According to the current consensus, Industry 1.0 is the era of steam engine, Industry 2.0 is the era of electrification, Industry 3.0 is the era of information, Industry 4.0 is the era of using information technology to promote industrial transformation, namely the era of intelligence.

Naturally, compared with the first three industrial revolutions, Industry 4.0 is the use of the Internet to activate the traditional industrial process, so that the factory equipment "can speak, can be considered, to achieve three functions: greatly reduce the dependence on labor, production to a large extent to meet personalized needs, users will flow to a lower cost.

The concept first appeared in Germany and was officially launched at the HANNOVER MESSE in 2013. Its core purpose is to improve the competitiveness of German industry and take the lead in the new industrial revolution. Industry 4.0 was born in Germany, which is an inevitable choice for its industrial manufacturing upgrading and has reached a specific stage of development.

The world is undergoing this transformation, namely Germany - Industry 4.0, the United States - Industrial Internet, and China- Made in China 2025.

Simply, the Internet in the United States is in the leading position in the world, so they want to reduce the dimension from the information layer to the automation layer. Germany's machinery manufacturing industry is the strongest, so they hope to upgrade from the automation layer to the information layer.

China is now a country with parallel development of the manufacturing industry and the Internet. The manufacturing industry occupies the largest scale in the world, and the Internet economy is also ahead of Europe and almost equal to the United States. China should not only let the industrial capital through the transformation of the Internet to improve their own ability, so that China's manufacturing into China's creation and even China's intelligent manufacturing, but also makes Internet companies actively participate in the transformation of China's manufacturing industry through the Internet, and transfer the advantages of the information industry to the manufacturing industry. 

With the promotion of "China intelligent manufacturing" and "The Belt and Road", the global fastener market will increase substantially in the next few years. International Fastener Show China shall be fulfilling with your participation.