Uwe Gräff new to the Executive Board
On January 1, 2019, Uwe Gräff was appointed Chief Technology & Quality Officer at the Harting Technology Group. He took over the position from Dr. Frank Brode.
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On January 1, 2019, Uwe Gräff was appointed Chief Technology & Quality Officer at the Harting Technology Group. He took over the position from Dr. Frank Brode.

With an increase in sales of over 13%, the Harting Technology Group achieved double-digit growth in the 2017 / 2018 financial year. The Management Board draws a conclusion on the occasion of the annual financial statements.
Agricultural machinery and auxiliary equipment in the agricultural sector are becoming increasingly electrified. The interface between tractor and attachment is a particular challenge.

I4.0-capable components on machines and systems are essential for the smart factory of the future - everything from sensors and control systems to cloud connectivity is required. Below is a small selection.

'Integrated Industry - Connect & Collaborate' - this is the motto of the world's most important industrial trade fair, Hannover Messe 2018. Computer&AUTOMATION shows an excerpt of the products that can be seen in Hanover in a picture gallery.

Harting offers the edge computing system 'Mica (Modular Industrial Computing Architecture)' to know the status of machines and process data further.

The Harting Technology Group, based in Espelkamp, East Westphalia, achieved a turnover of 672 million euros in the 2016/2017 financial year. This is the highest figure since the 72-year-old family business was founded.
The path in automation is leading to an end-to-end Ethernet system from the cloud to the furthest corners of industrial production. This requires a suitable infrastructure that has to shrink due to ever smaller end devices. - Three examples.
Will OPC UA in particular, in combination with TSN, replace fieldbuses? Andreas Huhmann, who is also a board member of SmartFactory-KL, questions this theory and makes a plea for the long-serving fieldbus.

Cables, connectors etc. are the backbone of every factory. The "smarter" the latter becomes, the higher the demands on the passive elements for signal and energy transmission. Computer&AUTOMATION has compiled the latest products from the field of electromechanics.