EUROPE Rainer Speh welcomes MoMRA Minister to Siemens booth @ KSASmartCities Conference 2017
21 from oil and establish globally competitive industries in fields such as renewable energy , manufacturing , healthcare and smart cities . Speh believes that Siemens is playing a key role in this Vision . “ As part of Vision 2030 , the Kingdom aims to diversify and establish new industries . It ’ s not just about diversifying local industry ; it ’ s about becoming a major exporter too ,” says Speh . “ There is no way around this without Industrie 4.0 . This is what the Kingdom hopes to achieve , and this is what Siemens can deliver .” Indeed , Siemens has contributed to the economic and social development of Saudi Arabia for nearly 100 years , with offices in Riyadh , Jeddah , Dammam , Al-Khobar , Yanbu and Jubail . With this local expertise combined with its innovative MindSphere platform , Speh believes the firm is set to take this one step further .
Just as digitalisation has turned books into e-books and music into mp3 files , it has also allowed us to create digital copies of physical industrial assets . Known as ‘ digital twins ’, many companies are looking to keep pace with Industrie 4.0 by
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