EXHIBITION PREVIEW EMO 2019 HANOVER, GERMANY, 16-21 SEPTEMBER – WWW.EMO-HANNOVER.DE
Smart gathering
Europe’s largest metalcutting-focused manufacturing technology show, EMO, takes place this September
in Hanover. Across 18 halls, some 2,100+ exhibitors will be showing their wares to an anticipated
audience of around 130,000 visitors. But the event’s nature is changing; it’s becoming less about
hardware and more about connecting it and making it work more effectively. Andrew Allcock has more
EMO shows are held every other year,
with a current cycle of Germany-
Germany-Italy operating. Germany-held
EMO shows especially are a major event as
so much of Europe’s’ machine tool industry
can be found in that country. And that
industry is keen to showcase its latest
developments on home soil. But, today,
that doesn’t automatically mean hardware
developments, of course. More and more
the innovation resides in software,
networked technology/people and data
collection/analysis – Industry 4.0 or the
Smart Factory. As the organiser said at a
pre-show event: “EMO Hanover will be
addressing one of the biggest challenges
facing the industry with its ‘Smart
technologies driving tomorrow’s
production!’ theme.”
Says Christoph Miller, director
exhibitions, VDW (German Machine Tool
Builders’ Association): “What is decisive for
intelligent factories is the comprehensive
networking of people, plants and business
processes along the entire value chain.”
Networking in industry is gaining
momentum much faster because greater
processor power is now available, which
makes the processing of large amounts of
data possible. According to estimates by
the international market research institute
Sandvik
Coromant will
be highlighting
its connected
cutting tool
solutions
International Data Corporation, 30 billion
private and industrial ‘endpoints’ could be
networked worldwide by 2020, the event
organiser adds.
Smart technologies are the key to
greater productivity, better quality and more
exibility, which are established goals for
production technology developments.
Digitalisation and intelligent factory
networking allows for process monitoring or
predictive maintenance, which can now go
one step further with self-learning machines
based on smart data and data analysis.
These create the basis for new business
models like the platform economy (apps,
services), allowing customers and providers
to boost ef ciency.
The top priority of almost every EMO
exhibitor is to offer creative new solutions.
New Industry 4.0 concepts are emerging in
all areas: for machines, components,
controls, measuring systems and material
ows. “We are convinced that EMO Hanover
2019 will be a hotspot for new offerings
and solutions for the smart factory,”
Miller asserts.
Although many exhibition stands will
have some sort of Industry 4.0 offer, the
show will have speci c dedicated areas.
The rst is an ‘IoT in Production’ area,
reserved for exhibitors in the elds of
control technology, software and
automation technology. Established control
manufacturers such as Beckhoff, Bosch,
FANUC, Heidenhain and Siemens will be
found there, as well as platform
consortiums such as Adamos and Axoom.
In addition to those manufacturing industry
names, Miller says the exhibits here will
span a wider section of technology
suppliers: “We know that this exhibition
area also offers a highly attractive
environment for IT providers such as IBM,
HP, GE, SAP, Microsoft Oracle, Telekom
Strong global position – CECIMO,
which brings together 15 national
machine tool builder associations that
represent approximately 1,500 industrial
enterprises in Europe, says that output
from its membership grew by 9% in 2018,
reaching a record €27.5 billion. Global
output grew at just 1% to reach €79.7
billion. Europe produces 35% of all
machine tools globally.
www.machinery.co.uk @MachineryTweets August 2019 15
/WWW.EMO-HANNOVER.DE
/www.machinery.co.uk