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3,737 observed publications2,130 normalised providers27 portals

Technology in its regional context

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What shapes a place? Which providers and applications matter there? Regional reports connect local characteristics with technology, companies and documented projects.

Exhibition directory · Essen

eWorld · 798 exhibitors

E-world 2027 · 16–18 February 2027

Explore the energy sector through companies and locations: exhibitor profiles, cities, countries, halls and stands with direct source links.

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Exhibitor data: 26 October 2026. Participation and stand details come from the supplied export and have not been reconfirmed live.

City

Nuremberg

N-ERGIE in its city context: building stock, established district-heating networks and local heat sources with official project evidence.

Heat · Networks · Smart city

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Middle Franconia

Urban consumption and rural solar generation: N-ERGIE network development, planning areas and supply-territory boundaries.

Urban and rural · Energy · Infrastructure

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Essen

Heat planning, LoRaWAN at Dürerschule and documented energy-company locations in the E-world host city.

Heat transition · Digital maps · E-world

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Ruhr metropolis

DoHa hydrogen pipeline, water supply and municipal data cooperation: infrastructure across city boundaries.

Hydrogen · Industry · Regional cooperation

Open regional reportTown and regional context

Wittlich

Wengerohr’s industry and heat planning, the district digital strategy, A EINS in Wittlich and Portazon in the Trier area.

Industry · Heat · Digital services

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Munich (city)

Stadtwerke München and M-net: heat supply, geothermal planning and fibre within the city of Munich.

Heat · Fibre · Digital services

Open regional reportDistrict

Munich (district)

Geothermie Unterhaching and Gemeindewerke Oberhaching: local heat and fibre networks, distinct from the city of Munich.

Geothermal energy · Municipal networks · Fibre

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New entry point · Tasks and industries

Explore functions and related solutions

Start with ten business functions in the energy industry. Task profiles and related solution topics, with room for further industries.

Translation notice: German catalogue text is translated automatically. Content that is already published in English retains its original title. The directly linked original source remains authoritative.

12 impact areas

Where should a solution have an impact?

Impact areas describe real systems. They are more stable than trends and broader than individual industries.

5,139 knowledge items are classified. 721 have been editorially reviewed; 4,418 still require staged quality assurance or a status decision.

Taxonomy · 180 knowledge items

Production and products

All 3,737 observed content pieces are now classified within the SmartTech structure. 721 offerings have been editorially reviewed; all other classifications remain transparently marked as automatic pending quality assurance. The 77 reference items and additional curated sources are retained.

113 matching knowledge items
ObservedPre-structured · 86
Information resource

Red Hat (S)

Australian aluminum manufacturer improves production IT performance, costs

Challenge:
Costs and productivity

Solution:
Production, engineering or automation solution

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ObservedPre-structured · 84
Information resource

Siemens (T)

Accelerate Battery Innovation with Cloud-based PLM

Challenge:
Costs and productivity

Solution:
Production, engineering or automation solution

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ObservedPre-structured · 84
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Siemens (T)

Accelerating Process Design Optimization for Sustainable Chemical Manufacturing

Challenge:
Costs and productivity

Solution:
Production, engineering or automation solution

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ObservedPre-structured · 84
Information resource

Siemens (T)

Unlock New Possibilities with the Executable Digital Twin

Challenge:
Costs and productivity

Solution:
Production, engineering or automation solution

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ObservedPre-structured · 84
Information resource

Siemens (T)

Case Study: Optime Subsea Innovates 3km Underwater with Siemens PLM & SLM

Challenge:
Costs and productivity

Solution:
Production, engineering or automation solution

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ObservedEditorial review · 83
Checklist

WEKA Intelligence

Checklist: Cyber risk assessment for machinery and equipment in five steps

Machine translated

Challenge:
Safety and resilience

Solution:
Production, engineering or automation solution

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ObservedPre-structured · 83
Information resource

Getac

Modernising Manufacturing in the UK and Nordics

Challenge:
Costs and productivity

Solution:
Production, engineering or automation solution

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ObservedPre-structured · 83
Information resource

