umati is a global initiative for open data exchange for the machine-building industries and their customers. Machine builders, software producers, component suppliers, and users unite in a strong global community to promote the use of open, standardized interfaces based on OPC UA, ensure their identical implementation, exchange experiences, and create visibility in the market.
umati in China
After entering the "Smart IoT in Production" Showroom in November 2023 and successfully hosting an expert talk event during the CCMT2024, umati is now launching a new platform in the Chinese market - umati Open House. This event is free and open to all interested parties including umati partners, industry professionals, universities/research institutes, and media, aiming to become a platform for the umati global community to showcase and exchange their practices and experience in smart manufacturing, and promote public awareness of OPC UA based digital concepts.
umati partners dedicated to OPC UA development and application will be invited to share relevant use cases and further explore various possibilities for future advanced manufacturing intelligent scenarios.
umati for Industry 4.0 and Manufacturing - X
Since the introduction of Industry 4.0, there have been achievements, but many obstacles still need to be overcome, such as the siloed approach, data sharing anxiety, and scaling to smaller businesses. Based on the Industry 4.0 platform, Manufacturing-X aims to create a reliable data ecosystem, overcome the aforementioned obstacles, and promote industrial digital transformation more widely and comprehensively. umati, as an open communication interface for the machine building industry and its customers, will become a reference implementation for the federated data spaces.
* Due to limited space, registration requires further confirmation by the VDW team. Priority will go to VDW members. Once confirmed, you will receive a confirmation email.
** Please kindly note that walk-ins without pre-registration are NOT accepted.
* VDW reserves the right to alter the above schedule at any time.
Chief Representative at VDW Shanghai Representative Office
Head of VDW China Office. Major in Mechanical Engineering, started his career with the leading German machine tool vendor and afterward involved in the Chinese national Aviation project C919 as the Lead Project Planner of COMAC SAMC. Backed to the German machine tool field in 2017 and appointed as the umati Key Account China in 2019.
Director Research and Technology of VDW e. V.
Dr. Alexander Broos, age 48, is Director of Research and Technology at VDW, the German Machine Tool Builders Association.
His department deals with all technical issues concerning machine tools which stem from policy making, standardization, or other stakeholders, where a joint common position of the German machine tool industry is required. Topics include, e.g., environmental issues (energy efficiency, noise, waste, and water management, EMC, etc.), the safety of machinery (especially machine tools), patent monitoring, export controls, and digitization (Industrie 4.0). Since 2018, Dr. Broos is the lead of the international initiative for the use of open, standardized communication interfaces for machinery, umati (universal machine technology interface). Since 2023, he is Chairman of the ISO/TC 39/SC 2 standardization committee for machine tools testing conditions.
In addition, Dr. Broos is General Manager of the joint research association for machine tools and manufacturing technology, VDW Forschungsinstitut, where companies work with research institutions to extend the boundaries of science with direct application to machine tools and related systems.
Dr. Broos holds a doctorate in mechanical engineering from the wbk Institute of Production Science at the Karlsruhe Institute for Technology (KIT, Germany).
Chief Representative at VDMA Shanghai Representative Office
Since 2012, Daniel has been the Chief Representative of the VDMA Shanghai office. He started his career in logistics in 2008. Prior to joining VDMA, he worked as a Business Development Manager and was actively involved in business consulting. He now has nearly 15 years of business experience in China and Asia. He speaks Mandarin and Korean and has a good understanding of East Asian and Chinese cultures. Under his leadership, China established industrial branches in the fields of robotics + automation, electronics, micro, new energy production, woodworking machinery, machine tools, metallurgy, and food processing and packaging industries. Since 2015 , Daniel has been the branch manager of the service organization of Germany Mechanical Engineering Business Services Shanghai (VDMA) in China.
Daniel studied East Asian economics and politics at the Ruhr University in Bochum, Germany.
Head of Asian Business at Siemens Machine Tool Systems
Björn Frerking currently serves as Head of Asian Business at Siemens Machine Tool Systems. He holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering with a specialization in Mechatronics from the University of Hannover in Germany. His career has taken him to a number of countries and has focused on automation, machine tools, and power transmission, with experience in serving a variety of industries, including machine building, robotics, aerospace, and automotive. He has experience in product management for hardware and software in Erlangen, Germany, and has served as a Country Manager in Russia, where he was able to contribute to business development. Afterward, he returned to Erlangen to take on Innovation Management. Currently, he is focused on establishing the Asia Pacific Headquarters Hub for Machine Tool Systems in Nanjing, China, with the goal of further expanding the company's presence in the region.
Digital Director of Shanghai SmartState Technology Co., Ltd.
Mr. Qiao has 12 years of experience in the automotive industry, with 5 years dedicated to industrial software. He has accumulated a wealth of industrial background knowledge and experience in industrial software development and application, and has a profound understanding of the practical implementation and benefit logic of industrial software.
Application Director of United Grinding (Shanghai) Ltd
In 2006, Kylin became a part of the UNITED GRINDING Group in China. He started as a Service Manager for the STUDER Brand and then progressed to the role of Service Director for the United Group in China. Currently, he holds the position of Application Director for the UNITED GRINDING GROUP in China.
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If you have any questions please get in touch with VDW Event Manager Anne Lin at +86 199 2116 4460
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