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The demands placed on modern drive and automation technology are increasing rapidly. In a brief interview with Industrial Production, Markus Sandhöfner, Senior Vice President Sales EMEA Central and Managing Director at Lenze, explains how Lenze is shaping this change and which technologies will take center stage at SPS 2025.
read more...Flexible and dynamic production environments place high demands on automation technology in terms of functional safety. At SPS, Phoenix Contact will be presenting approaches for functional safety in dynamic production areas - including systems for flexible protective fields and human-robot collaboration.
read more...Trade fair in Ludwigshafen am Rhein
Meorga is organizing a trade fair for measurement and control technology, process control systems and automation technology on 14 September 2022 in the Friedrich-Ebert-Halle in Ludwigshafen.
read more...Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr. h. c. Michael Weyrich took over as Chairman of the VDI/VDE Society for Measurement and Automation Technology (GMA) on January 1. He succeeds Dr.-Ing. Atilla Bilgic, who was Chairman of the GMA from 2018 to 2021.
read more...Günther and Martin Zimmer founded Zimmer Technische Werkstätten in 1980 - now the Zimmer Group is celebrating its 40th anniversary.
read more...Bernd P. Uckrow has been appointed as the new Managing Director of safety and automation technology provider Wieland Electric.
read more...Networked switch cabinet construction
Automation is also advancing in switch cabinet construction. With integrated communication between project planning software and terminal strip assembly, one manufacturer wants to further improve its concept for modern switch cabinet construction.
read more...Misumi and SMC will also be cooperating in Europe in future. As a manufacturer and supplier of machine components, Misumi now offers the automation technology expert's products here.
read more...Interview with Christian Wolf, Turck
A weakening economy, digitalization, 5G and edge computing are influencing automation technology. In this interview, Turck Managing Director Christian Wolf talks about the challenges facing automation specialists and why growth could be possible in 2020.
read more...SMC was represented at the FMB Zuliefermesse Maschinenbau with its compact technologies, for example the mini valves of the JSY series and the modular valve terminals of the SY series.
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