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For the DLR's 'Surface Avatar' experiment, Swedish ESA astronaut Marcus Wandt controlled various robotic systems on Earth from the ISS. The experiment is intended to show how time delays affect the remote control of robots.
read more...Dr. Kurt D. Bettenhausen, Chief Technology and Development Officer, is leaving the Harting Technology Group by mutual agreement. He will relinquish his office on March 1, 2024.
read more...Nanotec is expanding its management team: CEO Stephan Huber and Chief Technical Officer Dr. Christian Hainzlmaier will manage the electronics company together with Elke Zec, Chief Financial Officer, and Durmus Özcan, Chief Sales Officer.
read more...ITIS Holding, a PPF Group company, intends to take over the Vitronic Group. The aim is to create a globally active company for intelligent transportation, infrastructure and automation solutions.
read more...Conveyor technology and intralogistics
Jan Drömer, Chief Information Officer (CIO) at ek robotics, is taking over the chairmanship of the VDMA Materials Handling and Intralogistics Association for the next two years.
read more...Siemens quarterly figures Q1/2024
The first quarter of fiscal year 2024 went well for Siemens: Revenue from September to December 2023 increased nominally by 2% to EUR 18.4 billion, profit after tax by 56% and order intake was also better than many analysts would have expected.
read more...The German machine tool industry expects a decline in production of just under 3% to a nominal EUR 14.8 billion in 2024. Domestic demand in particular has fallen sharply.
read more...SVS-Vistek founder and CEO Walter Denk has retired from operational business at the end of 2023. Robert Franz took over as CEO on January 1.
read more...Digitalization, electrification and automation are megatrends and the electrical industry is benefiting from them. Nevertheless, the ZVEI expects a dip in production. At the press conference, the association warned against too much EU bureaucracy and took a clear stance against the right.
read more...More competition and more obstacles: German companies need to arm themselves against the competition in China. However, the Chamber of Commerce believes that companies are facing a number of problems.
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