September 28, 2017

On 28 September 2017, a workshop on "Industry 4.0 for SMEs" took place in Worcester, MA at WPI (Worcester Polytechnic Institute). Over 10 small and medium sized enterprises with a total of 16 people participated in this workshop in the historic Higgins House. In the meeting, hosted by Prof. Chris Brown (WPI) and Visiting Researcher Dr. Erwin Rauch (Free University of Bolzano, Italy), the requirements of SMEs regarding new and modern Industry 4.0 concepts were discussed in form of an interactive workshop.

September 26, 2017

On 26 September 2017, the second workshop on "Industry 4.0 for SMEs" took place in Leoben, at the Chair of Industrial Logistics.  In all.  6 small and medium sized enterprises with a total of 160 people participated in this workshop.  Prof. Zsifkovits (MUL) and his team discusedd the requirements of SMEs regarding Industry 4.0 - the challenges and barriers.