

Digitalization and automation continue to drive mechanical engineering forward - and with them, the requirements for functional safety and cyber security are increasing. For automation engineers, this means that machine safety is becoming a holistic concept.

Unemployment in IT and engineering professions rose by 17.6 percent, while the total number of vacancies fell by 23 percent to 99,470.

Steute Technologies, backed by Battery Ventures, has acquired the industrial switching technology specialist and part of Kiepe Electric GmbH

Managing Director Marc Luksch emphasizes that the future of connection technology lies in the integration of ready-to-connect systems.

With the integration, the company is contributing its experience to the development of a European Polyworks organization.