
Hans Seifert to Become Chief Sales Officer
Sigmatek has appointed Hans Seifert as Chief Sales Officer (CSO). His area of responsibility includes international sales, marketing, application engineering, and support.
Bihl+Wiedemann is a medium-sized, owner-managed company - founded in 1992 by Jochen Bihl and Bernhard Wiedemann in Mannheim. It develops and manufactures complete solutions for functional safety and data communication in machines and systems.

The Hamburg-based Joachim Herz Foundation acquires a stake in Weidmüller as part of a capital increase and thus holds around 20% of the shares in the family-owned company. The commitment is aimed at long-term corporate development and accelerated growth.

R. Stahl introduces a digital twin platform in combination with digital nameplates for the process industry. This technology enables the efficient management and interactive use of digital twins of real plant components.

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.

Wago, a provider of electrical connection and automation technology, and Radiflow, a specialist in OT cyber security, are entering into a partnership and pooling their expertise. Together, they want to strengthen resilience against potential cyber threats.

After years of strong growth, 2023 was a year of consolidation for Festo. At around 3.65 billion euros (- 4.3%), turnover was just below the previous year's level

Bihl+Wiedemann at the Hannover Messe
The portfolio of ASi-5 counter modules from Bihl+Wiedemann currently consists of different variants in protection class IP20 and IP67, each with four digital counter inputs that can be individually configured and parameterized. The ASi-5 counter module 'BWU4996' is a new addition.

The 'Web-IO 4.0 Digital Logger' from Wiesemann & Theis not only simplifies the control of switching signals in the network, but also data monitoring, as the logger evaluation of the 16 I/O channels can be viewed in any browser.
The Wago Group is growing for the third year in a row and will achieve sales of EUR 1.37 billion in 2023. This means that the manufacturer of electrical connection and automation technology has increased its turnover by 2.2% compared to the previous year.
We put 96 products in twelve categories to your vote in December, and now the winners have been chosen! The trophies were presented at a 'Winner's Dinner' at the Seehaus in Munich. These are your "Products of the Year 2024"!