Despite global crises, the ifm Group's business is on a successful growth path. Record turnover and employment levels were achieved in the past financial year.

At the Hannover Messe, Vodafone is presenting a solution that enables companies to set up a self-sufficient campus network based on 5G. The "Dedicated Multi-Access Edge Computing" service will be added to the offering so that sensitive data does not have to leave the campus.

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In recent years, the OPC Foundation has positioned OPC UA over MQTT as a standardized implementation of edge/cloud communication up to IoT providers such as AWS and Azure. With a REST interface, it is now moving further into the IT world - all the way to DataSpaces and the Metaverse.

To mark 20 years of EtherCAT, the EtherCAT Technology Group (ETG) is publishing node figures for the first time: The Group counts a total of 59.1 million nodes. Growth has been exponential since 2014 and 18.4 million were added in 2022 alone.

At the start of the trade fair, Microsoft's Head of Germany Marianne Janik called for greater use of artificial intelligence (AI) in Germany.

At the Hannover Messe, Federal Minister for Economic Affairs Robert Habeck visited selected companies whose technologies support the transition to climate-friendly production. On Tuesday afternoon, he presented the 'H2Eco Award'.

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Pilz celebrates its 75th anniversary with a reception at the Hannover Messe. In attendance: employees, companions, family and lots of warmth.

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The top news from the fourth issue: Robert Habeck at the Hannover Messe +++ First virtual Simatic controller +++ 75th anniversary at Pilz +++ Interview with Schneider Electric +++ The long road to the App Store +++ 20 years of Optris +++ Sustainable automation with WAGO +++

According to many experts, the AI industry is only at the very beginning of its development and the marveled results of ChatGPT are just a foretaste of what AI could achieve in the future. Trends and voices from the industry in the new issue.

Bosch Rexroth was presented with the prestigious HERMES AWARD at the opening ceremony of HANNOVER MESSE. The award was presented by Bettina Stark-Watzinger, Federal Minister of Education and Research, in the presence of Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

In today's edition of the official daily newspaper, you can read about the Federal Chancellor's tour of the trade fair, the news from the VDMA, BDI and ZVEI press conference and also about technology trends in terms of AGVs and the profitable implementation of condition monitoring.

The DC-Industrie2 project recently came to an end and the follow-up project, ODCA, has been launched. In an interview with Andrea Gillhuber, Dr. Hartwig Stammberger and Dr. Jan Stefan Michels talk about the potential of DC technology and its importance on the road to climate neutrality.

The major associations BDI, VDMA and ZVEI are calling for more efforts to ensure that Germany remains competitive in an international comparison. At the moment, however, Germany is falling behind in international comparison.

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From thick power cables to thin sensor lines, cables and lines must be routed safely through systems and machines. A challenge that should not be underestimated, as Jörg Sokat, Head of Product Management at Pflitsch, explains in an interview with Computer&Automation.

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The storage and retrieval machines in a high-bay warehouse have been equipped with energy storage systems that reuse braking energy and reduce peak loads. This solution was the result of cooperation between the plant manufacturer Lödige Industries and the drive automation company SEW-Eurodrive.

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High-end systems from Brainware Solutions check the quality features and functions of door panels at an automotive supplier. Integrated into a production line, a test run of the black box takes 23 seconds. The operating and safety concept is essential here.

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HANNOVER MESSE 2023 opened its doors today. The editors of WEKA Business Medien and WEKA Fachmedien will be out and about for you in the halls and at press conferences on all days of the fair.

The Clipx Engineer engineering software from Phoenix Contact for enclosure construction simplifies the planning process with bidirectional interfaces to CAE systems and the automatic creation of terminal strips using intelligent engineering wizards.

The real-time planning module Felios-Liveplanner from Inform makes it possible to combine short-term manual rescheduling on the store floor with global production planning.

Econ Solutions presents the energy management software econ4 with the latest addition 'econ live' for instantaneous values of any measurement data in real time.