Editorial
The key to success ...
... is digitalization. Take the vaccination campaign against Covid-19, for example: Israel, of all countries, is way ahead of the game. The fact that the country's government ordered enough vaccine in good time is only one side of the story.
More importantly, the digital health card has long been a reality at the four major insurers and communication with customers is also completely digital: information about available vaccines, medical staff, vaccination centers and suitable patients is turned into appointments in real time, ensuring optimal resource utilization and an outstanding vaccination rate.
Digitization is also the focus of this issue. Or rather, surface technology. But here, too, it is difficult to separate one from the other: Real advances in productivity in painting result from the digitalization of systems. Digital production strategies ensure optimally utilized systems, less time-consuming colour changes and yet production from batch size 1.
2021 will be a productive year: we are once again hosting our virtual industrial trade fair INDUSTRIAL production + handling (March 15 to 26) and, of course, the handling award and the Modern Assembly Congress are also back on the agenda.
I hope to see you around.
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