Blogs
Published: 8th August 2023, Bournemouth, Dorset, England.
R&D funding from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund has been secured for the development of the SMEMA CFX Adaptor.
> Read MoreJoe joined us for a week of Work Experience as a Software Developer during May 2023. This is his blog of the week touring Electronic Manufacturing factories and the Software Development of the MultiPlug.Ext.FileImporter MultiPlug Extension.
> Read MorePublished: 14th February 2023, Bournemouth, Dorset, England.
We attended IPC APEX EXPO 2023 in San Diego and there was great interest in the SMEMA Ethernet Adaptor.
> Read MorePublished: 6th September 2022, Bournemouth, England.
We get the question everyone has been asking and the future looks promising.
> Read MorePublished: 25th August 2022, Bournemouth, Dorset, England.
Our SMEMA Hermes Adaptor is nominated for a Make UK Innovation Award
> Read MorePublished: 7th July 2022, Bournemouth, England.
Flex Ltd has joined a number of Contract Manufacturers that have shown interest in deploying the SMEMA Hermes Adaptor within their electronics manufacturing facilities.
> Read MorePublished: 20th June 2022, Bournemouth, England.
Markus Mittermair of Rehm Thermal Systems becomes the new chair of The Hermes Standard Initiative
> Read MorePublished: 13th June 2022, Bournemouth, Dorset, England.
Siemens acquires predictive maintenance business Senseye
> Read MorePublished: 6th June 2022, Bournemouth, Dorset, England.
David Graham is nominated for Bournemouth University Alumni of the Year 2022
> Read MorePublished: 30th May 2022, Bournemouth, Dorset, England.
SICK has released their Hermes SMEMA Connect, a device to convert Hermes messages to SMEMA signals and back again.
> Read MorePublished: 8th November 2021, Bournemouth, Dorset, England.
R&D funding from the Dorset Growth Hub has been secured for the development of the SMEMA Ethernet Adaptor.
> Read MorePublished: 16th March 2021, Bournemouth, Dorset, England.
Dürr iTAC Software acquires Cogiscan. What does this mean for Electronic Assembly Industry 4.0?
> Read MorePublished: 15th March 2020, Bournemouth, Dorset, England.
Philip Stoten: The Interviewer becomes the Interviewee on the Reliability Matters Podcast
> Read MorePublished: 7th September 2019, Bournemouth, Dorset, England.
We secure a R&D funding from the European Structural Investment Fund.
> Read MorePublished: 12th April 2019, Bournemouth, Dorset, England.
We are now calling on the manufacturing community to join forces in creating some collaborative Industry 4.0 solutions.
> Read MorePublished: 14th February 2019, Bournemouth, Dorset, England.
The Eric Miscoll Show discusses the Silver Tsunami within Electronic Assembly.
> Read MorePublished: 2nd July 2018, Upton, Dorset, England.
CFX, the Connected Factory Exchange is demonstrated at a Europlacer Open Day.
> Read MorePublished: 4th June 2018, Bournemouth, England.
The achievements of INDUSTRY4.UK in 18 months.
> Read MorePublished: 4th June 2018, Bournemouth, England.
Reflecting on the Startup journey of INDUSTRY4.UK over the last 18 months.
> Read MorePublished: 20th November 2017, Bournemouth, England.
Our CTO concludes his findings of attending the Smart Factory Expo in Liverpool, UK.
> Read MorePublished: 23rd October 2017, Bournemouth, England.
INDUSTRY4.UK is featured in a article about Startups in the Bournemouth Echo.
> Read MorePublished: 30th April 2017, Bournemouth, England.
A consortium of SMT manufacturing equipment vendors release The Hermes Standard to replace SMEMA.
> Read MorePublished: 28th April 2017, Bournemouth, England.
Julian Singh steps down as Business Development Manager.
> Read MorePublished: 21st April 2017, Bournemouth, England.
Our CTO David Graham talks to Steve Harris on BBC Radio about Industry 4.0 and Bournemouth's Silicon South
> Read MorePublished: 19th December 2016, Bournemouth, England.
Supporting the movement to create common Industry 4.0 data standards, INDUSTRY4.UK today becomes a development partner within the Open Manufacturing Language (OML) community.
> Read MorePublished: 5th September 2016, Bournemouth, England.
INDUSTRY4.UK are pleased to announce that we shall be participating in the 2016 First Bourne Accelerator based at the Telecom House building in Holdenhurst Road.
> Read MoreBlog published 19th April 2016, Bournemouth, England.
Our Software Architect David Graham describes his experiences of Productronica in Munich, Germany as well as reflecting on the history of software within the SMT manufacturing industry. He concludes on whether machine builders are Industry 4.0 Ready and how they can facilitate the progression toward open data interfaces.
> Read MoreNews and Events
29 September 2022
Notification of the latest Software updates for the SMEMA Hermes Adaptor
Published: 26th November 2021, Bournemouth, Dorset, England.
You can now submit your interest for a SMEMA Hermes Adaptor using our pre-sales questionnaire.
> Read MorePublished: 28th April 2021, Bournemouth, Dorset, England.
You can now Pre-Order the SMEMA Hermes Adaptor from SmartFactoryDirect.com.
> Read MorePublished: 19th February 2020, Bournemouth, Dorset, England.
Progress update of the Quentin SMEMA Hermes Adaptor
> Read More14th - 15th November 2018, Exhibition Centre Liverpool, UK.
We are pleased to announce that we will be exhibiting at the Smart Factory Expo 2018 in Liverpool, UK
> Read More4th - 5th April 2017, Manchester UK at the Manchester Central Convention Complex.
The first two day summit will bring together a number of key stakeholders to discuss the rollout of Industry 4.0 technologies and hurdles that need to be overcome. Luke Walsh, Managing Director of our development partner Brainboxes will be a speaker on day 2, as well as Ian Funnell, Managing Director of ABB.
INDUSTRY4.UK will be attending both days and will be available for meetings.
8th February 2017, Bournemouth UK at Executive Business Centre, Bournemouth University
We will be attending the China Innovation Hub event where Professor Hongnian Yu will be giving a talk on Industry 4.0 from the Chinese viewpoint and how businesses can engage with strategic advice and training support for doing business in China.
Brainboxes is an established UK designer and manufacturer of data and I/O connectivity products. Their solutions provide simple, reliable communication and control of industrial equipment. MultiPlug seamlessly integrates with their Brainbox hardware I/O devices.
27th January 2016, Executive Business Centre, Bournemouth.
Julian and David will be attending this talk where Dr Richard Gunstone will characterise the Internet of Things as a concept, comparing with developments and visions in the pervasive computing field. He will describe application areas for the concept, and interpret this in the context of cyber security challenges. He will finally draw conclusions and observations about what the IoT means for the future.
10-13th November 2015, Munich Germany at Messe München.
INDUSTRY4.UK will be at the world's leading trade fair for electronics development and production. Contact us to book an appointment to meet us.
25th November 2015, Green Park Business Park, Reading.
Julian and David will be attending the IoT Thames Valley meetup. Exhibitors will be Arrow Electronics, Connect2 Systems, Kii, LPRS, M2M Cloud Factory, Sensormetrix and SPICA Technologies.
25th April 2015
SIPLACE OIB enables software developers to seamlessly integrate SIPLACE solutions into other systems. Their shared objective is to have a smart factory in which software components form an intelligent whole and processes are mapped across machines and equipment from different manufacturers.