有幾種技術或技術支持的環境正在推動工業4.0，其中包括量子通訊、光纖、工業物聯網(IIoT)、5G通訊、積層製造與其他數位驅動工具。隨著越來越多的公司繼續它們的數位化過程，光電產業在這些領域中的每一個領域都發揮著關鍵作用，促成第四次工業革命。

There are several technologies or technology-enabled environments that are driving Industry4.0, including quantum communications, fiber optics, the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), 5G communications, additive manufacturing and other digitally driven tools. The photoincs industry plays a key role in each of these fields, enabling the Fourth Industrial Revolution as more and more companies continue their digitization journey.