UN Industrial Development Organization Announced AI Alliance with Huawei and Other Enterprises to Help Industrial Digitization
The Digital transformation Forum of European Smart Railway Hub was held in Fényeslitke, Hungary. During the meeting, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization announced that it would establish a global industrial and manufacturing AI alliance with Huawei and other international enterprises in July, committed to building a platform for joint collaboration and knowledge sharing, promoting the innovation and application of AI technology in the industrial and manufacturing fields, and promoting the development of the digital economy.
In his speech, Zou Ciyong, Deputy Director General and Executive Director of the United Nations Industrial and Development Organization, pointed out that we are witnessing how mobile connectivity and industrial innovation are integrated. The combination of 5G with artificial intelligence and cloud computing has created a lot of value for the transportation and logistics industry, such as significantly improving work efficiency and quality, greatly improving site safety, and allowing women to participate in previously male dominated work.
In the future, artificial intelligence will play an increasingly important role, bringing great changes to industry and manufacturing. That’s why the United Nations Industrial and Commercial Organization (UNIDO) has teamed up with Huawei and other global companies to establish a global alliance for industrial and manufacturing artificial intelligence, aiming to provide a best practice platform for global collaboration, knowledge sharing, and demonstration for AI development, “said Zou Ciyong.
János Tálosi, CEO of East West Gate, said that the multimodal logistics hub will be completed and put into operation in 2022. Every year, it will quickly load and unload 1 million TEUs between 5 wide rails and 5 Standard-gauge railway, which has high requirements on efficiency and safety. Through 5G technology, internal communication and interconnectivity of technical equipment are achieved, providing remote control and fine operation functions for fully automatic cranes in the hub, improving production efficiency. At the same time, remote control also brings a more comfortable working environment.
This is an important milestone in the development of 5G technology in Hungary and the digitization of railway freight, which will drive EWG to become the center of railway logistics hubs in the new century,”said János Tálosi.
Huawei’s Vice President for Northeast Europe, Radoslaw Kedzia, stated that EWG is a social value project created jointly by partners and investors. Thanks to the high digitization and high-tech solutions of the entire project, the safety of production, as well as the comfort and health of the working environment, have been greatly improved, attracting many local young people to join. The average age of employees is between 23 and 25 years old. The successful practice of EWG railway hub has proved that 5G and other next-generation digital technologies have really been applied to the European intelligent railway field, solved many common problems and challenges, and promoted the Digital transformation of this field.
This forum was held at the EWG multimodal railway hub in the town Fényeslitke, Hungary. The hub covers an area of 5 million square meters and includes hubs, warehouses, and development areas. It is the largest inland facility of its kind in Europe and the first container railway port in Europe to apply 5G technology.