Still on a growth path
The Balluff Group successfully concluded the 2016 financial year with a 3.3% increase in sales. After the double-digit growth leap in 2015, the management is satisfied with the growth in 2016.
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Sensor cable detects the smallest magnetic field changes
Where exactly is the subway or the train in the tunnel? Where is someone trying to get onto a property where they have no business being? Or: Who has a cell phone with them when they shouldn't? Answers can be found in a thin sensor cable that scientists at Saarland University are working on.
read more...Another record year for Sick
In the 2016 financial year, sensor manufacturer Sick once again achieved record figures for incoming orders, sales, EBIT and employees. And the forecasts for the current financial year are also very positive.
read more...The optimized steam network
Steam is one of the most important and at the same time most expensive forms of energy in chemical industry plants - making it all the more important to optimize the operation of steam networks and avoid losses.
read more...New Vice President Operations Global
Leuze electronic is creating the position of Vice President Operations Global and filling it with Jochen Wimmer.
read more...New possibilities for diagnosis
Transfer even large amounts of data via IO-Link
There is now a so-called BLOB profile (Binary Large Objects) for the IO-Link sensor-actuator communication standard, which can be used to transfer significantly larger amounts of data than before via IO-Link.
read more...Specially for water and wastewater applications
The Vegapuls WL S 61 radar sensor is particularly suitable for simple applications in the water and waste water sector and offers a wide range of installation options. The radar technology is independent of temperature influences, wind movements, fog or rain.
read more...Recommendations for training occupations
Training in the metal and electrical industry needs to be updated in order to be suitable for I4.0, but no new job profiles are required for this - according to Gesamtmetall, VDMA, ZVEI and IG Metall as social partners for training and qualification in the M+E industry.
read more...Joint venture with Banner in Asia
As part of their internationalization strategy, Turck and Banner Engineering have founded their first Asian joint venture in Singapore.
read more...Measurements between -50 and +150 °C
The tamper-proof temperature sensor TV from ifm has an IO-Link interface and offers a measuring accuracy of ±0.3 K. Its measuring range is between -50 and +150 °C. Thanks to its compact design, the sensor can also be installed in confined spaces.
read more...Annual financial statements 2016
First Sensor cracks the 150 million euro mark
Strong growth in the Medical and Mobility target markets contributed to First Sensor's 9% increase in sales to €150.1 million in the 2016 financial year compared to €137.7 million in the previous year.
read more...Five teams nominated for AMA Innovation Award 2017
The AMA Association for Sensors and Measurement has nominated five applications for the AMA Innovation Award 2017. The special 'Young Company' award goes to Jens Karsten Lange's team from SLT Sensor- und Lasertechnik in Wildau.
read more...Endress+Hauser acquires
Endress+Hauser has acquired SensAction, a manufacturer of systems for measuring concentrations in liquids, with retroactive effect from January 1, 2017.
read more...Bosch teaches cars to learn
The 'brain' for self-driving cars is to come from Bosch. At Bosch Connected World 2017 in Berlin, the company presented a corresponding vehicle computer. It can use artificial intelligence (AI) to apply machine learning processes.
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On course for further growth
In 2016, the sensor and measurement technology sector generated a 4% increase in turnover, invested more and also increased its export ratio. The AMA Association for Sensors and Measurement has announced the latest industry figures.
read more...Sensor technology and eye tracking
Smart textbook to encourage pupils
Researchers at TU Kaiserslautern and DFKI are working on an intelligent textbook for tablets and computers in the 'HyperMind' project. With the help of integrated sensors, it should help to identify pupils' strengths and weaknesses at an early stage.
read more...Currency effects reduce sales in euros
Endress+Hauser achieved growth in local currencies in the 2016 financial year - consolidated sales in euros, on the other hand, fell by 0.2 %, mainly due to exchange rate effects.
read more...News about sensor technology
What would the smart factory of today and tomorrow be without sensors? Sensors are indispensable as the basis of every industrial production system. Computer&AUTOMATION has summarized current trends from spring 2017 in a picture gallery.
read more...Safe sensor technology for robots
Increasingly automated production processes cannot do without robot applications sooner or later. The robots work together with the worker at different levels of proximity. A challenge for safe sensor technology.
read more...Industry 4.0 meets intralogistics
From March 14 to 16, the Stuttgart Exhibition Center will open its doors for the 15th edition of Logimat. Under the motto "Shaping change: Digital - Connected - Innovative", the trade fair for distribution, material and information flow is all about Industry 4.0 and IoT.
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