Dr. Karl Weber represents German Federal Ministry in top-level IEEE committee

Dr. Karl Weber was appointed as official representative of the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Energy (BMWi) to the Government Engagement Program on Standards (GEPS) of the world’s largest professional association of electrical and
information technology engineers IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers). The committee advises the IEEE Standards Association (IEEE SA) and enables governments from all over the world to access and participate in the standardization processes of the IEEE.

IEEE standards are essential tools to support modern infrastructure, innovation and international trade, protect consumers and address societal challenges and other public needs. The IEEE invites policy makers to participate in the IEEE GEPS to determine the direction and priorities of IEEE SA. Many information technology standards are defined in IEEE working groups. Most of the market-determining IT groups, such as Microsoft, are headquartered in the USA. But in the future the association would like to involve European countries more. Dr. Karl Weber is now the first representative from the European Union to join the GEPS.

Intensive exchange with international IT experts

Dr. Karl Weber has been working on fieldbus standardization since the end of the 1980s and is also involved in the international standardization organization IEC. After studying computer science and obtaining his doctorate, Dr. Karl Weber worked with Siemens in the field of real-time communication for 25 years. In industry as well as in research and science (including Zurich University of Applied Science and Fraunhofer IOSB INA), he dedicated himself to Ethernet communication and contributed his experience to a wide range of projects. Since May 2013, Dr. Karl Weber has been working as an expert for industrial communication both for Beckhoff and in the EtherCAT Technology Group. He has also been active in IEEE for 18 years and is now a senior member of the organization. In his new function, he represents the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Energy.

“The dialogue with the IT world is of great importance for us. IT and industry are increasingly merging. At the same time, both industries are developing at different rates. While IT is producing new variants at a rapid pace, in industry it is the technologies that have been tried and tested over many years that are the basis for further developing the reliable automation of machines and systems. It is important to me not to see IT developments as trends or hype, but to make established standards usable for automation in a sustainable and controlled manner,” explains Dr. Karl Weber. His goal is to advance IT integration in automation in a meaningful way with regard to standards.

Common platform for the further development of automation

Dr. Karl Weber’s membership in the GEPS of the IEEE brings decisive advantages for both the BMWi and Beckhoff. “We are now involved in developments in IEEE standards at an early stage and receive the necessary background information. We can take this into account both in Germany’s technological orientation and in our Beckhoff products and solutions. As a member of GEPS, we naturally also have a certain amount of influence and can contribute our own ideas and the requirements of our industrial customers to IT standardization,” continues Dr. Karl Weber.

For Beckhoff, the appointment of his colleague Dr. Karl Weber as official representative of the BMWi to the top-level IEEE committee is a great honor and recognition. “With our colleague Dr. Karl Weber, GEPS gains a very experienced automation expert who is both committed to consistent standardization as a sustainable basis for industrial communication and has a comprehensive understanding of the concerns of government, the IT industry and automation and brings them together in a focused way,” says Hans Beckhoff, managing owner of Beckhoff Automation and IEEE senior member, with great pleasure. He continues: “The work in the IEEE is very important for us as a company. We now play a central role in worldwide IEEE standardization projects and can contribute automation technology concerns. Only if we consistently exchange ideas with other companies from the IT and electrical industries can we drive technological innovations based on common standards, thus creating added value and consistency for users, i.e. also our customers, all over the world”.

In addition to Dr. Karl Weber and Hans Beckhoff, about 70 other Beckhoff employees and more than 40 Beckhoff students are members of the IEEE association.

Animation Masters Summit 2020 opens by paying tribute to legendary animation master Arnab Chaudhuri

Animation Masters Summit 2020 – Digital Edition got to a solemn start today by paying tribute to legendary animation master late Arnab Chaudhuri. Aranb, who passed away in December 2019, was posthumously conferred with the Legend of Indian Animation Award 2020 at the inaugural session of the Summit today.

Toonz Media Group CEO P. Jayakumar; Ms. Anuradha Aggarwal –Head of Infotainment and Kids, Star India; Mr. Biren Ghose -Country Head, Technicolor; and Mr Sach Chandaria from the promoter group of Toonz Media Group spoke at the inaugural session.

