Global Industrie 2026: 4 days at the heart of the action
From March 30 to April 2, 2026, the Paris edition of Global Industrie took place at the Villepinte Exhibition Center. As every year, the event brought together thousands of industry players to discuss the major challenges of industrial transformation. For KEYPROD, it’s above all a key moment to be on the ground: four days of intense exchanges, here’s what we took away from it.
Problems everywhere, data nowhere
Over four days, we spoke with dozens of production managers, plant directors, and operators. Different profiles, different company sizes but the same observations kept coming up.
"We know we’re losing machine time, but we have no reliable data."
"We only notice micro-stoppages afterwards, when it’s already too late."
"OEE? At best, we estimate it. We don’t really measure it."
Behind these statements lies the everyday reality of production monitoring: machines running without a clear view of their actual performance, assumed cycle times that are never verified, short stops that go unnoticed but add up to hours of lost production every week. Investment decisions are made without reliable data sometimes leading to buying new machines when the real issue lies elsewhere.
It’s a striking paradox: in workshops where every dimension is controlled to the micron, overall machine performance often remains a blind spot.
A topic that’s no longer theoretical
What changed this year at Global Industrie is the level of maturity around the topic. Visitors are no longer asking “what is industrial IoT?” They come with concrete projects: a fleet of 15 machines to equip, a need to monitor OEE on a 24/7 production line, a budget already allocated to digitize the workshop.
At KEYPROD, that’s exactly what we do: IoT solutions that attach directly to existing machines, with no wiring or heavy integration, to capture real-time performance data. And the conversations at the event confirmed it, the demand is real, precise, and urgent.
What if your next machine is already in your workshop?
That might be the real takeaway from these four days. Many manufacturers think investment when they think performance: one more machine, one more line, more budget.
But when you start measuring what’s really happening on your existing equipment: downtime, reduced speeds, gaps between theoretical and actual performance, you often discover untapped production capacity already there, on the shop floor. No need for new equipment. Just a need to truly understand the one you already have.
A big thank you to everyone who stopped by to see us in Villepinte: clients, partners, and curious minds alike. If production monitoring is on your radar, we’re here.
