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Production runs can be comprehensively planned, evaluated, and optimised when a factory is visualised in 3-D. “Virtual Factory” are the keywords, and a new service of the German Edge Cloud’s ONCITE Indus-trial Suite now makes this possible. This creates an overview and collects and analyses data from production. In this…

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Tracking serial numbers across multiple companies. Recalling defective parts in a targeted manner. Exchanging messages directly between suppliers, manufacturers and recyclers – in near real time and without any long waits or manual processes. ONCITE DPS is one of the first certified applications and makes the exchange of…

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Industry is under tremendous pressure to change. How is the manufacturing industry progressing toward smart production? How can we move from crisis management to long-term transformation in energy, efficiency and sustainability? How can we speed up the much-needed scaling up of infrastructure? How are companies countering…

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The ROI-EFESO management consultancy has established a benchmark for the industry in the shape of Industry 4.0 Award. Every year, it honours companies that are doing pioneering work for German industry with smart factories. Rittal won the “Industry 4.0 Award 2022” for digitising production at the Haiger plant with German…

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German Edge Cloud and Scheer PAS are pooling their strengths. The strategic partnership brings together two owner-managed companies with a reputation as pioneers of digital transformation. Faster digitalisation of production processes is the goal. Companies today need a higher level of flexibility and agility to adapt their…

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From the energy crisis to supply chain stress, the industry is under great pressure to change. How is the industry progressing while the transformation to smart production is taking place at the same time? And which contribution is control, switchgear and mechanical engineering making with consistent data from engineering…

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PAC has ranked German Edge Cloud (GEC) as "Best in Class Open Digital Platform for factory-edge-centric industrial IoT" in Europe. In this segment, only GEC and IBM/Red Hat were rated "Best in Class". According to PAC, the unique capabilities of GEC derive from its merging of domain know-how in both manufacturing and IT.…

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In a smart factory, the use of valid data for optimisation and greater production flexibility are key goals. One common challenge is that Industrial IoT applications must be paired with existing IT systems such as PLM, ERP, MES and Scada to ensure agile digital production management. With this goal in mind, German Edge…

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The objectives of industrial transformation are clear: It is all a matter of more transparency, speed, and sustainability in manufacturing and operation. Digitalisation and networking of the industrial and IT ecosystems is here a prerequisite: For machine and plant engineering, automation, and IIoT solutions, IT…

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Ukraine is still firmly in the grip of war several weeks after it started. Millions of people are living in fear and terror, having lost their homes, and with an uncertain future. Helping people wherever possible is the order of the day for the employees and the owner of the Friedhelm Loh Group: Besides numerous relief…

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Since the start of the year, Plamen Kiradjiev has been Head of the new Solution Architects unit at German Edge Cloud (GEC), a Friedhelm Loh Group company specialising in edge and cloud solutions. The expert on the digitisation of industrial manufacturing processes had previously spent 27 years working for IBM, most recently…

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German Edge Cloud (GEC) and INTRANAV are combining their expertise for the manufacturing industry. The Friedhelm Loh Group’s specialist for edge and cloud solutions will be working together with INTRANAV, the pioneer in hardware and software for real-time object location for the smart factory. Their vision includes…

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PAC, the market analysis and consulting company, has classed German Edge Cloud (GEC) as a hidden champion in Germany and Europe. PAC evaluated 67 relevant platform providers for the PAC INNOVATION RADAR in the “Open Digital Platforms for the Industrial World in Europe 2021” segment. German Edge Cloud – along with IBM/Red…

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The Foundation Board of the Rittal Foundation has bid farewell to its chairman Friedemann Hensgen after 30 years of service to the company. His successor is Rainer Reissner as Managing Director, who has many years of experience in theological as well as welfare and social work. With him, the Rittal Foundation is…

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The images are unforgettable: a few weeks ago, torrential rain in parts of Germany led to major flooding, causing almost unimaginable destruction. The owner and employees of the Friedhelm Loh Group were united in wanting to help. They rapidly collected a total of 930,000 euros – more than ever before in the company’s long…

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He is driven by curiosity about new things: He is Honorary President of the German Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers’ Association (ZVEI), Honorary Professor of the State of Hesse, and has an Honorary Doctorate from the Technical University of Chemnitz. He is in demand on the European political stage when it comes to…

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German Edge Cloud (GEC), which specialises in edge and cloud systems, is cooperating with Schuler, a machine and plant building company. In this context, Schuler is offering a track-and-trace solution for press plants within the Digital Suite, based on technology from German Edge Cloud. The Schuler Digital Suite with the…

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German Edge Cloud (GEC), which specialises in edge and cloud systems, relies on Red Hat for its “ONCITE powered by IBM” solution. The Premise Edge runs on Red Hat’s “OpenShift.” It gives manufacturing companies the flexibility to run their applications for implementing Industry 4.0 scenarios on the currently…

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Rittal, Eplan and German Edge Cloud present their latest solutions for industrial transformation at this year’s Hanover Trade Fair (12 to 16 April). Online, via 20 live streamings and expert presentations, visitors will learn about what is now feasible in terms of digitisation. The companies will be using the slogan…

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German Edge Cloud, specialising in edge and cloud computing systems, has joined the Catena-X Automo-tive Network (Catena-X). The network’s mission is to implement standards for the flow of data and infor-mation across the entire automotive-industry value chain. The move was announced within the scope of a special event on…

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As part of the event „Durch Kooperation an die Spitze. Die Automobilbranche gestaltet den digitalen Wandel“ (“Through cooperation to the top. The automotive industry is shaping the digital transformation”) hosted by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and the German Association of the Automotive…

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At its Haiger plant, Rittal consistently manufactures keeping with Industry 4.0 standards. The world’s leading system provider for enclosure technology, power distribution, climate control, IT infrastructure, software and service has one of the latest digitally integrated enclosure manufacturing systems. Solutions from…

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German Edge Cloud, part of the Friedhelm Loh Group of companies, is presenting the “ONCITE” industrial edge cloud appliance together with Bosch Connected Industry, IoTOS and Rittal. With this all-in-one solution, manufacturing companies can now extract concrete added value from their production data. Some specifications…

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Three Friedhelm Loh Group companies will be working together even more closely in the future: Rittal, German Edge Cloud and IoTOS, along with Bosch Connected Industry will be offering the first complete solution for integrating, harmonising and analysing industrial production data. Following the acquisition of German Edge…

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The rapid and straightforward implementation of data-driven shop floor applications with simultaneous data sovereignty is currently one of the most significant challenges facing manufacturing industry. ONCITE industrial edge appliance from German Edge Cloud (GEC) has been expanded to include components from the IBM Cloud…

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Three companies in the Friedhelm Loh Group – German Edge Cloud, IoTOS and iNNOVO Cloud – have now become one. The expertise of the companies in the IIoT, cloud and edge computing markets, is now being powerfully combined in German Edge Cloud (GEC). The merger has two main focuses: Customers in the manufacturing industry…

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With a tablet computer instead of a blackboard: In schools, the future is a digital one. The coronavirus situation makes this quite clear. Since the start of the 2020/21 academic year, Hesse's school portal has been used as a digital educational learning and working platform for teachers and students. German Edge Cloud…

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