Highlights the key trends in 2023 for manufacturing technology, including trends in industrial automation equipment and machinery, industrial sustainability, software, and communications as well as trends in industrial automation devices.
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Anna Ahrens
Senior Analyst, Manufacturing Technology
As a member of the Industrial IoT, software & communications team, Anna focuses on industrial communications and industrial edge networking components. She examines industrial communications standards and their implementation in process and discrete manufacturing. Anna also covers trends in industrial networking components such as IIoT gateways, routers, switches, and more.
Anna joined Omdia in January 2019 with more than 10 years of experience in the electronic components industry, including roles in forecasting, market intelligence, business development, and product management for display devices. Previously, she worked at Samsung Semiconductors Europe. She holds a Bachelor of Applied Linguistics and Cultural Studies from the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany. Anna is based in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, and is fluent in German, English, and Russian.
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