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Industry 4.0’s impact on the food and beverage industry

Tetra Pak discusses why food and beverage manufacturers should be seriously looking at adopting new technology in their plants.

Debra Schug

April 27, 2018

Tetra Pak recently hosted a webinar on Industry 4.0 and explained why it sees a tremendous opportunity Industry 4.0 poses to the food and beverage industry, including increased vigilance over food safety, improved productivity, improved quality assurance and a greater ability to manage complex global supply chains.

Smart Factory World Symposium looks at Manufacturing 4.0

Forcam’s day event discussed the imminent digital transformation in manufacturing.

Debra Schug

November 8, 2017

The future of US manufacturing was the center of discussion at Forcam's Smart Factory Symposium hosted at the Digital Manufacturing Design Innovation Institute in Chicago.

Manufacturing News

'Industry 4.0' network architecture relies on interconnectivity

Smart manufacturing technology allows for better collection, management of data

Wayne Labs

November 8, 2017

Plant networks are evolving toward "Industry 4.0," an architecture where everything is interconnected.

Editor's Note

Industry 4.0: What the food manufacturing industry can expect in 2017

Industry 4.0 is the fourth wave of manufacturing, moving operations into the digitial space.

Debra Schug

January 11, 2017

Industry 4.0 is truly a revolution, with new production methods on the horizon.

The future of food safety is in the cloud

TECH FLASH

CLPA, automation community team up for a transparent network infrastructure

As more automation users prepare for the arrival of Industry 4.0- or IIoT-based manufacturing systems, easy integration of various networks is essential.

Jeremy Gerrard

December 15, 2015

CLPA and PI aim to enable transparent, easy two-way communication between CC-Link IE and PROFINET devices through standardized interfaces.

Keep equipment online and operating at specification

Smart manufacturing is the core of the Center for Trends and Technology at PACK EXPO

September 4, 2015

In Europe, they call it Internet 4.0. In the US, the buzzword is “Internet of Things.” Whatever you call it, smart manufacturing is the future of industry, and it will be in the spotlight at PACK EXPO Las Vegas (Sept. 28–30; Las Vegas Convention Center).