Dec
16
2016
Ann-Kathrin Blech — Industry Trends

SPS IPC Drives 2016

The 28th annual SPS IPC Drives show in Nuremberg, Germany closed its gates last week with the expected high numbers of visitors and exhibitors.  The continued success of the show is due to its no nonsense approach, clear focus on discrete automation, and high quality of visitors.  The s

Dec
15
2016
Constanze Schmitz — Company and Product News

Valve World Expo Düsseldorf 2016

 

In the first week of December, the fourth Düsseldorf Valve World Expo took place, be it against the backdr
Dec
15
2016
Constanze Schmitz — Company and Product News

Panasonic Opens Technical Center in Munich, Germany

The Panasonic Factory Solutions Europe team held an opening ceremony in their newly established Technical Center close to the Panasonic office near Munich, Germany.  The Technical Center was officially opened after tape cutting and a toast spoken by Mr.

Nov
29
2016
Ann-Kathrin Blech — Company and Product News

ARC at Valve World Expo & Conference 2016

A myriad of valves are doing indispensable jobs in thousands of installations. How can the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) help suppliers and users to simplify and optimize the never-ending job of monitoring and maintaining those valves?

Oct
28
2016
Fabian Wanke — Industry Trends

AutomationML Comes of Age

At the fourth AutomationML user conference, which took place at Festo AG & Co. KG in Esslingen, Germany, users and partners from science and industry presented applications, guidelines for realizing workflows, and extensions to AutomationML.  

What is AutomationML?