
New record for orders on hand
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.
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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.

Sigmatek is expanding the 'S-Dias' control system with two processor units: The CP 311 and CP 312 CPU modules are equipped with dual-core processors based on EDGE2 technology (2×800 MHz).

With the Apax 5000 series, AMC offers a robust system for creating measurement and control systems.

Mechanical and plant engineering
The VDMA has announced the figures for global machine sales. According to the figures, this fell by a nominal 1% to 2530 billion euros in 2016. Germany, on the other hand, saw a slight increase.
ABB at the Hannover Messe 2017
The industry is moving into the digital age - and so is ABB. The Swedish-Swiss group is now bundling its offerings in this area under the slogan 'ABB Ability' and is presenting a range of 'smart' solutions at the Hannover Messe 2017.

Discover the value of the Digital Enterprise - this is the motto of this year's Siemens presence at the Hannover Messe. We present the first new products that the company has in store.

The ZVEI's annual figures show that 2016 was the third record year in a row for the German electrical and electronics industry - in terms of both exports and imports. There was a change at the top of the ranking of top buyers.

ABB - 4th quarter and full year 2016
The ABB Group has announced its figures for the 2016 financial year: Although growth in order intake and sales was recorded in the final quarter, the annual balance sheet shows a minus for both key figures.

Blake Moret, CEO of Rockwell Automation, has announced the figures for the first quarter of 2017: With sales of USD 1.49 billion, the US provider of industrial automation and information solutions achieved an increase of 4.5% compared to the same quarter of the previous year.