Control 2024: 'One of the most important industry events of the year for QA experts'

Professionals in industrial quality assurance are gearing up to descend on Stuttgart this April for the 36th Control international trade fair.

The event will bring together suppliers and users of solutions for the quality of products, processes and services on the 23rd - 26th of April, 2024 for what promises to be "one of the most important industry events of the year for QA managers."

Control 2024 will feature a broad range of international exhibitors from across the quality assurance gamut. Visitors will be able to immerse themselves in a range of topics from the fields of machine vision, image processing and sensor technology, as well as measuring and test technology. The event will demonstrate how modern quality assurance measures play an important role in tackling production challenges in terms of efficiency, the conservation of resources and sustainability.

Per a press release, Control organisers said: "The goal is to minimise waste, defects and errors in the production process, and to organise processes economically. Numerous safety aspects play a major role as well. In various ways, quality assurance measures help to prevent errors, improve processes and promote environmentally sound practices. Measurement, inspection, monitoring, evaluation and documentation – universal solutions for these tasks are required in all industries and fields of business because more and more data are being collected, analysed, linked and fed back to the systems. For this reason, software and intelligent evaluation algorithms are also playing an increasingly important role at Control."

Control 2024 will emphasise how measuring and testing are no longer separate processes, and how this has led to specific requirements for test equipment. It will also demonstrate how developments in Industry 4.0 have also resulted in integration, networking, automated queries and evaluation.

“Measurement, testing, inspection, evaluation, documentation and traceability of a wide range of parameters are becoming increasingly important in all applications. Advances in the fields of data analysis and data management are continuing at a rapid pace,” says project manager Fabian Krüger.

Kruger went on to say that Halls 8 and 10 will be full with nearly half of exhibitors coming from outside of Germany. 

A particular highlight will be Fraunhofer’s Vision business unit which will host its show on “Contactless Measuring Technology” for the 18th time. The show will feature a cross-section of technologies, applications and system components from the field of contactless measuring and test technology. Interested parties will be provided with advice on suitable technologies depending on their testing tasks. The Fraunhofer IPA Event Forum focusing on AI in production is also highly recommended. A startup area will also be included once again in order to expand the fields of measuring technology and quality assurance with new ideas and perspectives from young companies.

“Control is a highlight that everyone looks forward to each and every year, and this will be the case again in just a few weeks,” says Bettina Schall, managing director of trade fair promoters P. E. Schall. “Representatives and expert visitors from all sectors are cordially invited to Control! We’re looking forward to the international meet and to exchanging ideas with the experts, to top technologies and to an interesting and lively Control 2024!”

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