MoIAT and EDGE to drive Industry 4.0 adoption and development in the UAE manufacturing sector

  • Date: 07-Aug-2022
  • Source: SME10X
  • Sector:Industrial
  • Country:UAE
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MoIAT and EDGE to drive Industry 4.0 adoption and development in the UAE manufacturing sector

The Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology (MoIAT) and EDGE have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to establish the UAE’s first Industry 4.0 Enablement Centre aimed at promoting, enabling, and supporting the digital transformation and the adoption of Industry 4.0 technologies across the country’s manufacturing sector.

The Industry 4.0 Enablement Centre will comprise various activities, including raising awareness around Industry 4.0 technologies and practices, upskilling manufacturers’ capabilities with specialised training curricula, demonstrating 4IR technology benefits, supporting the development of Industry 4.0 strategies, and creating a testbed and an open-access environment to pilot and co-develop innovative technologies.

As part of this partnership, EDGE will host a series of initiatives, training courses, and programs at the EDGE Learning & Innovation Factory (LIF) from September this year with the aim of accelerating technology adoption in the industrial sector, enhancing collaboration within the UAE’s advanced technology ecosystem, and enabling the co-creation and development of innovative solutions among industry players.