Huawei & NXP to explore Industry 4.0

19th March 2015

Nat Bowers

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Huawei Technologies and NXP Semiconductors have decided to jointly explore the Industry 4.0 market at the Industry 4.0 Roundtable held at Hanover CeBIT 2015. Through technical cooperation and joint innovation, the two companies will create an open, robust and secure Industry 4.0 ICT platform.

According to market research company IHS, Industry 4.0 will connect over 80bn devices to the internet by 2025. China plans to invest €1.2 trillion over the next three years to modernise and transform the nation's industry, with the aim of shifting from "a big manufacturing country" to "a powerful manufacturing country."

Huawei and NXP have entered a strategic partnership to further expand their business in the Industry 4.0 market. Huawei and NXP will collaborate on the physical layer, network layer and cyber security. The partnership will fully integrate Huawei's ICT infrastructure and connectivity solutions and NXP's secure connectivity solutions for Industry 4.0. Collaboration will focus on applications such as factory automation, logistics 4.0, wireless secure connections and sensor networks. The two companies will develop a global leading Industry 4.0 networking solution that creates sustainable value for customers in Greater China region and potentially across the globe.

Li Zheng, Senior Vice President, China, NXP, commented: "NXP Semiconductors advocates secure connectivity solutions for Industry 4.0. By deeply collaborating with Huawei, we're able to offer industry-leading Industry 4.0 networking solutions and create sustainable value for customers."