
Strengthened for the new year
ABB has started the new year with growth in order intake and sales. However, there was a sharp decline in profit.
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ABB has started the new year with growth in order intake and sales. However, there was a sharp decline in profit.
Bernecker + Rainer (B&R) / ABB
One year after announcing the takeover of B&R, the Swiss ABB Group will invest 100 million euros in Austria. The innovation and education campus being built at B&R's headquarters in Eggelsberg will create the basis for around 1,000 new high-tech jobs.

More automation than usual: Tesla wants to produce the Model 3 under this credo - and is now lagging well behind in terms of deliveries. This is why Tesla boss Elon Musk wants to personally take care of the progress in production.

Electrical engineers at Chemnitz University of Technology have succeeded in producing an electric motor entirely using a 3D printer. The process is intended to significantly increase the operating temperatures.

SPS - Industrial Automation Fair
The SPS - Industrial Automation Fair (SIAF) took place in Guangzhou, China, from March 4 to 6, 2018. The trade fair for industrial automation, which is based on the trade fair concept of SPS IPC Drives Nuremberg, continued to grow in terms of exhibitors and visitors.
How will AI affect automation technology - both directly in the machine and in the cloud? These and other questions will be explored at the 'Artificial Intelligence Forum', which will take place in Stuttgart on May 17.

Siemens has announced its figures for the first quarter: the company is growing in terms of both order intake and sales - thanks to strong contributions from the Mobility and Digital Factory Divisions. In contrast, the result of the Industrial Business declined.

Automation technology manufacturer Lenze is expanding its Executive Board from three to four members. From January 1, 2018, Jochen Heier (54) will head the newly created Executive Board department Operations as Chief Operating Officer (COO).
The VDMA summed up the year to date at its annual press conference: According to this, the forecast raised in July can be met. The association is also optimistic about 2018.
It was first presented as a study at SPS IPC Drives 2016 - the LTS transport system from Mitsubishi Electric with its "Smart Carriages". An enhanced version of the solution is now about to be launched on the market.