Big Kaiser: record sales in 2017
Big Kaiser, the specialist for high-quality precision tools and systems for the metalworking industry, achieved record sales in 2017 with an increase of more than 20 %.
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Big Kaiser, the specialist for high-quality precision tools and systems for the metalworking industry, achieved record sales in 2017 with an increase of more than 20 %.
Cooperation with accelerator M.Tech
With the Stuttgart-based M.Tech program, automation specialist Festo is working with other companies to promote the growth of start-ups.

Vacuum and gripper technology. The degree of automation in the packaging industry is traditionally very high. With the implementation of Industry 4.0, the requirements for all components of a packaging system are increasing.

Konica Minolta opened the Digital Manufacturing Hub at its Darmstadt site today, February 1, 2018 - it is the global headquarters of the newly created Digital Manufacturing Business Unit. From here, SMEs in particular will be advised and supported in the digitalization of their production.
Sustainable automotive production
Balluff joins Arena2036, an association of research institutions and companies in the Stuttgart region.
The first WZL/IMA Industrial Internet of Things Hackathon, organized by the Cybernetics Lab IMA/ZLW & IfU and the Friends of the Machine Tool Laboratory WZL at RWTH Aachen University, ended under the motto "Get Your #Bits Together!". 58 students, trainees and young professionals demonstrated their skills in the field of machine learning.

The 26th Maximo User Conference on Maintenance 4.0 will take place this year on June 13 and 14, 2018. For the first time, the event will not take place in Ehningen as in previous years, but at the IBM Watson IoT Center in Munich, the new global headquarters of the "Watson IoT" business unit.

With matControl graphics, Sysmat has developed a graphical material flow computer (MFR) with flexible interfaces to monitor the flow of goods in automated areas.

Rockwell's innovative artificial intelligence module learns from specific applications, alerts operators to error messages and provides solutions for troubleshooting.

Industry 4.0 solutions for machining
Software manufacturer EVO Informationssysteme and Renishaw have entered into a strategic partnership for the digitalization and automation of production processes at companies in the metalworking industry.