Irish manufacturers can take a global lead with Industry 4.0

Irish-based pharma and other manufacturers visit a Dell conference to see how emerging technologies are accelerating smart manufacturing 

Dell Technologies Industry 4.0 conference: Jason Ward, vice-president and managing director, Dell Technologies Ireland, Jeff McCann, director of Dell's Customer Solution Center Innovation Labs. and Laura Hanlon, solution architect, Dell Technologies Ireland, at the Dell Ireland manufacturing event in Limerick.

Ireland is poised to underpin its position as a globally competitive manufacturing base as more Irish-based firms use Industry 4.0 to foster innovate interconnectivity of devices in their production chains.

Jeff McCann, director of the Customer Solution Center Innovation Labs at Dell Technologies Ireland, says Irish-based companies are increasingly seeing the value of interconnecting sensors and other devices on the production floor to monitor equipment, measure temperature and ensure quality control.