Mr Jayakumar said on the occasion that Animation Masters Summit, the flagship annual event of Toonz, was going virtual for the first time in the 21-year history of the event, in response to the current global scenario.

“This year’s Animation Masters Summit is about the changing scenario of art and entertainment. We hope that this Summit will act as a platform to connect, collaborate and start conversations about forging new ties and creating meaningful content, as we adapt to the new normal,” he said.

Mr Jayakumar added that Toonz will also be launching soon an online learning platform dedicated to animation and creative arts, in order to mould new talents in the field.

Offering his felicitation at the Summit Mr Biren Ghose said that even in the midst of the current uncertainties, a new narrative of the 21^st century is evolving among young creators. “It will be a new language of powerful storytelling, that represents our fight back as the human race,” he said.

Ms. Anuradha Aggarwal, in her address said that the three crucial aspects that could act as game-changers for the creative industry today are people, technology and quality. “We strongly believe in the swirling interplay of art and technology. Young people today are creating fantastic content. If they also make use of the right technologyl, sky is the limit,” she said.

Ms Anuradha also announced the Legend of Indian Animation Award for Arnab Chaudhuri. Arnab’s wife Mrs Ashima Chaudhuri and his brother Mr Sudeep Chaudhuri accepted the award on behalf of the late master.

“From a little boy who was called out for doodling, to winning the Legend of Animation Award, I would like to thank every single person who was part of Arnab’s journey,” Ms Ashima said accepting the Award. The inaugural session concluded with a tribute video showcasing Arnab Chaudhuri’s life and work.

The coming four days of the Summit will include master sessions by veterans in the field of entertainment including Cinzia Angelini – Writer, Story Artist and Animation Director; Fabienne Rawley – ACE Eddie Award-winning animation editor; Quentin Staes-Polet – Gaming expert and General Manager (India & South East Asia) of Epic Games; Ravi K Chandran ISC -Renowned Indian cinematographer; Shantanu Moitra: National Award-winning music composer; and Sajan Skaria – Academy Award winning character animator.

About AMS

Established in 1999, Animation Master Summit (previously known as “Week with the Masters”), is a not-for-profit event organized by Toonz Media Group that seeks to bring together the most distinguished figures in the field of entertainment. It is the first significant animation industry event to be held in Asia. Each year, Toonz brings in experts and leading professionals working in animation from around the world to showcase their mastery of crafts. AMS also provides a platform for young artists seeking knowledge and inspiration to interact with the masters. Among the masters who have graced the previous editions of AMS are Academy Award and BAFTA nominee Rob Coleman, Academy Award nominee Bill Plympton, Academy Award Nominee and BAFTA winner Shekhar Kapur, Academy Award winner Resul Pookutty, Jean-Marie Olivier, Devdutt Pattanaik, Anjum Rajabali, Sabu Cyril, etc.

About Toonz Media Group

Toonz is a 360-degree media powerhouse with over two decades of unparalleled experience and one of Asia’s most active animation production studios (over 10,000 minutes of 2D and CGI kids and family content per year). Toonz, having worked with many of the leading entertainment studios, channels and networks including Marvel, Nickelodeon, Turner, Disney, Netflix, Dreamworks, Lionsgate, 20th Century Fox, Paramount, Sony, Universal, BBC, Amazon, Google, Hulu, HBO and Exodus Film Group, has over 75 animation and live action series, as well as five feature films to date.

Animation Masters Summit declares Legend of Animation Award 2020 posthumously for pioneering animation master Arnab Chaudhuri

Path-breaking animation director Arnab Chaudhuri will be honoured with the Legend of Animation Award at Animation Masters Summit 2020 – Digital Edition. Organized by Toonz Media Group, the virtual Summit will be held from July 20 to 24, 2020, over the Zoom platform.

Arnab, who passed away on December 25, 2019, was a creative genius who had a major influence on the Indian animation industry. His directorial feature Arjun the Warrior Prince is the only animation film from India till date to be long-listed for the Academy Awards. An alumnus of National Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad, Arnab has worked with several major entertainment organizations such as Turner, Walt Disney and Channel V. The Legend of Animation Award 2020 is being conferred on him posthumously for his distinguished contribution to the animation and entertainment industry in India.

