
Maxon Motor takes over motor manufacturer Parvalux
Maxon Motor acquires Parvalux Electric Motors, based in the UK. Parvalux has more than 70 years of experience in the development and production of brushed DC motors, AC motors and gearboxes.

Maxon Motor acquires Parvalux Electric Motors, based in the UK. Parvalux has more than 70 years of experience in the development and production of brushed DC motors, AC motors and gearboxes.

Weidmüller expects total sales of over 820 million euros for 2018. "Looking back, our investments in building up expertise in automation and digitalization, in the buyback of our sales companies in North America and in other important growth regions have paid off," explains Weidmüller CEO Jörg Timmermann.

Planning system for production and...
Due to ever shorter innovation and product life cycles, product launches are becoming an important core competence for many companies. A "Comic" planning system comes from Pull Beratung.

It feels like hardly a week goes by without news of Elon Musk's futuristic projects - such as the expansion of human cognition with Neuralink, the conquest of space with SpaceX or the revolution in mobility with Hyperloop.

Double-digit sales growth again at Harting
Harting once again achieved double-digit growth in the 2017/18 financial year. With an increase of 13.4 percent, the globally active family business achieved a turnover of 762 million euros, another record in the Group's 73-year history.

Allmatic-Jakob has improved the machine vices in the TC and LC series. Up to eleven presettable clamping force levels were previously available, but now the company is presenting a uniformly structured overall series under the NC8 label.

By December 1 of this year, 1,780 exhibitors from 41 countries had registered for the upcoming EMO Hannover 2019.

Bertram Göb and Christof Hanschke have been the new management team at plastic case manufacturer W.AG for a few days now.

Executive Committee of Schneider Electric
Schneider Electric, provider for the digital transformation of energy management and automation, has appointed Dr. Barbara Frei, Zone President of the DACH region, as Executive Vice President of Schneider Electric Europe Operations.

As ever higher productivity is required in hard turning, Sumitomo has developed the HFT (High Feed Turning) system for high-feed turning, which can reduce machining times by a factor of 6 to 10 and will be on show at Intec.

Testing lithium-based energy storage systems
Lithium-based energy storage systems have become an integral part of everyday products. For the safety of users, batteries must be extensively tested, for example in accordance with UN transport regulations and relevant safety standards.

Lars Reger has been appointed Senior Vice President (SVP) Technology and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at NXP with immediate effect.

161 square meters, 12 companies - the Ore Mountains are represented in Leipzig with almost 40 exhibitors. The trade fair association is one of the most important industry get-togethers for the metalworking industry in Germany and Europe - and therefore also for many companies from the Ore Mountains.

Bonfiglioli, the manufacturer of transmission housings, geared motors and drive systems, has opened its new production line for electromobility in Forli, Italy.

At Intec 2019, Solidcam will be showcasing the entire performance spectrum of the leading complete CAM solution for CNC manufacturing. A demo part specially programmed for Intec will be milled live on a five-axis quaser machining center.

At Intec, Mazak will be presenting automation solutions, the iSmart Factory and the intuitive controls on modern CNC machine tools.