Interview with Marco Sprenger from B&R June 4, 2020Since 2016, Marco Sprenger has been head of Education Network Technology. We spoke with him about the strategic partnership with SmartFactoryKL, the economic benefits for his company, and his hopes for the new demonstrator. › more
Dr. Haike Frank Elected to Executive Board May 19, 2020The 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, 2020. › more
Interview with Andreas Huhmann from HARTING May 18, 2020Andreas Huhmann, a trained physicist and strategy consultant at HARTING Foundation, is also a member of the Executive Board of the Technology Initiative SmartFactory KL. In this interview, he explains why his company, based in Espelkamp, Germany is participating in SmartFactoryKL and what role Production Level 4 has in their decision. › more
Interview with Dr. Markus Berg from proALPHA May 6, 2020The 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 technical contributions to the PL 4.0 demonstrator. › more
Interview with Klaus Stark from PILZ April 24, 2020Klaus Stark, responsible manager for Innovation Management at Pilz GmbH & Co. KG since 2017, is a member of the Board of Directors of the technology initiative SmartFactoryKL. He actively promotes the subject of automation on various committees, including as Chairman of the Technical Committee “Safety Systems in Automation” of the ZVEI (German Electrical Industry Association). › more
Interview with Dr. Marius Orfgen from MiniTec April 21, 2020Dr. Marius Orfgen worked for many years at DFKI as a research assistant. Today, he is the managing director of MiniTec Smart Solutions. The company has been actively involved for some time in the construction of our demonstrators. In this interview, he talks about the cooperation with SmartFactoryKL and the value-added benefits for his company. › more
Interview with Dr. Stefan Wess from Empolis April 15, 2020Empolis is a software company based in Kaiserslautern and an active member involved in building the new demonstrator. We talked with CEO Dr. Stefan Wess about the cooperation with SmartFactoryKL and the concepts of Production Level 4 and Industrie 4.0. › more
Interview with Dr. Cesim Demir from Huawei March 9, 2020Huawei is participating in the construction of the new demonstrator at SmartFactoryKL. In this interview, Dr. Cesim Demir, CTO Manufacturer and Automotive Solutions, explains why he has long advocated for collaboration with SmartFactoryKL, why he believes Production Level 4 is the right way to go, and how Huawei specifically benefits from working with SmartFactoryKL. › more
Interview with Ralf Bucksch from IBM February 28, 2020IBM is involved in constructing the new demonstrator at SmartFactoryKL. Ralf Bucksch, Technical Executive Watson IoT Europe / IBM Software Sales & Distribution, explains in this interview his reasons for advocating on behalf of a long term collaboration with SmartFactoryKL, why he believes Production Level 4 is the right way to go, and how IBM specifically benefits from working with SmartFactoryKL. › more
Project close for Project DAKARA February 20, 2020DAKARA 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 of Education and Research (BMBF) sponsored project. SmartFactoryKL is one of the project’s research partners. › more
Software heart for new demonstrator received February 19, 2020Associate member German Edge Cloud delivered the ONCITE server on February 11, 2020. › more