{"id":61789,"date":"2015-07-02T12:18:45","date_gmt":"2015-07-02T10:18:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/e3mag.com\/?p=61789"},"modified":"2019-08-01T12:21:47","modified_gmt":"2019-08-01T10:21:47","slug":"industry-4-0-strengthens-german-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/industry-4-0-strengthens-german-economy\/","title":{"rendered":"Industry 4.0 strengthens German economy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>However, the majority of the 1,300 VDE member companies and universities surveyed expect that international competition for technological leadership in the production of the future will intensify significantly in the coming years and that Germany must be careful not to fall behind in the innovation race for Industry 4.0 given the US dominance in technical software and internet platforms.<\/p>\n<p>One in two people believe that Germany still invests too little in the research and development of cyber-physical systems compared to other countries. Against this backdrop, 61 percent are in favor of strengthening Germany as a microelectronics location in order to make the necessary systems available locally in good time.<\/p><div id=\"great-1627958309\" class=\"great-fullsize-content-en\" style=\"margin-bottom: 20px;\"><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6yfv7eho3Gc\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Fullsize\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150.jpg\" alt=\"Fullsize\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-400x50.jpg 400w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-768x96.jpg 768w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-100x13.jpg 100w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-480x60.jpg 480w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-640x80.jpg 640w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-720x90.jpg 720w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-960x120.jpg 960w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-1168x146.jpg 1168w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-18x2.jpg 18w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-600x75.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" width=\"1200\" height=\"150\"  style=\" max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>According to 64%, broadband expansion will open up important location opportunities. The automotive and mechanical engineering sectors will benefit most from Industry 4.0 (72% and 66% respectively), followed by electrical engineering (38%) and logistics (36%).<\/p>\n<h3>USA: Head to head<\/h3>\n<p>According to the survey, the race for technology leadership is heading towards a neck-and-neck race between America, Europe and Asia - with a slight advantage for America. 23% see America, 18% Asia and 16% Europe as the frontrunners.<\/p>\n<p>Around half consider America and Europe to be equally well positioned, slightly less than half Asia. When comparing countries, the order is clearer.<\/p>\n<p>30 percent see the USA as a pioneer, while 25 percent see Japan and 19 percent Germany in the lead. All three countries mentioned are considered to be well positioned by around one in two.<\/p>\n<p>The figures for China (13% and 38% respectively) and Taiwan (9% and 44% respectively) are weaker. Respondents are also undecided as to whether Industry 4.0 will create additional jobs in Germany and whether it is associated with a sudden rather than evolutionary paradigm shift in automation.<\/p>\n<p>21% believe that Industry 4.0 will create additional jobs in Germany (17% of companies, 28% of universities). A paradigm shift is seen by 23 percent.<\/p>\n<h3>SME engine, bureaucracy brake<\/h3>\n<p>The opportunities for innovation in Germany are strengthened above all by the innovation engine of SMEs (72%) and the high level of education (60%), but also by the systems thinking of engineers (52%) and networks of companies, research and universities (51%).<\/p>\n<p>The biggest obstacles to innovation are too much bureaucracy (58 percent), the lack of qualified personnel (48 percent) as well as legal framework conditions and planning and implementation problems for large-scale projects (36 percent).<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Industry 4.0 will arrive by 2025 at the latest and will strengthen Germany's competitiveness as a business location. According to a recent survey by the Association for Electrical, Electronic &amp; Information Technologies (VDE), almost three quarters of respondents are convinced of this.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":61274,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6,1553],"tags":[367],"coauthors":[19920],"class_list":["post-61789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wirtschaft","category-1553","tag-industrie-4-0","pmpro-has-access"],"acf":[],"featured_image_urls_v2":{"full":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2015.jpg",1000,387,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2015-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2015.jpg",400,155,false],"medium_large":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2015-768x297.jpg",768,297,true],"large":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2015.jpg",1000,387,false],"image-100":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2015-100x39.jpg",100,39,true],"image-480":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2015-480x186.jpg",480,186,true],"image-640":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2015-640x248.jpg",640,248,true],"image-720":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2015-720x279.jpg",720,279,true],"image-960":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2015-960x372.jpg",960,372,true],"image-1168":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2015.jpg",1000,387,false],"image-1440":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2015.jpg",1000,387,false],"image-1920":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2015.jpg",1000,387,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2015.jpg",1000,387,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2015.jpg",1000,387,false],"trp-custom-language-flag":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2015.jpg",18,7,false],"bricks_large_16x9":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2015.jpg",1000,387,false],"bricks_large":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2015.jpg",1000,387,false],"bricks_large_square":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2015.jpg",1000,387,false],"bricks_medium":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2015.jpg",600,232,false],"bricks_medium_square":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2015.jpg",600,232,false],"profile_24":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2015-24x24.jpg",24,24,true],"profile_48":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2015-48x48.jpg",48,48,true],"profile_96":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2015-96x96.jpg",96,96,true],"profile_150":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2015-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"profile_300":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2015-300x300.jpg",300,300,true]},"post_excerpt_stackable_v2":"<p>Industrie 4.0 kommt bis sp\u00e4testens 2025 und st\u00e4rkt die Wettbewerbsf\u00e4higkeit des Standorts Deutschland. Davon sind nach einer aktuellen Umfrage des Verbands der Elektrotechnik Elektronik Informationstechnik (VDE) fast drei Viertel der Befragten \u00fcberzeugt.<\/p>\n","category_list_v2":"<a href=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/category\/economy\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Wirtschaft<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/category\/1507-1509\/\" rel=\"category tag\">MAG 15-07<\/a>","author_info_v2":{"name":"E-3 Magazine","url":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/author\/e-3-magazin\/"},"comments_num_v2":"0 comments","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61789"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61789\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61789"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=61789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}