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Panasonic, Siemens to cooperate in electronics industry automation

HANNOVER, April 28, 2016

Panasonic and Siemens recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to increase cooperation between the two companies in the field of automation concepts for the electronics industry.

The MoU was signed during the ongoing Hannover Messe event, by Hiroyuki Aota, director in charge of factory solutions business and executive officer of Panasonic Corporation, and Anton S Huber, CEO of the digital factory division at Siemens AG, said a statement from the companies.

The focus lies on standardised line integration concepts, which the partners plan to develop not only for individual production lines but also as overarching integration concepts for all process steps at the factory level, and as company-wide automation standards for globally distributed production networks, it said.

Over recent years, Panasonic and Siemens have both worked independently on pioneering concepts linking digitalisation and automation. In essence, the smart factory offering from Panasonic encompasses automatic assembly systems and the manufacturing execution system application PanaCIM, it added.

With the digital enterprise, Siemens is bringing to the table a portfolio encompassing the core elements of industrial software and automation, industrial communication, security and services. The contribution Siemens aims to make to the jointly developed concepts will be first and foremost its expertise in control and automation technology, said the statement.

Aota said: “To significantly improve the productivity and quality of electronic equipment assembly, it is vital to connect all the equipment of any vendor in order to control the entire factory floor in real time.”

“So concluding the memorandum for collaboration with Siemens, a company which has excellent technologies based on control devices and optimisation software, will enable us to enhance our smart factory at the global level,” he said.

Huber added: “Electronic production offers enormous potential for digitalisation. The use of integrated automation solutions paves the way for substantial increases in both productivity and quality.”

“Cooperation with Panasonic offers an exciting opportunity to selectively advance our digital enterprise portfolio for companies in the electronics industry,” he added. – TradeArabia News Service




Tags: | Electronics | Panasonic | Siemens | Automation |

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