Amid all the technology supplier partnerships, a number of organizations focused on the modernization of industrial manufacturing also work closely together, such as the Industrial Internet Consortium and the Trusted IoT Alliance and the Open Industry 4.0 Alliance. Now comes news that Germany’s Industrie Plattform 4.0 and the U.S.’s CESMII are working together on the digital transformation of manufacturing.
John Dyck, CEO of CESMII.Industrie Plattform 4.0 supports German companies with use cases and recommendations for action on the implementation of Industrie 4.0 and includes more than 350 members from more than 150 organizations. CESMII is the United States’ national institute on Smart Manufacturing, driving cultural and technological transformation and secure industrial technologies as national imperatives; it is funded by Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Advanced Manufacturing Office.