Bachmann Electronic Defies Crisis and Continues Success Course in Tough Environment Sales growth of 3.8% in 2009
In the 2009 financial year, Bachmann electronic earned revenues of 52.3 million Euros. Its target was to maintain the previous year's level of 50.4 million Euros (2008)...
March 2010
Pepperl+Fuchs acquires the proximity sensor business of Siemens Company strengthens its position in the market for ultrasonic sensor technology for the factory automation
Pepperl+Fuchs, Mannheim, and the Siemens Division Industry Automation, Nuremberg, signed an agreement on the acquisition of the Siemens business with binary proximity sensors...
March 2010
POWERLINK Association China commences work Increasing market share and ensuing technical support
The POWERLINK Association China has celebrated its establishment with an official ceremony at the Xishan Baodao Garden Hotel in Suzhou. The association was founded by B&R...
February 2010
New management for the Siemens "Mechanical Drives" Business Unit Theo Maas replaces Manfred Egelwisse
The CEO of A. Friedrich Flender AG, Manfred Egelwisse, will be resigning at the end of March at his own request. He will maintain close and amicable relations with the company...
February 2010
Motor Drives Market Decline in 2009 mitigated by growth in Asia Pacific
According to the latest statistics from IMS Research, the worldwide market for low voltage AC & DC motor drives experienced robust growth in 2008, with revenues increasing...
February 2010
Industrial PC Market driven by technological possibilities
The market for industrial PCs is driven by an increasing rate of technological advancements in hardware and software. This includes Intel’s Atom processor, increased computing...
February 2010
ISE 2010, Europe’s leading image sensors event Knowledge and networking platform for image sensor professionals
ISE 2010 will return for the 3rd time to London’s Copthorne Tara Hotel on 23 – 25 March 2010, providing again a knowledge and networking platform for image sensor professionals....
February 2010
HANNOVER MESSE 2010 Will Showcase All Aspects Of Industrial Automation Motto: Efficiency - Innovation - Sustainability
There are signs that the world economy is slowly regaining momentum. According to the organizers, HANNOVER MESSE 2010 will play a major role in boosting business activity. This...
January 2010
2009 A Difficult Year For The Global PLC Market 2008 level will not be reached before second half of 2012
2009 has been an extremely difficult year for most PLC suppliers. Global PLC revenues are estimated to have been 19.1% lower than in 2008. According to IMS Research, in its recently...
January 2010
Rutronik And Omron Extend Their European Partnership it now includes Italy, Spain, Portugal, Benelux and Scandinavia
Rutronik Elektronische Bauelemente GmbH and Omron Electronic Components Europe BV expand their franchise agreement to cover Italy, Spain, Portugal, Benelux, Norway, Sweden, Finland...
January 2010
BIAS 2010 Is Seizing Today's Challanges match between supply and demand
Invest and innovate so as to offer to the market an instrument from where to start again, in order to promote and encourage the match between supply and demand, as well as to...
January 2010
IET President Meets With U.S. Academic And Industry Leaders Snowden strengthens partnerships and collaboration
The newly elected president of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), representing more than 150,000 members, recently completed a series of meetings and seminars...
January 2010
Is The Machine Vision Market Turning The Corner? IMS Research sees it on the road to recovery
The worldwide machine vision market appears to be on the road to recovery after a very difficult six months, according to IMS Research. This is the conclusion after tracking the...
January 2010
50 Years Of Binder A history of tradition and innovation
On January 1st, 2010, company Franz Binder will celebrate 50 years of market success – a success story that began when Franz Binder first set up his own workshop for mechanical...
December 2009
GenICam 2.0 Standard Launched Greater interoperability between vision products from different vendors
Timely before the VISION show 2009 in Stuttgart, the new release 2.0 of the GenICam standard was launched on November 2nd, 2009. GenICam 2.0 includes many features enabling camera...
December 2009
Kyocera Opens Technology Centre In Neuss Cutting tools division
The Japanese technology corporation Kyocera, a leading manufacturer of fine ceramic products, opens a technology centre for its cutting tools division at the company office in...
December 2009
GE and FANUC Complete Joint Venture Dissolution Both companies will operate independently from now on
GE and FANUC LTD announced that the two companies have completed their agreement to dissolve the GE Fanuc Automation Corporation Joint Venture. This agreement reverts the respective...
December 2009
Fieldbus Foundation Praises Expanded Collaboration On Field Device Integration Project will accelerate deployment of uniform device integration solution
The Fieldbus Foundation praised an expanded automation industry collaborative effort intended to accelerate deployment of Field Device Integration (FDI) technology. Key automation...
December 2009
Wind of Change Blows Through Bearings Market Manufacturers are expected to profit from renewable energies
Bearing manufacturers will be keeping a keen eye on events unfolding at the UN’s climate change summit in Copenhagen this month. World leaders are expected to commit to a number...
December 2009
PLCopen and OPC Foundation release first results to the public Manufacturer-independent information and communication architecture
PLCopen and OPC Foundation combine their technologies to a platform and manufacturer-independent information and communication architecture. This mix of OPC Unified Architecture...
December 2009
