Opto, manufacturer of integrated image processing devices, has appointed Thomas Rampertshammer as Sales Director with effect from 1 January 2020. He started his career at the aerospace company EADS. Most recently, Rampertshammer was Sales Manager Americas at Carl Zeiss Optotechnik.
Agile Robots has taken over the European and North American assets of Thyssenkrupp Automation Engineering and will continue to operate the business under the name Krause Automation.
Managing Director Marc Luksch emphasizes that the future of connection technology lies in the integration of ready-to-connect systems.
The International Federation of Robotics reports on the five most important trends for the robotics industry in 2026.
According to the VDMA Machine Vision department, sales are expected to increase by around 3%, following a decline of 2% in 2025.
Unemployment in IT and engineering professions rose by 17.6 percent, while the total number of vacancies fell by 23 percent to 99,470.
