Smart Industry Plaza: where smart industry becomes reality

During the World of Industry, Technology & Science (WoTS), the Smart Industry Plaza Pavilion serves as the central meeting point for everyone involved in the future of industrial automation. In this collective pavilion, leading technology companies present their innovations in digitalization, connectivity, and intelligent manufacturing. Not as separate stands, but as one cohesive story: powering tomorrow's industry.

The strength of the Smart Industry Plaza lies in its integrated approach. Exhibitors demonstrate how automation, AI, cybersecurity, and data-driven decision-making come together in concrete industrial applications. This provides visitors not only with insight into individual products but, more importantly, into how complete solutions emerge when hardware, software, and expert knowledge reinforce each other. In this way, the pavilion bridges the gap between technology and practice, and between supply and industrial challenges.

Focus on intelligent and autonomous production

Central to the pavilion are themes such as smart manufacturing, autonomous systems, and the secure connection of production chains. Solutions focus on the real-time collection and analysis of data, predicting maintenance, increasing process reliability, and supporting operators with intelligent decision support. In doing so, the Smart Industry Plaza addresses the growing need for flexible, resilient, and sustainable production environments.

Market leaders share their vision

Inside the pavilion, several international technology companies present their vision of the smart industry. Honeywell shows how industrial environments are evolving towards AI-supported, cognitive operations in which humans and systems collaborate on safety and efficiency. Rockwell Automation and Routeco emphasize smart, safe, and connected production, with attention to robotics, cloud and edge technology, and industrial cybersecurity. Schneider Electric Netherlands enables integrated management for buildings, data centers, infrastructure, and industries. And Mitsubishi Electric highlights how AI, automation, and visualization software contribute to higher productivity, predictive maintenance, and quality improvement in the manufacturing industry. Together, they paint a broad and realistic picture of Industry 4.0 in practice.

Meet, learn and inspire

The Smart Industry Plaza is emphatically more than a technology showcase. The pavilion serves as a meeting place where engineers, decision-makers, integrators, and technology suppliers engage in dialogue. The collective setup allows for in-depth exploration, knowledge sharing, and forging new connections. For visitors, this offers an accessible way to quickly gain an overview of current developments in industrial automation.

Building block of the World of Industry

With the Smart Industry Plaza, WoTS underscores its role as a platform where complete industrial ecosystems become visible. The pavilion demonstrates that the smart industry does not consist of isolated innovations, but of collaborating technologies and partners that jointly shape the industry of tomorrow. For anyone who wants to understand where the industry is heading, the Smart Industry Plaza is a regular stop on the exhibition floor.

Want to know more? During WoTS 2026 discover the latest developments in technology and science.