Dark Factories: Lights out, full speed manufacturing
A webinar by Visionaries Tomorrow, Siemens, and Daimler Truck
A new model for manufacturing
The offshoring model of European manufacturing is reaching its limits. Eroding wage arbitrage, a shrinking workforce, and critical dependencies threatening sovereignty.
The modern technology stack enables us to build and operate factories in fundamentally different ways: dark and autonomous.
Outsized opportunity or short-term hype? Let’s unpack what this transition actually looks like on the ground with the industrial leaders and founders themselves:
Mathias Oppelt, Head of Customer- & Startup-driven Innovation @ Siemens
Heiko Zimmermann, Head of M&A for Technology, Venture, and Cooperation @ Daimler Truck
Björn Dressler, Co-Founder @ Hades, former COO @ Isar Aerospace
Get frontline insights into
Where is the pain actually acute, and where are we oversimplifying the status quo?
Which technologies already exist, what’s new, what’s still missing?
Brownfield or greenfield, alone or with partners: how should founders place these bets?
What does it take to win in manufacturing? What can we learn from past attempts?