Siemens Digital Industries together with Atos and the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) Hartree Centre has launched a ground-breaking Industrial Digitalisation Accelerator (IDA) to offer businesses a practical, collaborative space to explore Industry 4.0 technologies.

St Helens-based steel stockholder and processor company Hi-Tech Steel Services (HTSS) has seen a £3-million increase in turnover in 2018, a 12 per cent rise on the previous year, as a result of introducing new industrial digital technologies through regional support programme LCR 4.0.