{"id":5368,"date":"2020-03-04T15:02:54","date_gmt":"2020-03-04T14:02:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.i40mc.de\/?page_id=5368"},"modified":"2026-04-16T09:31:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T07:31:17","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.i40mc.de\/en\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<b>About the Industrie 4.0 Maturity Center (i4.0MC)<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The i4.0MC has been accompanying the manufacturing industry on its way into the digital age since 2017. The center was established on the RWTH Aachen Campus to make the potential of the fourth industrial revolution visible with the &#8220;Industrie 4.0 Maturity Index&#8221; published by acatech. In addition, the center offers a comprehensive range of training courses to enable manufacturing companies to qualify their employees for the tasks involved in the digital transformation. In the future, the i4.0MC will further expand practical research together with the FIR at RWTH Aachen University. Integration into the ecosystem of the FIR at RWTH Aachen University as the leading institute in the Smart Logistics cluster creates synergies between research and practice and is the basis for the development of visionary solutions to future issues in digitized industry.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left\">Our Office<\/h3>\n[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\" https:\/\/www.i40mc.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2019\/11\/IR_Aachen_61_\u00a9JRF-e1585737211211-1170x555.jpg \"  width=\"1170\" class=\"\" title=\"IR_Aachen_61_\u00a9JRF-e1585737211211-1170x555 About us  \" alt=\"IR_Aachen_61_\u00a9JRF-e1585737211211-1170x555  \" data-anim-type=\"\" \/> <\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]<strong>I4.0MC &#8211; Industrie 4.0 Maturity Center GmbH<\/strong><br \/>\nCampus-Boulevard 55<br \/>\n52074 Aachen<\/p>\n<p>Email:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:info@i40mc.de\">info@i40mc.de<\/a><br \/>\nTel:\u00a0<a href=\"tel:+492414125220\">+49 241 412522-0<\/a><br \/>\nFax:\u00a0<a href=\"tel:+4924141252299\">+49 241 412522-99<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;][\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_raw_html]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[\/vc_raw_html][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;][\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]\n<h2><a id=\"team\"><\/a>Our Team<\/h2>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;]<div class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\" https:\/\/www.i40mc.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/01\/von-stamm-john.jpg \"  width=\"260\" height=\"1000\" class=\"\" title=\"von-stamm-john About us  \" alt=\"von-stamm-john  \" data-anim-type=\"\" \/> <\/div>[vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221; 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