Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) and Comau, a world-leading
company in industrial automation products, systems and solutions,
have signed a collaboration agreement to explore the potential of
5G through a series of projects related to the development of
innovative services and solutions on Industry 4.0 and smart
manufacturing, enabled by 5G technologies.
Through the combination of Ericsson's leadership
in 5G technologies and Comau's leadership in automated
manufacturing solutions, this collaboration aims to prove the
benefits of advanced Internet of Things (IoT) solutions for
industrial automation. Comau and Ericsson will leverage existing
and future 5G network technologies, IoT platforms, Cloud and Big
Data solutions, in order to enable innovative services, increased
competitiveness and efficiency for smart manufacturing, maintenance
and quality control.
The collaboration also aims to establish a strong
research and industrial community and an innovation ecosystem where
Comau and Ericsson, their customers, academia, public authorities
and other stakeholders may join and collaborate to boost ideas and
share resources, in order to showcase the benefits of advanced IoT
solutions for different applications.
Mauro Fenzi, CEO of Comau, a
company that has been committed to developing solutions for
Industry 4.0, focuses on the importance of the project: "Our
strategy to make more and more 'open industrial automation' and
easy-to-use technologies is enhanced by a new element, represented
by the agreement signed with Ericsson. This collaboration, and
especially the synergy that comes from the union of the know-how of
two great companies, enables us to develop the technological
infrastructures for the communication networks of the 'Factory
4.0', applying them directly in industrial plants while complying
to our fundamental values - security, speed and ease of use".
Nunzio Mirtillo, Head of Region
Mediterranean, Ericsson, says: "As the world becomes ever more
digitally and globally connected, industries are experiencing an
ICT-driven transformation. This collaboration with Comau is an
important milestone that can demonstrate how factories and
industrial plants can leverage on 5G potential. The use of 5G
technology offers extensive benefits to manufacturing processes,
having the capacity, reliability and security to enable remote
control and monitoring of processes. When connected to advanced
analytics solutions, it is also able to assist analyzing and
predicting faults and potential threats before they occur."
This new agreement is part of Ericsson's '5G for
Europe' initiative, a cross-industry 5G research and development
program involving a range of European markets such as Sweden,
Spain, Germany, Austria and Italy. With Ericsson as driver, the
program focuses on delivering research, innovation and industrial
pilots that use 5G networks combined with IoT and Cloud
technologies.
The agreement is also a part of Comau's
cross-industry IoT R&D program - 'Digital Workplace' - which
focuses on delivering research, innovation and industrial pilots
that use next-generation wireless and wired networks, combined with
IoT, artificial intelligence (AI), data analysis and visualization,
data management techniques and Cloud technologies.
Following this agreement, Comau has entered the
'5G for Italy Initiative', the cross-industry 5G research and
development programme launched by Ericsson together with TIM. Scope
of the initiative is to identify innovative solutions enabled by
the 5G technology within the Cloud Robotics and Security segments.
The final scope of the project is to enable a secure and reliable
cloud-based wireless monitoring solution to control and process
sensors data from robots and the plant in real time, applying
analytic functionalities based on encrypted processing and
providing feedback to the customers for preventive maintenance.
About COMAU
Comau, a member of the FCA Group,
is a worldwide leader in delivering advanced industrial automation
solutions that integrate products, technologies and services to
help companies of all sizes increase plant efficiency while
lowering operating costs and optimizing returns. Headquartered in
Turin, Italy, Comau has over 40 years of factory-proven experience,
and an international network of 34 locations, 15 manufacturing
plants and 5 innovation centers that span 17 countries and employ
more than 9,000 people. With a strong focus on innovation, Comau is
committed to developing competency through the formation of
individuals and groups as part of its open automation approach.
Comau is driving the future of production automation by engineering
lean and sustainable solutions and products. Its modular, flexible
and highly-configurable products can be tailored to meet the needs
of each individual customer. Through the continuous development of
products and services, Comau is able to lead the automation
industry in every phase of a project - from design, implementation
and installation, to production start-up and maintenance services.
Its comprehensive offering includes manufacturing and assembly
solutions, powertrain machining, robotics and asset maintenance
services for a wide range of industrial sectors.
www.comau.com
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