The top articles in July? Take the topic of (cyber) security, mix in artificial intelligence, look at the advances in exoskeletons, think about Single Pair Ethernet in manufacturing and ask about news from Siemens.
How can digitalization and artificial intelligence help to make production processes sustainable? How can cobots and automated guided vehicles bring variety to everyday working life and how can they support people? Starting points in this issue.
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Expansion of the Sensor Portfolio
VDMA economic survey 3rd quarter 2025
International Federation of Robotics
Distrelec, a distributor for maintenance requirements, in particular technical components, automation accessories and measurement technology, has been in business for 50 years. André Hoffmann, Head of Sales DACH & Italy at Distrelec Germany, on the challenges of this time.
Endress+Hauser can look back on 70 years of company history this year. To mark this anniversary, we spoke to Matthias Altendorf, CEO of the Endress+Hauser Group since 2014.
From November 1, 2023, Roman Gaida will be responsible for global sales and marketing activities at Bürkert Fluid Control Systems as Chief Sales Officer (CSO) and member of the Management Board.
25 years of CTX Thermal Solutions
CTX Thermal Solutions has been in business for 25 years. An interview with Wilfried Schmitz, Managing Director and founder.
On 18 July 2023, the board of the Association for Measuring and Testing Technology elected Dr. Marcus Korthäuer, Managing Partner of Espera-Werke in Duisburg, as its new Chairman.
Siemens and BayWa are driving forward CO2-optimized industrial production in a pilot project. To this end, they are linking the Siemens Sigreen emissions management software with the BayWa Carbon Connect emissions offsetting software.
Helmholz has been involved in industrial communication for 35 years. The two managing directors Karsten Eichmüller and Carsten Bokholt look back on this time.
Due to its robustness and real-time capability, the standardized VMEbus technology is still used today in projects with increased requirements.
Interview with Michael Moser, DSAG e.V.
Under the umbrella of Manufacturing-X, SAP is working to digitize supply chains in the industry. Michael Moser, DSAG Board Member for Production & Supply Chain Management, provides an assessment of Manufacturing-X activities from the perspective of DSAG e.V. in an interview.
Parker Hannifin releases the 'PCH Network Portal' to the European market. This product is a new approach to Ethernet communication modules that reformulates and transforms the I/O architecture of machines.
Yaskawa expands the decentralized I/O and control system 'Slio' with an I/O-Link module and the corresponding software 'Yaskawa IO-Link Manager'.
Trendnet expands the product line of industrial Gigabit switches with the 5-Port Gigabit PoE++ Powered DIN-Rail Industrial Switch 'TI-B541' with PoE Pass-Through, which was developed for extreme conditions in industrial environments.
Omron celebrates its 90th anniversary in 2023. Dr. Klaus Kluger, Sales Director Central and Eastern Europe at Omron, tells us more in an interview.
The concept of 'Zero Trust' originally comes from IT and means: Trust no one! In OT, the methodology is being adopted as a device-centric approach for the security of critical infrastructures.
There are many managers who literally lose sleep over problems or conflicts, while others in similar or even worse situations seem to be able to rest easy. But what does resilience have to do with it?
'TSN in Practise' - this is the motto of the international TSN/A Conference 2023 taking place on September 27-28 in Ludwigsburg near Stuttgart. Become part of the community and discuss the future of the real-time Ethernet standard with experts and users.
IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report 2023
IBM Security has published its annual Cost of a Data Breach Report. This calculates the average cost of a data breach. The costs are usually passed on to the consumer.
With 'ABG 26', PWB encoders offers a ready-to-install encoder kit for mounting on through hollow shafts from the group of single-turn absolute encoders.
