Festo and Siemens have won two 2016 PPMA Industry Awards, for Most Innovative Automation System and Partnership of the Year, for the Industry 4.0-ready linear motor track system, known as the Multi-Carrier-System, that was being demonstrated at the recent PPMA Total show. The MCS is a versatile new modular linear motor track system for industrial automation, with the collaboration between the two companies bringing together the extensive controls expertise of Siemens with Festo's linear motor and mechanical guidance technologies.