Digitalization
At the start of the K year it becomes evident once again that the plastics and rubber experts all agree: K in Düsseldorf is the most relevant meeting point for the entire industry worldwide. Exhibitors from throughout the world come to Düsseldorf to demonstrate the operational excellence of the industry and actively chart the course for the future together with visitors. And this course clearly...
Auvesy and MDT Software announce the creation of Auvesy-MDT, a leader in industrial automation software. Hg, a leading software and services investor, invested in both Auvesy and MDT Software earlier in 2021. Recognising the high quality and complementary solutions provided by both companies, Auvesy and MDT Software have come together, positioning the business as a global leader to support the...
IO-Link is enjoying increasing popularity, with demand for the communications standard growing rapidly, especially in the food & beverage industry. The fieldbus-independent technology for point-to-point communication is easy to use and provides a cost-effective way to digitalize industrial plants. Endress+Hauser, a leading provider in the industry, offers a wide range of IO-Link products for a...
Arburg will be in Batalha at Moldplas 2021, Portugal's largest trade fair. At its stand 3B05 in Hall 10, the company will present innovative injection moulding technology, efficient automation, and a wide range of digital products and services. A fully automated and digitally networked Allrounder will produce ready-to-use mask boxes. Visitors will also be able to obtain detailed information and...
Taking place from 12th to 16th October, Fakuma is this year's first big international in-person event for the plastics sector to be held in Germany. Arburg is preparing for a major appearance at the trade fair in Friedrichshafen. The focus will be on "The best of both worlds": "arburgXworld" and "arburgGREENworld". Arburg will be live and in person at stand 3101 in Hall A3, where trade visitors...
That Krones supports its customers from the beverage and liquid-food sectors in optimising and digitalising their production operations, this is nothing new. In line with the one-stop-shop concept, Krones is now bringing the fields of mechanical engineering and digitalisation even closer together: Its customers will get both from a single source in future, from Krones. Starting now, everything...
From incoming goods to outgoing goods, the IIoT software Iris enables companies to design processes digitally, to network machines and to manage data comprehensively with a diverse range of analysis tools. This safeguards the quality of your products and the efficiency of your processes. All value streams are available at any time and any place - in real time and independent of end devices. It’s...
Sesotec is a leading provider of intelligent technologies and services for foreign object detection, material sorting and analysis. The Lower Bavarian company is pleased to announce the latest addition to its management team. Since April 1, 2021, Dietmar Dieing has been leading Sesotec’s Plastics Industry division as its new Vice President of Sales. The 45-year-old Dieing is a technical business...
Multivac joins the cross-company initiative R-Cycle. The aim is to jointly drive forward the circular economy for plastic packaging on the basis of an open and globally applicable tracing standard. R-Cycle records all recycling-relevant information from the production process in the form of a digital product passport and makes it available for recycling. To retrieve the stored information, a...
To support their goal of manufacturing quality parts, Toyota Industries Corporation and Siemens have cooperated to develop artificial intelligence (AI) that can predict product abnormalities in aluminum die casting, a key process in automotive air conditioning compressor production. The development is one of the world’s first to use defect prediction AI for die casting. It improves quality and...
