Indústria 4.0 na indústria de papel e celulose: uma análise das experiências brasileira e estadunidense

Abstract

The Industry 4.0 is related to the applications of new technologies to manufactories, making factories connected with cyber-physical systems. This paper’s main objective is to discuss the impact and dissemination of the Industry 4.0 in the pulp and paper sector inserted in the two most crucial world producers of pulp and paper, Brazil and USA. The assumed hypothesis is that the industry 4.0 has a high impact on the selected countries and presents a high dissemination inside the pulp and paper sector. The applied methodology consists in the identification of the effects of 8 technology clusters amidst the sector, such as the internet of things, connected smart production, artificial intelligence, net technology, biotechnology and bioprocesses, nanotechnology, advanced material and energy storage. The invested technologies in this sector reinforce the prevailing competitive strategies, so that the USA may tend to reinforce its leadership in paper and Brazil, in pulp.