Digitization and automation
Weidmüller and Keba announce deepened partnership
Electrical engineering company Weidmüller and Austrian industrial automation expert Keba are joining forces to complement each other's digitalization and automation portfolios. The two companies made the announcement at SPS IPC Drives 2018 in Nuremberg.
The focus is on joint offerings for industrial automation technology with a focus on mechanical and plant engineering. In addition, both companies want to promote the utilization of artificial intelligence (AI) in automation.
With this cooperation, Weidmüller, headquartered in Detmold, North Rhine-Westphalia, and Keba, based in Linz, Austria, are aiming for a coordinated approach to customers with a focus on mechanical and plant engineering in their respective markets. The partners will make relevant components from their portfolios available to each other. Keba will make a significant contribution with its open software solutions and parts of its control architecture, while Weidmüller will primarily contribute its u-mation product family, which was expanded for SPS 2018, and its innovative industrial analytics offerings to the collaboration. Both companies will work closely together to further develop their product, solution and service offerings.
"We are delighted to have found an experienced partner in industrial automation in Keba, which helps to complement our expertise in automation. The combination of u-control with the Keba Engineering Suite provides our customers with ideal support in the realization of sophisticated automation concepts and Industry 4.0 solutions," explains Volker Bibelhausen, Chief Technology Officer of the Weidmüller Group. Gerhard Luftensteiner, CEO of Keba AG, adds: "We are convinced that our product and service offerings for industrial customers complement each other perfectly. From now on, all customers looking for excellent digitalization and automation solutions for Industry 4.0 will benefit from our combined industrial and technological expertise."
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