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To what extent can assembly tasks be automated? A new app from Fraunhofer IPA is now set to assist companies with this. The researchers are looking for the first users and testers at Motek. Also on show: The 'pitasc' software - it helps to automate processes economically.
read more...With 'TIA Portal in the cloud', Siemens is expanding the options for using the engineering framework more flexibly in the various phases from planning to engineering and commissioning.
read more...German companies have been hesitant about the cloud for a long time, but now things are really taking off. More and more manufacturers are using multiple cloud providers - whether strategically or due to shadow IT. But how can the complexity of the multi-cloud be mastered?
read more...Has US President Donald Trump undermined the dominance of Google's Android system in the smartphone market with his action against Huawei? Huawei now wants to establish its own system as a global alternative to Android. However, this is no easy undertaking.
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On July 1, 2019, Sven Hamann (pictured) took over as Head of Bosch Connected Industry. Hamann succeeds Dr. Stefan Aßmann. As Business Chief Digital Officer, he is moving to the Bosch Industrial Technology division.
read more...ERP provider proAlpha has acquired 100% of the shares in C4BI and is thus further expanding its Business Intelligence (BI) team.
read more...The number of real AI projects in mechanical and plant engineering is still very limited. This will soon change with a new generation of engineers and, above all, with the market launch of corresponding development tools.
read more...Siemens has reached an agreement to acquire the shares of IST GmbH: As of April 1, 2020, the automation specialist from Chemnitz is to be integrated into the 'Production Machines' business segment of Siemens Operating Company Digital Industries.
read more...With effect from July 1, 2019, GFT Technologies has acquired Axoom with its IT and industry expertise at the Karlsruhe site. In addition, the long-standing cooperation with Trumpf will be strengthened by a development partnership.
read more...Forterro, a consortium of international ERP software companies, announces the acquisition of Abas Software AG, a privately held ERP provider headquartered in Germany.
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