The ICT Roundtable: How far is Uruguay from joining Industry 4.0?

This is nothing new. In countries with high technological development, the so-called "fourth industrial revolution" has been underway for years. It is a new form of production, driven from Germany, which is based on smart factories whose machinery is fully interconnected and in constant communication with suppliers, distributors and customers, to produce items as "customized" as possible.

How to access this new era? What are the advantages of Industry 4.0? And in Uruguay, how much progress have we made in this area? What is being done from the State and from the private sector to promote smart factories?

Based on these questions we are going to discuss in this third edition of La Mesa TIC. We are joined by: Carolina Cosse, electrical engineer and master in Mathematical Engineering, Minister of Industry, Energy and Mining; Carlos Ameneiros, computer engineer, commercial manager of Conatel, a company specialized in the development of information technologies, technology for industry and for the health sector; Fernando Fontán, electrical engineer with a profile in telecommunications, president of the Technological Laboratory of Uruguay; Washington Corallo, president of the Chamber of Industries of Uruguay, trained in business administration, economic project analysis and planning at the Getulio Vargas Foundation.

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Source: In Perspective