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What are the benefits of Industry 4.0?

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  • Session
  • Tuesday, 04 April 2017
  • 09:4 - 09:4
  • Duration: 3 mins
  • Publication date: 11 Jul 2018
  • Location: Conference, Manchester Central Convention Complex, Manchester , United Kingdom
  • Part of event Industry 4.0 2017

About the session

Often referred to as the Fourth Industrial Revolution, Industry 4.0 is set to transform UK manufacturing industry, embedding latest technologies and data analytics within manufacturing plants and processes across the world. 

In this series of short clips, leading experts Lynne McGregor (Innovate UK), Sam Turner (High Value Manufacturing Catapult), Asif Moghal (Autodesk), Ben Peace (The Knowledge Transfer Network), Naomi Climer (IET Past President), Mike Loughran (Rockwell Automation), Jeremy Hadall (The Manufacturing Technology Centre & Chairman, IET Design & Production Sector Executive) and Graham Philp (GAMBICA) give their thoughts on the benefits that Industry 4.0 can bring. 

When comes to Industry 4.0. (aka digital manufacturing) taking initial small steps can be just as effective in helping business to embrace new ways of working and the suite of new technologies which can really help to improve your products, your processes, and ultimately your profits!

These interviews were filmed at the UK’s Industry 4.0 Summit www.industry40summit.com one of the most important dates within the annual calendar for UK manufacturing. 

The IET is proud to champion digital transformation within manufacturing industry.

www.theiet.org/design-production 

Keywords:
  • 3D printing
  • IIot
  • analytics
  • applied visualisation
  • artficiall intelligence
  • augmented reality
  • automation
  • connectivity
  • data
  • digital
  • manufacturing
  • robotics
  • virtual reality

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Manufacturing

Speakers

  • LM

    Lynne McGregor

    Innovate UK, Innovation Lead for Manufacturing and Materials

    Lynne McGregor has been with Innovate UK for over four years and specialisesin the take up and innovation of digital tools and approaches in manufacturing.Prior to this, Lynne spent eight years at Imperial Innovations, providing incubationservices for start-up companies, leading seed investment rounds, and serving onspin-out company boards, where she helped troubleshoot early stage challengesin these companies.
  • ST

    Professor Sam Turner

    High Value Manufacturing Catapult, Chief Technology Officer

    Sam Turner joined the HVM Catapult team in December 2016 from his roleas CTO of the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) with Boeing,where he worked on a range of projects and capabilities including the flagshipdigital facility Factory 2050, machining, casting and composites technology. Asa founding member of the AMRC, Sam developed the AMRC’s Machining Groupto its current level of 85 staff and £5M turnover, with successes in deliveringimpact to UK industry, before moving into the CTO role.In addition to his industrial work, Sam has secured Innovate UK, EPSRCand EU funding of more than £20M for manufacturing R&D in machiningand automation. He has written over 40 publications, including 16 journalpapers in the area of machining
  • AM

    Asif Moghul

  • BP

    Ben Peace

    The Knowledge Transfer Network

  • NC

    Naomi Climer

    IET Past President

  • ML

    Mike Loughran

    Rockwell Automation, Architecture & Software Busine, Solution Architect

  • JH

    Jeremy Hadall

    The Manufacturing Technology Centre & Chairman, IET Design & Production Sector Executive
  • GP

    Graham Philp

    GAMBICA

  • NC

    Naomi Climer

    IET Past President

  • ML

    Mike Loughran

    Rockwell Automation, Architecture & Software Busine, Solution Architect

  • LM

    Lynne McGregor

    Innovate UK, Innovation Lead for Manufacturing and Materials

    Lynne McGregor has been with Innovate UK for over four years and specialisesin the take up and innovation of digital tools and approaches in manufacturing.Prior to this, Lynne spent eight years at Imperial Innovations, providing incubationservices for start-up companies, leading seed investment rounds, and serving onspin-out company boards, where she helped troubleshoot early stage challengesin these companies.
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