Automation & Controls - A&C TODAY the magazine for automation.
The fourth industrial revolution will most likely progress through gradual evolution, rather than the sudden cataclysmic disruption of a Brexit event, by contrast. Whether you label it Industry 4.0 or the IIoT - Industrial Internet of Things, the central idea is to reduce the cost of manufacturing through the merging of information and operations technologies. “Changing assets into intellectual networks of output” the key driver is the requirement for fully industrialised nations to manufacture competitively against emerging regions like India, China and Southeast Asia, where the labour cost component is still relatively cheap by comparison.
IMTS 2016 third biggest show for registration and exhibit space, showcased highest number of exhibitors in history, A&C TODAY magazine were media invitee to feature the trade show review. “IMTS has grown not only in size, but in the overall scope of manufacturing.
