Communication & networking - The winners
Secure, limitless and forward-looking - this is how the award-winning products in the 'Communication & Networking' category can be described. The winners at a glance.
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Secure, limitless and forward-looking - this is how the award-winning products in the 'Communication & Networking' category can be described. The winners at a glance.
Endress+Hauser carried out two load tests that simulate the realistic Ethernet-APL setup with components from various manufacturers. According to the measurement technology manufacturer, the results confirm Ethernet-APL as a new milestone for industrial communication.

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.

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.

SPS - Smart Production Solution is expanding to America. It will make its first appearance as "Automation Sector powered by SPS" at IMTS 2024 in Chicago, and from 2025 as an independent trade fair in Atlanta.

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.

The Harting Technology Group has exceeded the EUR 1 billion sales mark for the first time. The growth of 21.8% in the 2021/22 financial year came from all regions and markets. However, according to CEO Philip Harting, the coming year will be challenging.
Systematically maintaining the cyber security of products in the field over the entire product life cycle is the task of PSIRT - the Product Security Incident Response Teams.

Follow up with Stefan Messerkliger, B&R
In industrial manufacturing, OPC UA is regarded as the data exchange format of the future. In the world of mobile machinery, such an agreement is still missing. Stefan Messerklinger calls for OPC UA to be introduced in this sector too.

At the beginning of November 2022, the Weidmüller Group exceeded the EUR 1 billion sales mark for the first time in the current financial year and is forecasting year-on-year growth of over 20% in total for the 2022 financial year.