Siemens and the Fraunhofer Institute have developed a faster production process based on selective laser melting (SLM). By Dipl-Ing Jeroen Risse, Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT

Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Siemens’ product lifecycle management (PLM) software business and BSH Hausgeräte, the largest home appliance manufacturer in Europe, have agreed to strengthen their relationship to enhance PLM software for specific industry needs.

Singapore: Siemens recently launched its Digital Factory Manufacturing Design Consultancy, which aims to assist companies to assess the current state of their facilities, and thereafter structure an Industry 4.0 transformation roadmap to digitalise their factories. The ceremony was officiated by Minister for Trade and Industry (Industry) Mr S Iswaran, and Siemens AG chief executive officer Joe Kaeser.

Inefficiencies need to be ironed out before introducing the concept of the Digital Twin and what this means for the way goods are created and produced. By Siemens PLM Software, Aaron Frankel, senior marketing director manufacturing engineering software and Jan Larsson, senior marketing director EMEA

Disruptive technologies today look to change the landscape of manufacturing because it demands an entirely new mind set towards procurement strategies an eventually the overall business framework. By Guo Tao, NX Product Marketing Manager of Asia Pacific, Siemens PLM Software

Siemens has acquired a majority stake of 85 percent in UK-based Materials Solutions, which deals with additive manufacturing processing and production.

Japanese company Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is looking to reduce costs at its steel-making equipment venture, Primetals Technologies, with Germany’s Siemens AG in the face of a steel glut in world markets.

A partnership aimed at increasing software interoperability  was signed by Autodesk and Siemens.

The additive manufacturing (AM) wave continues to prove unstoppable even with the less than ideal economic climate.

Siemens has introduced the Sinema Remote Connect and Scalance S615 as part of its Industrie 4.0 offerings.

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