ARC Europe Viewpoints

In January, we analysts began our quarterly ritual of updating forecasts for our annual Automation Index report. And then came the coronavirus.

This ARC Special Report looks at the potential impact of the rapidly emerging COVID-19 coronavirus crisis on the development of the ARC Automation Index.

Siemens Expands Edge Portfolio with New Cloud Gateway

ARC analyst and ski enthusiast, Florian Güldner, compensates for the lack of local snow with a look at the ski making process and ski manufacturing market.

Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation (MCC) announced that it will acquire a German Carbon Fiber Prepreg Manufacturer, c-m-p GmbH through its subsidiary, Mitsubishi Chemical Advanced Material.

Against a background of negative reports for Germany’s economy in 2019 and 2020, the SPS trade fair opened its gates in late November to welcome visitors from around the world.

Siemens has launched a new generation of machine-level block I/O devices in the form of the Simatic ET 200eco PN.  The new I/O family with IP65/67 degree of protection includes five digital I/O devices as well as an IO-Link master device.

Beckhoff Automation wins contract to supply BMW with IPC technology and multitouch control panels at automotive production sites worldwide through 2030.

On 25 November 2019, the RIPE NCC, the Regional Internet Registry for Europe, the Middle East and parts of Central Asia, made its final /22 IPv4 allocation from the last remaining addresses in their available pool and have now run out of IPv4 addresses.

Siemens and Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. have implemented the first private 5G standalone (SA) network in a real industrial environment using the 3.7-3.8GHz band.