Uninterrupted supply chains start with reliable infrastructure and multi-layered cyber resilience

At the 1999 International Motor Show in Frankfurt – even before the ENX Association was founded – the project teams at French Association GALIA and German VDA (Association of the German Automotive Industry) piloted the first international and cross-provider connections between OEMs and suppliers.

The first EDI messages that were transmitted have not been passed down. It remained as secret as the millions and millions of future data transmissions. None of the experts predicted ENX network to become the solution for more than one generation.

25 years later, ENX network allows both the secure utilization of applications (yes, this even contains some called “legacy applications”) and modern scenarios in the machine-to-machine and IIOT area, which cannot be implemented without interoperable site-to-site solutions.

New collaboration scenarios in our industry require site-to-site connections and mutual authentication between companies in cloud scenarios. The ENX network makes industrial digitalization a manageable journey instead of a disruptive event.

Today and in the foreseeable future the availability of the ENX network is important for multi-layered cyber resilience and uninterrupted just-in-time production.