International Manufacturing-X

Smart & Connected Industries

Initiative for the Digitalization of Supply Chains in Industry

In the coming years, the entire value chain will become increasingly integrated and supported by digitalization – from product, production, and process design to on-site customer service and the circular economy.

No country, initiative, or company can achieve this alone. International Manufacturing-X (IM-X) will create a federated, decentralized, and collaborative data ecosystem for smart manufacturing to support greater resilience, sustainability, and competitiveness.

Foundational Framework for IM-X

Initiatives Involved in Establishing the IM-X Council

Enabling Global Cooperation: The IM-X Council

-The International Manufacturing-X Council (IM-XC) is a joint effort by partners from academia, politics, and industry to drive the development of IMX. Open collaboration, inclusion, transparency, and equal treatment of all partners within this ecosystem are key. The IM-XC will jointly set an agenda, decide on a roadmap for implementing specific aspects, and determine responsibilities.

Landscape of initiatives in the context of global manufacturing

Vision & Mission

Our Vision

The exchange of information between individuals, firms, and enterprises engaged in the manufacturing of goods or the provision of manufacturing related services can be accomplished for the mutual benefit of the participants in that exchange, without the loss of economic value to the provider of that information, resulting in the maximum economic value to society.

Our Mission

International Manufacturing-X is a partnership for the exchange of experiences, information, projects, standards, and regulations.
It considers manufacturing-related information between participants, including across international borders, considering the laws, regulations, standards and norms in each country.

News & Project Updates

Seamless IT/OT Integration in Manufacturing with the MX-Port

Jun 6, 2025

The MX-Port concept was developed by the Factory-X initiative to simplify and standardize the way industrial applications communicate. Acting as a standardized and easily configurable interface, it bridges operational technology (OT) and information technology (IT)...

Next IMX Council Meeting in Athens

Apr 22, 2025

The next IMX Council Meeting will take place on Monday, 26 May 2025, in Athens, Greece. The event was officially announced during this year’s Hannover Fair and will follow the successful IMX Council Meeting held in Oak Ridge, USA last November. The Athens meeting is...

IMX Panel Discussion at HM: Create Impact with Real Use Cases

Mar 28, 2025

Join Us at next week at Hannover Messe for our Panel Discussion: 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴-𝗫 – 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗨𝘀𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀 📅 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝟯𝟭𝘀𝘁 | ⏰ 𝟮:𝟰𝟱 𝗽.𝗺. – 𝟯:𝟯𝟬 𝗽.𝗺. 📍 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲 𝟰.𝟬 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 | 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝟴 👥 𝗣𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀: 🔹 Thomas Hahn, Siemens AG (Germany) 🔹 Kazuo...

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Upcoming Events

IM-X Council Meeting at Hanover Fair | 31. March 2025

The International Manufacturing-X Council will be meeting during Hanover Fair (March 31st – April 4th, 2024 in Hanover, Germany.
The German Manufacturing-X initiative will be exhibiting at the booth of Plattform Industrie 4.0 in Hall 8. Overarching topics: the future of Industry 4.0 – digitization, AI applications, digital infrastructures, industrial metaverse. More information will follow.

Panel Discussion: Create Impact with Real Use Cases | 31. March 2025

At the world’s leading industrial trade fair, companies from the mechanical engineering, electrical engineering and digital industries as well as the energy sector will come together to present solutions for a high-performance, but also sustainable industry. More than 4,000 companies will be acting as an interconnected industrial ecosystem and demonstrating how climate neutrality can be achieved through electrification, digitization and automation.