
Fluid management partnership for Factory 4.0
Castrol and the Leadec Group announce a pan-European fluid management partnership for industrial customers.
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Castrol and the Leadec Group announce a pan-European fluid management partnership for industrial customers.

From August 2021, Eplan will offer new licenses exclusively in the subscription model.

Yaskawa and Phoenix Contact have agreed a partnership: In the future, Yaskawa will be able to use Phoenix Contact's PLCnext technology in the development of machine control and control platforms.
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Schaeffler is accelerating its restructuring and is cutting 4400 jobs as part of this. According to the company, the job cuts are to be carried out in a socially responsible manner.
At Siko, the production of measuring devices was to be optimized and ergonomically designed. The solution came from Item: 100 workstation systems that can be flexibly expanded and individually adapted to the employees.

In the future, the digital twin will be at the heart of industrial production. KHS is already using models to virtually map the commissioning of machines and conveyor systems.
Mechtop in the north of Switzerland builds special machines and systems. Solid Edge and Tecnomatix from Siemens help to design and maintain sophisticated conveyor systems.

With immediate effect, Leuze is placing its safety expertise more strongly in the focus of its business activities with its own business unit. In its public image, the company emphasizes this with the "Safety at Leuze" label.

Hirata offers complete turnkey systems as well as the partial automation of individual production steps: palletizing, assembly, measuring/testing, gluing/potting, laser marking, etc.

The glass sector benefits from Industry 4.0 and digitalization solutions. The central element is the digital twin. Siemens offers both the necessary hardware and software components as well as the corresponding services.