
Focus on cloud-based machine diagnostics
On February 28, 2023, ifm acquired the Austrian company CMS Automatisierungstechnik. The company is thus strengthening its activities in the field of cloud-based machine diagnostics.
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On February 28, 2023, ifm acquired the Austrian company CMS Automatisierungstechnik. The company is thus strengthening its activities in the field of cloud-based machine diagnostics.

Vision Components presents the 'VC Power SoM', an FPGA-based hardware accelerator that performs complex image pre-processing.

The AMA Association for Sensors and Measurement has nominated five applications for the AMA Innovation Award 2023 - including three winners of the special 'Young Company' award.

The 'Toreo-P650' camera from Becom Systems combines several 3D measurement methods in one housing. For object detection, it uses a VGA time-of-flight sensor in combination with two 2D color sensors for a high-resolution stereo system.

Proglove, a German provider of wearable scanner solutions for human-centered productivity, has appointed Stefan Lampa as CEO, who previously held senior positions at automation and logistics companies such as ABB, Kuka Roboter and Cargotec.
Sensors provide an unmanageable amount of data in industrial environments and in everyday life. If this data is properly analyzed using artificial intelligence, it can be used for many vision applications - turning simple cameras into intelligent sensors.

Despite difficult economic and political times, Leuze has far exceeded its own ambitious growth targets for 2022, as CEO Ulrich Balbach explained at the annual press conference.

Under the leadership of Infineon Austria, the European research project 'Listen2Future' was launched with 27 partners from seven countries to develop the smallest microphone and ultrasonic sensors for industrial and medical examinations.

After a year with Group sales of around EUR 560 million, Balluff remains on course for growth and is creating the necessary conditions for this by expanding its production capacities - including with a large-scale production facility in Mexico.

The W3+ Fair Wetzlar (w3-fair.com) will open its doors on March 29 and 30, 2023. The platform attracts companies from the fields of optics, photonics, electronics and mechanics to the Wetzlar/ Central Hesse region.