Best of 2023
The top articles of the year
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.
Top 10: Pilz celebrates its 75th anniversary
Pilz celebrates its 75th anniversary with a reception at the Hannover Messe. In attendance: employees, companions, family and lots of warmth.
Top 9: Wago relies on Bosch Rexroth
Wago will be the first system and technology partner to use the real-time capable, Linux-based operating system 'ctrlX OS' from Bosch Rexroth on future controllers in the medium and high performance classes.
Top 8: Single Pair Ethernet at field level
Single Pair Ethernet as a key technology for an end-to-end network from the sensor to the cloud is accelerating the use of Ethernet in process and factory automation, building technology and transportation.
Top 7: The PLC in the cloud is becoming a reality
At the Hannover Messe, Siemens presented 'Industrial Operations X', a portfolio for industrial automation that is part of Siemens Xcelerator and includes a fully virtual controller based on the S7-1500 functionalities.
Top 6: Sick and Endress+Hauser join forces
The German sensor company Sick and the Swiss measurement and automation technology provider Endress+Hauser want to work more closely together.
The two companies are aiming for a strategic partnership for Sick's process automation business field.
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Top 5: The three twins
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.
Top 4: The virtual safety controller
In a two-part series of articles, we shed light on the PLC's path to virtual control. In this second part of the article series, the focus is on functionally safe controllers - i.e. safety controllers. Can they also be virtualized?
Top 3: Products of the year - The e-paper special
"Products of the Year 2023" goes interactive: the new e-paper including video news is here! The winners of the readers' poll have been chosen and in our interactive special edition you will find all the winning products at a glance and exclusive videos.
Top 2: 100 years of Phoenix Contact - "Competition only begins in the application"
It all started with the terminal block, says Hans-Jürgen Koch from Phoenix Contact. Today, the company's goal is to fully electrify the world. For the future, Koch is certain that companies should cooperate more in areas that are not market-differentiating.
Top 1: Products of the year 2024 - you are in demand!
We are looking for the 'Product of the Year 2024'! We have published over 600 products over the past year and now they have been decided: We present the nominations in 12 categories in which you can vote for your personal favorite!
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read more...Sick and Endress+Hauser establish joint venture
Sick and Endress+Hauser have signed an agreement to jointly drive forward the decarbonization of the process industry. The companies are establishing a joint venture for this purpose.
read more...Digital twins on the rise
Digitalized processes along the entire value chain require a digital twin. Behind this virtual image of a real object is a wealth of data and algorithms that are used to simulate, control and improve processes.
read more...Strong growth recorded
The specialist for measurement technology and automation solutions increased its consolidated turnover in 2023 by 11% to over EUR 3.7 billion and created 715 new jobs worldwide.
read more...Important supplier acquired
Endress+Hauser intends to take over the operations of the Swiss supplier Angenstein Estech, including the production plant in Cernay, France, Estech Industries Angenstein, succursale de Cernay.
read more...Matthias Altendorf joins the Board of Directors
Matthias Altendorf moves to the Board of Directors at Endress+Hauser and hands over the position of CEO to Dr. Peter Selders. The management of Endress+Hauser Level+Pressure has also been restaffed.
read more...Sick and Endress+Hauser join forces
The German sensor company Sick and the Swiss measurement and automation technology provider Endress+Hauser want to work more closely together. The two companies are aiming for a strategic partnership for Sick's process automation business field.
read more..."Digitalization remains a driver on many levels"
Endress+Hauser can look back on 70 years of company history this year. To mark this anniversary, we spoke to Matthias Altendorf, CEO of the Endress+Hauser Group since 2014.
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