“Arnab was a true genius who was always ahead of his time. Apart from his astounding creativity, he was also much loved and admired by the people who worked with him. He has collaborated with Toonz at multiple levels for several projects, and often gave master classes for our in-house artists. Arnab’s untimely death is a heavy loss for the creative fraternity in India. The Legend of Animation Award is given away every year at Animation Masters Summit to honour a legend from the field of animation in India. This year, the Award committee was unanimous in their decision to confer the award to Arnab posthumously,” said P. Jayakumar, CEO – Toonz Media Group.

Arnab Chaudhuri’s wife Ashima Chaudhuri will symbolically accept the award at the inaugural session of Animation Masters Summit 2020 on Monday, July 20, 2020. Participants can attend the session as well as other master sessions at the event by registering for free at www.animationsummit.in.

The five-day event will include sessions by masters from diverse fields of media and entertainment across the world. This includes veteran Indian cinematographer Ravi K Chandran whose works include Virasat, Dil Chahta Hai, Black, Kannathil Muthamittal, etc; National Award-winning Bollywood composer Shantanu Moitra (3 Idiots, Parineeta, Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi, Lage Raho Munnabhai, etc.); Academy Award-winning character animator Sajan Skaria (Finding Nemo, Inside Out, Cars, etc); acclaimed animation feature editor and ACE Eddie Award winner Fabienne Rawley of Zootopia fame; noted illustrator and animation director Chris Appelhans whose works include , freelance animator and story artist Cinzia Angelini who has worked in films such as Despicable Me 3, The Grinch and Spider-man 2; and gaming expert and General Manager (India and SEA) of Epic Games Quentin Staes-Polet.

About AMS

About Toonz Media Group

Toonz Media Group and renowned American actress Janet Hubert partner to break the stereotypes in children’s animation with ‘JG and the BC Kids’

Technopark-based Toonz Media Group (TMG) is partnering with Daytime Digital Emmy nominated actress Janet Hubert for a new animation project that focuses on representing special kids from diverse backgrounds. The project titled ‘JG & the BC Kids’ is about a young lady superhero whose travels around the world nurturing special kids from multicultural communities.

Toonz Media Group (TMG), Elijah Rock Productions, and Ericka Nicole Malone Entertainment have started preproduction on a feature length animated movie, which will be followed by a TV series.

Conceptualised by Ms Hubert, the project was born out of the need to represent kids from all backgrounds and cultures in mainstream children’s content. Ms Hubert, who is an African American mom herself, says that even before her son was born she knew that she would never find the kind of toys, accessories or even story narratives that truly reflected who he was. In a world where his identity was starkly under-represented, Hubert wanted to create something to inspire him, and millions of other kids like him. And so, JG & the BC Kids was born. Ms Hubert is a co-producer of the project.

The lead character of the animated feature is Janet Granite aka JG, a super intelligent and athletic scientist and inventor who travels the world to find special kids. JG shows these special kids to be confident about who they are, no matter what they look like or what their interests are. A group of talking dinosaurs with their own superpowers helps her as she works with these kids and fights off the evil Dr. Zandor who wants to control Earth. JG & the BC Kids encourages kids to embrace differences, to find their own strengths, and to be confident and courageous in life.

JG & The BC Kids, targeted for 5-9 year-olds, will be produced in vibrant 2D animation with an energetic, diverse and ethnic underscore.

Apart from Janet Hubert, who starred in 90s hit sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel Air among others, the award winning team of the show includes actor Raven Goodwin (voice of JG), animation director Ron Myrick (Animation Director) and award-winning composer Wendell Hanes.

Actor, writer, producer and director Ericka Nicole Malone (Executive Producer) and Philip Robinson are co-producing JG and the BC Kids along with Toonz. Malone was the

inspiration for Hubert to bring JG back to the forefront. Ericka Nicole Malone Entertainment stands for principle and family values and in JG and the BC Kids, that is what she saw.

Jayakumar, Chief Executive Officer of Toonz Media Group, says the studio is very excited to partner with actor, producer and creator Janet Hubert and Ericka Nicole Malone Entertainment: “We feel it is high time that such stories were told, especially when the world is striving to move towards greater equality and justice. The targeted age group for this series is also important, as these are the formative years when children pick up and nurture values for life. We are thrilled to partner with Janet Hubert to bring to life this film and TV series.”

