First 'Smart Production' technology conference at Fendt

The first 'Smart Production' technology conference held in the Fendt Forum showed that the Bavarian Allgäu is well equipped to deliver digital and innovative technologies as an exciting business region for start-ups. Under the title "Future Technologies in the Manufacturing Industry", various companies presented and discussed the realisation of digitisation, big data, artificial intelligence, robotics and sensor technology. One of the start-ups there is developing artificial intelligence that can order goods pre-emptively through machine learning, while another company presented ways to adapt existing automotive production lines to meet the growing demand for individualisation. All the presentations reaffirmed that you can have all the innovation in the world, but you must never lose sight of the added value for the customer and your staff.

Most of the conference participants and exhibitors came from Munich and the Allgäu region but some had travelled over from Dortmund and Tyrol. Walter Kraus from Munich said, "I really enjoyed the conference. The presentations were exciting, but the highlight for me was the factory tour. I was very impressed by the VarioTakt, because manufacturing to a batch size of one requires a special degree of intelligence and, above all, sound internal logistics," said the freelance production management consultant.