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State of Manufacturing & Industry Trends in Chicago, IL

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billion in 2023 to $12.5 billion in 2024, with significant growth in manufacturing and clean energy sectors. A partnership between World Business Chicago and the Illinois Manufacturing Excellence Center (IMEC) aims to equip small and mid-sized manufacturers with the tools to navigate evolving global dynamics and technological shifts.

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Universities partner with Made Smarter to deliver fast-track digital leadership programme for SME manufacturers

i4.0 today

Since its launch in 2023, the LDT programme has supported 54 participants in developing the skills to adopt and implement cutting-edge technologies within their operations. This builds on the success of Made Smarters earlier leadership initiative, which equipped 62 business leaders with essential digital capabilities between 2019 and 2023.

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Why companies need to stop postponing their Industry 4.0 transformation

Control Engineering

Learning Objectives Understand threats and lost opportunities associated with not embracing Industry 4.0 Implement three key Industry 4.0 technologies and hear about examples of the benefits of software (or digital) transformation, additive manufacturing and distributed manufacturing. Industry 4.0

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Are you Ready to Succeed in 2023?

Fabricating & Metal Work

The optimism regarding manufacturing is infectious as companies continue to embrace automation and robotics, digital manufacturing (Industry 4.0), and initiatives such as bringing manufacturing back (or plans to research a return) to the United States to prevent supply chain constraints. Implemented.”

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How Sensors Are Used to Enable Smart Factories and More Efficient Manufacturing

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With the high inflation, increasing labor costs, labor shortage, energy crisis, and hybrid working, the manufacturing industry experienced significant turmoil in 2022. Although some of these have started to get eased, 2023 is still expected to be a challenging year for the manufacturing industry.

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Digital Solutions Dominate TIMTOS

Modern Machine Shop

At TIMTOS 2023, digital manufacturing tools were at the forefront of many companies’ booth exhibits. Supporting this industry, which relies on extremely precise processes, is a robust machine tool industry that supplies everything from five-axis machining centers to precise grinding machines and EDMs.

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How sensors enable smart factories and more efficient manufacturing

Control Engineering

Although some of these have started to get eased, 2023 is still expected to be a challenging year for the manufacturing industry with many transitions ahead. One of the most interesting transitions in manufacturing is the trend toward digital transformation. Digital transformation, along with Industry 4.0,