Around 21 million Profinet devices on the market
The Profibus User Organization (PNO) has published the figures for the nodes installed in the past year. Profinet and IO-Link in particular have seen strong growth.
read more...read more...HMS achieves record sales in 2017
Compared to the previous year, HMS Industrial Networks generated an increase in sales of 24% in 2017, or EUR 119 million in absolute figures. The Karlsruhe-based branch responsible for Continental Europe made a significant contribution to this.
read more...5G alliance for the industry launched
The '5G-ACIA' working group founded at the ZVEI at the beginning of April officially began its work at the Hannover Messe 2018. It aims to successfully establish the 5G generation of mobile communications in industrial production.
read more...STW and Hawe Hydraulik cooperate
Sensor-Technik Wiedemann (STW) and Hawe Hydraulik have announced their partnership for integrated mechatronic drive solutions. They want to realize complete systems from hydraulics to automation and cloud-based concepts.
read more...Rockwell Automation joins the "shapers"
Rockwell Automation is now joining the "Shaper" group of companies to develop a communication solution for real-time and sensor-to-cloud applications in the industrial environment.
read more...Industry 4.0 benchmark for SMEs
Where does your own company stand with Industry 4.0? And in which areas is implementation even worthwhile? A 15-minute online check helps you to determine where you stand. It was developed in the Inlumia project, a cooperation between industry and research.
read more...Texas Instruments and Kunbus cooperate
Protocol stack for Sitara processors
Making Sitara processors fit for industrial communication: This is the aim of the cooperation between semiconductor manufacturer Texas Instruments (TI) and Kunbus.
read more...Industrial Ethernet communication
Siemens with TSN demo at the Hannover Messe
Everyone is talking about Ethernet TSN. At Hannover Messe 2018, Siemens is now also using a robotics trade fair model to demonstrate how OPC UA Pub/Sub based on TSN is used at the control level.
read more...Networked mobility / Smart Factory
Bosch strengthens presence in Mexico
German automotive supplier Bosch is investing over 100 million euros in a new plant in Mexico: a new smart factory for electronic components is to be built in the city of Celaya in the state of Guanajuato by 2019, creating 1,200 additional jobs.
read more...Follow-up with Alexander von Birgelen
Condition Monitoring 'improved'
New models from the 'Improve' research project promise a universal solution for data-based condition monitoring - also with the help of artificial intelligence, as Alexander von Birgelen from inIT at Ostwestfalen-Lippe University of Applied Sciences explains.
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