Hannover Messe 2025: industrial foundation model

2025-03-31 · Publisher : Siemens · Domain : Industry 4.0 & 5.0

Siemens CEO Roland Busch opens Hannover Messe 2025 with industrial AI at the center. Siemens announces it is developing, with Microsoft, an industrial foundation model trained on industry-specific data.

### Background On 31 March 2025, Siemens President and CEO Roland Busch delivers the opening speech of **Hannover Messe 2025**. He calls for a "new operating system" for Germany (less bureaucracy, more innovation) and names **industrial AI** as the main technological lever. Siemens presents the development of an **industrial foundation model (IFM)**. ### Key facts - IFM developed with Microsoft on Azure, based on industry-specific data. - The model is meant to process and contextualize 3D models, 2D drawings, industrial data and technical specifications to provide data-based recommendations. - Showcase of the virtual PLCs (vPLCs) run by Audi at Böllinger Höfe. - Announcement of the **Accenture Siemens Business Group**, a dedicated practice of 7,000 professionals, and news with NVIDIA, Microsoft and AWS. - Roland Busch: "We have domain know how – we understand our industries. And we have the data. Together with AI this is a winning combination." ### Why it matters The 2025 edition marks the shift from one-off copilots to a strategy of industry-specialized models trained on drawings, 3D models and industrial data. For design offices, the promise is an AI able to read engineering artifacts, not just text. ### Takeaway A statement of intent: the industrial foundation model is presented as under development, with no availability date.

Tags : Hannover Messe, IA industrielle, Siemens, Microsoft, Automatisation logicielle