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Industrial connector wins Innovative Product Award

Industry – Industrial Intelligence’, the Harting portfolio showcased cloud manufacturing and edge connectivity, as well as solutions for the miniaturisation trend, with the awarded ix connector featuring as one of the highlights. The Harting Technology Group is a worldwide provider of industrial connector technology for data, signals and power, and maintains 14 manufacturing locations and 44 sales companies. manufactures electromagnetic actuators for automotive and industrial series applications and recharging equipment for electric vehicles. The portfolio includes hardware and software for customers and applications in the automation technology, mechanical engineering and plant construction areas, in addition to the robotics and transportation sectors. Harting Stiftung & Co KG www.harting.com The company also

THE Harting Technology Group has been awarded the Innovative Product Award in China, in recognition of its ix Industrial® connector. The award was given by the MM modern manufacturing publication, the counterpart to the specialist magazine MM Maschinenmarkt. The ix Industrial for new industrial devices was developed in response to users, designers and developers who wanted a compact and rugged connector with Cat 6A performance for 1/10 Gbit/s Ethernet on the control level. The latest award is the fourth accolade bestowed on the ix Industrial connector. The Harting Technology Group states that in presenting the ix Industrial, it is keeping pace with the times and has created the future miniaturised interface for Ethernet in the industrial arena. place in connection with the Industrial Automation Show (IAS, Shanghai). In line with the event’s focus on ‘Integrated The award ceremony took

▲ ▲ Daniel Deng, senior product manager device connectivity, was on location to receive the award

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