The Smart Manufacturing exhibition area at HANNOVER MESSE is all about intelligent and sustainable production. In seven halls, companies from all over the world will showcase how state-of-the-art technologies, components, integrated Industrie 4.0 solutions, and artificial intelligence help make production processes even more effective and sustainable in order to stay competitive globally.

Kistler is showcasing its latest plastic injection-moulding, assembly and testing measurement solutions for the MedTech industry at the 2025 MD&M West show. The products help manufacturers to achieve a zero-defect production throughout the manufacturing value chain, from part production to final assembly.

Lenzing Filtration was tasked with supplying its customer, a Chinese manufacturer, with systems for the hazardous production of Polymer Methylene Diphenyl Diisocyanate (MDI). However, the supplied automated backflush filtration systems required ATEX-certified explosion-proof motor and drive systems that could withstand the formidable rigours of such an environment. This is where WEG Gear Systems, a subsidiary of the motors and drives specialist WEG, stepped in with a bespoke solution tailored to meet exacting safety standards.

Petitpierre, the Swiss specialist for high-precision technology, has developed sophisticated applications with which micromechanical components can be cleaned and measured precisely during the production process. MVTec HALCON supplies the appropriate machine vision algorithms for this.

A food packaging machinery manufacturer trusts ReeR Safety to meet the demanding reliability and performance requirements of machines which perform high-speed processing tasks between a slicer and a thermoforming machine.

Join the experts at Pilz for a brand new training course: Robotic Safety and Integration.

Rockwell Automation has published its 2024 Sustainability Report, which highlights the company's sustainability strategy, outcomes, and progress to help build sustainable customers, a sustainable company, and sustainable communities.

Some of Britain's best-known companies set to showcase the amazing career opportunities on offer in the manufacturing sector, with National Manufacturing Day 2025.

NORD DRIVESYSTEMS' sustainability strategy for 2025 focuses on acting in an environmentally conscious, responsible and integer manner. A cross-divisional team as well as the management and owners are part of the implementation. Besides NORD's products, it includes four further fields of action.