SingaporeMay 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — The 2026 Hannover Messe recently concluded successfully in Hanover, Germany. As one of the world’s most influential industrial technology events, this year’s exhibition focused on key topics such as industrial digitalization, artificial intelligence, and green low-carbon development. It attracted thousands of exhibitors from over 60 countries and regions worldwide, covering an exhibition area of hundreds of thousands of square meters, showcasing cutting-edge technological achievements and development trends in the industrial sector.
SUPCON @ 2026 Hannover Messe
As a leader in process industry automation and industrial AI, SUPCON focused on core directions such as “software-defined control, industrial large models, and intelligent AI platforms” at this exhibition. Through booth displays and keynote presentations, the company systematically showcased the complete technical pathway and practical achievements of transitioning industrial production from traditional automation to Autonomous Operating Plants (AOP), attracting numerous domestic and international visitors and industry experts for in-depth discussions.
Exhibition Highlights: Six Core Products Unlocking the Core Capabilities of Autonomous Operating Plants
At the booth, SUPCON highlighted six core technology products: the Universal Control System (UCS), Time-series Pre-trained Transformer (TPT), Tier0 Industrial Data Platform, Ethernet-APL Technology, AI + Robotics Solutions, and the Hobrè Intelligent Analyzer. These products and solutions integrate intelligent instrumentation layers, establish a unified industrial data foundation, and advance the deep integration of software-defined control systems. They continuously drive the evolution of industrial systems from the “automation phase,” characterized by rule-driven operations, to the “autonomous phase,” centered on data and intelligence, enabling production systems to gradually achieve self-perception, self-learning, and self-optimization capabilities.
During the exhibition, SUPCON’s booth received thousands of professional visitors from various countries and regions worldwide, fostering lively on-site exchanges. The company also reached in-depth negotiation intentions with dozens of potential customers and partners. Several corporate representatives from key overseas markets expressed strong interest in UCS and TPT, unanimously agreeing that SUPCON’s open architecture and AI closed-loop philosophy precisely address the core pain points of “data silos, closed control, and difficulty in iteration” in the current digital transformation of the process industry.
Keynote Speech: Detailing the Critical Pathway to Autonomous Operating Plants
At the booth, SUPCON experts delivered a series of technical keynote speeches, systematically elaborating on “autonomous operation” — not as a single-point technological upgrade, but as a new operational paradigm for the future of industry. Its core lies in data-driven decision-making, AI-enabled closed loops, and system-supported continuous evolution. To achieve this goal, SUPCON has built a comprehensive capability system spanning from “on-site perception” to “decision execution”:
- Real-Time On-Site Intelligence: Bringing Data to Life at the Source
Based on intelligent instruments and Ethernet-APL technology, SUPCON extends high-speed communication capabilities to the field layer, upgrading traditional instruments from passive data collection to real-time intelligent data nodes, providing high-quality, low-latency data foundations for industrial systems.
- Unified Data Foundation: Breaking Down System Silos
Through the Tier0 Industrial Data Platform based on a Unified Namespace (UNS), SUPCON leverages MQTT publish/subscribe mechanisms and semantic data structures to build an event-driven data sharing layer, significantly reducing system integration complexity and eliminating dependence on single vendors.
- Intelligent Agent Application Development: Making Industrial Applications “as Easy as Building Blocks”
With the Tier0 AppBuilder, enterprises can use natural language and industry-aware intelligent agents to rapidly build industrial applications, transforming traditional high-cost, long-cycle custom development into efficient, flexible application creation.
- AI + Robotics: Creating an “Autonomous Workforce” System
SUPCON deeply integrates robotics with AI capabilities, turning them into “mobile sensors” suitable for high-risk scenarios. This model not only enhances operational safety but also allows engineers to focus on higher-value decision-making and innovation.
- Software-Defined Control: Restructuring Industrial Control Systems
The Universal Control System (UCS), centered on software-defined principles, restructures traditional control architectures. While significantly reducing physical space and wiring complexity, it achieves greater flexibility and scalability, supporting green and efficient production.
- Industrial Large Models: Enabling AI to Truly Understand Production Processes
The Time-series Pre-trained Transformer (TPT) is specifically designed for industrial scenarios, integrating capabilities such as equipment health prediction, process optimization, and bottleneck analysis into a single model framework, accelerating the transition of industrial AI from single-point applications to large-scale deployment.
- Autonomous Operating Plant (AOP): From Concept to Practical Pathway
SUPCON’s proposed “zero-touch operation” is essentially a systematic transformation pathway. By building an open architecture and next-generation control system foundation, enterprises can gradually resolve data fragmentation and multi-system coordination challenges, achieving sustainable evolution toward autonomous operation.
- AI Closed-Loop Optimization: Enabling Factory Self-Evolution
Building on this, SUPCON further proposes that by continuously learning from real-time production data, AI can automatically generate optimization strategies and feed them back into the control system, forming a stable and reliable closed loop. This enables factories to achieve multi-objective optimization of capacity, energy efficiency, and safety with minimal human intervention.
Against the backdrop of accelerating global industrial restructuring, this year’s Hannover Messe reflects a consensus shift in industrial development paradigms: open, decoupled, and scalable architecture systems will become the foundational base for next-generation industrial systems, and industrial AI is rapidly evolving from an auxiliary capability to a core engine driving production system transformation. SUPCON believes that the true value of industrial AI lies in embedding intelligence into the control closed loop, directly impacting production processes. To this end, SUPCON is committed to building an open and reliable foundational system for the industry, allowing customers to advance their transformation at their own pace and ensuring that every investment has long-term evolution capabilities. In the future, SUPCON will continue to deepen collaborative innovation with global industry chains and ecosystem partners, driving the autonomous operation system from technical exploration to engineering, systematic, and large-scale implementation, helping to realize safer, more efficient, and more resilient factories worldwide.
Resources & Media
- Resource Center & Presentation Materials: global.supcon.com/events/hannover-messe-2026
- Highlight Video: https://v.qq.com/x/page/m32416n0lto.html?url_from=share
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