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Technological innovation is always extraordinary – but perhaps its best, most important application has been to help us live longer, healthier lives. Take digitalization. This is a process that has disrupted many industries and now offers a range of attractive solutions for the life sciences & healthcare sector, such as the quest for new approaches to healthcare delivery. Our focus article The transformation of healthcare dives deep into an industry on the threshold of change.

It’s been a challenging few years for technology companies. Now, however, the sector is booming again – but continued growth depends on the ability to keep up with customer expectations. Can service levels and production be ramped up quickly enough to meet fast-growing demand? Our focus article Pushing new limits reveals more.

How well is your business tuned into digitalization? Our focus article The seismic potential of digitalized manufacturing explains why Engineering and Manufacturing is one of the sectors at the forefront, as well as examining a future where manufactured objects and all the corresponding data are perfectly connected. One industry that has eased into the world of engineering products for advanced analytics and digital capabilities is agriculture. Innovations in satellite imaging, drones and tractor technology have made today’s farming more precise than ever – and the commercial potential is huge. Find out more in Agri-tech: outstanding in its field. 

There are many changes facing the automotive industry. This is an industry that has always taken pride in a culture of constant innovation. Automotive now has to adapt to a new set of disruptions and fundamental changes as the sector embraces using new technologies in what is evolving into the autonomous mobility sector. Find out more..

Did you know that some 1.2 billion people around the world live without electricity? Half of these live in sub-Saharan Africa, which trails the rest of the world in terms of access to electricity by a huge margin. Our Energy feature Lighting up Africa discusses how progress can be made that will turn around the fortunes of business and private households, and how logistics can play an important part.

Let me welcome you to this issue with some impressive numbers. Since the launch of NAFTA in 1994, U.S. direct investment in Mexico has risen more than sixfold to $92.8 billion in 2015. Over the same period, Mexican exports to the U.S. have surged more than sevenfold to $294.6 billion. The numbers speak for themselves – under NAFTA, Mexico has become a key manufacturing hub for foreign companies supplying the U.S. During these times of political headwinds, will it stay the same in the coming years? We’ll give you an insight in Mexico at the crossroads.

For the automotive industry, segmentation is now the order of the day, as consumer attitudes to cars and driving are increasingly diversified. Our Focus article “Wired for the road ahead” explores this changing landscape in which carmakers have to adapt to the complexity of ever more fractured markets and the rise of technology components in vehicles, and where smart supply chain planning matters more than ever.

We’re all individuals. While this statement may be an obvious one, when it comes to life sciences and healthcare, it represents a fundamental change in mind set. Where “one drug for all” used to be the prescribed course for an illness, now, with the ever-growing understanding of an individual’s genetics, lifestyle and the characteristics of their condition, the approach to treatments is becoming much more tailored.