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On September 26, the European association SmartFactory-EU EWIV was founded in Eindhoven (NL). Prof. Dr. Detlef Zühlke, long-time head of SmartFactory-KL, was appointed as the founding managing director.
read more...Since 2016, the importance of digital transformation has steadily increased in large German companies. Now it is declining for the first time, according to the latest survey by digital consultancy Etventure. One of the main reasons: trust in their own employees is waning.
read more...Deutsche Telekom is further expanding its 5G ecosystem for industry. In addition to the partnership with network equipment provider Ericsson, three specialists for smart production and development have now joined the network: EK Automation, Konica Minolta and Endress+Hauser.
read more...The IoT hype has passed its peak. It really is time for automation to leave the IoT prototype phase behind. But where are the solutions that not only work from a technical perspective, but also from an economic one?
read more...Machine vision / image processing
A common "language" such as OPC UA is required to enable machines to communicate with each other. The specialist department for industrial image processing (Machine Vision) within the VDMA has approved a corresponding OPC UA Companion Specification.
read more...Power supplies are nothing more than power supplies? Far from it! Ulrich Ermel, responsible for New Business Development at Puls, explains how important they can be in Industry 4.0, even as data suppliers.
read more...Digitalization, individualization and climate protection - industry is in the midst of a technological transformation. Deutsche Messe is taking this as an opportunity to proclaim 'Industrial Transformation' as the key theme of Hannover Messe 2020.
read more...Since December last year, a number of managers have already left the crisis-ridden Kuka. Another prominent departure is now Heinrich Munz, most recently Lead Architect Industry 4.0 at Kuka.
read more...Augmented reality is one of the hot topics in industrial automation. The company is now demonstrating that PTC is serious about the technology with a series of measures.
read more...Conrad Connect, an IoT project platform for private customers to date, is continuing to develop its platform. Now companies are also benefiting from the ecosystem and from services and benefits developed specifically for B2B partners.
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