The annual Hannover industrial exhibition was held in Hannover, Germany recently. This year's Hannover industrial exhibition attracted nearly 6000 exhibitors from over 50 countries and regions. With the theme of "integrated industry - interconnection and collaboration", the exhibition focuses on the most advanced topics of artificial intelligence and digitalization, and draws the future development direction for the manufacturing industry.

Many new trends and new points of view

Robot technology is a traditional sight of Hannover industrial exhibition. With the increasing application of robot technology in manufacturing industry, the market of robot products has been expanding. This year, exhibitors have launched many new products that are small and highly cooperative.

With the continuous popularization and application of 3D printing technology in various industries, the technology has become an indispensable production pillar in manufacturing industry from the manufacturing of prototype products to the important tool of mass production. This year, the latest 3D printing technology at Hannover industrial exhibition has become an important force for further development of the manufacturing industry.

Digitalization and informatization are inevitable trends in the development of manufacturing industry. With the popularization and deepening of the application of big data in various industries, data processing in industrial production has become an important part of the development of the industry in the future. The platform of IOT focuses on the generation, collection, transmission and analysis of manufacturing data, which is of great significance for the operation and optimization of business models.

With the continuous maturity of technology, the demand for AI technology in the industrial field will become an inevitable trend for the development of manufacturing industry in the future. From the interconnection of production process to the machine with independent learning ability, "smart factory" will make industrial production more intelligent and efficient. Manufacturing industry's huge demand for new technologies such as artificial intelligence will provide an exceptionally wide market prospect for information technology enterprises.

In this industry exhibition, information security has attracted wide attention.  With the continuous development of industrial digitalization and informatization, the safety of data and information of enterprises has become an important factor in maintaining competitiveness. If the information security is seriously neglected before, with the wide application of the IOT platform and artificial intelligence in the industrial field, the information security in this field will also be the focus of the future enterprise.

The electric vehicle industry has become a benchmark for defining the future development of the automotive industry. How to build an efficient and convenient infrastructure for the construction of electric vehicles has become a key link in the development of the industry. We are in the midst of two great changes, the industrial revolution and the energy revolution. Al-attiya, a member of the ABB group board, said.

The trend of industrial intelligence

Digitalization and informatization are constantly filling every corner of people's daily life, and at the same time, the manufacturing industry is pushed to a new stage. In addition to hardware, software has increasingly become an important part of industrial production. Software vendors play an increasingly important role in industrial production. Traditional machinery manufacturing enterprises have begun to gradually layout the research and application of supporting software for industrial production.

One of the themes of this year's Hannover Expo is how to integrate the already digitized production process. It is easy to see that the exhibitors are more diversified this year. In addition to traditional manufacturing enterprises, more and more information technology enterprises have become a major attraction of this industry exhibition. With the deep integration of industrial production and information technology, the relationship between the information technology industry and manufacturing industry is becoming more and more closely related. In the field of Internet of things and AI, manufacturing will rely more heavily on information technology.

Industry experts believe that the trend of industrial intelligence is irresistible. The development of digitalization and informatization has become the foundation and prerequisite for industrial intelligence. With the advancement of industrial intelligence, more and more industries and enterprises will participate in the manufacturing industry, forming a more complex and highly integrated value chain. This process requires coordinated division of labor and comprehensive cooperation among industries, which will provide more market opportunities for different countries in their rapidly developing fields.

German artificial intelligence challenges

Although the integration of artificial intelligence and industry is an important topic of discussion at the exhibition, this transformation is also a difficult task for the developed Germany. A survey shows that 90% of German manufacturing enterprises hope to use AI technology in production in the next 3 years. According to estimates, once manufacturing enterprises start using artificial intelligence technology, German manufacturing output will increase by 60 billion euros. At this Industrial Expo, Merkel, the German Chancellor, announced that it would integrate the R & D resources of artificial intelligence, strengthen coordination and coordination, and form a joint force to participate in the international competition in the field of artificial intelligence.

The general manager of BOSCH group, Hal Teng, said that the development of digitalization and informatization in manufacturing industry needs the full support of the government, society and enterprises. For example, for the vital data transmission of intelligent factory, high-speed and stable 5G network is very important. The government should create a policy environment conducive to the development of Digitalization for enterprises.

Many representatives of the participating German enterprises also expressed to reporters that the German government and the community will be able to increase investment in the construction of digital information infrastructure and provide support for the important fields of future industrial development, such as artificial intelligence.

However, concerns about risks in the digital process may become an obstacle to future industrial digitalization. A media survey shows that only 42% of Germans believe that digitalization means more opportunities for manufacturing, and 54% of respondents believe that the risk of digitalization is greater.

It is easy to see from the current Hannover Expo that many manufacturing enterprises still have some doubts about the application of AI technology. For example, there is no more comprehensive solution in man-machine collaboration and energy management. At the same time, many enterprises believe that "industrial 4" has been put forward for several years, but many manufacturing enterprises are not implementing well. It remains to be seen whether the conditions for large-scale promotion of AI are ripe in this case.

The survey also shows that only 14% of Germany's enterprises are ready to apply AI technology to production practice. Less than half of the nearly 900 engineers interviewed said their management at the company had a positive attitude towards the introduction of AI technology. At present, only 23% of German enterprises are developing strategies for AI applications.

Chinese enterprises focus on new technology

China is still a big exhibitor at this year's Hannover industrial exhibition. Many enterprises in the field of digital information have become the focus of attention. HUAWEI, as a leading communications company in China, has provided a wealth of industrial digital solutions for the manufacturing industry at this exhibition. Zhang Lin, President of HUAWEI Western Europe business, said that in the process of deep integration of industries, industrial transformation has raised an unprecedented higher demand for digitization. 

At present, HUAWEI has been actively involved in various fields of manufacturing, and has launched a full range of cooperation with partners in the field of Internet of things, cloud computing, eLTE, 5G and other new technologies, such as the Internet of cars, the Internet of ladder, all connected factories, intelligent logistics, predictive maintenance and so on. Citroen group, Spanish Telecom, Munich Airport, industrial Internet industry alliance, Avnu alliance, Schneider electric and so on have become HUAWEI's partners.

Haier group has displayed its own COSMOPlat production platform at the industrial exhibition, which has aroused the interest of visitors. COSMOPlat has created a customized model of customer full process participation, and presents a complete industrial Internet Ecosystem, which also represents the inevitable trend of future manufacturing development. At present, many European enterprises have chosen Haier COSMOPlat as their platform for intelligent manufacturing.

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