Session 6: Coatings in the Era of Smart Manufacturing: Productivity and Sustainability Ahead
- Main Stage
Manufacturing is undergoing rapid transformation as digitalization, automation, advanced materials and assembly motifs evolve and converge. This presentation examines the intersection of these shifts through the lens of coatings, adhesives and sealants.
Industry 4.0’s data-rich automation and AI capabilities are transforming total solutions (product, process and service) by accelerating formulation workflows, tightening process control, and reducing variability and waste across application, cure, and bonding operations. Industry 5.0 builds on this momentum reinforcing sustainable chemistries, circular material strategies, and including adaptive automation—creating the force multiplier that unlocks significantly higher productivity while lowering environmental burden and supporting humancentric, resilient manufacturing with a new generation of tailored high-performance, low-impact coatings, adhesives and sealant technologies and processes.
