On Friday 19th February 2016 Secretary of State Peter Hofelich announced WERMA Signaltechnik as one of the prize winners in the second round of the competition to find “100 locations for Industry 4.0 in Baden-Württemberg.

The Baden-Württemberg Alliance Industry 4.0 is using the competition to identify innovative concepts from industry which demonstrate the successful pairing of intelligent computerised systems and value added production processes. The jury of experts evaluates not only the scale of innovation but also the practical relevance to Industry 4.0.

WERMA has been rewarded for its innovative, simply to retrofit machine data collection and monitoring system (MDC). “We are enormously happy to have received this award for our Industry 4.0 solution” commented CEO Matthias Marquardt at the end of the award ceremony. “It shows that we are on the right path with our MDC system.”