Unternehmen&Trends - Ausgabe zur HANNOVER MESSE 2019

In the spirit of digitisation, HANNOVER MESSE will once again be opening its doors at the Hannover exhibition centre from 1 to 5 April with the world‘s largest industrial trade fair. More than 6,000 companies, including large global corpora- tions, medium-sized companies and start-ups from about 75 countries, will be showcasing their products and pioneering technologies, system solutions and innovations. The partner country is Sweden. Six trade shows, one platform: At the world’s largest indus- trial trade fair, you will find the full range of technical innova- tions throughout the whole value chain – from automation to supplier solutions. HANNOVER MESSE is the ideal place for networking and new business. The global hotspot for Industrie 4.0. Integrated Automation, Motion & Drives is the new trade fair that covers every- thing to do with industrial automation, industrial IT, power transmission, and fluid power technology – from mechanical engineering and robotics to process automation. Integrating data from all processes of the value chain is the deciding factor in gaining the competitive edge in the manufacturing industry. At Digital Factory, you will discov- er IT and software solutions that enable the exchange of data between development, production, and distribution. The trade fair also showcases software for virtual product development, for production planning and control, and for predictive analysis. In an increasingly decentralized energy market, innovative technologies are needed in order to make electric power systems more flexible, to intelligently connect sectors, and to engage new market participants. At the Integrated Energy trade fair, industry players meet solution providers and decision makers in politics and economics. Suppliers are a key driver of industrial digitization. After all, the smart factory can only be as smart as its individual com- ponents and systems. With their innovative solutions, suppli- ers are becoming increasingly involved – both physically and digitally – in adding value to their customers’ business. From materials and processes to key topics such as lightweight construction – at the Industrial Supply trade fair, internation- al suppliers exhibit the entire range of solutions and present themselves as reliable development partners. Where ideas from visionary researchers become real-life applications: Welcome to Research & Technology. Experts in science and economics provide an insight into what the industry could look like in the future – and which solutions are about to hit the market. From cognitive systems for quality inspection to completely new methods of production, at Research & Technology you will find the solutions that will shape the industry of to- morrow. Process automation, pneumatic systems, eco-friendly ex- haust-air cleaning systems. They’re all integral to tomor- row’s smart factories, and they all depend on advanced vacuum-air and compressor solutions. Compressed-air and vacuum systems are so vital to so many areas of technology that there can be no energy-efficient, sustainable production without them. Unternehmen&Trends is not only published in the traditional print form, but is also cross-medial, networked and inter- active. A large number of companies, including AVM, Böllhoff Verbindungstechnik, Cosmo Consult, Yaskawa, Portal Sys- tems, Datev eG, pro Alpha, Adito Software GmbH, will be presenting their latest developments, technologies, process- es, innovations, products and job offers. Using interactions, links and networking with web content and social media we open up the opportunity for our read- ers to receive significantly more background and additional information than is possible in purely printed articles. Our thanks go to all of the authors, interviewees and adver- tisers for their excellent and trusted cooperation. You are invited to submit your contributions, advertisements and interviews for the next issue. We wish our readers a successful trade fair visit, interesting contacts and productive discussions. Editorial Dear readers, Elisabeth Klock Dr. Rudolf Müller 46  Unternehmen & Trends