The increasing importance of AI, autonomous automation and cybersecurity requirements are currently shaping many areas of industrial sensor technology. In this interview, Dr. Henning Grönzin, CTO of Leuze, explains the company's technological priorities, which trends will be most relevant for sensor and safety solutions in the coming years and how new regulatory requirements are challenging the entire industry.
In this interview, Richard Tontsch, Head of Marketing at Yaskawa Europe, explains why integrated automation platforms such as iCube Control are becoming increasingly important for the industry and which trends, challenges and framework conditions are shaping the automation sector.
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Markus Ketterer, Head of Department Sales Marketing Communication at Endress+Hauser Germany, explains how digitalization, increased efficiency and decarbonization interact in the industry and which trends and challenges are currently shaping the sector.
Handling and production logistics
Unpredictable fluctuations in demand pose new challenges for fulfillment logistics. Viral trends, political decisions and changing customer behavior are making traditional planning models obsolete.
An assistance system developed at Fraunhofer IPK is used to identify, sort and assess the quality of disused household appliances, thus contributing to recycling and waste avoidance with the help of artificial intelligence.
Market development in drive technology
How is the market for drive technology developing and what trends are companies observing? As part of our series of short interviews on SPS, we asked Heiko Füller, Head of Market and Analysis at SEW-Eurodrive Germany, to give us an insight into current developments and challenges in the industry.
Faulhaber is expanding the GPT family with two high-performance models that impress with their whisper-quiet operation: the "22GPT LN" and the "32GPT LN".
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.
Cathrin Kröll, Vice President Global Marketing at Pilz, on the company's focus 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.
