37-ecat Product Catalog
80-services Services
39-magazine Magazine
36-downloads Downloads
35-contact Contact
47-chevron-right

FOCUS TOPIC
DIGITALI­ZA­TION

Warehouses fill up on their own. Seals report their level of wear. Intruders enter homes through toasters. Digitalization is taking visions and transforming them into reality, with the results often surpassing the powers of the imagination. What is impossible today will be a feature of everyday life tomorrow. This is where abstract bits and bytes become concrete. With stunning examples, our articles demonstrate how networking and artificial intelligence are changing industry and society.

A green machine inside a factory with the inscription Arburg Allrounder 470 E
Digitalization

Planning New Production Lines Made Easy

Production line planning at the Schwalmstadt plant is being carried out with new visualization and simulation software. It is helping to save time and money.

Full Story chevron_right
A round wooden building. Copyright: iStock/diegograndi
Digitalization

Artificial Intelligence and Research and Development

Correlation, not causality: How AI is changing our understanding of research and development.

Full Story chevron_right
Essential magazine
Digitalization

Welcome to the AI Era

ChatGPT opened the door to artificial intelligence for the general public. What does the advent of AI mean for society and industry?

Full Story chevron_right

Dossier Future Files

ESSENTIAL launched a loose sequence of short stories, each of which is set in its own fictional future. Some of them have recurring characters and settings, and some stand on their own. The goal is to play with very different visions as creatively as possible and bring the reader along on a thought experiment:

What form could our future take – and what would it mean to us?

Mockup of ESSENTIAL magazine issue November 2024

Our Magazine

Technologies and trends that impact our business.

Order Now!