Knapp grows worldwide and invests
Knapp grew continuously in the last financial year and achieved a very good result with more than 4,500 employees worldwide.
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Knapp grew continuously in the last financial year and achieved a very good result with more than 4,500 employees worldwide.

Artificial intelligence is regarded as a pioneering technology of the future, and hardly any digital strategy today can do without AI. Nevertheless, many managers remain skeptical as to whether it can deliver what it promises.
Compressed air specialist and high-tech...
Neuss-based compressed air specialist Beko Technologies has acquired a minority stake in OptiMEAS Measurement and Automation Systems from Friedrichsdorf im Taunus in order to expand its expertise in IIoT and cloud technologies.

The ISW at the University of Stuttgart is researching rope robot systems, including a rope robot with an endless axis of rotation. The use of ropes as driving elements opens up new application possibilities, particularly for extended handling tasks.
In order to be and remain successful, companies must continuously adapt their production and logistics processes and organizational structures. This calls for holistic and lean-oriented optimization concepts.
5G mobile communications standard
The 5th generation is regarded as the enabling technology for Industry 4.0, Industrial IoT and autonomous vehicles. But how will 5G mobile technology be used in industry and automation technology? An analysis from the perspective of a system manufacturer.

The shareholders of the Siegen-based ifm subsidiaries celebrated the completion of The Summit construction project in Siegen's Martinshardt industrial estate together with representatives from politics and business at the official handover of the keys.

Germany may not be innovative enough to keep pace with an ever faster changing world. This is the opinion of Prof. Wilhelm Bauer. The head of the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering IAO is calling on German companies to make greater efforts to innovate and to be more open and willing to collaborate.
The success of an MRI application is closely linked to the planning and validation of the newly designed workstation system. The LPS at the Ruhr University Bochum is researching new ways to investigate and evaluate MRI applications through simulation.

Innovation of the German SME sector
Germany is innovative - but possibly not innovative enough to keep pace with an ever faster changing world. This is the opinion of Prof. Wilhelm Bauer. The head of the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering IAO is calling on German companies to make greater efforts to innovate and to be more open and willing to collaborate.