
From technology to top service focus
Ixon CEO Willem Hofmans talks in an interview about the market situation and growth opportunities for machine manufacturers.
Articles and background information on the topic

Ixon CEO Willem Hofmans talks in an interview about the market situation and growth opportunities for machine manufacturers.

The Weidmüller Group can look back on an outstanding 2021 and is extremely satisfied with the results for the past year. Weidmüller achieved a turnover of 960 million euros in 2021. This is 21 percent more than in the previous year.

Bluhm Systeme at the automatica
Digital transformation, AI, man and machine and climate-neutral production - automatica outlines the factory of the future - and Bluhm Systeme offers tailor-made solutions for labeling.
In automotive development, functional lightweight construction is considered to play a decisive role in the efficient use of resources and energy.

Automation and robotics will be in the spotlight at Automatica from 21 to 24 June with a focus on digitalization and sustainability. At the same time, the focus will be on how productivity in the industry can be further increased.

Many exhibitors are satisfied with the small-scale industrial show.

The Festo Group has achieved the highest turnover in its history for the 2021 financial year. Following double-digit sales growth of around 18% to 3.36 billion euros (previous year: 2.84 billion euros), the company started the first quarter with a double-digit order intake.

Schneider Electric is presenting an encouraging message at this year's Hannover Messe: Even though climate change, the energy crisis, a shortage of skilled workers and supply bottlenecks pose enormous challenges for the industry, the technological possibilities for overcoming them have long been available and tried and tested.

The change of generation of shareholders at the family-owned company Coscom Computer also sees the appointment of a new management team at the manufacturing software specialist: the two long-time employees Christian Erlinger and Knut Mersch will take over the management of the company as new managing directors.

Climate-neutral production and e-mobility
Kistler has set itself the goal of making all six German production sitesCO2-neutral by 2025, while at the same time expanding e-mobility throughout the company.