
New Chief Financial Officer appointed
As of August 19, 2024, Christian Rothe is Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Rockwell Automation. He will report to Rockwell Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Blake Moret.
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As of August 19, 2024, Christian Rothe is Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Rockwell Automation. He will report to Rockwell Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Blake Moret.

Kontron is launching the 'XMC-ETH6', a Gigabit Ethernet XMC that expands the network capacity of VPX or VME single board computers (SBCs).
Kontron expands its Management Board with Philipp Schulz and Dr. Johannes Fues. As COO, Schulz will be responsible for the Aerospace and North America business units, while Dr. Fues will assume the position of COO for the GreenTec business unit.

According to the manufacturer, the new incremental encoder from Oriental Motor is particularly suitable for use in predictive maintenance thanks to its precision in measuring speed, position and direction of rotation.

With the 'U18T' ultrasonic sensors, Wenglor offers a series in the standard M18 design in a stainless steel housing that is suitable for detecting shiny, transparent and dark objects and, according to the supplier, also reliably detects reflective surfaces.
What to do when production facilities are 'getting on in years' and their retrofitting needs to meet both digitalization and sustainability requirements? A long-term project for temperature monitoring of control cabinets helped an automotive manufacturer with this.

The Schmersal Group has founded a new subsidiary in Ho Chi Minh City, Schmersal Vietnam Co. Ltd.

The German electrical and digital industry is once again feeling the effects of weaker demand from abroad. Germany's most important trading partner is also holding back.

Analysts report: ABB is operating more profitably than ever before, but is disappointing in terms of order development. The weak quarterly balance sheet is also weighing on Siemens, according to dpa-AFX Broker.

The Hamburg-based Joachim Herz Foundation acquires a stake in Weidmüller as part of a capital increase and thus holds around 20% of the shares in the family-owned company. The commitment is aimed at long-term corporate development and accelerated growth.