Most discussions about Industrie 4.0 tacitly assume that any such system will involve the processing and evaluation of large data volumes. But while modern sensor technology may already be capable of collecting a wide range of machine and production data, it is proving more difficult to analyze this information comprehensively in a single data control center and to feed the results quickly back into an optimized production cycle. This is why the conversion to flexible and adaptive manufacturing processes requires fast, reliable and preferably wireless data transmission systems.