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Interview with Arno Reich, Hannover Messe
Deutsche Messe has combined the two trade fairs Industrial Automation and MDA to form the new IAMD at the Hannover Messe. SCOPE editor Andreas Mühlbauer spoke to Arno Reich, Global Director IAMD and Digital Factory in the Hannover Messe team, about the impact of the new technologies.
read more...Interview with Volkhard Bregulla, Hewlett...
Hewlett Packard Enterprise is cooperating with ABB to unite the two worlds of OT and IT with the necessary technology and expertise. Volkhard Bregulla, Vice President Global Manufacturing, Automotive and IoT at Hewlett Packard Enterprise, explains to the SCOPE editorial team how this can be achieved and what prerequisites need to be created.
read more...Interview with Werner Rieche, Software AG
The Internet of Things (IoT) is already playing an important role in manufacturing today. Predictive maintenance is just one of many applications based on it. This requires many components to communicate with each other. Werner Rieche, Managing Director of Software AG Germany, explains in an interview why the IoT is becoming increasingly important for smaller companies too, what requirements a company needs to fulfill in order to set up an IoT infrastructure and where the advantages of the new solutions lie.
read more...Interview with Prof. Dr. Volker Stich and...
Is Germany in danger of being left behind in the "digitization game"? FIR Managing Director Professor Dr. Volker Stich believes this is possible if politicians do not take action soon. Together with the Institute for Industrial Management (FIR) at RWTH Aachen University, Inform investigated the extent to which digitalization has already arrived in the German mechanical and plant engineering sector.
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