The spin-off show of China International Industry Fair - Industrial Automation and Robotics Show Wuhan 2018 (IARS) rounded off on 8 June at Wuhan International Expo Center, attracting 225 leading companies of Mitsubishi, Omron, Delta, Misumi, Turck, Balluff, KEYENCE, WAGO, CONEC, Schneider, AUTONICS, Pepperl+Fuchs, FANUC, ABB, KUKA and Yaskawa, Nachi, OTC and Panasonic to present the latest application solutions for automation and robotics in various industries. The show covered a total display area of 20,000 sqm, welcoming some 68 buyer groups from home and abroad. The visits amounted 23,709 .

A brand new industrial automation show in Central China
In recent years, Wuhan has conscientiously implemented the “Made in China 2025” initiative, and its industry has maintained a healthy and rapid development. Wuhan’s industrial added value accounts for approximately 2% and 36% of the national and provincial total respectively. A group of key enterprises and industries have significant influence in the country. The main indicators of industrial development and the level of sustainable development are taking lead among the 15 sub-provincial cities.

The organizers stated that Wuhan is becoming the third pole of China's smart manufacturing, and it is high time that IARS sets foot in Wuhan as all conditions are perfectly suitable. This year’s IARS showcased the innovative achievements and high technologies of the smart manufacturing industry in central China. It also created a perfect platform for domestic and foreign manufacturing brands to promote industry interaction and professional networking in Central China for the first time. It can be said that, on the basis of assisting the manufacturing enterprises in central China to make innovations, IARS has played a leading role in promoting the industrial transformation and upgrading in Central China.

Big names gather in Wuhan to display intelligent manufacturing
IARS combined the industrial fundamentals and industrial characteristics of Central China to forge a “high-quality exhibition” in the intelligent manufacturing area highlighting intelligent hardware based on automated products and technologies, intelligent equipment based on industrial robots, and core components of industrial robots, as well as the intelligent manufacturing solutions targeted at industrial application. Major auto and robot exhibitors actively demonstrated their innovations and upgrading in the face of the macro trend of manufacturing intelligence.

The “Big Four” international robot manufacturers of FANUC, ABB, KUKA and Yaskawa all made their way to the show. With the intelligent transformation of Wuhan's manufacturing industry entering into the golden period, a number of local manufacturers of intelligent manufacturing have rapidly emerged. "Wuhan elements" were particularly eye-catching at IARS. The exhibition also attracted Dinkle, FARO, LAPP, Desoutter, Schmalz, ELCO, MJ, Schunk, Qianjiang, DEMC, SYNTEC, Yiheda, GSK, Efort, STEP, HDC and other domestic and foreign companies.

Professional activities share industrial applications
Total 14 forums and events were held concurrently including the 2nd China (Wuhan) Intelligent Manufacturing Conference, 2018 China Intelligent Manufacturing Development Forum - Wuhan Station, OPC Foundation China Tour Seminar - IT Meet Automation, 2018 Shipbuilding and Marine Equipment Automation Application Wuhan International Forum, 2018 China's Intelligent Manufacturing Industry Market and Technology Application Forum and 2018 Wuhan Forum "Innovation China" Smart Factory Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition.

Leading the new trend of automation and robotics industry in central China, Industrial Automation and Robotics Show WUHAN 2018 was organized by Donghao Lansheng (Group) Co., Ltd. CIIF Branch and Hannover Milano Fairs Shanghai Ltd., co-organized by Shanghai Robot Industry Association, and supported by Hubei Economy and Information Technology Commission, China Council for the Promotion of International Trade Wuhan Sub Council, Wuhan New City International Expo Center Co. Ltd., and Hubei Machinery Industry Federation.