The Lombardy region has ambitions to
become a world hub for manufacturing as part of the trend
towards Industry 4.0, it emerged during the Manufacturing Summit
held June 6-8 in northern Italy.
Industry 4.0 is a current trend of automation and data
exchange in manufacturing technologies, which represents "a
revolutionary step forward for all of society", the local head
of the Italian employers association Confindustria, Alberto
Ribolla, said.
The regional branch of Confindustria, the Milan polytechnic
university and the Lombardy regional government held the summit.
Small and medium-sized enterprises, international CEOs,
policy experts, unions, academics and EU institutions gathered
in Cernobbio for the 2017 Manufacturing Summit.
The summit was the launch of the improved World Manufacturing
Forum, which after four editions elsewhere will be held in
Lombardy starting next year.
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