The Robotics Award 2025 was presented to the Canadian company Maple Advanced Robotics for an AI-controlled robotics platform at the Hannover Messe press preview on February 19.

Europe must catch up in the global race for AI and automation, according to the VDMA Robotik + Automation Association. It calls on politicians to strengthen the competitiveness of the industry and defines key objectives in a strategy paper.

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Farnell has expanded its offering in the areas of industrial applications and maintenance, repair and operation (MRO). To this end, new partnerships were concluded with manufacturers such as Airotronics, Dwyer, Endress+Hauser, Pickering, Peltec, Siemens, Sick, Trimax and TKD Kabel.

SoftwareOne has appointed Patrick Kägi as the new Regional President for the DACH region, who has been with the company for almost 15 years.

SEW-Eurodrive has acquired a 34% stake in BBH Products. BBH Products will continue to operate independently on the market in the future.

SPS - Smart Production Solutions Guangzhou 2025 will open its doors at the China Import and Export Fair Complex from February 25 to 27. Since its premiere in 2010, the trade fair has been bringing automation technology to China as part of the international SPS network.

Since January 2025, the Sophos X-Ops security team has seen a significant increase in malware and phishing attacks distributed via SVG graphic files.

JFrog and AWS have announced a strategic collaboration agreement aimed at helping companies optimize software supply chains

Despite economic turbulence, the mechanical and plant engineering sector in Germany was largely able to maintain its core workforce in 2024.

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The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and IBM are expanding their long-standing collaboration in order to jointly develop and strengthen digital innovations and promote young talent for science and industry.

Keysight Technologies is involved in two projects that are part of the 6G Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking (SNS-JU). The aim is to develop a sustainable and scalable AI-native architecture for 6G networks.

Since January 1, 2025, Philipp Gutmann has been the new Managing Director of the AMA Association for Sensors and Measurement, succeeding Thomas Simmons, who shaped the AMA Association for over 17 years.

The first quarter of fiscal year 2025 brings profit surge for Siemens: revenue up 3%, net incomer up 52% – factory automation remains weak.

Tria, an Avnet company specializing in embedded computing boards, welcomes two new executives - Kate Pritchard and Daniel Denzler.

Igus has taken over the company Elko Verbindungstechnik. With this step, the company is expanding its assembly capacities in the field of drive technology.

Economies around the world are heavily investing in robotics to drive industrial innovation and societal progress. The »World Robotics R&D Programs 2025« report reveals that Asia, Europe, and America are pursuing different strategies.

MES/MOM provider iTAC Software has a new Vice President Product Management: Andreas Zerfas is returning to the company after around five years.

DigiKey has announced a partnership with TraceParts, a provider of CAD content for engineering, industrial equipment and mechanical engineering.

IFS announces the results of a recent study, according to which the manufacturing industry is at a critical turning point. Although manufacturing companies are aware of the need for digital transformation, a lack of strategies and an oversupply of technological solutions are preventing them from taking decisive action.

DeepSeek has been making waves since mid-January and is having far-reaching impacts — including on infrastructure planning. In this interview, Martin Geißler from Advyce & Company explains what this means for the construction of new data centers and energy supply systems.