In a six-part series, SCOPE will be accompanying the Sage introduction at KW Automotive virtually live over the next few months.
New faces in the Arburg Management Board: On July 1, 2024, Steffen Kroner will take over the management of the newly created Finance, Controlling, IT and HR Management division. In addition, Gerhard Böhm, Managing Director Sales and After Sales, will retire in the course of the year, and his successor has already been appointed.
An independent jury chaired by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Holger Hanselka, President of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, has nominated three companies for the Hermes Award from the numerous submissions: Bosch Rexroth, Schunk and Siemens.
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ALS Automatic Logistic Solutions will be presenting three innovative solutions for the automatic opening of shipping bags and films at LogiMAT.
Logistics companies have already invested heavily in robotics and automation as a result of increased demand: sales of professional service robots for the transportation of goods or merchandise rose by 44% (2021-2022). However, the labor shortage threatens to slow down future growth. According to the International Federation of Robotics, a new generation of AI-supported robots will help to overcome these challenges.
The WAGO Group has a new member: With the acquisition of Bauer Systeme, a company for handling systems in control cabinet construction, the range of products and services for customers in this segment has been expanded.
Automated sorting systems place high demands on the drives installed in them: they have to be extremely fast and work precisely at the same time. The linear direct drives of the SVTL series from Servotecnica offer the required properties and also impress with their extremely compact tubular design.
Rope hoist, chain hoist, Demag KBK light crane system: Demag will be presenting new products in each of the three product areas at Logimat.
What can sustainable mobility look like in Baden-Württemberg? What are possible innovative approaches for vehicles, charging systems and forms of mobility? Konzelmann wants to get to the bottom of these and other questions about the mobility of the future and is therefore participating as a member of the Cluster Electric Mobility South-West and the Cluster Fuel Cell BW.
Transparency for the supply chain
Since the beginning of 2023, part of the economy has been obliged to comply with the rules of the Supply Chain Act and, for example, to prevent child and forced labor at suppliers. To make it easier for companies to implement and monitor the regulations, experts advise using powerful tools.
The current boom in artificial intelligence is opening up completely new perspectives for robotics in particular. From the perspective of robot manufacturer ABB, Marc Segura outlines the opportunities for the industry in intralogistics and beyond. For him, AI is the next natural step in the development of robotics.
