With the acquisition of ECO-Adapt, Schaeffler is strengthening its expertise in predictive maintenance solutions.

The goals of digital transformation in industry are clearly defined: more transparency, knowledge and speed. Now three digital twins - of plant, product and production - and their networking are making possible in practice what has long been clarified in theory.

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The topic of energy efficiency has gained enormous importance for many companies. What opportunities are there for suppliers in the mechanical and plant engineering sector to produce at competitive prices and at the same time make production more sustainable?

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She was long regarded as a model entrepreneur and is one of the richest people in the country: Maria-Elisabeth Schaeffler-Thumann, matriarch of the supplier Schaeffler, is retiring.

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Maria-Elisabeth Schaeffler-Thumann is resigning from the Schaeffler Supervisory Board. She will be succeeded by ex-CDU politician Katherina Reiche.

Despite geopolitical and economic challenges, the Lapp Group closed the past 2021/2022 financial year (October 1 to September 30) successfully: A 31% increase in turnover is impressive.

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Over 700 companies have already registered for SPS 2023. Interested parties can still benefit from the early bird discount until March 31.

NTT and Cisco have now announced the plans for their collaboration. The aim is to promote private 5G in the automotive, logistics, retail, public sector and healthcare sectors.

A year ago, Bernhard Böhrer founded the company Logiccloud with its product of the same name; the market launch took place with the SPS in November. The CEO explains the next steps.

In addition to annual trends and new developments, the topic of security and how to maintain it played a key role in our most-read articles of the past month. Find out which negative headlines also made it into the ranking here.

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Allied Vision Technologies, part of TKH Group NV, has appointed Robert Franz as CEO as of January 1, 2023. Along with this role, Franz will also assume the role of CEO for the German 2D Vision companies within the TKH Group.

Following the launch of the completely revised version of the manufacturer- and fieldbus-independent tool Pactware at the beginning of 2022, the next version is now available.

Industrial IoT applications should pay for themselves as quickly as possible, but should also be designed for a long product life cycle. From a developer's perspective, a good plan, a modular concept and reusable components help with this technological balancing act.

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The concept of low-code application development is currently all the rage. However, practice shows that without the combination with full stack automation, the concept quickly reaches its limits.

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Bonfiglioli would like to take over the Selcom Group and has reached an agreement to this effect.

The Freiburg-based radar specialist Ondosense is expanding its management team: co-founder Dr. Mathias Klenner is now managing the company together with Rainer Waltersbacher, former Managing Director of Vega Grieshaber.

Proglove, a German provider of wearable scanner solutions for human-centered productivity, has appointed Stefan Lampa as CEO, who previously held senior positions at automation and logistics companies such as ABB, Kuka Roboter and Cargotec.

The manufacturer of power supply modules Vicor has concluded a global distribution agreement with Avnet.

Eckelmann FCS is introducing the scalable E°Darc DCB energy storage modules to leverage unused energy-saving potential in the DC link.

Humans and robots work closely together in a TU Munich research laboratory at the Deutsches Museum. The aim of the KI.Fabrik lighthouse project is to create adaptive and flexible robots that support people in their work with the help of AI.

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