
SPS 2025 with strong visitor response
With around 56,000 visitors and a clear increase on the previous year, SPS 2025 presented itself as a well-used platform for smart automation.

At SPS 2025, ifm will be demonstrating how the digitalization of the entire value chain can be implemented in practice. In an interview, Michael Marhofer, CEO of the ifm group of companies, explains which technologies are in focus, which industry trends are relevant and what challenges the automation industry will face in the coming years.

The demands placed on modern drive and automation technology are increasing rapidly. In a brief interview with Industrial Production, Markus Sandhöfner, Senior Vice President Sales EMEA Central and Managing Director at Lenze, explains how Lenze is shaping this change and which technologies will take center stage at SPS 2025.

Franco Polo, Vice President System Sales Germany at Wago, explains in an interview with Industrial Production which technologies the company is currently driving forward - also with regard to the upcoming PLC -, which trends are shaping the industry and which challenges will be particularly relevant in the coming years.

Making increasing complexity manageable
In an interview with Industrial Production, Adrian Matenia, Product Marketing Director Smart Power at ABB Electrification, talks about current trends in industrial power distribution: networked systems, digital solutions, cybersecurity and sustainability.

Digitization of modern manufacturing
Jessica Bethune, Vice President Industrial & Process Automation DACH at Schneider Electric, explains in an interview which technologies she will be focusing on at SPS and which trends are shaping the industry.

At SPS in Nuremberg, over a dozen start-ups and young technology companies will be presenting their own stands in Hall 6 over the three days of the trade fair.

Gravity-loaded axes in robotics applications must be safe. Mayr Antriebstechnik will be demonstrating at SPS how this can be reliably achieved in smart environments.

Gigabit Ethernet is becoming increasingly important in mechanical engineering. The scalable infrastructure enables a step-by-step approach in which the backbone is first implemented on Gigabit.

Eplan and Rittal will be demonstrating what is possible in plant engineering with AI using engineering use cases - be it the Eplan Copilot, agent concepts, automated 3D design and more.

At SPS, Copa-Data will be demonstrating how the Zenon software platform helps companies to make their production efficient, safe and future-proof without having to invest in new systems.