Due to the Covid-19 pandemic and the associated ban on all major German events up to, and including the end of August, the PCIM Europe exhibition and conference 2020 in Nuremberg has been cancelled. A virtual format will offer a digital alternative for knowledge transfer in early July 2020.

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The user organization ODVA has announced extensions to the EtherNet/IP specification to make the Industrial Ethernet standard it maintains fit for Industry 4.0 and IIoT.

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Honda Motor Europe is expanding its partnership with SNAM (Société Nouvelle d'Affinage des Métaux) for battery recycling. The agreement provides for the Europe-wide collection and recycling of old batteries previously used in Honda hybrid and electric vehicles.

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The Ingolstadt University of Technology is investigating how to increase traffic safety in the Save-Road research project. The aim of the project is in particular to predict the severity of traffic accidents using artificial intelligence and machine learning.

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The cable manufacturer and automotive supplier Leoni received approval for a large federal-state guarantee from the German federal government and the state governments of Bavaria, Lower Saxony and North Rhine - Westphalia for an operating loan of 330 million euros.

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The jointly developed 3D design is publicly available so that the ventilator can be produced cost-effectively anywhere in the world.

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The embedded industry increasingly relies on hardware-related services. This is reflected in the technology trends for 2020. Advantech, the Taiwan-based industrial PC specialist, is also investing in the change.

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