In July 2017, the British government set up a special fund to accelerate battery research and production. With £246m in funding over four years, the Faraday Challenge will bring together the leading energy storage specialists in a battery research centre. The virtual institute has a three-pronged remit: research, innovation, and industrialisation of the solutions devised […]
Additive manufacturing, one of the many technological innovations making up the industry of the future, is booming. What does it really bring to tomorrow’s factory? “Additive manufacturing is overhauling methods and processes,” says pre-sales engineer at Actemium Saint-Etienne Process Solutions (VINCI Energies), Alexandre Mandon. By adding layers of material to obtain a finished part, additive […]
Article published by our partner site Le Monde de l’Énergie The economic recovery is expected to boost activity in the oil and gas industries and to give them an opportunity to catch up in big data, IoT and cloud computing. By investing in digital technologies, and more specifically in planning and automation tools, oil and […]
Article published by our partner site Outthere In San Francisco and in Strasbourg, two researchers are investigating the same topic: developing artificial intelligence to a level at which it can seek and find solutions without human involvement. The work of Risto Miikulainen from Finland and Français Pierre Collet from France is based on evolutionary computation, […]
Digital technologies and big data can be used to better control energy consumption, a strategic goal of local authorities, and provide greater comfort for citizens. Artificial intelligence is spreading to the entire urban space and is now used in streetlights, traffic lights, signage, charging stations, and variable message signs. Thousands of sensors have been installed […]
Jobs, skills, management, quality of life at work … in the digital age, the future of industry entails first and foremost making the most of the place and role of the operator within the production ecosystem. Not a month goes by without a further study describing the impact of the industry of the future on […]
Omexom’s universal, rapid Nomad Mapping System technology is used to perform highly operational topographic surveys for companies. Google and its Maps and Street View tools have given the public at large an understanding of the benefits of geolocation and visual display of our everyday environment. The same capabilities are game-changers for industrial undertakings and businesses […]
First Luxembourg, then Nice, and now Caen has opted for “Affordable Safety”, the solution developed by the VINCI Energies subsidiary, which installs large-scale signalling systems for underground transport. Here’s why. It may only be half the size of a shoe box but it packs quite a punch: the safety PLC (Programmable Logic Controller) developed by […]
VINCI Energies brand VINCI Facilities has joined forces with the Bureaux à Partager (BAP) company to conduct a large coworking project aimed at developing new flexible office solutions and services for the group’s customers. “We will reinvent the way people work day-to-day,” says Clément Alteresco, CEO of the BAP group. VINCI Facilities has enlisted 118 […]
