Siemens has announced its figures for the first quarter: the company is growing in terms of both order intake and sales - thanks to strong contributions from the Mobility and Digital Factory Divisions. In contrast, the result of the Industrial Business declined.
read more...Rockwell Automation has announced its figures for the first quarter of 2018: The US provider of industrial automation and information solutions achieved sales of USD 1.59 billion, up 6.5% on the same period last year.
read more...The Wika Group acquired Hirschmann Mobile Machine Control Solutions (MCS) from the US company Belden on January 1, 2018.
read more...Blake Moret, President and CEO of Rockwell Automation, has announced the US industrial group's financial figures for the fourth quarter and full year 2017.
read more...SPS IPC Drives 2017 ended as a record-breaking trade fair. What were the technical highlights of the automation trade fair? How was the new Hall 6 "Software and IT" received? The Computer&AUTOMATION trade fair film provides a picture of the mood.
read more...Siemens filed 3,650 patents in the 2017 fiscal year - 150 more than in the previous year. The company has now named 14 particularly resourceful researchers as 'Inventors of the Year 2017'.
read more...The VDMA summed up the year to date at its annual press conference: According to this, the forecast raised in July can be met. The association is also optimistic about 2018.
read more...What's happening in the field of control systems? Computer&AUTOMATION has summarized current products from the field of control technology in a picture gallery.
read more...ABB and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) announced a strategic partnership at the end of November. The aim is to combine the 'ABB Ability' digital portfolio with HPE's hybrid IT solutions.
read more...The Christmas holidays - a time to relax and immerse yourself in technical gadgets. Computer&AUTOMATION has put together some experimental kits and books that make great Christmas presents.
read more...The technology supplier Synapticon focuses on embedded motion controllers for collaborative and mobile robots. The company is organizing its trade fair appearance accordingly and is also presenting new products. CEO Nikolai Ensslen explains the background.
read more...At SPS IPC Drives 2016, Phoenix Contact presented PLCnext, a concept for the controller of tomorrow. One year later, it is now becoming tangible in the truest sense of the word.
read more...Despite an improved offer, Emerson once again failed to take over Rockwell Automation.
read more...Agile software development, reusable services and cross-platform apps: the introduction of service-oriented architecture has achieved great success in IT. With 'Fourzero', the Automation of Things company is adapting such architectures to the OT level.
read more...In July 2017, Christian Wolf took over as Chairman of the Exhibitor Advisory Board at SPS IPC Drives. In the interview, the Turck Managing Director also discusses upcoming changes to the automation trade fair.
read more...The 'Plagiarius' campaign is holding its competition of the same name for the 42nd time. Companies, designers and inventors once again have the chance to submit their original products and alleged imitations and propose the plagiarist as the winner of the negative prize.
read more...The SSK 002 starter kit is ideal for an easy introduction to the world of Sigmatek automation.
read more...The product Codesys Control for emPC-A/iMX6 SL is available for download from the 'Codesys Store' of 3S-Smart Software Solutions.
read more...With the free feature pack V2.4.9 for the PLC7100-based CPUs Micro and Slio, Vipa Controls provides new features by means of a firmware update.
read more...Siemens is expanding its 'Simotion' motion control solutions for converting machines to include prismatic winding and Learning Error Compensation (LECo).
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