Ms. Hubert emphasized that the series will reflect diversity in the real sense and will have characters from many ethnicities: “I knew that Toonz would be the perfect partners to understand and bring to life, JG who is a strong and super smart character. You can be both. It is past time to bring street smart kids and book smart kids together to create ‘life smart’ kids and do it in a fun, exciting way.”

About Elijah Rock Productions

Named after her son, Elijah Rock Productions was established by Janet Hubert with the mission to create productions for the forgotten children, children of color. The mission statement of Elijah Rock productions is “Children believe in themselves …When they see themselves.”

About Ericka Nicole Malone Entertainment

Ericka Nicole Malone Entertainment is led by Ericka Malone, who has written, directed, and produced more than 9 stage plays through her production company, including her smash stage play In Love with Tyrone. Ericka has also produced a sitcom pilot Ward of the State, starring Janet Hubert.

About Toonz Media Group

Toonz is a 360-degree media powerhouse with over two decades of unparalleled experience and one of Asia’s most active animation production studios (over 10,000 minutes of 2D and CGI kids and family content per year). Toonz, having worked with many of the leading entertainment studios, channels and networks including Marvel, Nickelodeon, Turner, Disney, Netflix, Dreamworks, Lionsgate, 20th Century Fox, Paramount, Sony, Universal, BBC, Amazon, Google, Hulu, HBO, and Exodus Film Group, have over 75 animation and live action series, as well as five feature films to date. Toonz has also recently entered its 3rd feature film partnership with Exodus Film Group on a feature titled “Pierre The Pigeon Hawk” with a voice cast including Whoopi Goldberg, Kenan Thompson, Howie Mandel, and Luis Guzmán.

Key ASIC and Ucrest Joint Force in Winning a Deal With Ventilators

Key ASIC’s patented technology MCard™ and UCrest’s iMedic™ have jointly won a deal in combating the pandemic of COVID-19. Following the penetration of the sleep disorder clinics in the US market, Key ASIC’s MCard™ has successfully designed in and bundled with the ventilators shipped by the leading non-invasive ventilator manufacturer in China, BMC Medical http://en.bmc-medical.com/covid-19).

The devices from BMC Medical is one of the most sought after non invasive ventilators in this pandemic and it is expected to grow rapidly with this remote monitoring and management capability.

As a total solution in the same deal, UCrest’s iMedic™, the leading online digital healthcare platform is also integrated to bundle with the BMC’s ventilators to allow patients to upload data from the ventilators to the Cloud for doctors to review from the distance.

In this deal, Key ASIC’s MCard™ is bundled and shipped with ventilators of BMC Medical so that the ventilators are the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) and Wi-Fi ready to connect to the Internet. iMedic™ PatientAPP and PartnerAPP are also bundled with the ventilators so that doctors can manage the patients remotely, without having to come into close contact or face to face with the patients, reducing the risk of infection of the frontline healthcare workers. The PartnerAPP allows BMC Medical to manage and support its channel partners effectively in the shortest possible response time.

According to a marker research report published by Meticulous Research®, the ventilators market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 15.8% from 2020 to reach $7.72 billion by 2027 with non-invasive ventilators growing at the highest rate.

Key ASIC is a leading-edge chip design technology company that design and market ASIC chips to customers in Asia, US and Europe. One of its core technologies is Internet of Things (IoT) with over 13 patents awarded in U.S., China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Singapore and Malaysia.

UCrest is the leading online digital health platform provider where iMedic™ is capable of connecting over 20 FDA and CE certified medical devices including ventilators with the most robust Electronic Medical Records (EMR) in the Cloud.

With the pandemic, ventilators are in high demand and BMC Medical has not only received NMPA approval from China FDA, but also with FDA (U.S.A) under Emergency Use Authorization, CE (European Union), and many other countries including Mexico, Argentina, Australia, Israel, Saudi Arabia, etc. for its ventilators.

In addition to the use of ventilators by the COVID-19 patients, BMC Medical’s ventilators are widely used by the sleep disorder patients.

