"2016 Taiwan-Germany Productivity 4.0 Forum" Pushes Industry Toward Productivity 4.0

Productivity 4.0 Taiwan and Germany stride forward together. With the cooperation of the Industrial Development Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and the German Economic Office, the "2016 Taiwan-Germany Productivity 4.0 Forum" introduced the latest trends to Taiwanese businesses. German Industry 4.0 giants were invited to share Germany's experience and trends in Industry 4.0, including Siemens, Bosch Rexroth and others; on the domestic side, Inventec, Fair Friend Group and other demonstration and observation factories passed on the benefits of Productivity 4.0 through their successful experience.

At the same time, at the "2016 Taiwan-Germany Productivity 4.0 Forum," the Productivity 4.0 Promotion Office of the Ministry of Economic Affairs also signed a memorandum of cooperation with Siemens to carry out Taiwan-Germany exchanges in talent, technology and business opportunities, actively assisting Taiwan's industries with concrete actions to respond to future market competition and challenges and enter a new wave of manufacturing revolution. Shen Jong-chin, Deputy Minister of Economic Affairs, stated that in response to the international wave of Industry 4.0, our country has drafted the "Productivity 4.0 Development Plan," which will combine Taiwan's ICT capabilities with sensors and key independent human-machine collaboration technologies to establish intelligent production equipment and management systems, and apply them with added value in manufacturing.

The Productivity 4.0 Promotion Office of the Ministry of Economic Affairs signed a memorandum of cooperation with Siemens. The cooperation projects that Taiwan and Germany will complete in the future include, in terms of talent: introducing Siemens' original cyber-physical integration courses, and planning future overseas training to cultivate seed instructors, spreading Productivity 4.0 technology to industry; in terms of technology: through bilateral cooperation, assisting in the establishment of multi-point demonstration lines that will provide comprehensive demonstration production lines that integrate Taiwan's local technological elements, have educational functions and can actually operate; in addition, in terms of business opportunities: assisting in building a long-term exchange mechanism between Taiwan and Germany, creating a Productivity/Industry 4.0 communication platform for both sides, and jointly assisting Taiwanese businesses in expanding into emerging markets in the Asia-Pacific region.