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B&R is now introducing the X90 system, a controller for mobile automation. Stefan Taxer, product manager for this device line, explains why it can make sense for the agricultural and construction industries to rely on a solution that has its roots in factory automation.
read more...Cyber-Physical Systems - CPS for short - play an important role in the context of Industry 4.0 and IoT. But how can the proven formal design patterns of automation be combined with the underlying cooperative control concept?
read more...Today, industrial control systems are often programmed in accordance with the international standard IEC 61131-3. What are the latest developments in this area? And what do future specifications look like with regard to the realization of Industry 4.0 architectures?
read more...Keith D. Nosbusch, CEO of Rockwell Automation, has published the figures for the second quarter of 2016. According to the figures, the provider of industrial automation and information solutions recorded a 7.1% drop in sales to USD 1.4 billion compared to the same quarter of the previous year.
read more...Pilz hosted its annual press conference on April 6: In addition to the figures for the past financial year 2015, the provider of safe automation solutions from Ostfildern also announced the first information on the Hannover Messe innovations.
read more...In March 2016, Untitled Exbitions, organizer of 'All About Automation', launched its regional trade fair series: In Essen, 109 exhibitors presented their industrial automation technology products to 1,074 visitors. The next trade fair "stop" is Friedrichshafen.
read more..."Integrated Industry - Discover Solutions!" was the motto of the world's most important industrial trade fair, Hannover Messe 2016. Computer&AUTOMATION shows an excerpt of the products that were on display in Hanover in a picture gallery.
read more...Dr. Thomas Albers left the company Wago Kontakttechnik on March 1, 2016.
read more...Mechanical engineering companies in Germany were able to slightly increase their exports in 2015, setting a new export record despite all the uncertainties in the markets - according to the industry association VDMA.
read more...Siemens has announced its figures for the first quarter of the new fiscal year: Order intake rose to €22.8 billion - an increase of 22% when adjusted for currency translation effects. The order backlog thus reached a new record level.
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