Digitalisation and industry 4.0 | future of production | innovation | trends of technology | Blockchain? Doesn't that have something to do with Bitcoin? Not in this case. We are in the TechCenter Additive Manufacturing in Mülheim. In a live demonstration, thyssenkrupp and IBM show us why the blockchain process could help industrial 3D printing achieve a breakthrough.

Digitalisation and industry 4.0 | future of production | Smart factory | Worth knowing | What will work look like in the future? There is no clear-cut answer for this difficult question. However, it is possible to say how it might look like – that is what we do with our foresight series: In our second scenario, efficiency is everything: production is highly automated, factories are deserted. Human workers are only required for monitoring and emergency purposes – everything else is performed by machines.

Digitalisation and industry 4.0 | future of production | trends of technology | Worth knowing | What will work look like in the future? This is a difficult question for which there is no clear-cut answer. However, it is possible to say how it might look like. In our first scenario, companies are mainly concerned with administration, while teams of specialist freelancers complete the project work via the digital cloud.

Corporate culture | Digitalisation and industry 4.0 | innovation | trends of technology | Worth knowing | On February 12th and 13th, 2019, forty aspiring start-ups and seven major companies met at the thyssenkrupp Headquarters in Essen for the second BeyondConventions start-up summit. Amongst them were three established digital evangelists, who shared their vision on successful collaboration and entrepreneurship. We listened closely and summed up their insights and most important tips to successfully start up your own business.

Corporate culture | Digitalisation and industry 4.0 | innovation | trends of technology | How do a company with over 200 years of history and digital start-ups fit together? Quite well, says Ufuk Ergen – if the corporate culture is right. Together with colleagues and other companies he created Beyond Conventions. The goal of the event: to enable real cooperation between start-ups and corporations. He told us how it all started. And what companies can learn from start-ups.

Company | Digitalisation and industry 4.0 | Worth knowing | In January 2019, the German hacker "G0d" published sensitive data of about 1,000 politicians, journalists and celebrities on the net. However, his attack only resembles a skirmish one as compared to the challenges that thyssenkrupp's IT specialists have gone through – for example, when they fought back a large-scale hacker attack in 2016. What happened during the then secret project "White Amflora" – and how serious is the threat of spy hackers for industries today?