BEYSAD was in Stuttgart and Munich from June 18-20 as a group of 24 members. Our program started with a visit to Fraunhofer IPA Institute and Laboratories in Stuttgart on June 18 and continued by attending the Automatica Fair on June 19-20. On the first day of the fair, we visited Kuka, Festo, Bosch Rexroth, Fanuc, ABB, Visual Components, and Staubli as a group and on the next day, we went to the FraunhoferIpa stand once again after visiting the Headquarters and had the chance to receive more detailed information. The respective company executives welcomed our team and made presentations to us. On the second day of the fair, several freer visits were carried out. 
We would like to thank our member companies who attended and the executives of the shareholder companies for their hospitality.

 The trip was evaluated by BEYSAD Executive Board President Burak Özaydemir as: “We are moving from the awareness step towards application step of the Industry 4.0 endeavors of BEYSAD. In this regard, we visited global applications and solution partners at the sector’s leading fair Automatica. Also, we examined Germany’s leading applied research institute Fraunhofer’s 3 distinct centers in its Stuttgart IPA campus and the institute’s way of working as a guide to our Industry 4.0 Competency Center that is being established. We confirmed our thoughts that we need competency centers which will enable the cooperation among the sector, technology firms, and universities for applied research on the basis of our country’s industry-based development model and build an innovative interface. Our trip provided the attending members with significant observation and contact possibilities in terms of both technology and technology.”

On the first day of our trip that took off in Stuttgart, we had a brifing with Mr. RamezAwad and his team at Fraunhofer IPA Center and then, visited the Headquarters and examined application examples. In this context, we had the chance to see and experience the impressive laboratories of Fraunhofer IPA including Future Works Lab, Application Center I4.0 and ARENA 2036. One of our attendees Erkurt’s Factory Manager Mr. Mehmet E. Yıldız shared his thoughts on the trip with us: “First of all, it is my first time attending such an event with BEYSAD. Thanks to a truly perfect organization above my expectations, I had very beneficial and full 3 days. I felt privileged and proud for being with BEYSAD both at Stuttgart Fraunhofer visit and the meetings held with the leading companies of Automatica. We were welcome and informed by each company. We had plenty of time for visiting the fair besides holding pre-arranged meetings. I honestly think this was such a successful trip,; I would like to thank everyone who made it happen and hope that all the members benefit from next programs. Regards…“

Attending companies: Akplas, Akım Metal, ArmaFiltre, Atasan, DEKA Elektroteknik, EGO Elektrik, EndelEndüstri, Erkurt, Erta, Esalba, Konveyör, San Metal, Sipil, Technocast, TeknoKauçuk, Valfsan…

We would like to thank all our attendees once again and wish to see you during next events;