The Digital Twin (DT), including its sub-categories Digital Model (DM) and Digital Shadow (DS), is a promising concept in the context of Smart Manufacturing and Industry 4.0. With ongoing maturation of its fundamental ...

Industrial production in the EU, like other sectors of the economy, is obliged to stop producing greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. With its Green Deal, the European Union has already set the corresponding framework in 2019. ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has once again drastically highlighted the trend and need towards urban and distributed production in cities (so-called Fab Cities) and their importance for society in order to independently meet ...