
Schaeffler raises forecast for 2023
Following a noticeable recovery in the second quarter, Schaeffler is more optimistic about the current financial year: the Herzogenaurach-based company expects a return on sales of six to eight percent.
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Following a noticeable recovery in the second quarter, Schaeffler is more optimistic about the current financial year: the Herzogenaurach-based company expects a return on sales of six to eight percent.

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.
SPS will take place in 16 halls in Nuremberg from November 14 to 16, 2023. That's two more halls than in 2022 - Halls 3C and 8. 1,300 exhibitors are expected.
Suitable transport structures in intralogistics are a prerequisite in all industries in order to withstand competitive pressure in the future. The basis for this is comprehensive automation, which would be inconceivable without an armada of powerful micromotors.

Federal Statistical Office/VDMA
A cushion of orders from the coronavirus pandemic is still supporting the industry. However, orders are falling at the start of the second quarter. Economists see this as a bad omen for the economy. The VDMA is also reporting a decline in orders.

Prof. Dr. Holger Hanselka, currently President of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, is to become the new President of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft. He succeeds Prof. Dr. Reimund Neugebauer, who resigned by mutual agreement after almost eleven years at the helm.

Smart Automation Austria, the trade fair for industrial automation in Austria, will open its doors at the Design Center Linz from 23 to 25 May 2023. Including: over 170 exhibitors.

In the past second quarter of fiscal year 2023, Siemens almost tripled its profit compared to the same period of the previous year.

The 'Safety Configuration Library (SCL)' is a free software tool from SEW-Eurodrive with a focus on functional safety, which has now been expanded to include the 'Movi-C' control cabinet devices.

Dr. Markus Heering will join the management of the VDW (German Machine Tool Builders' Association) and the VDMA Machine Tools and Manufacturing Systems Association on May 1, 2023.