Industry 4.0

摘要

Industry plays a central role in the European economy: It contributes 15 % to overall value added and accounts for 80 % of innovations and 75 % of exports. When taking into account industry-related services as well, industry is the engine of Europe's social economy. But the manufacturing sector has been under more and more pressure lately. Due to its declining competitiveness in the face of new market players -particularly from Asia - jobs have been lost in established markets such as the UK (-29 )%France (-20 %) and Germany (-8 %) over the past 10 years.