AT PRODUCTRONICA,the Machines Did the Talking

摘要

Messe International Fairgrounds in Munich, home to Produc-tronica, is the largest electronics manufacturing trade show outside Asia, with more than 44,000 visitors attending the four-day event. Colocated with SemiCon Europe, the show fills nearly eight halls, each the size of an airplane hangar. All the major players in every aspect of electronics assembly production attend, as well as hundreds of smaller companies. As Industry 4.0 continues its ramp, a distinct emphasis on machine-to-machine and factory-wide communication has emerged. Many equipment vendors, especially the larger ones, emphasized their ties to one or more of the various communication protocols under development.