Industrial communication

03.07.2025 • News

Lapp expands market presence in Latin America

The Lapp Group has acquired Brazilian connection technology specialist Eurocabos Materiais Elétricos

06.06.2025 • News

Lapp acquires Chinese cable manufacturer

Cableforce, a specialist in circular connectors based in Dongguan City, will be integrated into the company's global network as a wholly owned subsidiary.

05.05.2025 • News

New guidelines strengthen Omlox standard in the industry

PI and the Fraunhofer Institute in Lemgo have published two practical guides on the Omlox localization standard, which was developed specifically for industrial applications.

31.03.2025 • News

Steady growth of PI technologies despite economic challenges

PI technologies, including Profibus and Profinet, are showing moderate growth despite global economic uncertainties.

31.03.2025 • News

EtherCAT records 88 million nodes

The increase will be 11 million nodes in 2024, despite economic challenges and chip overstocking

09.08.2023 • News

Study by VDMA and ZVEI shows possible data ecosystem for SMEs

What could a data room for the manufacturing industry look like that enables it to develop in the direction of Industry 4.0? A study by VDMA and ZVEI provides possible answers.

15.05.2023 • News • Automation

Helukabel breaks the sales one billion

Connection technology specialist is happy about a successful fiscal year 2022

02.05.2023 • News

Promwad and Hilscher become partners

Promwad, expert in hardware design and embedded software development, and Hilscher enter into a joint partnership

19.04.2023 • News

EtherCAT reports over 59 million nodes in use

On the occasion of 20 years of EtherCAT, the ETG publishes node counts for the first time: without taking modular I/O devices into account, the count totals 59.1 million nodes

13.04.2023 • News

First Accredited IO-Link Test Lab in China

It is the first test center in Asia, bringing the number of test labs worldwide to three

08.03.2023 • News

Kunbus introduces new CTO

Kunbus expands the management with CTO Andreas Lachenschmidt

21.11.2022 • News

Igus exceeds one billion in sales

The Cologne industrial company achieved a ten-digit turnover for the first time at the beginning of the carnival

27.10.2022 • News

IO-Link community meets for testing

In mid-October 2022, over 100 participants (experts and manufacturers) from 37 international companies met for an interoperability workshop in Bad Soden.

30.08.2022 • News

Tula Solution handles Distribution of PEAK-System Products in Vietnam

PEAK-System expands the list of its worldwide trading partners with the Vietnamese company TULA Solution.

10.08.2022 • News

Baumer joins IO-Link Steering Committee

The sensor manufacturer Baumer becomes an active member of the IO-Link Steering Committee. The company is represented there by Lasse-Pekka Thiem, Senior Product Manager Connectivity & Control.

20.07.2022 • News

Igus presents computer game

igus presented the online browser game igumania. The idle game was developed using the Unity gaming platform and allows players to experience igus products in a playful way.

15.06.2022 • Contributions • Automation

"Ethernet-APL an Excellent Transmission Medium for Field Level Connectivity".

Stefan Ditting, product manager at Hima, talks about increasing plant efficiency with Ethernet APL as well as infrastructure availability and compatible field devices.

31.05.2022 • Contributions • Automation

As a result of the standardization activities of the Industrial Automation Profile IEC/IEEE 60802, the convergent TSN network will be able to be used by further industrial applications in addition to Profinet via TSN. A new Ethernet switch supports all required TSN mechanisms of this Industrial Automation Profile on the hardware side. Therefore, based on an extended configuration, convergent use with OPC UA and further protocols is given in the future.

24.05.2022 • Contributions • Automation

IIoT Mobile Gateway Allows Data Exchange to Be Converted from CSD to Modern Communication Channels

The constantly increasing demand for bandwidth is leading to ever shorter communication technology cycles. The service life of capital goods in plant engineering thus sometimes significantly exceeds the availability of the selected data connection. The circuit-switched data service CSD is an example of this development. By the end of 2022, the existing communication solution must be replaced. A CSD over IP gateway allows plants communicating via CSD to continue using them with little effort instead of replacing them.

04.05.2022 • Contributions • Machine Vision

Lossless Compression

When getting the most amount of detail from a moving target is critical, system developers are constantly looking for ways to increase framerates without compromising on image quality, ideally at minimal or no extra cost.

17.02.2022 • News

Keysight and Samsung want to work together on 6G

Keysight Technologies has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Samsung Research to advance research and development in 6G technology.

01.02.2022 • News

Basler joins 5G alliance

Bringing IT and OT together - that is the goal of camera manufacturer Basler by joining the "5G Alliance for Connected Industries and Automation". The company is the first from the machine vision sector to support the initiative.

17.06.2021 • Videos • Automation

Safety and Security requirements in Industrie 4.0 applications with Profinet

Profinet is the market leading Industrial Ethernet system in Factory and Process Automation. With Industrie 4.0 and IIoT, new requirements arise that needs to be fullfilled by these systems. Opening up the Shopfloor and connect it to IT systems raise new questions regarding Safety and Security of Industrial Ethernet solutions.