A gripper arm for a gripping device for gripping, holding and guiding particularly bottle-like containers which is designed to move a gripping section of the gripper arm by pivoting the gripper arm from an open position into a gripping position or vice versa, having a bore for supporting a bearing pin for pivotally fixing the gripper arm in the device, and an energy store for moving the gripping section of the gripper arm from the gripping position into the open position or vice versa, characterized in that the gripper arm comprises a data transmission unit having a data generation unit, wherein the data transmission unit is arranged in, at or on the gripper arm and designed to - receive data from the data generation unit, and - send data based on the received data to a data receiver unit, wherein the data transmission unit is designed to send the data wirelessly, and the data generation unit (i) is designed to generate status data containing information about a status variable of a gripping device and comprises a detection unit for detecting the at least one status variable of the gripping device and a data unit for generating the status data, and/or (ii) electronic components for measuring characteristics and properties of the gripper arm which generate measurement data automatically or by means of a control signal and provide it to the data generation unit. an energy store for moving the gripping section of the gripper arm from the gripping position into the open position or vice versa, characterized in that the gripper arm comprises a data transmission unit having a data generation unit, wherein the data transmission unit is arranged in, at or on the gripper arm and designed to - receive data from the data generation unit, and - send data based on the received data to a data receiver unit, wherein the data transmission unit is designed to send the data wirelessly, and the data generation unit (i) is designed to generate status data containing information about a status variable of a gripping device and comprises a detection unit for detecting the at least one status variable of the gripping device and a data unit for generating the status data, and/or (ii) electronic components for measuring characteristics and properties of the gripper arm which generate measurement data automatically or by means of a control signal and provide it to the data generation unit. - receive data from the data generation unit, and - send data based on the received data to a data receiver unit, wherein the data transmission unit is designed to send the data wirelessly, and the data generation unit (i) is designed to generate status data containing information about a status variable of a gripping device and comprises a detection unit for detecting the at least one status variable of the gripping device and a data unit for generating the status data, and/or (ii) electronic components for measuring characteristics and properties of the gripper arm which generate measurement data automatically or by means of a control signal and provide it to the data generation unit. wherein the data transmission unit is designed to send the data wirelessly, and the data generation unit (i) is designed to generate status data containing information about a status variable of a gripping device and comprises a detection unit for detecting the at least one status variable of the gripping device and a data unit for generating the status data, and/or (ii) electronic components for measuring characteristics and properties of the gripper arm which generate measurement data automatically or by means of a control signal and provide it to the data generation unit. (i) is designed to generate status data containing information about a status variable of a gripping device and comprises a detection unit for detecting the at least one status variable of the gripping device and a data unit for generating the status data, and/or (ii) electronic components for measuring characteristics and properties of the gripper arm which generate measurement data automatically or by means of a control signal and provide it to the data generation unit.