With the development of the 'Wireless Bolt 5G', HMS Networks is expanding its 'Wireless Bolt' series of wireless gateways with a variant that supports data transmission via 5G.

The Hermes Award will also be presented at Hannover Messe 2024. Companies have until February 21 to apply for the industry prize. Also up for grabs: the Hermes Startup Award.

In Germany, robot density in the manufacturing industry is in third place behind South Korea and Singapore, according to the latest results of the World Robotics Report by the International Federation of Robotics.

Democratizing software development with generative AI is the goal of the partnership between Siemens and Amazon Web Services. To this end, Siemens is integrating Amazon Bedrock into its Mendix low-code development platform.

Mark Moffat has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of IFS. His predecessor Darren Roos will now assume the position of Chair of the Board.

A team from RWTH Aachen University came out on top in the Werner Siemens Foundation's ideas competition and won 100 million Swiss francs for research into technologies for the sustainable use of resources.

'Fiepos FPT500' from Puls is a 3-phase power supply unit with 600 W output power, four electronically protected outputs and a fully integrated Ethercat connection for direct access to power supply functions and numerous measured values.

Florian Butzmann, CEO of Sumitomo (SHI) Cyclo Drive Germany and the associated SCG Group, will also become CEO of the Power Transmission & Controls Division EMEIA.

Two new stainless steel series in miniature housings - series '53C' and '55C' - from Leuze are suitable for detection tasks in production and packaging processes.

Grossenbacher presents the latest version of the 'Universal Controller (UC)'. The controller can perform the tasks of a PLC, an edge controller or an intelligent IoT gateway.

The PLC programming software 'Cscape 9.90' from Horner Automation combines graphical programming with the configuration of operator interfaces.

Unfilled workplaces, overworked employees and a lack of creativity - according to the Federal Statistical Office, what has already found its way into many companies could become even more extreme. What can be done to prevent this from becoming a reality?

Germany is emitting fewer greenhouse gases than it has for a long time. This is the assumption of experts from the Agora Energiewende think tank. But that sounds better than it is.

Since the beginning of the year, German companies have been required by law to take responsibility for child and forced labor in the supply chain of their products. The responsible federal office has drawn a positive balance - the economy is less satisfied.

Is Germany becoming the "sick man of Europe" again - or is it already? The DIHK President sees many weaknesses in Germany as a business location.

Artificial intelligence will have a major impact on the year 2024: Singular applications and creative gimmicks will be replaced by automated processes that offer added business value and kick off the journey to the autonomous enterprise.

The Supervisory Board of Ziehl-Abegg has appointed Wolfgang Mayer as the new Chief Technology Officer. The 50-year-old will take over the role in February 2024.

Schneider Electric's plant in Hyderabad, India - one of India's most important technology locations - has been recognized as a Sustainability Lighthouse by the Davos World Economic Forum. This is the third award of this kind for Schneider Electric.

Anniversaries and partnerships, trends in new cloud solutions and digital transformation, networking developments for process and factory automation as well as new and award-winning products - we take a look back at them in the most-read reports of 2023.

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The Andritz Supervisory Board and the current Schuler CEO Domenico Iacovelli have mutually agreed on the latter's departure as of December 31, 2023. Dr. Joachim Schönbeck will take over as CEO at the turn of the year.

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