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Automotive suppliers need to have their own planning and production processes under control on the one hand and, above all, meet the increasing demands of OEMs on the other. This is hardly possible without high-performance information technology structures.
read more...Collaborative robots are increasingly coming into focus in the packaging sector. Used intelligently, they optimize processes, increase efficiency and significantly reduce costs. Global market leader Universal Robots shows how this technology can be used to easily build individual solutions for packaging and palletizing.
read more...Fachpack, the European trade fair for packaging, processes and technology, opens its doors on September 24, 2019. In the anniversary year "40 years of Fachpack", the trade fair will be complemented by a wide-ranging supporting program with specialist presentations, special shows and award ceremonies.
read more...Around 1,500 exhibitors and 45,000 visitors are expected to attend Fachpack in Nuremberg from September 24 to 26. One topic in particular is driving the industry and is therefore the main theme: environmentally friendly packaging.
read more...The Danish company Hovmand has developed a new gripping and turning unit for its mobile and battery-operated industrial lifts. The QC3 has been designed for gripping, lifting and turning drums and packaging on rollers weighing up to 60 kg.
read more...A truly smart factory networks far more than just its machines. After all, to make the productivity promises of Industry 4.0 a reality, efficient horizontal integration is required in addition to vertical integration.
read more...A truly smart factory networks far more than just its machines. This is because in order to make the productivity promises of Industry 4.0 a reality, efficient horizontal integration is required in addition to vertical integration: by networking as many upstream and downstream stages in production as possible, such as procurement or service processes, large parts of the process chain can be automated and a high degree of autonomy and flexibility can be achieved in the first place. ERP specialist Asseco Solutions will be demonstrating how such integrated production scenarios can be implemented at LogiMat.
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