Latest News from the World of Automation

Industrial plants are complex systems in which work is carried out with combustible gases, dusts or vapors on a daily basis. A small spark is enough to trigger an explosion – with potentially devastating consequences for people, machines and the environment. That is why explosion protection is essential.

Version 9.0 of the SIMATIC PCS 7 process control system is no longer available for regular purchase. We now have the opportunity to purchase software of this version for you. Find out more

At the beginning of December, we celebrated our 35th anniversary with a festive gala dinner. Here we show you the highlights.

An innovative example of energy-efficient technology is to be found in the vacuum blowers used in paper production where the plant dehydrates the paper by means of a vacuum. We support our customers throughout the entire conversion process.

We have years of experience in retrofitting. Replacing outdated gearboxes with more powerful electronic controls significantly improves efficiency and reliability. Find out more about modernizing sheeters.

The latest generation of KRIS will be launched next year. When developing our software solution, we paid particular attention to the needs of our customers. In future, the KRIS client will be a pure web client. Find out more here.

You can download the 2024 edition of our in-house magazine KRIKONTAKT here.

The NIS-2 directive imposes stricter IT security requirements on companies, particularly in industry.

New sectors such as manufacturing, telecommunications and logistics are affected and must implement higher security standards and report incidents more quickly. Find out how to implement the directive correctly here.

Together with our partner MRP Automatisierungstechnik, we once again had a stand at this year's ZELLCHEMING Expo - the trade fair for the pulp, paper and supplier industry and fiber-based materials. We had many interesting discussions and provided information about the latest news from KRIKO.

Production plants with a high degree of automation mean that IT and OT networks increasingly need to grow together. However, this also increases the demands on OT network security. In this white paper, we present selected network security mechanisms that have been tried and tested in the OT environment.