“As part of the Internet of Things or IOT strategy, we aligned Key ASIC and UCrest’s product roadmap in the healthcare sector right at the beginning where Key ASIC’s IoT chip technology will convert medical devices or equipment to be Wi-Fi enabled so that the traditional devices can be wirelessly connected to UCrest’s iMedic™ Digital Hospital Cloud platform that will allow healthcare providers to offer their medical services online and manage their patients remotely keeping the frontline healthcare professional safe,” said Eg Kah Yee, Founder and Chairman of Key ASIC who is also the Founder and Chairman of UCrest.
“We expect to have more bundling deals of MCard and iMedic with various medical devices in the near future and enabling millions of patients to get online medical services”, he added.

In addition to ventilators, MCard has also been shipped with fundus camera used by the ophthalmologist and spectrum meter used for light analysis.

The demand of non-invasive ventilators is expected to rise rapidly as it can be used comfortably at home or when travel for any respiratory related patients and managed by the doctors remotely.

About Key ASIC:

Key ASIC Berhad (Stock Code: keyasic 0143) is a public listed company on Mainboard of Bursa Malaysia. It specializes design and manufacturing of IOT chips and system, connecting any electronics and non-electronic items to the Internet. MCard and MDrive are the IOT products currently shipping in the market. It also offers turnkey ASIC
design service and SoC design and manufacturing. Its customers are largely in the US, Europe and Asia. It has offices in Malaysia and Taiwan.

About UCrest:

UCrest Berhad (Stock Code: ucrest 0005) is the leading mobile health platform developer and operator with its iMedic™ Cloud Hospital used by thousands of doctors and patients in the US, Russia, China and other Asian countries. iMedic™ is wirelessly connected to more than 20 different type of devices and it is powered by advanced Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies capable of performing comprehensive analysis of the health data of the users to produce timely and accurate health information.

FAQ:

Q1: What is the contract amount? A1: We have a very strict NDA with the customer and we are not able to disclose at this time. There are a number of customers that have the chips designed and manufactured with us that are currently used in the ventilators.

Q2: What is the financial contribution to KA? A2: We are not able to disclose financial at this time. The orders are coming in strong and our customers are forecasting more MCards and iMedic are needed for the rest of the year.

Q3: What is the life cycle of this product? A3: Healthcare products have much longer life cycle than consumer electronics and that is what we like about this. Most like this product will last about 8-10 years with some upgrades.

Q4: COVID-19 seems to be under controlled in some countries and does this impact the business? A4: Though the pandemic maybe over one day, the use of ventilators for sleep disorder patients are growing at about 6.8% per year. With the pandemic, patients and doctors are now aware that remote monitoring is available and we expect adoption to grow for the sleep apnea market.

Powerful edge device provides compact, fanless control with IP 65/67 rating

With the new C7015 ultra-compact Industrial PC, Beckhoff combines its extensive expertise with PC-based machine control and IP 65/67 components. The result is an Industrial PC (IPC) designed with IP 65/67 protection for direct installation on the machine or other equipment. The edge device is ideal for decentralized installation and provides powerful multi-core computing performance. When used as a full-fledged control computer, the device also reduces the required control cabinet space. This simplifies machine design as well as subsequent system expansions.

The C7015 ultra-compact IPC, which measures 85 x 167 x 43 mm, is an economical yet high-performance IP 65/67 device designed for installation within machine environments. The space-saving, fanless device is universally suited to high-performance automation, visualization and communication purposes. Its applications range from classic machine control to the decentralized edge computing utilized in advanced Industrie 4.0 concepts.

High-performance edge device

The C7015 is equipped with a powerful Intel Atom® multi-core CPU with up to four processor cores. Compared to conventional ARM-based edge devices, it is able to support far more demanding applications as well as decentralized data pre-processing and the acquisition of large data volumes. The device housing with IP 65/67 protection rating is another feature that makes the C7015 ideal for use in modern edge applications, even in harsh production environments.

