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Intensive training for Moroccan experts and multipliers on Industry 4.0
The Competence Center on Automation (CCoA) successfully held a first event of its train-the-trainer program with multipliers from Moroccan universities and vocational schools in July 2021 in Casablanca. The practice-oriented training on the fundamentals of Industry...
Johannes Kirsch: Building reliable structures
Johannes Kirsch, responsible for foreign trade at the German Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers' Association, sees opportunities for joint projects between German and Moroccan companies. In which fields of technology is there potential for cooperation between...
Pflitsch: Manufacturing the agile electric car
Electric mobility is no longer a dream of the future. They can be admired at trade fairs and in trade magazines, the electric cars that usually take some getting used to. German E-Cars takes the approach of converting series-produced vehicles suitable for everyday use...
Germany’s electrical industry to grow five percent in 2021
Companies in the German electrical and electronic industry are cautiously optimistic about 2021. We expect production growth of five percent for the industry and could thus make up for four-fifths of last year's decline in production," said ZVEI President Dr Gunther...
PHOENIX CONTACT: Process adaptations bring savings
In a partnership-based approach, Phoenix Contact offers individual consulting services for optimising the process chain in control cabinet construction. This is based on practice-oriented lean production methods. These enable significant savings through process...
SIEMENS: Integration of industrial robots in the TIA Portal
With the Simatic Robot Library for the Simatic Robot Integrator, Siemens presents a new universal robot library for the TIA (Totally Integrated Automation) Portal, which replaces the previous, manufacturer-specific libraries. The specification was developed in close...
HANNOVER MESSE: The virtual world meeting of industry
Year after year, HANNOVER MESSE is the showcase for the industry - with future topics such as AI, sustainable production or 5G. As a purely digital event, this year's show became a double showcase, not only displaying the future of industry but also providing a...