The Innovation and Learning Center in Aachen is a model factory for digital manufacturing

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The Innovation and Learning Center (ILC) Aachen is the world's first model factory 4.0 with a textile production as a demonstration example. The ILC Aachen is a central location for the development of digital capabilities in a real demonstration and learning environment as well as a test base for piloting and scaling new digital solutions. Using real industrial machines, we demonstrate the operational process of a digital transformation.

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ITA Academy

ITA Academy GmbH is a founding member of the ILC Aachen and works in close cooperation with members and technology partners on future-oriented topics related to the topic of "digital production". As a consulting and development service provider for manufacturing companies, it offers innovative training and further education programmes. The focus is on gaining knowledge, knowledge transfer and the sustainable implementation of digital solutions.

McKinsey & Company

McKinsey&Company is a global management consulting firm that helps organisations achieve sustainable, inclusive growth. The consultancy works with clients from various sectors. In close cooperation, the company supports its clients and offers individually tailored workshops and training programmes at the Innovation and Learning Center Aachen. Up-to-date knowledge is guaranteed: The ILC Aachen is one of 12 centres in the global McKinsey network and cooperates with numerous renowned technology partners .

PTC helps many global manufacturers with software solutions to optimise costs, accelerate product and service innovation, improve operational efficiency and increase workforce productivity. PTC's unique portfolio of CAD, PLM, IoT and AR technologies provides fast and improved collaboration and data continuity for the product lifecycle.

OPTIMITIVE's AI-based software product OPTIBAT ensures optimised performance and energy savings in industrial plants, typically 5 to 10 %. This intelligent software is simply connected to the process control system, learns from the data and autonomously makes optimal adjustments to the process setpoints in real time.

The comprehensive ekko software digitises production networks of any size. Based on the ekko coordinate system, relevant information on orders, processes, machines and people is collected and made available in real time. This supports employees in their work and eliminates the use of paper to promote a CO2-neutral future.

Founded in Japan more than 100 years ago, Brother manufactures a wide range of electronic, industrial and household appliances and is one of the world's leading manufacturers of industrial sewing machines and direct textile printers. The company has sales and distribution offices in more than 40 countries around the world and employs more than 40,000 people. Brother distinguishes between 12 individual categories of industrial sewing machines. From the singleneedle machine to the programmable electronic pattern sewing machine to the gluing machine, Brother covers a wide range of production solutions.

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