
Bernd Hilgarth becomes Managing Director and CSO
Fair Friend Group (FFG) has appointed Bernd Hilgarth as Managing Director and Chief Sales Officer (CSO) of MAG IAS with effect from August 1, 2025.
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Fair Friend Group (FFG) has appointed Bernd Hilgarth as Managing Director and Chief Sales Officer (CSO) of MAG IAS with effect from August 1, 2025.
The Lenze Group is realigning its management structure. On September 1, 2025, Bruno Krauss will take over the role of Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the Lenze Group. Together with Dr. Marc Wucherer, who has been Chief Executive Officer (CEO) since the beginning of the year, he will form the company's management team.

Controlled Pneumatics from Festo
Efficiency, process stability and energy savings are important parameters for modern production, especially in applications for sensitive goods. This requires an intelligent control concept that regulates pressure and flow precisely, energy-efficiently and flexibly.
To ensure that an online order arrives in perfect condition, the package must be well protected during shipping. A manufacturer of these shipping bags uses control technology from Beckhoff that integrates all stations along the line into an optimized workflow.

Keba will be presenting its comprehensive, flexible and open robot and automation solutions at Automatica. This year, the full-service provider for industrial automation is placing particular emphasis on customized solutions.

The Bühler Group, headquartered in Switzerland, is a technology group that is now in its fifth generation of family ownership. The company specializes in technologies and processes for the production of food and solutions for mobility.
Siemens continued its successful growth trajectory in the second quarter of fiscal year 2025 and recorded significant increases in almost all key performance indicators. Against the backdrop of this business development, the Group confirms its outlook for fiscal year 2025.
The first quarter of 2025 resulted in an overall increase in orders of 4% - the first positive quarterly balance of orders in three years. March also closed with an increase in orders of 4%.

At the end of the year, orders for large-scale systems provided a positive surprise in the order books of the mechanical and plant engineering sector. However, the overall result was disappointing - in real terms, orders in 2024 were down 8% on the previous year.

Following the successful market launch of Horst1500, the first industrial robot of the new generation of digital robots, fruitcore robotics presented Horst1000 G2 for the first time at Motek in Stuttgart.