Decentralized machine control with EtherCAT P

The IP 65/67 IPC also serves as a highly functional machine controller. Installing it directly in the field can save valuable electrical cabinet space. This reduces machine footprints significantly, especially when combined with other Beckhoff components with a high protection rating, such as the AMP8000 distributed servo drive system and the EPP series of EtherCAT P I/O modules. These solutions can vastly simplify machine design while also minimizing the effort of subsequent system expansions, such as the addition of an energy data acquisition system.

The integrated EtherCAT P connection of the C7015 creates a range of new options for efficient sensor/actuator connection via the IP 67protected EPP modules. In this way, even complex diagnostic or condition monitoring tasks can be decentralized and supported with minimal installation effort, for example. For that purpose, a special mounting plate enables direct attachment of an EPP module to the C7015. If required, additional EPP modules can be flexibly connected via EtherCAT P for specific applications.

CHACHA CHAUDHARY Debuts the OTT Scene in Style with Disney+ Hotstar VIP

After its riveting success on Disney Kids channels in India, Toonz Media Group has now signed an exclusive deal for Chacha Chaudhary series with Disney+ Hotstar VIP, introducing the most iconic Indian cartoon hero and brand on the OTT platform for the first time.

Meanwhile, the second season of the series will also be aired on the Disney Kids Channels in India, following the exceptional reception garnered from children across the country for Season 1. Production has begun for brand new episodes of the show, which will include 52 episodes of 11 minutes and will be aired across Disney Kids Channels network in India, besides the Disney+ Hotstar VIP platform.

“We are really excited about Chacha Chaudhary boarding the OTT platform for the first time which will give an opportunity for the complete family to relive, entertain and engage with Chacha & Sabu. And to have Disney+ Hotstar VIP as our OTT partner for the series is like the icing on the cake. Toonz’s relationship with Disney goes back many years, and this partnership has reinforced it further,” said P. Jayakumar, CEO of Toonz Media Group.

The quintessentially Indian comic superhero, who has entertained generations of readers, Chacha Chaudhary has been an integral part of India’s pop culture since it was first created by legendary cartoonist Pran Kumar Sharma in 1971. The adaptation of the comic book into an animated series was championed by Toonz, with the vision to develop Chacha as the number one animation IP from India. Season 1 of the series was launched on Disney in June 2019 following an exclusive TV deal with Toonz.

Besides its success on the small screen, Chacha Chaudhary has today grown into a 360 degree brand with more than 500 titles published, 250,000 books sold to date, comics published in 5 languages, massive exposure through 35 newspapers in ten languages and free E-comics on Google’s free wifi in 100 railway stations across India in 18 languages. Chacha’s merchandise was released to the young and adults fans earlier this year and the kids merchandise is expected to launch in market by late 2020. Chacha’s core Indian values with mental strength should be good inspiration for kids and whole family at these times.

“Chacha Chaudhary has always been related to solving problems when someone is in trouble. Readers have read and enjoyed its comics since 1960. Toonz has recreated the iconic cartoon in animation. Chacha Chaudhary series being telecasted on Disney+Hotstar OTT platform is a new beginning. Now kids can watch their favourite show anywhere and anytime,” said Nikhil Pran, CEO of Pran’s Features.

Although primarily a nostalgic, growing-up staple for the pre-millennial generation, Toonz has taken special care to make the animated adaptation of Chacha Chaudhary relevant for the millennial audience as well. For this, subtle tweaks were made to the show, like the introduction of a new character – Pappu Pendrive – who is a gadget freak. The highlight of the series, however, remains its focus on the themes of problem solving, adventure, humour and reinforcing the message of good over evil.

About Toonz Media Group – Toonz is a 360-degree media powerhouse with over two decades of unparalleled experience and one of Asia’s most active animation production studios (over 10,000 minutes of 2D and CGI kids and family content per year). Toonz, having worked with many of the leading entertainment studios, channels and networks including Marvel, Nickelodeon, Turner, Disney, Netflix, Dreamworks, Lionsgate, 20th Century Fox, Paramount, Sony, Universal, BBC, Amazon, Google, Hulu, HBO and Exodus Film Group, have over 75 animation and live action series, as well as five feature films to date. Toonz has also recently entered its 3rd feature film partnership with Exodus Film Group on a feature titled “Pierre The Pigeon Hawk” with a voice cast including, Whoopi Goldberg, Kenan Thompson, Howie Mandel and Luis Guzmán.

