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Festo presented new concepts at SPS IPC Drives 2017 - from handling systems and drives to a new automation system.
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Festo presented new concepts at SPS IPC Drives 2017 - from handling systems and drives to a new automation system.
Around 1700 exhibitors will be presenting the complete spectrum of industrial automation at the 28th SPS IPC Drives from November 28 to 30, 2017. With the reallocation of Hall 6, the focus of the exhibition will now be more on IT than ever before.

Without drive technology - in the truest sense of the word - nothing would turn in most machines and systems. Computer&AUTOMATION presents the latest innovations in this automation discipline in a series of pictures.

Hannover Messe is expanding: In September 2018, the first 'Hannover Messe USA' will be launched in Chicago.

Since July 1, 2017, Dr. Barbara Frei (47), Managing Director of French automation technology provider Schneider Electric, has been responsible for the newly created DACH region within the company.

The Audi AI traffic jam pilot in the A8 enables highly automated driving at level 3, taking over the driving task in traffic jams or slow-moving highway traffic at speeds of up to 60 km/h. The driver does not have to constantly monitor the car. The driver does not have to constantly monitor the car.

At the end of August 2017, it was announced that this year, for the first time, SPS IPC Drives will be bundling the topic of software & IT in manufacturing in its own hall - Hall 6: Now the organizer Mesago is following suit: With Hall 10.1, the trade fair will grow to a total of 16 halls.

This year, for the first time, SPS IPC Drives is bundling the topic of software & IT in manufacturing in its own hall - Hall 6 - in response to the increasing convergence of the two sectors in the age of digital transformation.

115 teams from 24 nations brought the asphalt at the Hockenheimring to the boil at Formula Student Germany in August. The 'Driverless' competition class celebrated its premiere this year.

From September 11 to 15, drinktec in Munich will start with a record number of exhibitors and exhibition space. This is mainly due to the integration of the SIMEI trade fair.