As every year, our office will be closed over the Christmas holidays and New Year’s Eve from December 23 to January 6, 2025. We will be back for you from January 07, 2025!
Please noteDue to the inventory, the last possible delivery date is Thursday, 19.12.2023.
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In October, our CEO took a short trip and was finally able to visit a few of our partners in Taiwan again after a break of several years. “The biggest highlights included the visit to our partners in Taiwan, where we were able to gather many new impressions and finally strengthen the business relationship in person again,” said Michael in our year-end interview.
As we value the personal level with partners, customers and interested parties and would like to strengthen it further, we met on Wednesday, November 15. to the SPS trade fair in Nuremberg. We had many interesting discussions there and were able to see some innovative stands. One thing we can already say: the SPS will see us again next year.
Since December 1, our products have also been available at DirectIndustry. We look forward to working with you and cordially invite you to visit our stand.
Every year in December, the time has come: the spo-comm Christmas party was just around the corner. We spent a fun and contemplative evening together over a delicious meal at our headquarters.
To summarize, the fourth quarter and also the year 2023 were very turbulent, but also very productive and focused on a personal level with our partners and customers. All in all, we are satisfied with this year despite some challenges and will start the new year on January 8, 2024 with fresh motivation!
This year’s spo-comm Christmas party took place at our headquarters in Nuremberg. In addition to conversations, Christmas music and games of table football, there was a delicious buffet from the caterer, where both meat lovers and vegetarians got their money’s worth.
This allowed us to say a fitting farewell to the past year together before we say goodbye to the inventory and our annual company vacation.
As every year, we are taking a short break in 2023 and will be on vacation from 25.12.2023 to 05.01.2024. We will be back on January 08, 2024!
Please note: Due to our annual inventory, the last possible delivery date is 20.12.2023.
Please contact us if you have any questions!
Until then, we wish you a Merry Christmas, relaxing days and a Happy New Year.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank our partners and customers as well as the entire team for their trust and cooperation. We look forward to spending another year with you and, as always, are excited about all the upcoming projects and innovations that 2024 will bring!
Marketing: Hi Michael and welcome to the annual marketing Q&A! How did the past year go from your perspective?
Michael Sporrer: Well, how did the year go? 2023 continues to be characterized by challenges and complications. But we have also achieved a lot of positive things. For example, we have already brought many aspects of our internal process optimization to a cool level, and I would like to highlight the product launch process in particular. In addition, our product management is now really well established, we have launched many products this year, introduced a new category with the RUGGED Tablet and have even more in the pipeline for 2024.
Marketing: You just mentioned that there were still some challenges this year, can you give us a more detailed insight?
Michael Sporrer: The overall economic situation naturally also has an impact on us, our customers and partners, which we felt in the second half of the year in particular. The shortage of materials is still an issue and causes high costs, although fortunately an improvement is in sight.
Marketing: I’m sure there were also moments or projects in 2023 that were particularly memorable for you. What do you immediately think of?
Michael Sporrer: Of course, I am particularly proud of everyone involved in the company, who put up with all the hardships even in such challenging years and give their best every day without losing motivation! The biggest highlights included the visit to our partners in Taiwan, where we were able to gather many new impressions and finally strengthen our business relationship in person again. But the launch of our new tablet PC product range, which everyone was so actively involved in, was also a highlight in 2023.
I am also delighted that we have once again received ISO certification until 2026. It simply stands for quality and certain standards that we meet.
Marketing: Surely there are already plans for the coming year, right? What can you tell us in advance?
Michael Sporrer: Our customers can look forward to updates to almost all of our most popular systems, such as our CORE 2. In general, the topic of new products will play a major role next year, and we also definitely want to expand the tablet variety in our store. There will also be modular panel PCs as well as an entry-level series for more price-sensitive projects – all in the usual spo-comm quality, of course. We are also working on our internal processes to create greater efficiency.
Marketing: On the subject of customer visits – we’ve just made a few changes there too.
Michael Sporrer: We want to make more and more virtual customer visits possible, both for existing and prospective customers, so that we can show our products even at a distance and talk to each other in person. As visitors, we are also attending more and more trade fairs to meet new partners and visit existing customers.
All in all, we want to strengthen the personal level with customers, partners and interested parties again.
Marketing: That’s about it. Thank you for your time and see you next year!
Just in time for the hot summer, we have welcomed a new system to our range that can easily withstand these temperatures. Since July, our RUGGED Q470E has enriched our product portfolio with its Intel® Core® i5-10500TE processor, numerous expansion options and many different application areas. Thanks to the extended temperature range and two DisplayPort 1.2, the Mini-PC can also be used in the outdoor digital signage sector. The RUGGED also feels right at home in vehicles and is supported by a wide range power input (from 9V to 60V) and numerous extensions such as WiFi, a 4G or 5G module or a PoE module.
In August, we stuck with the RUGGED theme and our RUGGED Tab 10 saw the light of day in the spo-comm world. The tablet opens up a whole new product range, but will soon have more company, that much we can reveal. With its Intel® Celeron N5100 CPU, 8GB RAM, a 128GB SSD and the robust housing with passive cooling, the tablet is ideal for applications in industry, logistics or even use in vehicles or in retail.
