
Physik Instrumente founds PI Innovation
Lucius Amelung, founder of PI Micos in Eschbach near Freiburg, is taking on new responsibilities within the PI Group and was appointed Managing Director of the new PI Innovation on July 1, 2018.

Lucius Amelung, founder of PI Micos in Eschbach near Freiburg, is taking on new responsibilities within the PI Group and was appointed Managing Director of the new PI Innovation on July 1, 2018.

Sebastian Seitz takes over as Chairman
Sebastian Seitz took over as CEO of Eplan and Cideon on August 1. Seitz has been with the Friedhelm Loh Group since 2013, most recently as COO at Eplan and Cideon.

Atlas Copco has acquired Quiss Qualitäts-Inspektionssysteme und Service AG, a provider of visual quality control systems based in Puchheim near Munich.

General Manager Central Eastern Europe
Omron Electronics, a specialist in industrial automation, has expanded the role of Dr. Klaus Kluger, who is now General Manager of the Central and Eastern Europe regions.

Development and production of electronics
A woman is now at the helm of the world's leading trade fair for the development and production of electronics: Caroline Pannier is the new Project Manager of Productronica.

More than 300,000 new customers, new vehicle models and another location in North America: the signs at car sharing pioneer car2go continue to point to consistent growth. On July 25, the company opened its tenth location in North America: Chicago.

Lucius Amelung takes over the management
Lucius Amelung, founder of PI miCos, is moving to the management of PI Innovation, a new subsidiary founded by Physik Instrumente (PI).

Michael Koch continues to focus on expansion. Bouba Yaya Fadawa has therefore joined the international sales team in July.

Pascal Borusiak and Karl-Heinz Fuchs will support Ralf Laber, Managing Director of SMC Germany, in the future.
Fan and motor manufacturer ebm-papst is investing 30 million euros in the construction of a new plant at its site in Xi'an. From summer 2019, fan solutions for the Asian market are to be produced in the capital of Shaanxi province.

As part of the "Global Branding" project, an initiative of Schaeffler's "Agenda 4 plus One" program for the future, the company is strengthening its location and external image in Bühl.

At Koch, the signs continue to point to expansion. Bouba Yaya Fadawa joined Michael Koch's international sales team in July.
SMC has put a new automation system into operation at its Egelsbach plant. The Lang Eco-Compact 20 automation unit loads and unloads the connected five-axis machining center with workpiece blanks fully automatically.

iTec AS is Kemper's new sales partner and is now the exclusive distributor of the entire Kemper product portfolio in Norway.

Precision parts for the automotive industry
The Leipold Group, supplier of precision parts for the automotive industry, has successfully completed the IATF 16949 audit.
Managing Board at machine manufacturer
Eckhard Hörner-Marass will leave the Manz Management Board at his own request at the end of 2018.