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Digital twin and data: How Autodesk digitizes plants

The digital twin is intended to make existing plants more transparent. Autodesk shows in Birmingham how scans, BIM models, sensors, data, and AI work together in this process.

Anja Ringel

Rechtliche Resilienz wird für den Maschinenbau zum strategischen Faktor: Exportkontrolle, Lieferketten, Cybersicherheit und Compliance müssen zunehmend in Produktion, Entwicklung und Unternehmenssteuerung zusammengedacht werden.

Legal resilience in mechanical engineering: the underestimated competitive factor

Legal resilience is becoming a strategic factor in mechanical engineering. Export controls, supply chain obligations, product liability and cybersecurity are changing the rules of the game in the industry.

Redaktion Produktion

How Siemens is turning Erlangen into a high-tech campus

The Industrial Metaverse is becoming industrial practice in Erlangen: Siemens is investing around 500 million EUR and connecting software, shopfloor and sustainability.

Claus Wilk

How Schneider Electric is driving AI in industry

Exclusive interview

Gwenaelle Avice Huet, Executive Vice President of Industrial Automation at Schneider Electric, sees AI in industry as the key to efficiency, energy, and sustainability. But whether Europe benefits from it will not be decided in theory, but on the factory floor.

Anja Ringel

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Modernisierung der Bundeswehr: Deutschland investiert so viel in seine Streitkräfte wie seit dem Kalten Krieg nicht mehr. Angesichts einer sich verändernden Weltlage setzt Berlin auf neue Wege – und beschafft Fregatten, Kampfjets und KI-Systeme im Rekordtempo.

Bundeswehr modernization: 33 billion for the "turning point"

Defense & security | armament projects 2026

German defense policy is experiencing an unprecedented upheaval. With more than 33 billion euros in 2025 alone, Berlin has set a pace in Bundeswehr modernization that seemed unthinkable just a few years ago. Which armament projects are behind the figures - and how is the Bundeswehr changing in concrete terms?

Stefan Weinzierl

Symbolbild einer chinesischen Hightech-Fabrik mit Industrierobotern, humanoidem Roboter, KI-Datenvisualisierung und China-Symbolik.

China relies on AI robotics as a growth driver

AI robotics in China

AI robotics is becoming the core of industrial policy in China: The 15th Five-Year Plan realigns automation, AI research and robotics.

Stefan Weinzierl

Containerhafen mit Kränen, Frachtschiff, Drohne und digitalem Sicherheitssymbol als Symbolbild für Hafensicherheit und kritische maritime Infrastruktur.

Port security: Drone defense and cyber defense

North Sea and Baltic Sea

Port security in the North Sea and Baltic Sea is moving into focus. Drones, sabotage, and cyberattacks are hitting maritime infrastructure—and with it key hubs of industry.

Stefan Weinzierl

MetaverseView all

In der neuen Expertise „Industrie 4.0 für zirkuläre Wertschöpfung“ des Forschungsbeirats Industrie 4.0 zeigt das PTW der TU Darmstadt, wie digitale Technologien Unternehmen bei der Umsetzung von Kreislaufwirtschaft unterstützen können.

Central topic of the future

Circular value creation: how Industry 4.0 helps

Circular value creation needs data. A new report shows how Industry 4.0 technologies can support companies in transforming linear processes.

Stefan Weinzierl

2 July 2026

Das Geschäft der für ihre Zusammenarbeit mit US-Sicherheitsbehörden bekannten Datenanalyse-Firma Palantir ist im vergangenen Quartal erneut rasant gewachsen.

Palantir revenue surges

Palantir revenue up 85 percent

Revenue at data analytics firm Palantir Technologies jumped sharply in the past quarter. The AI specialist’s growth is being driven above all by its U.S. business with government agencies and companies.

Stefan Weinzierl

5 May 2026

AutomationView all

Bosch richtet sich neu aus: Der Konzern will im Milliardenmarkt für Robotik und KI punkten – auch wegen der Ertragskrise im Stammgeschäft. Rückendeckung erhalten die Schwaben aus der Politik.

Positioning

Robotics and AI: Bosch bets on a billion-dollar market

Robotics and AI are intended to open up new growth prospects for Bosch. The group is aligning itself more strongly toward automation and humanoid robotics.

Stefan Weinzierl

11 June 2026

Mechanical engineering summit salon

AI makes flexible automation economical

AI is becoming the driver of flexible automation at the Siemens Gerätewerk Erlangen. Stephan Schlauß explains how technology, digital twins, and cultural change interact.

Claus Wilk

10 June 2026

New Work View all

Der aktuelle VDI/IW-Ingenieurmonitor (Q3 2025) zeichnet ein durchwachsenes Bild für den Ingenieurarbeitsmarkt.

Shortage despite decline in open positions

Engineering job market under pressure: Skills are lacking

Despite declining job offers, the demand for engineers remains high. The new VDI/IW Engineering Monitor provides explosive figures.

Stefan Weinzierl

28 January 2026

Zwei Megatrends hat NTT Data für die industrielle Fertigung identifiziert: humanoide Roboter und autonome Fabriken.

Kicker / headline about 30 characters

Manufacturing 2030: Humanoid robots and autonomous factories

Humanoid machines take over tasks, autonomous systems control entire production lines. Two megatrends are setting course for manufacturing in 2030 - with disruptive potential.

Stefan Weinzierl

23 January 2026

Autobauer wie Mercedes investieren seit einigen Jahren Milliardenbeträge in die Weiterqualifizierung ihrer Beschäftigten in neuen Tech-Themen wie KI und Daten.

Re- and upskilling

What the future costs

The major automotive players are investing significant amounts in re- and upskilling their people. With increasing AI usage, career paths are changing, and the right further education becomes even more crucial. Especially for medium-sized companies, this is a challenge.

Daniela Hoffmann

13 October 2025

MarketsView all

Mechanical engineering in Hungary in transition

Hungary's mechanical engineering between slowdown and reform

Mechanical engineering in Hungary stands between a weak economy, new political signals and hope for investment. EU funds and reforms could revive the sector.

Ernst Leiste

1 July 2026

Domestic sourcing

Local sourcing: why regional procurement is becoming a strategic competitive advantage

Local sourcing, meaning procurement via suppliers from the region or the company's own country, is coming back into focus. What advantages and disadvantages does this procurement strategy bring, and who is it worthwhile for?