
Intel completes acquisition of Mobileye
Intel has acquired 84% of Mobileye's ordinary shares, thereby completing the takeover of the Israeli company announced in the spring. The purchase price was around 15 billion US dollars.
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Intel has acquired 84% of Mobileye's ordinary shares, thereby completing the takeover of the Israeli company announced in the spring. The purchase price was around 15 billion US dollars.

"Chic, clean, unpopular" is how Die Zeit rated the electric car in Germany. The online marketplace AutoScout24 has evaluated the most popular electric car models in its database and compiled a top ten ranking.

Transformation into an independent company
"Flender GmbH, a Siemens Company": This is the name under which the Siemens Mechanical Drives division will be launched as an independent company on October 1, 2017.

Control & Drives - i.e. controllers and intelligent drives - are the core components of automation technology. Computer&AUTOMATION shows an excerpt of current products from these areas in a picture gallery.

The Federal Council approved the law on automated driving on May 12, 2017. At its heart is the legal equality of human drivers and computers. This means that highly or fully automated driving systems can take over the driving task independently.

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 2017 / Closing figures
The 70th Hannover Messe ended on April 28 with a significant increase in visitors compared to 2015. The organizer was particularly impressed by the internationality of the visitors and the variety of application examples for Industry 4.0.

Siemens has announced its figures for the second quarter of 2017: the company has grown in terms of both sales and order intake. The order backlog has reached a new high.

Mexico is the partner country at next year's Hannover Messe. While US President Donald Trump is ranting against his Central American neighbors, Europe's industry is very interested in good economic relations with Mexico.
ABB has entered into a strategic partnership with IBM. The aim is to combine the ABB Ability digital offering with the cognitive capabilities of IBM's Watson IoT.