
Automation trade fair in Hamburg in January
The regional trade fair series All About Automation will kick off its trade fair year on January 15 and 16, 2020 in the Hamburg-Schnelsen exhibition hall with a special edition for the northern region.
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The regional trade fair series All About Automation will kick off its trade fair year on January 15 and 16, 2020 in the Hamburg-Schnelsen exhibition hall with a special edition for the northern region.

Deep learning-based image processing
Cognex acquires the Korean provider of deep learning-based image processing solutions Sualab.

Schmersal took over Omnicon Engineering on October 24. Omnicon advises companies as a service provider on safety-related issues and supports them in ensuring the conformity of machines with the EU regulations on machine safety.
Partnership: T-Systems and Siemens

T-Systems and Siemens announced a new partnership for the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) at Digital X 2019 in Cologne.

The Technical University of Munich (TUM), Oerlikon, GE Additive and Linde are jointly establishing a cluster for additive manufacturing with the aim of researching and developing additive manufacturing technologies at a single location.
Framo Morat, a supplier of gear and drive technology, proves that electromobility also offers great opportunities for suppliers. The product portfolio: Gears, planetary gears and worm gears through to complete geared motors.
Servo geared motors. Geze, a specialist in products, system solutions and services for doors and windows, was looking for a reliable partner for its test bench technology. Automation components from SEW-Eurodrive contribute to the success of the endurance tests.
For an end customer, Zellwag Pharmatech supplied a rotary transfer machine that simultaneously fills and closes containers. Electric handling systems from Afag are used for pre- and post-screwing. This enables the user to handle up to 2,000 containers per hour.

Linear transport system. Machine builder Unista developed a solution based on the eXtended Transport System and automation components and software from Beckhoff in order to implement the wishes of cosmetics supplier Shiseido with a short time-to-market.
The major cloud providers have now also recognized that a large proportion of IT will not be located in data centers in the future. However, the promise of end-to-end edge-to-cloud environments will only be fulfilled if a convergence of industrial and information technology is established at the edge.