News 2020

Hannover Messe Digital Days
As part of the Hannover Messe Digital Days, we broadcasted live from our Innovation Lab in Kaiserslautern. Prof. Martin Ruskowski (Chairman of the Board) and

Interview with Marco Sprenger from B&R
Since 2016, Marco Sprenger has been head of Education Network Technology. We spoke with him about the strategic partnership with SmartFactoryKL, the economic benefits for

Dr. Haike Frank Elected to Executive Board
The technology initiative SmartFactory-KL has elected Dr. Haike Frank to a seat on its Executive Board at the Annual General Meeting held on May 13,

Interview with Andreas Huhmann from HARTING
Andreas Huhmann, a trained physicist and strategy consultant at HARTING Foundation, is also a member of the Executive Board of the Technology Initiative SmartFactory KL.

Interview with Dr. Markus Berg from proALPHA
The proALPHA software company is an active member of SmartFactoryKL. We talked with Dr. Markus Berg, Manager R&D Production, about the software company’s commitment and

Interview with Klaus Stark from PILZ
Klaus Stark, responsible manager for Innovation Management at Pilz GmbH & Co. KG since 2017, is a member of the Board of Directors of the

Interview with Dr. Marius Orfgen from MiniTec
Dr. Marius Orfgen worked for many years at DFKI as a research assistant. Today, he is the managing director of MiniTec Smart Solutions. The company

Interview with Dr. Stefan Wess from Empolis
Empolis is a software company based in Kaiserslautern and an active member involved in building the new demonstrator. We talked with CEO Dr. Stefan Wess

Interview with Dr. Cesim Demir from Huawei
Huawei is participating in the construction of the new demonstrator at SmartFactoryKL. In this interview, Dr. Cesim Demir, CTO Manufacturer and Automotive Solutions, explains why

Interview with Ralf Bucksch from IBM
IBM is involved in constructing the new demonstrator at SmartFactoryKL. Ralf Bucksch, Technical Executive Watson IoT Europe / IBM Software Sales & Distribution, explains in

Project close for Project DAKARA
DAKARA is the German abbreviation for “Design and application of a compact, energy-efficient, and configurable camera matrix for spatial analyses” and is a Federal Ministry

Software heart for new demonstrator received
Associate member German Edge Cloud delivered the ONCITE server on February 11, 2020.