Rockwell Automation has published the ninth edition of its "State of Smart Manufacturing" report. The most important results at a glance.

Contrinex has developed Ybes Extended Slim Type 4 safety light curtains especially for use in mechanical presses.

The 'Smart Green Island Week' brought together 1,000 technology enthusiasts on Gran Canaria to promote sustainable digitalization and encourage young STEM talent. For one week, the capital Las Palmas was transformed into a laboratory for 'Sustainable Life'.

In January 2024, the AMA Association for Sensors and Measurement (AMA) surveyed its members on the economic development of the past financial year. According to the survey, companies generated a 6% increase in turnover compared to the previous year.

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Indus Holding has acquired Gestalt Robotics, thereby expanding its portfolio in the Engineering segment. Gestalt Robotics primarily has technological expertise in the field of AI-based industrial automation.

China has gained a head start in almost all aspects of Industry 4.0 - but especially in Industrial AI. This is one of the findings of the 'Industry 4.0 Barometer', which MHP compiled together with the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.

More and more regulations and bureaucracy are being imposed on companies. In an interview, ZVEI President Dr. Gunther Kegel criticizes politicians and calls for consistent action.

The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, one of the world's leading organizations for application-oriented research, celebrates its 75th anniversary on March 26.

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Safelog and Stäubli launch a partnership to advance transportation robotics. From the second quarter of 2025, Safelog will expand its portfolio to include the 'FL1500' counterbalance truck and the 'PF3' mobile platform robot from Stäubli.

CTX has acquired a stake in the Italian manufacturer of cooling components Pada Engineering, with whom it has been working closely for almost 25 years.

Bosch Rexroth, Schunk and Siemens have been nominated for the Hermes Award. The award ceremony will take place during the opening ceremony of the Hannover Messe on Sunday, April 21.

Bosch Rexroth, Schunk and Siemens have been nominated for the Hermes Award. The award ceremony will take place during the opening ceremony of the Hannover Messe on Sunday, April 21.

With the 'PD1-C', Nanotec is launching the company's smallest stepper motor with integrated controller and encoder.

Microchip Technology offers a new series of integrated motor drivers based on the 'dsPIC' digital signal controllers (DSCs) to enable efficient embedded real-time motor control systems in space-constrained applications.

The 'lifgo hp' rack and pinion gearbox from Leantechnik enables long, precise and dynamic strokes. According to the manufacturer, the absolute positioning accuracy is up to 2 µm, a fraction of the thickness of a human hair.

Helukabel subsidiary EKD Systems presents the stainless steel version of the 'SLE' energy chain type: It is corrosion-resistant, seawater-resistant and enables smooth cable routing at temperatures down to -40 °C.

Schneider Electric's DCIM solution 'EcoStruxure IT' is being expanded to include automated, model-based sustainability reporting for data centers.

With the IIoT solution 'Schmersal Cloud Solution', data and information from production can be collected, made available centrally in the back office and analyzed in real time.

Increasing production output is the goal of many companies. A flexible workpiece transport system that facilitates the parallelization of processes can offer high speed and precision with simultaneous scalability in the smallest of spaces.

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Harting wants to be climate-neutral by 2030 and also reduce its energy dependency. For this reason, the company is investing in a biogas plant and renewable energies.