Despite geopolitical and economic challenges, the Lapp Group closed the past 2021/2022 financial year (October 1 to September 30) successfully: A 31% increase in turnover is impressive.

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Over 700 companies have already registered for SPS 2023. Interested parties can still benefit from the early bird discount until March 31.

NTT and Cisco have now announced the plans for their collaboration. The aim is to promote private 5G in the automotive, logistics, retail, public sector and healthcare sectors.

A year ago, Bernhard Böhrer founded the company Logiccloud with its product of the same name; the market launch took place with the SPS in November. The CEO explains the next steps.

In addition to annual trends and new developments, the topic of security and how to maintain it played a key role in our most-read articles of the past month. Find out which negative headlines also made it into the ranking here.

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Allied Vision Technologies, part of TKH Group NV, has appointed Robert Franz as CEO as of January 1, 2023. Along with this role, Franz will also assume the role of CEO for the German 2D Vision companies within the TKH Group.

Following the launch of the completely revised version of the manufacturer- and fieldbus-independent tool Pactware at the beginning of 2022, the next version is now available.

Industrial IoT applications should pay for themselves as quickly as possible, but should also be designed for a long product life cycle. From a developer's perspective, a good plan, a modular concept and reusable components help with this technological balancing act.

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The concept of low-code application development is currently all the rage. However, practice shows that without the combination with full stack automation, the concept quickly reaches its limits.

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Bonfiglioli would like to take over the Selcom Group and has reached an agreement to this effect.

The Freiburg-based radar specialist Ondosense is expanding its management team: co-founder Dr. Mathias Klenner is now managing the company together with Rainer Waltersbacher, former Managing Director of Vega Grieshaber.

Proglove, a German provider of wearable scanner solutions for human-centered productivity, has appointed Stefan Lampa as CEO, who previously held senior positions at automation and logistics companies such as ABB, Kuka Roboter and Cargotec.

The manufacturer of power supply modules Vicor has concluded a global distribution agreement with Avnet.

Eckelmann FCS is introducing the scalable E°Darc DCB energy storage modules to leverage unused energy-saving potential in the DC link.

Humans and robots work closely together in a TU Munich research laboratory at the Deutsches Museum. The aim of the KI.Fabrik lighthouse project is to create adaptive and flexible robots that support people in their work with the help of AI.

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When it comes to the question of whether to purchase a cobot, the decision is quickly made between buying or leasing. Omron has seven tips for SMEs to finance cobot fleets and keep them up to date more easily.

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Sensors provide an unmanageable amount of data in industrial environments and in everyday life. If this data is properly analyzed using artificial intelligence, it can be used for many vision applications - turning simple cameras into intelligent sensors.

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Redur is expanding its portfolio to include a cable wrap with click-off hinge.

Despite difficult economic and political times, Leuze has far exceeded its own ambitious growth targets for 2022, as CEO Ulrich Balbach explained at the annual press conference.

The Edge Intelligence Gateway Concepion-tXf-L-v3 from Inonet was developed to meet the requirements placed on the use of computers in the Edge Intelligence environment, whether close to machines in industrial halls or in vehicles.