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Sheet metal processing in steel construction
A new cooperation combines the strengths of two software specialists in different markets: IQSoftware GmbH is integrating Lantek's sheet metal processing solution into its ERP system for steel construction via shared interfaces.
read more...Forterro, a consortium of international ERP software companies backed by Battery Ventures, today announces the agreement to acquire abas Software.
read more...Automation increases the quality of individual products, while at the same time increasing the demands on the plant engineers who are to develop the automated production lines. Hainzl supplied a system for synchronous motor components to cable car manufacturer Leitner.
read more...Component and process monitoring
Festo wants to further increase productivity through self-learning machines. The company relies on artificial intelligence at three network levels: on edge, on premises and in the cloud.
read more...Packaging specialist Auer Packaging is investing at its Amerang site: the go-ahead has been given for the construction of a third production hall on the 50,000 square meter site of the technology park in Amerang.
read more...SVS-Vistek is expanding its range of industrial cameras with high-resolution USB3 cameras with a slim form factor. The company is introducing ten new models in the EXO camera series (exo342, exo367, exo387) with resolutions of 31, 19 and 17 megapixels, all based on the latest generation Pregius 2 CMOS sensors from Sony.
read more...Micro-optics for laser technology
Trumpf takes over the Aachen-based tool manufacturer Aixtooling via its subsidiary Ingeneric with effect from July 1, thereby expanding its manufacturing technologies in the production of micro-optics.
read more...Tenable, a cyber exposure company, has published the report: "Cybersecurity in Operational Technology: 7 Insights You Need To Know". The study shows the extent of cyberattacks faced by critical infrastructure operators.
read more...Gigaset is a provider of telephony and smart home solutions as well as smartphones. The parent company, Gigaset Communications, is based in Bocholt. Production there is highly automated and digitalized. The Refa apprenticeship played a major role in this from the very beginning.
read more...Three new product series from LMI Technologies aim to take inline quality inspection to a new level. The 3D laser profile and snapshot sensors from the Gocator series and the Gomax Smart Vision Accelerator, a plug-and-play device for sensor acceleration.
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