BY: Lynda Haig Thoresen | Marketing, Communication & Sustainability Manager

Industry 4.0 in Germany

Smart, digital production, and manufacturing processes, presents vast opportunities for German businesses working with digitalisation and digital transformation.

Data Respons Solutions in Germany operates in a large market with challenging embedded solutions. Many of their customers are innovative suppliers to the automotive industry, and other industries where Edge Computing, AI and IoT is in strong growth.

Enormous potential of Industry 4.0

Smart, digital production, and manufacturing processes presents vast opportunities for German businesses working with digitalisation and digital transformation. The German government wants to utilise the enormous potential of Industry 4.0 to strengthen Germany’s manufacturing base. To speed up the adoption of Industry 4.0 technologies, The German government, major companies, and associations, have developed a platform to promote and implement Industry 4.0 standards and technologies across the German manufacturing sector. The platform is the world’s largest Industry 4.0 networks.

Germany lagging in the digitalisation race

German government working groups were founders of the term Industry 4.0 back in 2011, as they launched a new digital vision for the German manufacturing industry. Despite this, German SMEs are still lagging in the digitalisation race compared to its international competition. Lack of investments, complicated data protection rules / regulations and constrained availability of digital capabilities / specialists are mentioned as main reason.

New duo in Germany

Data Respons Solutions recently appointed Stephan Graml as their Managing Director and Ana Antic as new Sales and Operations Director. Both Ana Antic and Stephan Graml have worked in Data Respons Solutions GmbH for many years and have a solid understanding about the markets we operate in. Ana Antic, as our Operations Manager and Stephan Graml as Finance Manager.

Part of a large group with shared, cross industry competence

We have big competitors in Germany; however, our main advantages are that we are a fully German operation. We are part of a large group and work closely with colleagues from Data Respons Solutions in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark, as well as SW-oriented sister companies based in Germany. Our shared, cross industry competence on HW, SW and solutions further contribute to how a relatively small German organisation can handle large solution deliveries.

We have big competitors in Germany; however, our main advantages are that we are a fully German operation. We are part of a large group and work closely with colleagues from Data Respons Solutions in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark, as well as SW-oriented sister companies based in Germany, says Stephan Graml, Managing Director, Data Respons Solutions GmbH

Growing changes and requirements of industry 4.0

Keeping pace with the growing changes and requirements of industry 4.0 is not just about acquiring new technology. Retrofitting or modernising existing systems is key to profitability, efficiency, and sustainability. Our retrofit portfolio includes:

• Extension and modernisation of existing applications
• Compliance with current standards & guidelines
• Identification and implementation of potential savings
• Exchange and extension of key components
• Reduction of downtimes to a minimum
• Development of solutions and alternatives
• Professional development of individual solution concepts
• Guaranteed component availability
• Consulting and Engineering

With the current challenging component situation, we are helping our customers as best we can to upgrade to newer products and technology to help them deliver and keep costs down, says newly appointed Sales and Operations Director, Ana Antic

Local engineering capabilities

We have offices in both Erlangen and Karlsruhe and have broad local engineering capabilities. With the Current challenging component situation, we are helping our customers as best we can to upgrade to newer products and technology to help them deliver and keep costs down. We have been accompanying our industrial customers through all product life cycle phases. Benefit from our many years of developing custom solutions and make your application fit for future.