
More than 340,000 new products
The distributor DigiKey added more than 340,000 new products to its product portfolio in the first half of the year. Around 90,000 of these are available for sale from stock.
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The distributor DigiKey added more than 340,000 new products to its product portfolio in the first half of the year. Around 90,000 of these are available for sale from stock.

With 'ibaCMS', Iba is presenting a completely revised condition monitoring solution following the acquisition of Hainzl's condition monitoring division in summer 2023.

Binder is expanding its M12 portfolio to include flange connectors with a continuous M12×1 mounting thread, which are now equipped with mounted stranded wires. In addition to the previously available dip soldering variants, this version is now available in a second connection type.

The demand for computing power, especially for AI, is growing so rapidly that a new level of scaling, cooling, power distribution and energy efficiency is required in data centers. Philipp Guth, CTO of Rittal, explains the need to switch to water cooling.

Orders in the German electrical and digital industry continued to fall in June. The decline is particularly noticeable this month, which is due to the good month of the previous year.
The demand for computing power from AI and high-performance computing requires a modified IT infrastructure, as the power density in data centers is increasing rapidly. Cooling technologies are particularly affected.
The Supervisory Board of Siemens has announced personnel decisions at Managing Board level in order to further expand its position as a leading technology company and to accelerate the increase in value.

Siemens quarterly figures Q3-2024
Siemens is struggling with a weakening automation market in the third quarter. The software business, on the other hand, is developing strongly. It remains to be seen whether this will continue after the switch to a SaaS model.

Raquel Torres succeeds John Conway as President of UniversalAutomation.Org.

Industry 4.0 Research Advisory Board
Marc Hüske is the 31st member of the Industry 4.0 Research Advisory Board, which is coordinated by Acatech and has the task of identifying research-based solutions for the further development and implementation of Industry 4.0.