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Smart Manufacturing Week 2026 will mark the official launch of Factory of the Future, a new flagship immersive demonstrator designed to show what the next generation of connected, intelligent and secure manufacturing can look like.
Developed in partnership with AMIC, the Advanced Manufacturing Innovation Centre, Factory of the Future will bring together digital manufacturing, automation, AI, digital twins, cybersecurity, sustainability and connected supply chains into one integrated manufacturing story.
This year, visitors will be able to experience the concept created in partnership with AMIC in a virtual way. Visit the Factory of The Future stand on the show floor – stand M82, meet the AMIC team and look at how modern manufacturing systems can respond, adapt and optimise in real time.
AMIC will showcase digital manufacturing and digitalisation capabilities, including:
- Factory layout and redesign optimisation
- Discrete event modelling and process digital twins
- Capacity and resource utilisation modelling
- Dynamic production planning and event-driven scheduling
- AR-enabled work instructions
- Connected digital supply chain analysis
- Digital twin technology
- IT/OT infrastructure
- Unified namespace architecture
- Manufacturing operations software
- Edge analytics and control
- Cybersecurity for connected manufacturing
Together, these elements will show how manufacturers and engineers can move from reactive operations to intelligent, adaptive and data-led production environments.
The 2026 virtual launch is only the beginning.
2027: The Live Factory Arrives
Factory of the Future will then be brought to life as a full-scale live production environment at Smart Manufacturing Week 2027.
It is being created to move beyond static product demonstrations. It will show how the technologies shaping modern industry connect together inside a working manufacturing ecosystem.
A dynamic, modular demonstrator showing how intelligent manufacturing works in practice.
The ambition is to create a walk-through, live production experience featuring:
- A functioning production line
- Robotics, cobots and automation
- Conveyors, AGVs and smart material flow
- Machine vision, quality inspection and metrology
- PLCs, sensors, edge computing and industrial networks
- MES, SCADA, dashboards and digital twin platforms
- Predictive maintenance and condition monitoring
- Energy monitoring and sustainability reporting
- Cybersecurity demonstrations
- AR/VR training and operator support
- Real-time production data and live KPI displays
The live environment will be designed around integrated zones, showing how equipment, software, data, controls and operator interfaces work together — rather than presenting technologies in isolation.
Potential zones include smart assembly, additive manufacturing, AI and digital twin, predictive maintenance, sustainability, quality, logistics, cybersecurity and innovation showcases.
Factory of the Future is coming.
See the concept launch at Smart Manufacturing Week 2026, experience the AMIC virtual environment, and discover how the live production line will be brought to life in 2027.
Visit AMIC on stand M82 to find out more, meet the team, and register your interest in becoming part of the live Factory of the Future demonstrator.