About Pran’s Features LLP: Pran’s Features carries on the legacy of the celebrated creator of Chacha Chaudhary, Padma Shri Pran Kumar Sharma. The best-selling comics publisher is headed by Nikhil Pran, son of Pran Kumar Sharma.

Integrated servo drive for automation outside of control cabinets: Beckhoff

AMI812x combines servomotor, output stage and fieldbus connection

The new AMI812x series of integrated servo drives expands the compact drive technology portfolio (up to 48 V DC) from Beckhoff by extremely compact devices for distributed field installation. The integration of servomotor, output stage and fieldbus connection in a space-saving design makes the drives ideal for automation outside of control cabinets in the motion power range up to 400 W.

As an EtherCAT slave, the AMI812x integrated servo drive can be placed directly on the machine without a control cabinet and without upstream I/O level, allowing for the implementation of highly compact machines without control cabinets. At market introduction, the AMI812x series includes three overall lengths in the F2 flange code with standstill torques from 0.5 to 1.1 Nm. The AMI812x is optionally available with a multi-turn absolute encoder without battery backup and with a backlash-free holding brake. With an additional sealing ring, the servo drive achieves high IP 65 protection rating and is suitable for all installation positions. The STO safety function can be integrated as an option via the TwinSAFE Logic.

The fast control technology, based on vector current and PI speed control, supports highly dynamic positioning tasks. Numerous monitoring options, such as over and undervoltage, overcurrent or motor utilization via calculation of an I²T model, offer high operational reliability. The operating state is indicated by integrated status LEDs.

Electronics and motor are supplied via the M12 power interface. The M8 bus interface for EtherCAT offers a second port for simple cascading in an EtherCAT daisy chain. In addition, the introduction of a motor version with EtherCAT P connection is planned. The I/O interface (M8) enables direct connection of two sensors or actuators in the 24 V DC signal range up to 0.5 A. The connection cables are available with straight and angled outlets. Very high torques can also be achieved with the matching planetary gear unit from the AG2250 series.

Alniche Life Sciences wins award at CPHI – India Pharma Awards 2019

Alniche Life Sciences, a specialty healthcare company, has won New Product Launch Award for CompliPro under the category of Excellence in Pharmaceutical Brand Management. In this category, another brand Ketoalfa was one among top brands nominated. This prestigious pharma award was presented by Executive Vice President, Informa Markets Asia, Mr. Michael Duck at New Delhi India.

CPhI- India Pharma Awards are one of the most admired recognitions in the Pharmaceutical industry. This year’s awards included 12 categories that span the entire industry to recognize their innovations, technologies and strategies.

Alniche in collaboration with DPSRU (Delhi Pharmaceutical Science and Research University) has developed CompliPro, the first ready-to-use Right-Quantity & High-Quality Protein Oral Supplement to compensate protein losses during dialysis. The product distinguishes itself from existing options of Protein powders by offering Ease of intake, No hassle of reconstitution and Easy on gut (no heaviness or flatulence).

“This award marks a momentous milestone for Alniche and signifies the beginning of Indian Pharma industry focusing on academia – industry collaboration and introducing products that are suited for Indian masses” shared Mr. Girish Arora, Founder & MD Alniche Life Sciences. He further added, “we are delighted that CompliPro is recognized by the Pharma industry which reinforces Alniche mission “Inspired by value, Driven by vision”.

About Alniche Lifesciences

Alniche Life Sciences is a specialty healthcare company focused on serving patients and the medical fraternity by offering specialized, high-quality, effective, affordable medicines and wellness products from all around the world. Its strong portfolio fulfils the unmet needs of patients in the areas of nephrology, critical care, gastroenterology, dermatology & cosmeceuticals, advanced wound care and neuro-psychiatry. To bridge the therapy gaps, introducing innovative research products & in-licensing of global products are the critical part of the overall growth strategy of the company.

With this strategy to enrich product portfolio, Alniche has partnered with global pharma organizations to bring global brands in India from various companies including J W Life Sciences (Korea), Adhezion Biomedical Inc. (USA), FzioMed (USA), PT Dermozone Pratama (Indonesia), Biovite (Australia), and Mastix (USA).

