Martin Buchwitz

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Martin Buchwitz, SPS Magazin
Industrial Automation: Why the Success Story Continues
Without automation, the same thing that happened to many industrial nations would have also happened in Germany: a high level of de-industrialization.
Jan 10th, 2014
Martin Buchwitz is Editor in Chief of SPS-Magazin in Germany
The Transformation of Automation Technology
Since the invention of the programmable logic controller, there have been a lot of technological milestones in automation: digital control, field bus systems, PC-based control engineering, SCADA software, Industrial Ethernet, touch and gesture technology for operator guidance, etc.
Jul 3rd, 2013
Martin Buchwitz, Editor in Chief of SPS-Magazin in Germany
The Changing World of Automation
For a long time, exciting and revolutionary developments in automation technology seemed like a thing of the past.
Apr 2nd, 2013
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A Matter of Trust: Automation Data Within the Cloud
With globally distributed production facilities, machine and production data from all factories need to be consolidated and evaluated, and operating figures need to be illustrated. This can be implemented easily with a centralized cloud solution. But some still have reservations.
Feb 11th, 2013
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Martin Buchwitz, Editor in Chief, SPS Magazin, Germany
Siemens Shows the Importance of Software
The low-key presentation of S-1500 family hardware during the SPS IPC Drives 2012 press conference doesn’t mean hardware has lost all importance. It just indicates that software, and especially the TIA Portal, has significantly gained in importance.
Jan 8th, 2013
Martin Buchwitz is Editor in Chief of SPS-Magazin in Germany.
Automation Is Becoming Increasingly Mobile
Automation technology is currently finding its way into more and more areas of everyday life.
Nov 1st, 2012
Martin Buchwitz is Editor in Chief of SPS-Magazin in Germany
German Mechanical Engineering On Course for Growth
When the VDMA, the German engineering federation, predicted a 2 percent increase for German machinery production in 2013, some people couldn’t believe their eyes.
Oct 4th, 2012
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Can We Control Complexity?
The technical developments of the last centuries are stunning. Realizing the Internet has only played a significant role since the middle ‘90s, this becomes particularly clear, especially considering the development of mobile devices and what we call “the internet of things.”
Jul 12th, 2012
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Hannover Messe 2012 Sees Positive Response
About 185,000 people visited Hannover Messe 2012, one of the world’s largest showcases for industrial innovation.
Jun 5th, 2012
Martin Buchwitz, Editor in Chief of SPS-Magazin
Trends 2012: Energy Efficiency, Usability and Integration
2012 promises to become a very exciting year in all sectors—economic, technical and political—in Germany and around the world.
Apr 9th, 2012
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The Case for Using Energy Efficient Motors
For our March issue, SPS Magazin originally planned to focus on “Ie3” and “Ie4” motors—the German equivalent of “premium efficient” and “super premium efficient” ac induction motors.
Mar 9th, 2012
Martin Buchwitz is editor of SPS Magazin in Germany.
Object-Oriented Programming in Automation
Users are advised to get on board with object-oriented programming sooner rather than later, because OOP is the future.
Jan 20th, 2012
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German Conference Shows HMI Technology Potential
Keyboard, mouse and touchscreen dominate the realm of human interfaces to machines. Once again the world of information technologies could be a valuable provider of ideas for automation.
Nov 1st, 2011