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International Federation of Robotics
Sales of industrial robots have recovered: Worldwide, the number had risen to a new record of 486,800 installed units - an increase of 27% compared to the previous year. These are the results of the preliminary figures for 2021 from the International Federation of Robotics.
read more...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.
read more...New machines and systems were also in demand worldwide last year. According to estimates by VDMA economists, sales of machinery rose by a total of 4% to 2.6 trillion euros in 2018.
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