At the sps ipc drives 2014 trade fair in Nuremberg, the trade journal "elektrotechnik" will be honoring the best automation apps for the third time. For the first time this year, the prize will be awarded in four categories: Corporate, Catalog, Engineering and Production. From the submissions - participation has almost tripled compared to the start - 12 apps have made it to the final round. Readers and interested parties can still vote for their favorite until November 3, 2014 and win a Kindle Paperwhite.



The jury evaluated the apps according to usability, security, relevance and utility value as well as the originality of the app and created a shortlist. The winner is determined from the online voting on elektrotechnik.de, the user ratings in the respective store and the judgment of the expert jury. The apps with the best overall results from the three equally weighted partial results will emerge as the winners of the four categories.



Vote for your favorite now until November 3, 2014!



All information and voting at www.elektrotechnik.de/app-award-voting



Shortlist category "Corporate"

- Groz-Beckert KG with the "myGrozBeckert" app

- ThermoFisher with the "Thermo Fisher Lynx" app

- Profibus e. V. with the "PROFINEWS" app



Shortlist category "Engineering"

- ACE Stoßdämpfer GmbH with the "VibroChecker" app

- National Instruments Germany with the "VirtualBench" app

- Phoenix Contact GmbH & KG with the "MINI Analog Pro" app



Shortlist category "Catalog"

- CADENAS GmbH with the "PARTCommunity" app

- Schneider Electric GmbH with the "MachineStruxure Configurator" app

- Weidmüller with the "Weidmüller" app



Shortlist category "Production"

- Krones AG with the "Krones Mobile Line Assistant" app

- Siemens AG with the "SIMATIC WinCC OA OPERATOR" app

- Trumpf GmbH & Co. KG with the "Visual Online Support" app



Save the Date: The awards will be presented in Nuremberg on November 26, 2014 at sps ipc drives at the "elektrotechnik" stand, No. 360 in Hall 3.



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