SPS – Smart Production Solutions

The 29th SPS IPC Drives event in Nuremberg, Germany, attracted 65,700 visitors. They saw the automation industry’s latest products and solutions presented by 1,630 exhibitors on 136,000 squaremeters.

The exhibition also featured the first automation hackathon. The participating teams had only 48 hours to develop innovative ideas for smart automation. The €8,000 prize money went to team Othermo, who developed a solution based on Wago automation components. The “software and IT in manufacturing” exhibition area grew again and occupied to halls this year.

Steffen Winkler, Board Member of Bosch Rexroth AG: “The SPS IPC Drives is the most important leading exhibition for automation technology worldwide. This is where the “Who is who” of the industry meet in a unique concentration. The exhibition is, as ever, a working one. This means that a great degree of the visitors are trade specialists and theyhave specialist questions or come to the exhibitions with concrete projects."

From 2019, SPS IPC Drives will have a new name: SPS – Smart Production Solutions. While the title of this exhibition is changing, the focus areas and the proven concept on which the show has relied for 30 years remain the same.

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