
Software for switch cabinet construction
The engineering software clipx Engineer from Phoenix Contact makes it possible to plan and order terminal strips, assembled mounting plates and terminal boxes and seamlessly transfer the data to production.

The engineering software clipx Engineer from Phoenix Contact makes it possible to plan and order terminal strips, assembled mounting plates and terminal boxes and seamlessly transfer the data to production.

iTAC.SMT.Edge from iTAC Software enables the standardization and centralization of machine data, especially in SMT production.

The current version of the 3D_Analyzer viewer and analysis software from CoreTechnologie has the option of adding 3D annotations and views to automatically determined geometry differences.

With the Ocean software platform, Hainzl closes the loop between hardware, automation and condition monitoring for complete systems.
ifak & Paper Technology Foundation PTS
Customized Industry 4.0 solutions - this can also be implemented in conservative industries. Ifak and PTS demonstrate this with an example in the paper industry.
Weak returns are driving private investors and companies alike. Alternatives are in demand. Cryptocurrency is the new asset class of the moment. What cryptocurrencies are there, what distinguishes them and what impact will the alternative currency have on Industry 4.0?
At the end of April, the OWL Mechanical Engineering Initiative presented the Industrial APP Marketplace: an online platform for Docker containers. What is behind the Marketplace and what opportunities does it offer users?

followed up! - Hans-Jürgen Hilscher
Hilscher is currently developing an app store and has been awarded the 'Open Industry 4.0 Alliance Community' label by the Open Industry 4.0 Alliance. Hans-Jürgen Hilscher explains in an interview what is behind the app store.

iTAC offers MES and IIoT solutions for transparent, automated production processes and provides various services for networking, automating and analyzing manufacturing processes.

Softing Industrial presents in cooperation with Amazon Web Services (AWS) an AWS Quick Start for the Docker container application 'edgeConnector Siemens'.
Data forms the backbone of modern production: it helps to optimize processes, increase efficiency and visualize production processes. However, this is only possible with transparency on the store floor. Creating this digitally does not have to be complicated.
For soldered connections on printed circuit boards, the switch to lead-free solder causes increased failure rates. Quality control must therefore be improved. However, conventional methods with camera-supported automatic image evaluation quickly reach their limits.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is now announcing solutions to help companies use Gaia-X. The focus is on a framework, a marketplace and services.

With FactoryTalk Historian Site Edition (SE) from Rockwell Automation, production employees can now access the data they need even faster. Faster access to data is made possible by client-side connection balancing and failback operations.

How can production and manufacturing companies get started with artificial intelligence? The authors summarize the most important criteria for the introduction of digital technologies such as AI in five tips.

The Open Industry 4.0 Alliance now welcomes two heavyweights from the IT and OT sector to its ranks: Microsoft and Siemens. Since the alliance was founded at the Hannover Messe 2019, the number of members has now grown to almost 80 companies.

Google Cloud and Siemens are cooperating to optimize manufacturing processes using AI-based solutions. To this end, Siemens wants to integrate Google Cloud technology for data and artificial intelligence into its factory automation solutions.

The Industrie 4.0 platform and the US institute CESMII - The Smart Manufacturing Institute will be working together in future to drive forward the digital transformation of manufacturing. They presented the first results of their collaboration at Hannover Messe 2021.
Hilscher is currently developing an app store. The Open Industry 4.0 Alliance has now awarded this development project the "Open Industry 4.0 Alliance Community" label for the first time. What is behind it?

T-Systems and GFT are working together on the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). Together, they offer the manufacturing industry solutions for analyzing large-scale machine, production and planning data: End-to-end and directly on the production floor.