
Dual leadership in Shanghai
Stefan Becker has been appointed Managing Director of Eckelmann Automation Technology in Shanghai and will manage the subsidiary together with Zhongwei Huang.

Hima, a provider of safety-related automation solutions, has closed the 2023 financial year as the most successful in the company's history to date. In addition to its global presence, the solution portfolio for the process industry and railroad technology will be further expanded.

Yokogawa has appointed Seita Hagihara (49) as the new President of Yokogawa Europe B.V., effective January 1. He succeeds Takayuki Matsubara, who is moving to the role of CEO of the Yokogawa Group company KBC.

Schneider Electric's plant in Hyderabad, India - one of India's most important technology locations - has been recognized as a Sustainability Lighthouse by the Davos World Economic Forum. This is the third award of this kind for Schneider Electric.

Lenze has fundamentally revised its controller portfolio. With the new controller generation, machine builders can scale the performance in their automation landscape.

Among other things, Copa-Data will be presenting the possible applications of the 'zenon POL' (Process Orchestration Layer) for controlling individual modules in the process industry.
Schneider Electric is supporting partners from the semiconductor industry in climate-friendly business with a new program. 'Catalyze' aims to reduce CO₂ emissions along the entire supply chain of participating companies.

Jerry Duque has been General Manager of Hima in North America since July 1, 2023. He had already assumed the role of legal representative there on December 1, 2022.

Rockwell Automation complements its visualization portfolio with 'FactoryTalk Optix'.

Hima has opened a Security Lab at the Customer Solutions Center in Brühl. The provider of safety-oriented automation solutions intends to develop and test holistic OT security solutions for the digitalization of functional safety there in the future.
The thin client firmware 'Visunet RM Shell' can be found on remote monitors and box thin clients from Pepperl+Fuchs, which facilitates set-up and operation with both virtualized and conventional PC-based process control systems. What does the sixth generation offer?