Plastic Innovation Center 4.0
Smart Demonstration Factory Meets Smart Learning Platform
The establishment of the Plastics Innovation Center 4.0 (PIC4.0) by 2022 will create a fully digitized research infrastructure at the Melaten Campus for comprehensive and practical research on topics of digitization in plastics production and the necessary infrastructure. The smart factory will help the IKV to analyze interdependencies in networked value chains based on data and to provide practical support using digitization methods. The smart demonstration factory thus opens the potential to develop new research areas of digitalization and to support industry through holistic approaches.
IMA supports the development of an innovative learning system in the project. The goal is on the one hand to teach course concepts for relevant competencies such as the 4Cs (Communication, Collaboration, Critical Thinking and Creativity) in combination with digital competencies. On the other hand, a learning platform for knowledge retention and exchange of the PIC 4.0 will be promoted.