KINEXON Blog

In this section, managing directors and employees of KINEXON Industries and KINEXON Sports report on new product developments, evaluate trends, provide insights into KINEXON’s everyday life and share information on digital transformation in production, logistics, professional sports and live media.

Sports

Kinexon technology used at NHL Scouting Combine

Exciting times in Buffalo (USA): Last week the NHL Scouting Combine 2018 took place and 104 participants were about to leave a good impression with the representatives of all 31 NHL teams.

Sports

iBall delivers fascinating insights at the VELUX EHF Finals4 2018

The biggest handball event took place last weekend, May 2627, in the LANXESS Arena, Cologne — the VELUX EHF FINAL4 2018.

Handball Finals winning team with trophy
Sports

The future of innovation in Sports performance analytics

The Sports Performance Data & Fan Engagement Summit is currently taking place in London, Great Britain. One of the main topics is the next generation of quantified sports innovations.

Sports

SportsInnovation 2018

Meet the Future of Sports” was the title of SportsInnovation 2018, which perfectly summed up the spirit of the event. The event, organised jointly by the DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga and Messe Düsseldorf, took place on 8 and 9 May 2018 in the ESPRIT arena in Düsseldorf.

Industry

KINEXON is the "Best Startup 2018"

KINEXON won the title Best Start-Up of the Year 2018” in the Start-Up Challenge at the award ceremony for the Factory of the Year of the trade journal Produktion and the management consultancy A.T. Kearney.

Sports

Innovation Summit 2018

A licence to explore” was the motto of the Red Bull Media House Innovation Summit 2018, which took place last week in Austria. The Red Bull Media House invited more than 35 startups and high-tech companies to two innovation days, inspiring discussions, interesting lectures and an exciting range of action side events in Scalaria on Lake Wolfgang.

Sports

Recent developments in football

Two important developments in football and the role played by KINEXON technology.

Sports

Scientific study on validity and reliability of GPS and LPS in team sports released

A recent study conducted by Hoppe et al. at the University of Wuppertal aimed to investigate the validity and reliability of global (GPS) and local (LPS) positioning systems for measuring distances and mechanical properties in team sports.

Sports

A player’s life cycle in the NBA

NBA Insights: How wearable technology enriches performance management throughout the player’s life cycle.

Basketball training scene blue player with ball
Sports

KINEXON at Spobis 2018

From 30 to 31 January 2018 the SPOBIS in Düsseldorf was on the programme. Top decision-makers discussed the future of the sports business — from the analysis and use of data to integrate fans in the Bundesliga, to the current and future significance of sports sponsoring, to the use of new technologies.

Sports

KINEXON shapes the digital era of sports entertainment

The HORIZONT Online magazine praises KINEXON as a pioneer in the field of sports data, whose system is used in numerous competitions and games around the globe. Recently, more and more technical tools have been used to collect and analyze data in sports.

Volleyball block with players and statistics
Sports

KINEXON at Swatch Beach Volleyball Majors Series

The Beach Majors Company and KINEXON merge. The cooperation enables the first introduction of live-tracking at the Swatch Beach Volleyball Majors Series and offers completely new impressions in sports.

Volleyball game situation with ball