Industry 4.0 focus of manufacturing event at Fife Business Week

Manufacturers in Fife will have the opportunity to see innovative technologies in action during this year’s Fife Business Week.

The Fife College session will showcase the college’s advanced manufacturing, innovation and digital technologies, and training capabilities and challenge people to consider where they want their business to be, the skills needed to get there and how they can support their people to develop those new skills.

The event will take place at Fife College’s Stenton Campus in Glenrothes on November 7.

Sandra Robb-Devlin, economic adviser innovation at Fife Council, said: “We hope this session with Fife College will help to demystify Industry 4.0 and advanced manufacturing for businesses and allow people to see how embracing business improvements could positively benefit their business.

“It’s an excellent opportunity for local manufacturers to gear up for the future.”

Festo, a German multinational industrial control and automation company, will deliver a masterclass on their Industry 4.0 capabilities.

Some of the equipment being showcased will be laser scanners, Lidar scanning, virtual welding kits, 3D printers, laser cutter engraver, drones, programme sensors and transducers, robotics and the machine shop for the CNC capabilities.

The full calendar of events at the 10th anniversary of Fife Business Week can be found at fifebusinessweek.co.uk.

Hosted by Fife Council’s economic development team and Business Gateway team, Fife Business Week is designed to support businesses to succeed and flourish while making Fife the best place to do business.

The week is linked with four key priorities – achieving fairer and more inclusive growth, increasing investment in Fife infrastructure, growing business through exports and fostering a culture of innovation and enterprise.