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Colombia Launches Latin America’s First Digital Transformation Center for Plastics Industry

Colombia is set to establish Latin America’s first Digital Transformation Center for the Plastics Industry, designed to help plastics processing companies adopt Industry 4.0 technologies while improving productivity and sustainability. The center, called i4Plas, will focus on technologies including the Internet of Things (IoT), robotics, digital twins, additive manufacturing, prototyping, and…

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Colombia Launches Latin America’s First Digital Transformation Center for Plastics Industry

Colombia is set to launch Latin America's first Digital Transformation Center for the Plastics Industry, called i4Plas, which will focus on helping plastics processing companies adopt Industry 4.0 technologies to improve productivity and sustainability. The center, developed by the Colombian Association of Plastics Industries (Acoplasticos), the Institute for Plastics and Rubber Training and Research (ICIPC), and KERN IoP, aims to address key challenges facing the sector, including increasing productivity, rising energy costs, and a shortage of workers with specialized digital skills.

With i4Plas, plastics processing plants in Colombia will transition toward "smart factories" through applied research, industrial pilot projects, and technical training.

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