Short practical guides on the questions buyers ask us most often: commodity codes, export to third countries, discontinued modules.
Every export and import declaration needs a commodity code. For automation technology the classification is often clear, but not always. This guide explains how the code is structured, where to look it up and which chapters apply to typical components.
Read →Shipping industrial components from Germany to third countries is routine when the documents are right. This guide describes the process on the EU side and the points that regularly trigger questions in four frequent destination countries.
Read →A “product discontinued” notice does not stop a plant if you check in the right order. This guide describes the four routes we go through for every discontinued Siemens number, and the line between sourcing and technical approval.
Read →Siemens announced the phase-out of SIMATIC S7-300 and ET 200M on 1 October 2023 and discontinued the types on 1 October 2025. Many plants keep running on them. This article summarises the dates and describes how to secure spare parts until the end of the plant life.
Read →The first generation of the SIMATIC S7-1200 (G1) enters its phase-out. For series machines and existing plants this means: calculate demand, secure remaining stock, plan the G2 successor. The deadlines at a glance.
Read →Modicon Premium and Modicon Quantum keep running in many plants; Schneider Electric has announced the end of commercialization for both families. This article summarises the dates according to Schneider Electric and describes how to plan spare parts and the migration.
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