GEA Group is one of the largest system suppliers for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries. The Food Solutions division manufactures components for packaging machines at its Wallau site. There, a well thought-out automation concept has significantly increased productivity. Two Grob G751 5-axis machining centers produce the same amount of parts as five machines previously did – and almost exclusively in batch size 1. And this is thanks to the automated loading of the Liebherr PHS 1500 Allround pallet handling system.
SAP has announced the launch of Joule, an AI assistant utilizing natural language processing, intended to support operational processes within businesses. Joule will be embedded within SAP’s cloud enterprise portfolio and is designed to provide insights based on data from SAP solutions and third-party sources.
Hamburg-based intralogistics pioneer Jungheinrich is fully taking over Magazino, a Munich-based robotics specialist. In addition to its shareholding, which has existed since 2020 and was increased to 21.7 percent in 2022, Jungheinrich is acquiring all shares held by the founders as well as the previous co-shareholders, a.o. Cellcom, Fiege Logistik, and Körber.
Hawle Armaturen GmbH, a manufacturer of heavy-duty valves for municipal water and sewage management, as well as gas supply, has awarded Jungheinrich with the construction of a new logistics warehouse. The company will build a fully automated high-bay warehouse with over 15,000 storage locations and five aisles near Hawle’s headquarters in Freilassing, Germany, by October 2024. The warehouse, planned as a greenfield project, will replace Hawle’s former manual distribution center.
Work environments and society at large will experience great changes in coming years. automatica, the leading exhibition held in Munich from June 27 to 30, 2023, showcased solution approaches that automation and robotics offer in this context. A roaring comeback after just one year: 40,000 visitors from approx. 88 countries, 650 exhibitors from 34 countries, and a captivating supporting program. The co-location with LASER World of PHOTONICS and World of QUANTUM has provided significant added value to many participants.
In this report from automatica Volker Spanier, Head of Manufacturing Solutions Epson EMEAR, marks the 40th anniversary of Epsons open-market robot sales while also commemorating the tenth year of Automatica. He discusses challenges and opportunities A key obstacle is a scarcity of skilled labor. There’s a common misconception that robots eliminate jobs. But on the contrary, automation helps to retain jobs.
In this report from automatica 2023 Søren Pap-Tolstrup, CEO of Gain & Co.reflects on the transformative journey that robotics have undertaken. Just like computers moved from being a novelty to a ubiquitous infrastructure, automation is no longer a fascination contained within the engineering department but has become an essential part of business strategy and operations. Automation is not just a standalone technical project but a business enabler that necessitates holistic planning, strategic investment, and interconnected thinking.
In this video the Rocking Robots team takes a look at two innovative new robots presented at automatica 2023, the first one a robot by Fizyr, Zivid and The gripper Company that can, among other capabilities, handle transparent objects. The other robot is a lightweight machine by Cognibotics that has a unique combination of speed and reach. In this report we speak to Herbert ten Have, Fizyr; Mats Jonsson, Cognibotics; Henrik Schumann-Olsen, Zivid; Preben Hjørnet, The Gripper Company.
The future of work, AI and sustainability were the main trends at automatica 2023. Rocking Robots is official mediapartner of this event, the largest robotics-fair in Europe. In this videoreport our team speaks about these trends with Filip Tuypens, FANUC; Christopher Schneider, Yaskawa; Thibaud Verschoor, IMSystems.
At the start of automatica 2023 Reinhard Pfeiffer, CEO of the Messe München Group, highlighted the significant strides in the fields of robotics, pointing out the potential for this technology to increase efficiency, save energy, and contribute to more sustainable production.