates in front of the Industrie 4.0 demonstrator at the stand of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs.
Future dialogue “Industrie 4.0 – Digital Transformation made in Germany” on Tuesday 26 April featuring Federal Minister for Education and Research Johanna Wanka
Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy Sigmar Gabriel during the future dialogue “Industrie 4.0 – Digital Transformation made in Germany” on Tuesday, 26 April
Photo session with management representatives of Plattform Industrie 4.0.0. IIn the photo (from left to right): Reinhard Clemens (Deutsche Telekom), Dr. Eberhard Veit (formerly Festo AG), Sigmar Gabriel (BMWi), Prof. Dr. Johanna Wanka (BMBF), Prof. Dr. Reimund Neugebauer (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft), Jörg Hofmann (IG Metall), Prof. Dr. Siegfried Russwurm (Siemens AG)
High level panel: International Co-operation - Industry 4.0 and Industrial Internet on the first day of the trade fair. In the photo from left to right: Prof. Dr. Siegfried Russwurm (Siemens AG); State Secretary Matthias Machnig (Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy); Ken Fouhy (Moderator, VDI publisher); Bruce Andrews (Department of Commerce, USA) Harel Kodesh (Industrial Internet Consortium)
Testbed live – An introduction to Industrie 4.0 on the first day of the trade fair at the Industrie 4.0 forum. From left to right: Henning Banthien (moderator, Head of office Plattform Industrie 4.0), Thomas Hahn (Association 'Labs Network Industrie 4.0'), Prof. Dr.-Ing. Thomas Bauernhansl (Director of the Fraunhofer-Institut for production technology and automation), Prof. Berend Denkena (skills centre ‘Mittelstand 4.0-Kompetenzzentrum Hannover’).
from left: Dr. Wolfgang Scheremet (German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy), Henning Banthien (Plattform Industrie 4.0), Hiroshi Fukushima (Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry), Hiroshi Hasegawa (Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry), Tomoaki Kubo (Robot Revolution Initiative)
Visit of the Japanese delegation to Plattform Industrie 4.0’s stand within the context of the 10th German-Japanese Economic Forum during the trade fair.
State Secretary Matthias Machnig visits Plattform Industrie 4.0’s stand at the trade fair. In the photo from left to right: Janina Henning (Plattform Industrie 4.0); Henning Banthien (Plattform Industrie 4.0); State Secretary Matthias Machnig (Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy)
