automation (magazine)
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| description | Trade journal for automation in the manufacturing industry |
| language | German |
| publishing company | Henrich Publications GmbH |
| First edition | 1983 |
| Frequency of publication | 8 times a year + special edition |
| Sold edition | 20,500 copies |
| Editor-in-chief | Joachim Vogl |
| Web link | www.automationnet.de |
| ISSN (print) | 1612-6475 |
For more than 30 years, automation has been providing information across all industries as a recognized specialist magazine about all facets of production and process automation as well as electrical automation technology.
The focus of the application-related reporting is on exemplary automation solutions - from the field level to the control and process level to the operations management and company level. On-site reports, process and product-related new and further developments, market and industry analyzes, company portraits and interviews with market leaders and opinion leaders in the automation industry give readers important impulses and decision-making aids for sustainable investments. automation appears eight times a year with a print run of 20,500 copies by Henrich Publications GmbH , Gilching .
history
In the spring of 1983 the first edition of Flexible Automation was published by Resch-Verlag , Graefelfing - as an offshoot of the specialist journal Flexible Manufacturing . The first editor-in-chief was Rolf Apitius .
In 1992, the publisher Ingo Resch sold his publishing house with the specialist publications to Coburg Media Mail Verlag , a subsidiary of WEKA Holding . Resch became the Resch Media Mail Verlag . Rolf Apitius was succeeded in the spring of 1994 by Michael Lind , who moved from the modern industry publishing house in Landsberg, as editor-in-chief. Under him, Flexible Automation was set up as an industry magazine for application-related automation solutions in industry. This was accompanied by a gradual expansion of the topics and editorial content. In autumn 2013, Joachim Vogl took over the position of editor-in-chief.
Due to a decision at WEKA to part with all trade journals for the capital goods sector, the Resch Media Mail Verlag was dissolved at the end of 1996 and Flexible Automation and maschine + werkzeug sold to Henrich Publications GmbH . In autumn 2002 the magazine title was changed to automation .
Since the change in layout, the magazine has appeared in A4 plus format since mid-2006, with a new logo.
Special publications
- automatica - every two years a special edition for the trade fair of the same name
distribution
The automation is sent to 20,500 recipients from various branches of industry. The control of the free change shipping of each edition of automation is based on the respective focus topics.
Internet
On the automation website , users will find a wide range of solutions for their daily tasks that go far beyond the content of the magazine, for example through provider content in the form of white papers or videos. In addition, exclusive content and individual microsites offer further information. In addition, the weekly newsletter provides background information. In addition, all articles published in (Flexible) automation since 1997 are electronically archived in a database and can be found using subject, keyword and full-text searches.
Web links
swell
- How we became what we are. - Automation 3/2003, p. 6ff
- "Resch means noble in Bavarian". - Automation 3/2008, p. 6ff