GMIS America seeks urgent advanced tech integration into supply chain

GMIS America seeks urgent advanced tech integration into supply chain

UAE - The global manufacturing community must urgently accelerate the integration of advanced technologies into supply and value chains to make the industry more sustainable and ultimately help the world achieve net-zero by 2050.

That was the tone set on the opening day of the inaugural Global Manufacturing and Industrialisation Summit (GMIS) America by Dr Sultan Al Jaber, the UAE’s Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology (MoIAT) and the UAE Special Envoy for Climate Change, and GMIS Co-Chair, delivered a virtual keynote speech to an international audience of government, business, industry and manufacturing leaders in Pennsylvania.

He was speaking at the inauguration ceremony of the forum held at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center.

The three-day event will facilitate cooperation between American and Emirati companies to shape the future of the industrial sector. As co-chair of GMIS, the UAE Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology is showcasing the UAE’s national industrial strategy and the Make it in the Emirates campaign.

Delegates at the opening ceremony heard how advances in artificial intelligence, robotics, edge computing and nanotechnology are opening new pathways for industrial growth and ensuring that economic and climate progress go hand-in-hand.

They heard how these technologies can help design circular solutions for industry, dramatically