Kwam toch wel enkele interessante stukjes tegen over de toekomst.
Voor de mensen die weer wat nieuws willen lezen ipv de tig reposts over het verleden waar Rampi en zijn leger bashers leven.
The order of EUR 25 million I mentioned is our biggest order in terms of volume ever in the automotive sector, but it still 'only' comprised 10% of the total number of orders.
That is why I am delighted that we have been able over the past year to
strengthen our collaboration with various parties, including Fabless Companies, foundries and suppliers. They are increasingly seeing us as an important player, so that we are more strongly anchored in the chain. I am very grateful that Inova, X-FAB and the Fraunhofer Institute have also contributed to our annual report.
Whereas not long ago we were stunned by remote control power locks on car doors, nowadays RoodMicrotec contributes and supports leading companies that produce for example self driving cars.
In 2015 we succeeded in concluding a number of long-term contracts with reputed companies in our focus sectors. One of our top 3 customers is among the top 500 fastest growing and most innovative companies in Germany.
We joined a partnership in two publicly funded projects. Being a partner in a consortium with leading companies enhances our visibility in the market and so strengthens our reputation, but will also help us to gain further expertise. Both projects are in the field of Industry 4.0/IoT (Internet of Things), which is one of our focus areas for 2016 and beyond. Industry 4.0/IoT means extensive networking, using innovative IT systems that enable entirely new production methods.
The ParsiFAL 4.0 project started on 1 November 2015. The aim is to realise a thin flex foil with integrated electronic chips for sensors, microcontrollers, wireless interfaces and energy harvesting components for
Industry 4.0. It is an important step forward that will have applications in many different markets.
The other partners are Festo AG & Co.KG, Bosch GmbH, Hahn-Schickard Gesellschaft für angewandte Forschung e.V., Institut für Mikroelektronik Stuttgart, Infineon Technologie AG, Micronas GmbH, Stackforce GmbH, Würth
Elektronik GmbH Co & Co.KG.
The negotiations for the ScaleIT@Shopfloor project were finalised in December 2015; the project started on 1 January 2016 and will run for 3 years.
The project should prepare high-tech companies for the start of Industry 4.0. Currently there are still many manual processes in high-tech companies’ production lines. In Industry 4.0, production should have a high degree of automation and intelligent networking in the company.
The partners are:
Bull GmbH, Carl Zeiss 3D Automation GmbH, digiraster GmbH, Feinmetall GmbH, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Pervasive Computing Systems / TECO), microTEC Südwest e.V., Ondics GmbH, Sick AG, Smart HMI GmbH, Universität Stuttgart, Institut für Arbeitswissenschaften und Technologiemanagement IAT, Fraunhofer Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e. V., Fraunhofer Institute für Arbeitswirtschaft und Organisation IAO.