Schneider Electric Showcases Energy and Technology Integration at Hannover Messe 2026

[Ahmet Ö.]

## Schneider Electric Showcases Energy and Technology Integration at Hannover Messe 2026

At Hannover Messe 2026, Schneider Electric will demonstrate how industrial organizations can transform operational, energy, and workforce challenges into tangible competitive advantages.

### Integrated Solutions for Modern Industry
At the fair in Hannover, Germany, Schneider Electric, together with Aveva software, global partners, and customers, will present clear and actionable solutions for modern industry. The exhibition will showcase how electrification, open software-based automation, and digital intelligence are combined with strong partnerships with companies like Microsoft, HPE, Intel, and AWS.

### Five Key Industry Challenges
The Schneider Electric booth (Hall 13, Stand C34) will focus on five challenges shaping the industry's agenda for 2026:

• Operational Efficiency: Reducing waste, increasing production speed, and utilizing AI-powered digital twins with real-time analytics.
• Modernization of Existing Systems: Seamless updating of existing infrastructure with open, interoperable automation systems.
• Workforce and Talent Gap: Empowering operators and engineers with AI-powered tools and digital environments.
• Data Security and Cybersecurity: Cybersecurity architectures that securely connect IT and OT systems.
• Energy Efficiency and Electrification: Decarbonizing industrial operations and supporting sustainability through the integration of electricity, process, and data.

### Schneider Electric Technology Demonstrations

#### 1. Flexible and Scalable Operations

• EcoStruxure Automation Expert Insights Wall: A water management application demonstrating how open software-based automation accelerates factory control and AI integration.
• Agentic AI: Software running hardware-agnostically using Microsoft Azure Adaptive cloud infrastructure.
• Foxboro SDA (First time in Europe): The world's first software-defined DCS, integrating Foxboro reliability with EcoStruxure Automation Expert.
• New Data Center Demo with HPE: Data centers gaining high availability and scalability with software-defined automation.

#### 2. Energy Efficiency and Electrification

• Integrated Powertrain Demo: An interactive demo inspired by a BASF site, showcasing electrical infrastructure with real-time simulations.
• Altivar drive family: Smart drives focused on energy saving, reducing energy consumption by up to 25%.

#### 3. Operational Efficiency
- Integrated energy and process demo (LNG and Plastic Recycling): Fully integrated solutions from digital twin-supported design to operations, resulting in 20% lower capital expenditure and 15% fewer unplanned downtimes.

#### 4. Empowered Workforce

• Multi-robot demo: An open automation architecture combining a Fricke filling machine, mobile cobot, and Vision AI inspection.
• Data interoperability: Unified management of OT, engineering, and IT data with AVEVA PI System and the CONNECT platform.

#### 5. Data and Secure Operations

• Airport baggage management: Virtual commissioning and real-time tracking with a digital twin.
• Controlled indoor environment (HVAC): Up to 30% energy savings with AI-powered speed control.
• Schneider Electric consulting services: Industrial digital transformation and OT cybersecurity applications.

Through this comprehensive experience, Schneider Electric presents a roadmap for overcoming critical challenges in the industrial sector with technological solutions.