Seven suppliers from mechanical engineering, industrial automation and software announced the foundation of the Open Industry 4.0 Alliance at the Hannover Messe 2019 trade fair. With this cooperation, the companies want to overcome proprietary solutions and give a boost to the digital transformation of the European industry.

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

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).