19.12.2023 • News
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European EtherCAT Plug Fest 2026 Sees Record Turnout
The 36th European EtherCAT Plug Fest took place on July 15 and 16, 2026, at Sick’s SIA campus in Waldkirch and was fully booked, with 69 developers from 30 companies in attendance.
Configurable ring lights are now available
Edmund Optics is expanding its lighting portfolio for industrial machine vision to include configurable Lumimax ring lights, which are available worldwide from stock.
Keysight Acquires VPIphotonics
Developers in the fields of optics and electrical engineering can use it to model photonic components, circuits, and complete transmission links in a unified environment.
Global robot density: Western Europe leads ahead of North America and Asia
In the EU-27, the robot density is 231, which is above the global average of 132.
Sick increases sales in 2025
In the 2025 financial year, the company increased its turnover to 1.85 billion euros, an increase of 6.5% compared to the previous year.