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According to a new report on ResearchandMarkets, the global market for sheet-metal fabrication services, estimated at US$ 14.8 billion in the year 2020, is projected to reach a revised size of US$17.7 billion by 2027, growing at a CAGR of 2.6% from 2020-2027.

Intelligent ‘lights-out’ factory solutions were the focus of SafanDarley’s stand at this October’s EuroBLECH sheet-metal exhibition in Hanover, Germany. The bending and shearing specialist, inventor of the servo-electronic E-brake bending system, has heralded an ‘E-volution’ in sheet-metal processing by moving increasingly towards the automatically and digitally controlled factory.

Alberto Martínez, Bystronic’s chief digital officer, explains why and how the sheet metal industry needs to address digitalisation. Reliable data is crucial on this journey.