In August, we not only added the RUGGED Tab to our portfolio, but also the BOX J6412. Words such as “energy-saving”, “fanless” and “compact” characterize the Mini-PC with powerful Intel® Celeron J6412 processor and passive cooling. With the ability to operate two screens simultaneously at a resolution of 4096×2160 @ 60Hz, the BOX J6412 is ideal for digital signage applications. The BOX has a COM RS-232 port, four USB 3.2 Gen2x1 and two Gigabit LAN interfaces.
There have been a few changes in our sales team for the new month. Erwin, who previously worked in the service team, has now moved to our sales department. The current sales team now consists of Chris, Erwin and Kim – we listed how the three of them joined us and how their careers are defined in one of our last blog articles. In addition, our trainee Patricia in the marketing team successfully passed her intermediate examination in September.
Get to know our sales department
In the third quarter, we underwent a number of changes within the company and successfully launched three new products. There was a lot of exciting news again in the last quarter due to travel and trade fairs, and the spo-comm Christmas party is just around the corner.
We will be on vacation from 25.12.2023 to 05.01.2024 and will be back for you from 08 January.
Windows 10 Pro was removed from our product portfolio in April of this year. However, the space in our software selection did not remain empty and was replaced by the newer version – Windows 11 Pro. We explain more about the different Windows versions and how they differ in this blog post.
In May, we continued to work hard and once again successfully passed the ISO certification , which ensures that a company complies with certain quality standards.
Since this season we are very proud to be the official sponsor of High-Octane Motorsports e.V. . To mark the occasion, our two trainees Patricia and Maxim took part in this year’s rollout of the Octanes. Many of our student assistants in production are part of this team and were delighted to welcome us on this day. It was an honor for us to watch them present their FAUmax PI – which, by the way, features a KUMO VI that supports autonomous driving in the vehicle.
In May, however, our product portfolio was also reduced by one of our vehicle PCs – the RUGGED GTX 1050 Ti was EOL.
Once again this year, we organized a team day at spo-comm, where the individual teams were able to exchange ideas and catch up on the latest developments. The short presentations in the morning showed the progress and successes of the current projects. After this exchange, the afternoon began with delicious food from the barbecue.
The BOX N4100 has left our product portfolio, but its place will not remain vacant. The new BOX N6211 was already in the pipeline and was waiting for its big appearance at the end of June. The energy-saving mini PC in a minimalist design is equipped with an Intel® Celeron® N6211 processor and numerous connections. It is perfect for 4K digital signage applications and all this in a housing measuring just 115 x 76 x 27 mm.
With the team day, the visit to the Octanes and the ISO certification, the focus during these three months was more on internal topics. A number of new products are already in the starting blocks for the third quarter and are waiting to make their grand entrance.
We launched a new product at the beginning of the year – the KUMO VI saw the light of day and has enriched our product catalog at ever since. With an RTX 3060 GPU, 3840 CUDA cores and the Intel® Core i5-11400H processor, our digital signage professional is the perfect companion for all areas of application, such as virtual reality, artificial intelligence, machine learning and many more.
While we were saying goodbye to the NOVA Q170, we were working at full speed internally on new highlights. Since we optimized our product launch process last year, we have been able to introduce new products even more efficiently and in a more customer-oriented manner.
In March, we said goodbye to another of our Mini PCs – the WINDBOX III Evo went EOL. However, we in the spo-comm team were prepared and so the WINDBOX III Ultra was already in the starting blocks. Apart from a few visual changes, nothing has changed for our customers, but the successor scores points with its better performance. Our WINDBOX III Ultra now features a spo-comm logo and is equipped with a 12th generation Intel® Core i5 processor and a total of four video outputs.
In the last month of this quarter, the aquisa E-Commerce Week also took place again, in which our two marketing employees Chiara and Patricia took part with interest and a thirst for knowledge, as they did last year.
The first quarter was filled with new products for us, so we had less time for internal issues, but the second quarter was a different story. Our trainees went on a little trip and it was finally time for another spo-comm team day!
Chris has been part of the spo-comm family for over 2 years. He joined us as a lateral entrant from the sheet metal industry and has since strengthened our sales team as Key Account Manager. We conducted an in-depth interview with Chris back then, which you can find here.
Network with Chris on LinkedIn
Another member of our sales team is Kim. She started her training as an IT systems management assistant at spo-comm in 2020 and successfully completed it. In addition to her work in sales, she also supports our product management.
Erwin is our new, old employee and colleague, so to speak. He completed his training as an IT systems electronics technician in 2017 and has been part of our support team ever since. He has now seized the opportunity and decided to take on the vacant position in our sales department.
Network with Erwin on LinkedIn
Our sales team – consisting of Chris, Kim and Erwin – is there to support our customers and interested parties in all matters relating to our mini PCs, projects and everything that goes with them. You can reach us by phone or e-mail, or you can also write to us via our online contact form or via the corresponding LinkedIn profiles.
Last Thursday, three things were on the agenda for the team event: our day at the spo-comm headquarters began with our various departments presenting to the others what is currently on their agenda. From website topics and product management projects to the conversion of our warehouse: it was very interesting for all of us.
Naturally, we in Marketing seized the opportunity and grabbed all our colleagues to update the photos on our website. We will let you know as soon as the photos are online!
Afterwards – in good old spo-comm style – there was of course a barbecue. During this “unofficial” part of the day, we were also visited by a few families and kids from our team. While they played in the mini pool, we were all able to enjoy the food, the weather and simply being together.
We look forward to more events like this in the future 🙂
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