Siemens has signed an agreement to acquire the industrial drive business of EBM-Papst, for an undisclosed sum. “EBM-Papst’s portfolio of mechatronic drive systems and its people are an excellent fit for Siemens,” said Siemens digital industries CEO Cedrik Neike. “The acquisition will enable us to tap new business in the market for intelligent, battery-powered drive solutions in intra-logistics as well as ...
The growth of near-field communication (NFC) in the UK will drive the replacement of retailers’ Chip and PIN point of sale (PoS) equipment, according to an analyst. The latest research by Juniper Research shows the adoption of NFC mobile payments will surge over the next three years to reach 300 million devices worldwide, with one-fifth of all smartphone devices having NFC ...
The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) is putting £10m into three low carbon vehicles projects. They will cover scientific and engineering issues related to: optimising the performance of electric motors and...
BMW has selected Dassault Systèmes’ V6 product lifecycle management (PLM) software for its cars’ future electrical, electronics, and embedded software (E/E) architecture for the next 10 years. BMW will use V6 to create a single reference address to link customer requirements to implementable functions in the car. This will also define the logical architecture of the systems and realise its ...
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