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Escape the Digital Jungle: Chances and Risks of Digital Transformation

12 Apr 2019, Industry 4.0, Artificial Intelligence

As this year's AIST Digital Transformation Forum has shown, American steel producers are now striving to keep pace with other industries. An industry as complex as the metals industry can be digitally transformed with Industry 4.0 technologies, but which of these technologies are the real game changer and which are just a hype in the pool of inflated buzzwords?

Production Management Meets Art in Istanbul

21 Nov 2018, Production, Industry 4.0

Just as the city on the Bosporus unites the two continents of Europe and Asia, it also brought two worlds together in this year’s PSImetals UserGroup, which seemingly could not be more different: art and production. Under the motto “The Art of Production,” numerous lectures and a factory tour at ASAŞ Alüminyum offered an impressive program. Ahead of the event, the third PSImetals digitalization brunch on cloud computing also took place.

Meet the Expectations of Your Passengers with Safe and Reliable Train Management

07 Nov 2018, Transport

Rail transport companies today face enormous challenges: growing passenger volumes, increasing demands for safety while maintaining on-time performance, and a need for modern technical systems and real-time information – and all of this in the face of a growing shortage of skilled workers. These issues can be overcome first and foremost by further automating operational processes.

ABM Week 2018: Innovative Solutions in the Industry 4.0 Era

17 Oct 2018, Industry 4.0, Artificial Intelligence, Technology, Production

With a crowdy hall and the presence of important personalities from the metallurgy industry all over the world, the ABM Week 2018 from 2 to 4 October took over São Paulo. PSI had the opportunity to participate in the annual event and to contribute to the most important topics in the Latin American metallurgical market.

Industry 4.0 in the Steel Industry: Old Wine in New Wineskins?

22 Aug 2018, Industry 4.0, Production

The term Industry 4.0 is not new. Hardly a political speech with economic relevance or a research proposal in the field of production can do without this buzzword today. However, this popularity has an after-taste: for a long time, especially in the steel industry, it was impossible to make any sense of this supposed buzzword and so Industry 4.0 was quickly banished to the marketing niche.