
Plus 17 % sales growth
The Escha Group, based in Halver, South Westphalia, generated consolidated sales of more than EUR 102 million in the 2022 financial year, setting a new record.
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The Escha Group, based in Halver, South Westphalia, generated consolidated sales of more than EUR 102 million in the 2022 financial year, setting a new record.

Andreas Lachenschmidt has been supporting the Kunbus management team led by Dr. Martin Kunschert (Partner & CEO) and Sándor Kaufmann (COO) as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) since March 1, 2023.
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.

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.

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.

At Embedded World, esd electronics is presenting the latest addition to its Profinet gateway family in the form of a variant for CAN FD.

Lapp is launching two switches for use outside the control cabinet: thanks to IP67 classification, the Etherline Access PN IP67 Profinet switch and the Etherline Access U IP67 unmanaged industrial Ethernet switch are suitable for use directly in the field.

After a year with Group sales of around EUR 560 million, Balluff remains on course for growth and is creating the necessary conditions for this by expanding its production capacities - including with a large-scale production facility in Mexico.

Dietmar Bohn has been Managing Director of the Profibus Nutzerorganisation e.V. (PNO) since 1 January 2023 and, together with Dr. Peter Wenzel, is now in charge of the PNO office and the PI (Profibus & Profinet International) Support Center in Karlsruhe.

Axel Börner, CFO of the Wago Group, is retiring from the operating business of the electrical engineering and automation technology provider after 20 years. On March 15, 2023, Jürgen Koopsingraven will take over the management of the commercial divisions as CFO.