The Pepperl+Fuchs Group is one of the leading companies for industrial sensor technology and explosion protection. As a company that has already helped shape understanding of Industry 4.0 by contributing to the Reference Architecture Model Industry 4.0 (RAMI), Pepperl+Fuchs and its subsidiary Neoception is showcasing the next stage of Manufacturing-X evolution at the Hannover Messe trade fair in Germany. Several exhibits with interlinked content at Stand D76, Hall 9, demonstrate the intelligent use of different technologies and standards to create continuous digital collaboration within a data ecosystem. With the Manufacturing-X initiative, the Industry 4.0 platform is creating a sovereign data space across industries and companies - with the aim of enabling multilateral cooperation along supply chains and taking digital value creation processes to a new level.

Implementing and utilising an Asset Administration Shell (AAS) as a key component for integrating objects and assets into digital value-added networks lies at the heart of this application-driven concept. The demonstration ranges from discrete medium-sized production environments to corporate structures in the process industry. Interested parties can visit the Pepperl+Fuchs exhibition stand to learn more about the various aspects of digital information access and the digital infrastructure required for this.