'The Future of Smart Manufacturing' Can Be Seen Here
Published2018.03.27 11:04A conference on presenting real-world cases centered on leading companies is in progress
The Smart Factory, Automation Industry Exhibition, an industrial automation exhibition that is now in its 29th year, will be held at COEX in Samseong-dong from March 28 to 30, 2018.
This exhibition, which comprehensively holds four exhibitions including Smart Factory Expo, AIMEX, Machine Vision Industry Exhibition, and Smart Sensor Expo, will see the participation of 480 companies, a 24% increase from the previous year, including companies related to traditional motion control, PLC, industrial IoT, smart sensors, and cyber-physical systems (CPS), and the organizers expect around 30,000 visitors to attend, officials said.
A look at the 2017 Automation World exhibition
This exhibition, which is being held under the theme of 'Future Factory Theme Composition by Manufacturing Industry', consists of actual operating smart factory models organized by manufacturing sector, allowing a realistic and specific view of the future of smart factories. In addition, a demonstration system that is linked to the Ansan Smart Factory, which actually operates the cloud and network, and starts production right away will be installed. This gives visitors the opportunity to see the product in action, rather than just an idea.
Additionally, more than 30 field-specific technology conferences will be held at this exhibition starting on the 28th.
In particular, at the Smart Factory Conference held on the 29th, there will be a presentation by Advisor Jang Young-cheol on Samsung Display’s vision for smart semiconductor factories as a leading domestic case. Next, President Hyung Won-jun will present on the topic of Doosan Heavy Industries’ factory smart vision. Park Mi-hwa, head of POSCO’s new business development office, will introduce domestic actual smart factory cases on the topic of ICT’s steel factory smartization.
In addition, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and the Ministry of SMEs and Startups will present the status of their smart factory policy implementation and their smart factory expansion and advancement strategies.
Many leading smart factory companies, including global industrial automation companies Siemens, Mitsubishi Electric Automation Korea, and ABB, are participating.
Dieter Schletterer, Vice President and Head of Digital Factory and Process Industry Drives at Siemens, said, “This exhibition will provide an opportunity to see real-life cases of digital enterprises for digital factories, including the process industry,” while Kazuhiko Moriguchi, General Manager of Mitsubishi Electric, said, “We will do our best to demonstrate the concept of Mitsubishi Electric’s e-Factory based on IoT.”
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