Exhibitor List

HOPF is a reliable and experienced professional partner for any kind of network and automation technology. We advise companies concerning a proper solution for their digital automation processes – beginning from wireless network and connection technologies, to Connectivity-Solutions such as control cabinets and apparatus engineering. Due to many years of experiences and a huge amount of Knowledge concerning this kind of business we can make adequate preparation for your special production process. In cooperation with leading manufacturers of modern industrial communication and the actual Industrial Internet oft Things (IIoT) we are fully aware of your production process and can offer you an individual solution. Therefore we can provide our customers the certitude to know the context and the expandability of their industrial network. We create an open network solution for your industrial manufacturing process in order o optimize the process automation and power supply.

Linear technology with enthusiasm and passion. HSB Automation is a family-owned, mid-sized company from Reutlingen with a passion for mechanical linear technology. We take a “no limits” approach—developing and manufacturing solutions tailored to our customers’ needs, even when standard options reach their limits. What makes it work is our experienced team, combining expertise with real enthusiasm for what we do.

Automation Technology for Over 40 Years IAI Industrieroboter, founded in 1976 in Shizuoka, Japan, is one of the leading industrial manufacturers of electric actuators and industrial robots. Since 1995, the company has been represented in Europe, with a headquarters in Germany. As a specialist in industrial robots, we have more than forty years of experience in developing, designing and manufacturing electric actuators. Our range of services is now considered one of the broadest on the market. The product range includes: electric linear, rotation, and gripping modules, cartesian robot systems, tabletop robots, as well as SCARA robots. The corresponding controllers, with all popular many fieldbus connections, further complete our portfolio. Many products are offered in dust and water protected versions, as well as in cleanroom compliant design. Our products are used in many sectors and industries e.g. in the automotive industry, in electronics manufacturing, and in the optical, medical and pharmaceutical industries. For quality reasons, all our products are exclusively manufactured at our parent company in Japan.

The IBHsoftec GmbH is specialized in development and production of automation solutions for the industry. Primary technology field of the IBHsoftec GmbH is the PLC technology, whereby the main field is PLC programming systems and SoftPLC solutions. In this environment all substantial developments of the past years are settled. The spectrum reaches from OPC UA Server, over SoftPLC solutions, debuggers and simulators, from comfortable programming systems for Step®5 and Step7 PLCs, up to special network solutions for the linkage of PC and PLC components. With the experience of over 30 years, the spectrum grows continuously. The proximity to the market and detailed knowledge of the application fields of our customers always lead to new, innovative products. The majority of the solutions present on the market today are younger than five years.

We are a powerful and independent research and development institute for mechanical and plant engineering, which is proactively active on a non-profit basis. Our dedicated and creative employees succeed in an interdisciplinary way to bring great ideas into the production halls and to develop them for the transport of people and goods. We drive the sustainable and economic utilization of the implemented ideas. Our performance strength arises from our superposition between research and commercial enterprise. We are well networked in the German research landscape. We are valued as a reliable and independent partner that is close to industry, application-oriented and strong in implementation. Our employees are trained in a wide range of engineering disciplines, thus ensuring the high quality of our work. Our partners are mainly small and medium-sized industrial companies. In Saxonian companies and beyond Saxonian borders we are recognized as flexible acting and reacting as well as efficient and reliable working product and technology developers and service providers and are regarded as problem solvers for the industry. Since 1992, we have been successfully shaping networks of business, research and politics for the strengthening of mechanical and plant engineering in Saxony, in Germany.

Icotronix is a company based in Bavaria, founded by market experts from the connectivity market and the TK Group owner ship, one of the main player in cable and cable assembly solutions within the automation market. The first aim of Icotronix GmbH was to develop, produce and distribute a standard portfolio of connectors suitable to fit market-standards and serve demands from cable system suppliers and motor manufacturers. The mission from the start was to have a focus on own-developed products, over the last years this focused changed to the company motto “connectivity solution partner”, which reflects beside the own product portfolio also other major connectivity solutions from the automation market. With this scope Icotronix became a unique solution provider in the field of automation connectivity, uniting the technical expertise of a connector produce, with the flexibility and service of a distributor of different brands. Since the first line of the M23 connectors came to a great success in the market, the next step was to develop the next generation of own connectors, this is were “iconX line” came into play, combining the learnings from the first product line with the demands from the market to simplify interchangeability to other connector brands, without any compromise in quality, usability and flexibility. As part of the Tecnikabel Group, the clear focus on the automation market, with the access to a hightech cable works with laboratory and decades of experience at Tecnikabel S.R.L. and the system provider H.T.C. with the international production food print in Italy, China, Albania and the U.S.A the share of information and trends and the connection to the main players in the automation market world wide as an absolutely asset for Icotronix GmbH.

World market leader in sensor technology and thought leader in Industry 4.0: Measuring, controlling, regulating and evaluating – when it comes to groundbreaking automation and digitalization technology, the ifm group of companies is the ideal partner. Since the company was founded in 1969, ifm has been developing, producing and selling sensors, controls, software and systems for industrial automation worldwide. As one of the pioneers in the area of ​​Industry 4.0, ifm develops and implements holistic solutions for the digitalization of the entire value chain “from sensors to ERP”. Today, the second-generation family-run ifm group of companies is one of the global industry leaders with more than 8,750 employees in 95 countries. The medium-sized group combines the internationality and innovative strength of a growing group of companies with the flexibility and customer proximity of a medium-sized company.

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The German S7 system provider INSEVIS stands for S7 PLCs, S7 HMIs and S7 software made in Germany. The S7 CPUs can be programmed with Siemens SimaticManager/Classic and (!) TIA Portal and correspond to an S7-315-2PNDP in terms of command range and performance, but include CANopen, Modbus-TCP, 2 (separate) Ethernet and a serial CP with RS232 and 485. The HMIs are projected with a (WinCCflexible-like) free software and can be duplicated remotely without costs. A conversion tool from TIA WinCC projects to INSEVIS format has been available since 2021.

WE SEE OURSELVES AS A SENSOR SPECIALIST IN THE FIELD OF CHALLENGING AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGY. We have stood for high-performance sensors in automation technology in the German- speaking markets for over three decades. We prioritize the highest level of quality and have our own production at our headquarters in Altena in Sauerland. Permanent research and development play an equally substantial role as the education and training of employees and management. Our company, which was founded in 1982, is managed today by the familiy in the second generation. We apply special standards in environmental protection and sustainable resource management. We place a lot of emphasis on courteous help and care when it comes to customer service and order management. In doing so, your personal satisfaction is especially important for us. We would like to be recommended, that is why we perform better than required. From the moment you get in touch with us, a personal contact is available to assist you. We will provide you with detailed consultancy services when it comes to selecting the right sensors, offer approaches for problem solving and continue to provide assistance after the delivery. Often, we provide our customers with valueable assistance, also beyond sensor technology. The free provision of test equipment is usual practice. Matters of goodwill are seldom and we solve them professionally. In short, we are interested in developing a good and long-term cooperation.

IPR – Intelligente Peripherien für Roboter GmbH offers an extensive range of products with innovative systems and components for assembly and handling technology. Our parallel and angular grippers, tool changers, alignment devices and load limiters, 7th axes, force-and-torque-sensors and customised solutions are used by customers in many countries worldwide. Companies across all sectors place their trust in our products. Quality, technical expertise and industry knowledge are our most important qualities.