Industry 40 and the digital mine ar e her e now while in the near futur e dr ones and even 3D printing may drive a major step change in logistics The benefts ar e compelling but the risk and cost of investment ar e high W orking with academia and our technology partners we ar e committed to driving technological advances into the sector and to making innovation accessible and af for dable Our portfolio alr eady includes many global patents and we continually invest in RD and pr oduct development to drive pr ogr ess Among r ecent examples we have launched digital twin to pr ovide online transpar ency of our customers inventory W e have also intr oduced connectivity into key pr oducts to help engineers and operators beneft fr om smart technology Wher e we see potential we explor e Wher e we see a beneft we invest to drive impr ovements into our customers operations helping make undergr ound operations safer easier and mor e costef fective K e e p i n g c u s t o m e r s i n t o u c h w i t h t e c h n o l og i c al a d v an c e m e n t s 19