Vaillant, heating specialist based in the German town of Remscheid, is putting its core expertise to good use for social causes. The collaboration with SOS Children's Villages was initiated and developed by the company's employees.
A new cell from Schunk automates monotonous production processes, works intuitively and without a cloud connection and learns continuously, thanks to artificial intelligence. Today, it is building a bridge to the world of automation for others.
Machinery and plant engineering companies are increasingly publishing sustainability reports on a voluntary basis. Three VDMA members explain the role these reports play in customer orders, recruiting and the optimization of internal processes.
After around 25 years, the VDMA has relaunched its brand. The new "look & feel" emphasizes the VDMA's stronger European orientation and is intended to make the traditional brand even more present.
In the past, a lot of effort had to be made to enable machines to talk to each other. Today, one standard language is enough: OPC UA. Lenze has integrated this into control systems, visualizations and engineering tools.
CPQ specialist encoway has moved into its new headquarters in Bremen, which will serve as an innovation center, and is celebrating its 25th anniversary with a study. Where will we be in five years?
Intralogistics specialist Jungheinrich is breaking new ground in the production of material handling equipment. The company is defining more efficient models using data from a telematics box and data analysis.
ABP has its German headquarters in the port of Dortmund, from where goods are shipped worldwide. Since introducing its first induction furnace in 1903, it has been one of the technology leaders. ABP is also well positioned in de-risking.
With the digital tools and networked machines of "smart farming", farmers will be able to produce food even more efficiently and in a more environmentally friendly way. Rauch is helping them to do so.
