Capacities in China expanded
Balluff can double its production volume at the Chengdu site. The basis for this is a new 6,000 m² building, which will increase the production area by 75% in order to serve the APAC market.
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Balluff can double its production volume at the Chengdu site. The basis for this is a new 6,000 m² building, which will increase the production area by 75% in order to serve the APAC market.
Manufacturing-X is seen as the next step on the road to Industry 4.0, but how could a data room be designed for the data ecosystem? A study presented by VDMA and ZVEI gets to the bottom of this question.

Pilz and Pintsch are jointly developing control and signalling technology for the digitalization of railroads. The cooperation partners are taking the next step in their collaboration with the signing of a framework supply agreement.
Burner management systems for the fully automatic operation of a burner system have a complex structure. Due to the high risk potential, strict regulations apply to avoid safety-relevant process conditions. How can these be implemented and complied with?
MISRA C:2023 has been published! The standard can be used to create 'safe & secure' software. But what does the new version entail? What new regulations are there?

Siemens and BayWa are driving forward CO2-optimized industrial production in a pilot project. To this end, they are linking the Siemens Sigreen emissions management software with the BayWa Carbon Connect emissions offsetting software.
Interview with Michael Moser, DSAG e.V.
Under the umbrella of Manufacturing-X, SAP is working to digitize supply chains in the industry. Michael Moser, DSAG Board Member for Production & Supply Chain Management, provides an assessment of Manufacturing-X activities from the perspective of DSAG e.V. in an interview.
The concept of 'Zero Trust' originally comes from IT and means: Trust no one! In OT, the methodology is being adopted as a device-centric approach for the security of critical infrastructures.
'TSN in Practise' - this is the motto of the international TSN/A Conference 2023 taking place on September 27-28 in Ludwigsburg near Stuttgart. Become part of the community and discuss the future of the real-time Ethernet standard with experts and users.

IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report 2023
IBM Security has published its annual Cost of a Data Breach Report. This calculates the average cost of a data breach. The costs are usually passed on to the consumer.