Getac

Robust AI-enabled notebooks and tablets for manufacturing

Machine translated

Challenge:
Costs and productivity

Solution:
Production, engineering or automation solution

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ObservedPre-structured · 80
Information resource

Reply

Otto Group implements intelligent AI-based robot coordination with a Digital Twin from Roboverse Reply

Machine translated

Challenge:
Costs and productivity

Solution:
Production, engineering or automation solution

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ObservedPre-structured · 80
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Reply

Hermes Reply and Lavazza develop new digital production model for highly efficient production

Machine translated

Challenge:
Costs and productivity

Solution:
Production, engineering or automation solution

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ObservedPre-structured · 74
Information resource

Reply

At Mobile World Congress 2026, Reply presents the first cloud-native robotics solution in the new pan-European Edge Continuum

Machine translated

Challenge:
Costs and productivity

Solution:
Production, engineering or automation solution

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ObservedPre-structured · 74
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Reply

Reply at NVIDIA GTC: Digital Twins and Physical AI for the Next Level of Industrial Value Creation

Machine translated

Challenge:
Costs and productivity

Solution:
Production, engineering or automation solution

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ObservedPre-structured · 74
Information resource

ERP 4 Business I ERP Beratung

myfactory and mesonic partner ERP 4 Business launches ERP toolbox for manufacturing, mechanical engineering & production

Machine translated

Challenge:
Costs and productivity

Solution:
Production, engineering or automation solution

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ObservedPre-structured · 74
Information resource

Reply

Hermes Reply Launches Brick Cognitive, an Agent-Based Operating System for Manufacturing

Machine translated

Challenge:
Costs and productivity

Solution:
Production, engineering or automation solution

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ObservedAutomatically assigned · 84
Information resource

Siemens (T)

Connect Formulation, Manufacturing, and Quality Across the Digital Enterprise

Challenge:
Quality and speed

Solution:
Production, engineering or automation solution

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ObservedAutomatically assigned · 79
Information resource

GoTo (S)

GoTo Connect enables Trust to standardise, upgrade and simplify telephone systems for its academies

Challenge:
Costs and productivity

Solution:
Production, engineering or automation solution

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ObservedAutomatically assigned · 78
Information resource

Siemens (T)

Battery Machine Building: Unify Teams, Unify Data

Challenge:
Costs and productivity

Solution:
Production, engineering or automation solution

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ObservedAutomatically assigned · 78
Information resource

Siemens (T)

Configuring and Calibrating AUTOSAR ECUs with Capital VSTAR

Challenge:
Costs and productivity

Solution:
Production, engineering or automation solution

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ObservedAutomatically assigned · 78
Information resource

Siemens (T)

Digital Transformation: Unlocking Key Benefits for Hydrogen Producers

Challenge:
Costs and productivity

Solution:
Production, engineering or automation solution

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ObservedAutomatically assigned · 78
Information resource

Siemens (T)

Digital Transformation: Unlocking Key Benefits for Hydrogen Producers

Challenge:
Costs and productivity

Solution:
Production, engineering or automation solution

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ObservedAutomatically assigned · 78
Information resource

Siemens (T)

From Complexity to Control: Rethinking Product Execution in Petrochemicals

Challenge:
Costs and productivity

Solution:
Production, engineering or automation solution

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ObservedAutomatically assigned · 77
Information resource

Puppet Labs

Puppet Core: Reliable, stable and secure platform automation

Machine translated

Challenge:
Quality and speed

Solution:
Production, engineering or automation solution

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ObservedAutomatically assigned · 77
Information resource

Infor (Deutschland) (S)

How Possible Happens: Overcoming the “Value Void” in Industrial Manufacturing with Technology-Driven Productivity

Machine translated

Challenge:
Costs and productivity

Solution:
Production, engineering or automation solution

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Observed

Publications systematically captured from defined portals.

Prepared

Curated

Original sources added selectively when they close an identifiable knowledge gap.

Later

Community

Traceable contributions with a disclosed role and verifiable provenance.

Market monitoring 2026

Original publications

3,737 results

fully taxonomically classified

SmartTech · Open orientation in the B2B technology market

Direct original references · no lead marketing · Scoring 0.2