A Global B2B Managed Marketplace for World SMEs Announced – iConnect

Pune, Saturday, 6th July 2019- iConnect Business Pvt Ltd has announced that it will soon launch iConnect, a global B2B managed marketplace for worldwide SMEs to seamlessly trade with each other. iConnect will be an end-to-end solution provider to trade across borders and enable MSMEs to get access to import export data from 200+ countries, find genuine trade counterparts and trade service providers, take trade experts advisory and find end-to-end support to export and import products globally.

iConnect Business Pvt Ltd is already working towards empowering and enabling Indian SMEs and SMBs to trade globally through its integrated trade platform, Connect2India. Sensing a need for a digitally managed marketplace, Connect2India was established in 2016 with a single mission to empower 65 million+ Indian MSMEs to go global. With 2.5 billion Global Trade Statistics, 2 Million+ Genuine Trade Counterparts and 1.6 Million+ Organic Visitors per month, Connect2India is making global trade simple and safe for Indian MSMEs.

iConnect is another offering from iConnect Business Pvt Ltd to make global trade transparent, more accessible and safer for worldwide SMEs. When fully launched, the new platform would work with over 10 Billion trade data records and more than 100 million counterparts’ trade history records. The demographics, culture, trade rules & regulations differ from country to country, so iConnect would have country specific trading platforms similar to Connect2India

Studies show that MSMEs that use on-line platforms are around five times more likely to export than those in the traditional economy. MSMEs can increase revenue, reduce costs and risks and diversify the market segments with a safe and secure platform made available to them. IConnect is being launched with the objective of providing ease in finding global business opportunities with end-to-end assistance and mitigate risks for worldwide SMEs.

The World Trade of WTO Member countries was USD 39 Trillion in the year 2018-19. Further, the WTO Report 2018 foresees developing countries’ share in global trade to grow to 57 per cent by 2030 with more technology diffusion in World MSMEs global trade eco-system. iConnect aims to enable the complete global trade ecosystem by bridging the knowledge & information gap, providing end-to-end global trade solution and building a strong network worldwide.

Pawan Gupta, Founder & CEO, Connect2India said, “The large enterprises constitute only 1 to 3% of total enterprises but do majority of the trade, hence it becomes imperative that the Government, Banks, Technology Providers and Corporates together need to empower the MSMEs. We need to build their trust in credible managed marketplaces for increased profitability, operational efficiency, better customer engagement and mitigation of risk.”

He further shared, “After the successful set-up of Connect2India platform, we are taking another big step to bridge the gap between worldwide MSMEs and their global counterparts to trade in an easy and safe environment with iConnect. It will be a global B2B Managed Marketplace which besides giving extensive trade insights, will open doors for new businesses across countries to find global opportunities to import and export to their chosen destinations. It will hand-hold International SMEs for end-to-end transactions with their International counterparts for good and long trade standing trade relations. Further, we plan to diversify our operations across other countries with demography specific digital trade versions of Connect2India platform under the iConnect umbrella brand. These local versions of Connect2India platform will fill the gap for MSMEs around the globe to import / export locally as well as internationally.”

At the recently concluded International SME Convention 2019, MSME Minister, Shri. Nitin Gadkari reiterated the need of an online marketplace for ensuring the growth of the MSME sector in the country, thus bringing India closer to becoming a USD 5 trillion economy and USD 2 Trillion in global trade by 2025.

iConnect is in beta phase now, available for select audience, with future versions scheduled for release later in Q3 2019

About Connect2India:

Connect2India is an integrated global trade platform that enables and empowers Indian SMEs to trade globally and overseas SMEs to trade with India. Connect2India is making trade safe and easy with technology and is helping SMEs to trade easily and effectively with its trade platform, worldwide trade network and end-to-end export/import solutions.

Connect2India provides credible and holistic view on and for Indian and overseas SMEs, complements those with trade intelligence, competitive insights, unique predictive analytics, trade counterparts, expert trade resources etc. to build a complete solution for SME global expansion needs. It has paying SME customers all over India within multiple industries and is assisting businesses to become global entities by expanding their business globally.