Nanda Automation Technology is dedicated to the independent research, development & manufacture of leading edge industrial control products with reliable performance, excellent quality and advanced technology. Products with completely independent intellectual property rights include Programmable Logic Controller, HMI, frequency inverter, configuration software and so on. The company is specialized in providing users of all industries with integrated solutions to the automation products. In the meantime, the company devotes to the development of enterprie management & control integral platform through close combined efforts with research institutes and industry users.

Mass Automation provides innovative solutions for the design, and manufacture of new application specific automation machinery, and for retrofitting existing equipment to make it more cost effective and/or perform new operations.

IBHsoftec is specialized in development and production of automation solutions for industry. Their primary field is PLC technology, focusing on PLC programming systems and SoftPLC solutions. In this environment all substantial developments of the past years are settled. The spectrum reaches from OPC UA Server, over SoftPLC solutions, debuggers and simulators, from comfortable programming systems for Step5 and Step7 PLCs, up to special network solutions for the linkage of PC and PLC components.

MPDV is one of the leading suppliers of Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES). They offer solutions for competitive businesses with innovative and sophisticated MES systems of high quality and a broad range of services. Year founded: 1977

Rethink Robotics is a new kind of robotics company, and their mission is to create a new kind of manufacturing robot. One that introduces robotics into processes that manufacturers have never been able to cost-effectively automate. One that uses common sense to perform a wide range of tasks and vastly improve productivity. And one that safely works side by side with its human counterparts, who are able to train it with no programming or engineering expertise. Year founded: 2008

DTSL Group is a leading 3D printing solution provider in Hong Kong who provides a full suite of 3D printing and scanning solutions for designers, architects, students and hobbyists to enable them to see, hold and test their ideas in real space. With a variety of products and solutions ranging from entry-level to professional grade, end-users can experience the latest cutting-edge technologies and unleash their unlimited creativity. DTSL also offer professional and tailor-made technical consultancy, hassle-free post-sales support and 3D printing service to various industries, including higher education, K12, design and manufacturing.

The strength and foundation of Elmodis rest on the professionals of various fields of expertise, who have been building the company based on an innovative idea of its founders, since 2015. Engineers Artur Hanc and Marcin Święch in their several-years-long careers have developed various types of solutions for industry in the field of machine diagnostics and monitoring. The technology which they have created together, bearing in mind the large market of electrically-driven industrial machines, has become successful and gave rise to Elmodis company.

Dimension Automation is an industrial automation company focus on serving industries like machinery, automotive, food and beverage, packaging, energy management, chemistry and smart building. The company is dedicated to provide solutions for motion control, process control and digital automation products.

The proposed MES architecture is based on the Internet of Things (IoT), completely linking all resources and the manufacturing companies' security needs. Consequently, shop floor and IT clouds should be separated. In order for the machine level to reap benefits from cloud technologies, a specific modification known as the edge cloud or fog, was employed. The central instance, the Edge Gateway, connects the edge cloud with the IT cloud. Therefore, shop floor components can communicate with each other in real time and the IT cloud can retrieve and manage the data. IT support in production plays a key role for Integrated Industry (Industry 4.0). In order to cover future production processes new standards and functions are required, which will especially affect MES applications. MPDV introduces a concept for the Manufacturing Execution System (MES) of the future MES 4.0.

The company wants to change that reality with its smart collaborative robots like Baxter and Sawyer that can easily work with humans and adapt to real-world variability and imperfections. A collaborative robot, as Rethink's engineers define it, is intended to work interactively in a people-compatible way. Unlike traditional robots, Baxter learns by training, not by programming.

Elmodis system enables machine manufacturers to reduce the costs of guarantee repairs and improve their products. End users, on the other hand, have access to significant information regarding the machine operation and possible occurrence of any failures. This enables prevention of unscheduled outages, reduction of machine operating costs and, consequently, increases the availability of the entire machine stock.

Industry 4.0 or Industrial Internet of Things has been a big focus for Dimension Automation. Based on the Industry 4.0 standard, the company has developed several products for different industries and gained several patents.

DC Automation, Klinkmann Automation, Telestar s.r.l.

Adidas, Alstom, Johnson Controls

Cornell Dubilier, John Deere, Rapid-Line Inc, Schneider Electric, Stenner Pump

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Martech Plus, Eplan, Damel,Owent, Ponar