Positive results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year 2019 at Siemens: According to Siemens CEO Joe Kaeser, the majority of industrial businesses contributed to growth - despite a decline in demand for factory automation and motion control.
read more...On January 1, 2020, Dr. Wolfgang Weber will move from BASF to the ZVEI as the new Chairman of the Management Board. He succeeds Dr. Klaus Mittelbach, who will leave the association at the end of 2019.
read more...STW Sensor-Technik Wiedemann and Graf-Syteco have entered into a strategic partnership under which Graf-Syteco will in future integrate STW control units and sensors into projects in addition to its operating and control devices.
read more...Under the slogan 'Production Level 4', the SmartFactory-KL technology initiative has defined a new stage in Industry 4.0 - with people at the center! A corresponding demonstrator is already under construction. It is to be presented at the Hannover Messe 2020.
read more...Despite digitalization and I4.0, the technical functions in a process plant do not become simpler if you break them down to the smallest detail. Nevertheless, the high level of difficulty can be overcome by combining the right tools in the right way.
read more...On September 26, the European association SmartFactory-EU EWIV was founded in Eindhoven (NL). Prof. Dr. Detlef Zühlke, long-time head of SmartFactory-KL, was appointed as the founding managing director.
read more...Mechanical and plant engineering
At the beginning of August, the VDMA revised its forecast for the current year downwards. The industry association now also expects production to fall by 2% in 2020.
read more...The Siemens Group has initiated a change in its management: The energy division and Group management are particularly affected. The personnel changes in detail.
read more...The 38th Motek will open its doors at the Stuttgart exhibition grounds from October 7 to 10, 2019. New this year: the 'Arena of Integration' (AoI) theme park.
read more...SPS - formerly SPS IPC Drives - will once again cover the entire spectrum of automation at the end of November. An important trend: IT manufacturers are increasingly moving into automation. Watch the video to see what else the leading trade fair for smart and digital automation has to offer.
read more...Automation in mechanical engineering
At the beginning of September, Bosch Rexroth invited the trade press to an exclusive preview in Ulm. The curtain came down on 'ctrlX Automation' in the Innovation Lab there. This is based on a completely open software architecture combined with a completely new hardware platform.
read more...Assembly and handling technology
What is currently happening on the market in the fields of material flow, handling technology and industrial handling? Computer&AUTOMATION has summarized an excerpt of what exhibitors are showing at Motek 2019 in Stuttgart in a picture gallery.
read more...What's happening in the field of control systems and motion control? Computer&AUTOMATION has summarized current products from the field of control technology in a picture gallery.
read more...Wago is expanding the 'PFC200' family with a BACnet/IP controller that is particularly suitable for requirements in smart building projects. The controller has a standardized MQTT interface and TLS 1.2 encryption for the open message protocol.
read more...The PRM expansion module is an addition to the 'PR200' small controller from Akytec with the same performance as the basic device and eight additional digital inputs and outputs each.
read more...More flexible, more intelligent machines mean more complexity and place greater demands on control and motion applications. Previous PLCs are reaching their limits here. With a new generation of controllers, Lenze is now pushing the performance limits significantly higher.
read more...In the first half of the year, turnover in the German electrical and electronics industry fell by 0.7% to €109.8 billion, while incoming orders declined by 1.6%. In light of this development, the ZVEI is questioning its previous production forecast for 2019.
read more...The order situation and real production in the mechanical engineering sector weakened significantly in the first few months of 2019. According to the VDMA, there is no improvement in sight. The association has therefore revised its forecast for 2019 as a whole downwards.
read more...Siemens - the 3rd quarter of 2019
Despite considerable headwinds in key markets, Siemens grew its order intake and revenue in the third quarter of 2019. EBITA and profit, on the other hand, fell, mainly due to declines in 'Digital Industries' and 'Gas and Power'. The figures in detail.
read more...With the release of Codesys V3.5 SP14, the range of functions of 'Codesys Control' has been extended. The runtime system is now available in a 64-bit version for all ARM/Cortex-based platforms, with optional multicore support for the Raspberry Pi, among others.
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