Digitalisation and industry 4.0 | Engineering | innovation | trends of technology | The TechCenter Control Technology in Munich is the birthplace of innovative digital solutions. The system solutions developed here make use of numerous elements of digitalization - such as mechatronics, simulation and data analysis.

Automotive-sector | Digitalisation and industry 4.0 | Imagine, how much easier and safer car sharing would be, if in the future you could easily check via app whether a car is accident-free or not? Hidden damage, which car dealers like to gloss over, would be visible at a glance and the consumer would be on the safe side!

Digitalisation and industry 4.0 | innovation | Smart factory | We all use apps every day as a matter of course - for entertainment, online banking or to read the news. But why should apps only simplify our private lives? At thyssenkrupp we already use them in many areas of our company. In addition to the "easy entry" software, Materials Services has developed another customer app: "easy supply". This means: faster reordering of the required materials - "easy" via smartphone!

Digitalisation and industry 4.0 | Engineering | future of production | innovation | Smart factory | trends of technology | Technology has never before developed so fast as it does today. One trend replaces the next - that won’t change in 2020 either. Analog and digital worlds are merging, vast amounts of data provide the foundation for pinpoint production decisions, companies are merging digitally, product and production are in digital dialogue. Industry 4.0. thyssenkrupp is already using the Top Tech Trends of 2020.

Digitalisation and industry 4.0 | future of production | innovation | Industrial components from state-of-the-art 3D printers have decisive advantages over conventionally produced components. The naval experts at thyssenkrupp in Kiel are therefore working intensively to make 3D-printed components economical for submarine construction as well. The necessary quality and safety standards have already been set - together with a team of specialists from thyssenkrupp in Mülheim, they are now focusing on a major goal: the first series-produced submarine components.

Digitalisation and industry 4.0 | Passenger boarding bridges are the first choice of modern airports to take passengers from the gate to the aircraft. Thanks to thyssenkrupp’s newest digital airport management tool, this can now be controlled remotely – making it safer, faster and more convenient than ever before.