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Connecting IT and OT in electronics manufacturing

Bridge the gap between engineering, production, and IT to improve transparency, simplify complexity, enable AI driven closed-loop operation and more agile and sustainable processes across your electronics manufacturing environment.

Rethink how your factory operates

Electronics manufacturers face increasing pressure to deliver faster, manage complexity, and ensure resilience. Yet disconnected IT and OT systems limit transparency and agility. Integrating both enables real-time insights, more efficient operations, and a more flexible, connected manufacturing environment.

Drive performance in electronics manufacturing

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Accelerate high-mix, fast-cycle production

Synchronize engineering, planning, and shopfloor execution to handle frequent product changes, short lifecycles, and high product variability – while maintaining speed and consistency.

IT/OT data integration breaks data silos and enables scalable, secure, data driven digitalization across plants & enterprises

Gain end-to-end shopfloor transparency

Connect SMT lines, assembly, testing, and traceability systems to achieve real-time transparency across production, enabling faster issue detection and better decision-making.

UCC IT-OT Integration: Integrated Solutions (16:9)

Simplify complexity across products and processes

Integrate data across design, process engineering, and manufacturing to reduce manual handovers, streamline workflows, and manage increasing product and process complexity more efficiently.

Build the foundation for connected manufacturing

Standardize machine communication with Hermes

The Hermes Standard enables smooth communication between SMT machines — replacing legacy interfaces and allowing for more efficient line integration.

With Hermes, you can:

  • Simplify machine-to-machine connectivity across SMT lines
  • Enable consistent data exchange for improved coordination
  • Reduce integration effort when introducing new equipment

Unlock full data transparency with CFX

The GEA's Connected Factory Exchange (CFX) standard provides a comprehensive, event-driven data framework across electronics manufacturing.

With CFX, you can:

  • Easily integrate SMT machines via CFX broker
  • Capture real-time data across machines, processes, and systems
  • Enable end-to-end traceability and visibility
  • Turn production data into actionable insights for optimization
A facility with electronic equipment and machinery in operation.