Ralf Winkelmann, Managing Director of FANUC Deutschland GmbH and Vice President of FANUC Europe Corporation, is a new member of the board of the VDMA Robotics + Automation Association.
With this appointment, Ralf Winkelmann succeeds Helmut Schmid, Universal Robots, who left the R+A Board of Directors for statutory reasons.
[infotext icon]„Den Expansion of new technologies in areas such as IoT, artificial intelligence and OPC UA as an essential component for maintaining the innovative capacity of German and European industry. It is particularly important to me that small and medium-sized enterprises also have access to these technologies. I am looking forward to making a contribution on the VDMA Robotics + Automation Board to promote highly efficient production in Germany and Europe.“ Ralf Winkelmann
The VDMA represents around 3300 German and European mechanical and plant engineering companies. The industry stands for innovation, export-orientation and medium-sized businesses. It employs around four million people in Europe, more than one million of them in Germany alone.
VDMA Robotics + Automation forms its own professional association with more than 330 members: Supplier of components and systems in the fields of robotics, integrated assembly solutions and industrial image processing. The aim of this industry-driven platform is to support robotics and automation with a wide range of activities and services. Its work focuses on statistical analyses and market surveys, marketing activities, standardisation, public relations, future studies, trade fair policy and networking events and conferences. [/infotext]
SourceVDMA
