
Eric Verniaut becomes new CEO at proAlpha
Eric Verniaut will become the new CEO of the proAlpha Group on February 1, 2020. He succeeds Friedrich Neumeyer, who is leaving the management of proAlpha.
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Eric Verniaut will become the new CEO of the proAlpha Group on February 1, 2020. He succeeds Friedrich Neumeyer, who is leaving the management of proAlpha.
The Austrian start-up Tofmotion has brought a new option for safe room monitoring in the industrial environment to market maturity: the Tofguard product group makes it possible to use the Time of Flight (ToF) 3D camera method with safety approval for the machine industry for the first time.

PTC, EOS and Link3D announce their collaboration at Formnext 2019. The aim is to provide a scalable production quality solution for EOS industrial 3D printing systems using augmented reality and MES.
Survey on agility in mechanical and plant...
Companies in the mechanical and plant engineering sector must become more agile, otherwise they will be overtaken by the competition in just a few years. This is shown by a survey on the topic of agility. Implementation is difficult, but feasible. A best-practice approach.
Warehouse, order picking, intralogistics
Traditionally, the handling award was once again presented on the evening of the second day of the Motek trade fair. In category 4 "Storage, order picking, intralogistics", a solution for flexible cell production, a rail system for transporting heavy loads and a 3D forklift guidance system were honored.

New member of the Executive Board
Maximilian Brandl is joining the Management Board of Salt Solutions with immediate effect. He will also take on the role of CEO from April 1, 2020, while the current CEO, Dieter Heyde, will move to the Supervisory Board on this date.
At this year's Blechexpo from November 5-8, Lantek will be showcasing its cloud solutions for greater efficiency in sheet metal processing. Without having to expand their IT department, sheet metal fabricators of all sizes can go their own way towards digital transformation.
Eplan has moved into its new headquarters in Austria at the Heitec Technology Center in Ardagger-Stift. The entire value chain is now presented there, from machine development to engineering and production.
The new trade fair for maintenance and services, right at the heart of the market - in the center of German mechanical and plant engineering, is scheduled for the first time from 23 to 24 October 2019 at the Stuttgart Exhibition Centre. The organizer is Messe Stuttgart.
IT contingency planning and information...
Contechnet has published a new release of its software suite. The enhancements are designed to enable users to take the implementation of IT contingency planning, data protection and information security into their own hands.