
Siemens and Gamesa merge
They want to become the world's leading supplier of wind turbines: Siemens and the Spanish energy company Gamesa have now signed agreements on the merger of the Siemens wind business including service with Gamesa.
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They want to become the world's leading supplier of wind turbines: Siemens and the Spanish energy company Gamesa have now signed agreements on the merger of the Siemens wind business including service with Gamesa.

Effective June 1, 2016, Dr. Jan Michael Mrosik, currently CEO of the Siemens Energy Management Division, will take over as CEO of the Digital Factory Division. He succeeds Anton Huber. An arrangement has also already been made to fill Mrosik's current position.

In the second quarter of fiscal year 2016, order intake at Siemens rose by 7% to €22.3 billion - an increase of 10% after adjusting for currency translation effects. The Group significantly improved its earnings in the Industrial Sector.

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.

The IT sector is playing an increasingly important role in automation, which is also increasing the demand for software in companies. Computer&AUTOMATION presents the latest product innovations in this segment in a series of pictures.

Siemens has updated its Simatic Sipat software for process analytical technology (PAT): Version 5.0 enables users to monitor and control the quality of their products during production in real time.

"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.

With the new Simatic Afdisd active field distributor with extended fieldbus diagnostics, Siemens wants to enable fieldbus diagnostics for Profibus PA in the Simatic PCS 7 process control system.

Industry 4.0 and the Internet of Things
Siemens has opened 'Cyber Security Operation Centers' (CSOC) in Lisbon, Munich and Milford (Ohio/USA) for services to protect industrial plants.

In a product picture series, Computer&AUTOMATION presents the latest power supply products - from desktop power supply units and insulation monitors to explosion-protected power distribution.