Nuscience, a company specialising in animal feed supplements, developed its ‘factory of the future’ , Belgium, in partnership with Actemium. They received the renowned Belgian “Factory of the Future Award” in February 2017, thanks to a good collaboration between all partners. Nuscience Group Chief Operating Officer Chris Mercier describes the project. What does your company […]
Faced with the need not only to increase order fulfilment speed so as to deliver as quickly as possible to the end client but also to optimise costs in order to improve the competitiveness of the industrial system, the logistics sector is taking steps to innovate. Actemium explains. To adapt to changing consumption modes while […]
We can draw inspiration from biological processes and systems and the workings of nature to make cities and urban practices more sustainable. On the one hand, you have rapid urbanisation and its harmful effects on the environment and humanity. And on the other, you have nature, which has been operating in a virtuous manner for […]
The interest shown by Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple and Microsoft in innovative electricity grids may well be about cultivating their reputation. But it’s also about staking out positions in new markets. Facebook and Microsoft recently joined forces with an investment fund to launch the Microgrid Investment Accelerator (MIA), an initiative designed to mobilise $50 million […]
Total and VINCI Energies are building on the current trend towards co-innovation by large groups. The “Factory 4.0” start-up incubator that Total has opened to several industrial partners including VINCI Energies is a case in point. A multi-corporate co-innovation and sharing programme can boost efficiency. On 5 January 2018, Total issued its third “Factory 4.0” […]
Article published by our partner site Le Monde de l’Énergie The energy storage market, which is likely to contribute towards the emergence of new, more environmentally-friendly electrical systems, is experiencing rapid development. Indeed, the increasing use of intermittent renewable energies, the democratisation of electric vehicles and the surge in mobile technologies mean there is a […]
By 2030, 70% of the world’s population will live in cities. The city will therefore have to be re-thought in three dimensions, including underground. How can we use the potential of the subsoil? “Second boring machine almost ready. Will be called Line-Storm…”. On 18 October 2017, billionaire Elon Musk took to Twitter to announce the […]
Tested successfully during the Euro 2008 championship in Vienna, the system regulating the flow of passengers towards underground trains on match nights combines sensors and data-driven sliding doors. The massive outflow of tens of thousands of spectators from a football stadium after the final whistle is a difficult case study for the authorities and particularly […]
Lydia Babaci-Victor, Director of Development and Innovation at VINCI Energies, attended the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, held from 9 to 12 January. She analyses the 2018 event in seven keywords. Ecossystem. “First observation: the connected technologies market has passed a milestone, reaching a degree of maturity with the advent of new business […]
