Outlining the Future Industrial Landscape with Real-world Applications

The new round of industrial revolution is flourishing, and global digital transformation in industry is advancing rapidly. At the Hannover Messe, known as the “barometer of world industrial development,” more and more ideas and visions about digital industry and intelligent manufacturing are turning into real-world applications. In 2019, artificial intelligence (AI) and fifth-generation mobile communication technology (5G) applications were particularly prominent.

Founded in 1947, Hannover Messe is the world’s largest industrial exhibition and the origin of Germany’s “Industry 4.0.” In 2011, Germany introduced this concept for the first time at the Messe, aiming to digitize and smarten up industries by integrating different technologies and elements, nurturing an intelligent value chain covering the entire product lifecycle. This aims to make flexible personalized production the new standard, reduce resource consumption, and significantly improve economic efficiency. For the past eight years, Hannover Messe has been focusing on the “integrated industry,” where “integration” is the core feature of the new industrial revolution. Industrial design, planning, production, logistics, and services, combined with information and communication technology, have given rise to various applications in different scenarios. Companies worldwide are attempting to innovate and “play” with combinations.

Since its establishment in 1999, the China International Industry Fair has undergone more than 20 years of innovative development and has become the most influential and authoritative international industrial exhibition in the Asia-Pacific region. Over the past 20 years, the China International Industry Fair has provided a significant platform for showcasing, exchanging, and trading industrial enterprises and technologies for both Chinese and global industries. In 2015, the “Made in China 2025” plan was launched, defining the development path for the digitization, networking, and intelligence of Chinese manufacturing. With the theme of “Intelligent, Interconnected, Empowering Industry New Development,” the China International Industry Fair deeply integrates high-end intelligent equipment, automation and robotics, industrial Internet, artificial intelligence, and digital factories, presenting them perfectly to various sectors of the manufacturing industry.

Thanks to the real-world applications of a series of cutting-edge technologies such as artificial intelligence, 5G, and edge computing, the future industry is steadily moving towards large-scale flexible production, fully transparent production, distributed production, and intelligent automated production. From product design and manufacturing to transportation and services, the global industrial chain will be reshaped. Benefiting from the vast development prospects of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, the South China International Industrial Fair was born.

As a series of exhibitions of the world’s two largest and most influential industrial events, the South China International Industrial Fair, based on the high position of future industry, accurately focuses on Chinese intelligent manufacturing. It will showcase the latest technologies and solutions in the entire industry, including automation, machine vision and industrial robotics technology, new-generation information technology and digital factory solutions, metal processing and laser manufacturing technology, energy conservation and industrial supporting, new materials, and more. It will perfectly present the effective integration of innovative technologies and products in the smart industrial chain.