The concept of the smart factory has been around for quite some time. It will leverage technologies like artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, analytics, big data, and the Internet of Things (IoT) and will be able to run mostly autonomously with the ability to self-correct. But technology and connectivity limitations have held back development.

Until now 5G is more than just fast! Because this network technology's reliability is so high and its latency so low, equipment can communicate wirelessly with back-end systems for time-critical operations in ways that were not possible before. 5G will be the first cellular, wireless platform to offer reliable machine-to-machine and Industrial IoT systems. These machine-to-machine systems are going to be the digital infrastructure of tomorrow's smart factories. And that's what makes it to revolutionize manufacturing.

Smart Factory Kunshan is Startup Factory's new joint venture with Kunshan City Government established in 2017. The official opening of the 15,000 sqm facility will take place in 2019, but already in spring 2018 our Smart Factory Event Arena will open its door.

The purpose of the demonstration and integration factory is to create an innovative environment for Industrial Internet of Things / Industry 4.0 from research over demonstration till education. We enable international and Chinese companies to integrate and demonstrate their technology in the field of Industry 4.0 in a real-life production environment.

Smart Factory Kunshan envisions to become the biggest Sino-German IIoT / Industry 4.0 platform. With Startup Factory's production environment, we have a unique starting point for deployment of digitization products and foreign-Chinese collaborations. Our mission is to make IIoT accessible for SMEs and build a maximum diverse ecosystem as connectivity is one of the core tasks in Industry 4.0

昆山蕴启实验室是启德航管理服务（昆山）有限公司与昆山市政府于2017年联合成立，正式的15,000平方米厂房将于2019年对外开放。而我们的实验室分会场已于2018年春天开始运作。

成立实验室综合示范工厂的目的是为工业物联网/工业4.0从示范研究到教育，建立一个创新的环境，促成国内外企业能够在一个真实的生产环境下结合并展示他们在工业4.0领域的技术。



我们的使命和愿景展望未来，基于我们德中绿色孵化基地已有的生产环境，以及我们在数字化产品应用和中外企业协作方面的独有优势，昆山蕴启工业智能制造实验室致力于成为最大的中德工业物联网/工业4.0平台。我们的使命是让中小型企业能够深入理解工业物联网，建造一个多样化的生态系统，以实现工业4.0核心任务之互联互通。

Smart Factory Kunshan Official Website: ​ https://www.startupfactory-china.de/en/​

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