Huazhong CNC was founded in 1994, and is the vice chairman of China Machine Tool Association, Chairman of Council for the National Standards Authority for CNC. Huazhong's CNC system was included in the first batch of independent innovation products catalog, and in 2011, participated in national "Eleventh Five" major Science and Technology Exhibition. Hu Jintao, Wen Jiabao, Wu Bangguo, Li Changchun, Zhang Dejiang, Liu Yandong and other party and state leaders have inspected the results of Huazhong CNC. We adhere to promote scientific and technological achievements, the development of national strategic industry.

General Dynamics is a global aerospace and defense company. From Gulfstream business jets to submarines to wheeled combat vehicles to communications systems, people around the world depend on their products and services for their safety and security. Year founded: 1952 NYSE: GD

Rockwell is a provider of industrial automation power, control and information solutions that helps manufacturers achieve a competitive advantage for their businesses. Rockwell operates in two segments: Architecture & Software, which deals in hardware, software and communication components of the organization, and Controls Products & Solutions that handles a portfolio of intelligent motor control and industrial control products, application expertise and project management capabilities.

The company designs and sells printing devices that print labels, plastic cards, tickets, and receipts. The company also makes equipment to read barcodes with its acquisition of Motorola Solutions in 2014. Its Zebra Location Solutions unit provides asset tags, call tags, sensors, exciters, and software -- all of which use passive radio-frequency identification (RFID) to help companies track and manage assets. Zebra Technologies serves government customers and many corporate clients in industries ranging from health care to manufacturing to retail.

The Kübler Group belongs today to the leading specialists worldwide in the fields of position and motion sensors, counting and process technology as well as transmission technology. Founded in the year 1960 by Fritz Kübler, the family business is now led by the next generation of the family, his sons Gebhard and Lothar Kübler. Proof of the strong international focus lies in the fact that exports currently account for over 60 percent of turnover, with 8 international group members and distributors in more than 50 countries. Kübler has grown particularly strongly over the past 10 years and now boasts a turnover in excess of 45 million euro (2011), with many major global customers. Customer focus, flexibility as well as know-how, which has been built up over decades, all form the basis for our broad and innovative range of products. These include individually tailored product and sector solutions, as well as solutions for Functional Safety. Short reaction times, the overriding desire to inspire customers and a very high level of service form additional pillars of the Kübler Group. The strict focus on quality, likewise aligned to sector requirements, ensures outstanding reliability and a long service life for all our products in the field. An additional success factor is the Kaizen culture that focuses on continual improvement.

Alien Technology Corporation engages in the design, manufacture, and sale of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) products. Its products include RFID ICs, tags and readers that operate in the UHF radio band for use in manufacturing lines, warehouses, distribution centers, and retail stores. In addition to RFID products, Alien offers professional and educational services to various industries, including retail, consumer goods, manufacturing, defense, transportation and logistics, and pharmaceuticals through label converters, value-added resellers, and system integrators in the United States and internationally.

Hi-G-Tek is a leading global provider of wireless solutions that deliver real-time location, security, and condition information for high value and dangerous cargo and assets, whether in transit or stationary. The company offers a unique value proposition through its leading edge technology platform that extends client visibility and control of critical assets to the edge of the supply chain where knowledge of location and condition is a competitive advantage. Clients benefit from Hi-G-Tek’s experience in resolving myriad logistics, supply chain, and security challenges, a broad portfolio of electronic sensors, locks, and Tracking devices, and an advanced Enterprise Software Platform (ESP) that generates actionable information.

Information Systems and Technology develops, improves and secures the systems of sophisticated defense, aerospace and communications products. They have an established global presence in large-scale IT networks and systems, secure communications systems, command and control systems, imagery sensors and cyber products.

Smart Connected Operations is a future looking vision that describes what the factory or production line of the future will look like. It will involve Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) enabled MOM applications integrated with IIoT enabled assets and IIoT enabled business systems. It is an elemental part of creating the Smart Connected Enterprise and is often where companies have breaks in the strands of the digital thread. In moving towards this vision, both solution providers and manufacturing organizations are going to have to up the game when it comes to investing in IIoT. These investments will include the creation of new organizations that bring together IT, OT, and business leaders, new technologies that enable connectivity, cloud, big data analytics, and the development of new applications, along with the foresight to see that small pilot projects today could transform entire industries tomorrow.

Zebra builds Tracking technology and solutions that generate actionable information and insight, giving companies unprecedented visibility into their businesses by giving physical things a digital voice.

Canadian Department of National Defence, UK MoD, US DoD

Campari, INCO Engineering, Whyalla Steelworks