The Sino-German Commission for Standardisation Cooperation Commission’s Sub-Working Group Industrie 4.0/Intelligent Manufacturing (SWG I4.0) met on 13 July 2021. Its main goal is the joint development of standards in the field of Industrie 4.0. It also aims to expand cooperation in international standardisation organisations, such as the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) or the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).
Around 100 participants from ministries, industry and research institutions joined this meeting, where they discussed topics such as digital twin/management shell, IT security, network communication and edge computing. Likewise, the technical expert groups (TEGs) discussed artificial intelligence (AI) in industrial applications, functional safety, predictive maintenance and use cases.
The Sub-Working Group is chaired jointly by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi), the Chinese State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) and the Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT). On a technical level, the work is led by the German Standardisation Council Industrie 4.0 (SCI 4.0) and the Chinese National Intelligent Manufacturing Standardisation Administration Group (IMSG).
The 12th plenary session of SWG I4.0 is expected to be held in November 2021. The event will take place as part of the 9th Annual Meeting of the Sino-German Standardization Cooperation Commission (SGSCC).
