Bernd Steinbrenner joined the management team at manufacturing software provider Industrie Informatik at the beginning of the year. He replaces Eckhard Winter, who has been given a new role within the company.
read more...With the construction of the 'Karlsruhe Research Factory', the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft want to advance future topics relating to the modern factory - such as artificial intelligence. SMEs in particular should benefit from the project.
read more...Dassault Systèmes wants to take over the software company IQMS for 425 million US dollars. The aim: to add ERP functions to the '3DExperience platform'.
read more...Last year, SPS IPC Drives bundled the topic of 'Software & IT in manufacturing' in Hall 6. In response to high demand, this concept was extended to Hall 5 in 2018.
read more...AI is a real hype topic, but concrete projects are still in short supply in the industry. Industry Manager Philipp Wallner explains why this is the case and how Mathworks can help to change this.
read more...Softing Industrial is presenting the new 'Mindsphere Connector' component of the 'DataFeed OPC Suite' at the SPS IPC Drives 2018 trade fair. Product Manager Andreas Röck explains what it's all about.
read more...At the beginning of the year, Kontron presented the 'Susietec' software platform for edge applications. As Laurent Remont, CTO of Kontron S&T AG, explains, it is intended to remove the previous boundaries between data generation, data processing and data provision.
read more...Advantech is using the i.MX-8 quad processors from NXP for its upcoming Qseven 2.1 modules. Daniel Fichter, Business Development Manager RISC at Advantech, explains the variety of operating systems that are possible.
read more...Machineering will be presenting numerous new features of the 'IndustrialPhysics' simulation software with Release 2.2 at the trade fair - and is accommodating users with different licensing models.
read more...Trebing + Himstedt will use a six-stage model to support companies in implementing digitalization. Visitors can use it to determine their own status and define their further roadmap towards digital production.
read more...Siemens has named twelve resourceful researchers "Inventor of the Year 2018". Their inventions range from new software that revolutionizes the design of factory parts with 3D printing to an ingenious window coating that improves mobile phone reception on trains.
read more...The Copa-Data company is offering its Zenon software platform with new application templates. These are designed to ensure greater efficiency and include ready-made project components such as visualization, symbols, calculation logic and evaluations.
read more...Mathworks presents the 2018b release of Matlab and Simulink. It contains enhancements for deep learning as well as new functions and improvements in all product families.
read more...With the USD 8 billion acquisition, SAP aims to be successful in the increasingly experience-driven business world.
read more...Software & IT is also becoming increasingly essential for manufacturing. As a result, numerous products with this focus are coming onto the market - as the following series of images shows:
read more...ABB wants to promote the development of artificial intelligence (AI) for industry with an accelerator program. Selected start-ups will benefit from ABB's expertise and solution portfolio.
read more...Companies are still finding it difficult to implement batch size 1 as part of Industry 4.0. A multi-agent system that can be integrated into RAMI 4.0 and also maps the model of the Industry 4.0 component can provide support here.
read more...Digitization projects are often viewed with scepticism. This makes it all the more important to involve employees in new workflows and processes right from the start. Rapid prototyping methods and processes are suitable for this - for example when creating industrial apps.
read more...The potential for digitalization is huge - and the solutions for implementing it are mature. Siemens wants to make this clear at SPS IPC Drives 2018.
read more...Fortiss' Bavarian AI center was opened in Munich on October 9. Among other things, the institute focuses on the manufacturing environment - as some interesting projects show.
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