

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

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

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.

According to the VDMA Machine Vision department, sales are expected to increase by around 3%, following a decline of 2% in 2025.

The International Federation of Robotics reports on the five most important trends for the robotics industry in 2026.