Small, specialized companies respond successfully
The coronavirus pandemic has affected German companies in very different ways. According to a Hays study, small, specialized companies in particular have been successful.
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The coronavirus pandemic has affected German companies in very different ways. According to a Hays study, small, specialized companies in particular have been successful.
In recent months, many production facilities have been temporarily shut down due to the coronavirus situation and are now slowly starting up again. Before restarting, however, the production plant should be electrically checked. A guide.

Two new apprentices have started their careers at Torwegge. Despite a turbulent year due to the coronavirus pandemic, the intralogistics specialist from Bielefeld is continuing to promote young talent as planned.

Robotics is necessary for the economic upturn. However, there is a lack of suitable training and further education opportunities. The IFR is calling for action.

Automation and robotics will play an important role in the economic recovery in the post-corona period, predicts the IFR and calls for training and further education courses to be adapted accordingly.
The University of Bremen is developing a virtual training environment that allows students to experience the potential and challenges associated with human-robot collaboration (HRC) up close at the training and further education locations.

According to the VDI, more than 50 percent of engineers see a gap in the further development of technical expertise due to the impact of coronavirus. The state must now invest more in further training.

According to the automatica trend index, 84 percent of decision-makers expect more robot automation in German SMEs, 77 percent rely on mobile robotics to quickly convert production and 76 percent of employees want robotics training in SMEs.

80 percent of industrial decision-makers are certain that the most important advantages of industrial robotics are flexibility and health protection. This is the result of the Automatica Trend Index.

In order to promote training and further education in the field of industrial image processing and optical measurement and testing technology even in corona times, the Fraunhofer Vision Alliance is offering the latest five volumes of its guide series as free PDF files for the next three months.