
Change of management in Switzerland
Eplan is placing the management of its Swiss subsidiaries in new hands: Roger Gorlero was appointed to the management board on November 1.
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Eplan is placing the management of its Swiss subsidiaries in new hands: Roger Gorlero was appointed to the management board on November 1.

Klaus Hübschle will take over the position of Chief Executive Officer for the German locations of M&M Software on January 1, 2020.

iniNet Solutions has developed an automation architecture based on web server-supported SCADA and programming software that is designed to bring manufacturing companies up to Industry 4.0 level more easily than ever before. It can be seen at the SPS.

During a press conference at SPS 2019, Ulrich Leidecker, President Business Area IMA at Phoenix Contact, spoke about company figures, acquisitions and new products at the trade fair stand.

In expanding its range of products and services, Kontron is paying particular attention to software and is putting together application-specific packages.

Software & IT is also becoming increasingly essential for manufacturing. As a result, numerous products with this focus are coming onto the market - as the following series of images shows.
Collecting data from production lines centrally and evaluating it online is an initial step towards Industry 4.0. This can be achieved using cloud-supported software based on data from RFID sensors.

Shorter time-to-market is playing an increasingly important role in the process industry and this must be mapped early on in the product life cycle.

The Munich-based start-up Remberg has developed software that enables manufacturers, service providers and operators of industrial machinery to map all relevant service processes on a single platform.

Takeover / Engineering services
Leadec, a provider of technical services for manufacturing, acquires the engineering services business of IPO.Plan, a software specialist for factory and logistics planning. Leadec is thus expanding its expertise in layout planning for production facilities.