
Framos: new head of sensor and module development
Chris Barrett starts as Vice President Sensor Engineering at embedded vision technology provider Framos.

Chris Barrett starts as Vice President Sensor Engineering at embedded vision technology provider Framos.

Norelem is supporting the Mercedes Cup 2018 as an official partner. The tennis tournament takes place right in the company's neighborhood - it attracts international tennis greats to Stuttgart every year and is one of the sporting highlights in Baden-Württemberg.

Heinz-Georg Geissler is the new Chief Sales Officer at assembly automation specialist Afag. He succeeds Armin Doser.

Measuring and testing technology
SMC, manufacturer and solution provider for pneumatic and electrical automation technology, has opened its new 550 square meter central laboratory for the German Technical Center (GTC) in Egelsbach.
Study: Skilled workers in production
A study by the online job market meinestadt.de shows: Work is more than just bread and butter for almost half of production specialists. The meaning of a job and the perceived appreciation play an important role. The study also shows how companies can argue their case when recruiting new skilled workers.
Norelem is supporting the MercedesCup 2018 in Stuttgart as an official partner this year.

In the logistics league of the RoboCup German Open 2018, the Carologistics team from Aachen, with the support of motion plastics specialist igus. became German champion.
In the 2017 financial year, akf bank and akf group recorded positive developments across all divisions - new business once again reached record levels.

From Post-it to the overhead projector to the Littmann stethoscope: the multi-technology group 3M is at home in all areas of life. Dr. Betty Z. Mei, Technical Director 3M Abrasive Systems Division, explains how a company has managed to keep up with the times and the market for 115 years. Mei, Technical Director 3M Abrasive Systems Division, explains in an interview with SCOPE.

Pneumatic components and systems
Triton has announced the sale of Aventics to the technology and engineering group Emerson.

Changes in the Executive Board
Daniel Klee will be responsible for the Customer Care Center in Germany, Austria and Switzerland from June 1 and will become a member of the Management Board.

Smart Automation, Intertool and C4I: Two established trade fairs paired with a newcomer made Messe Wien an industry hotspot from May 15 to 17 and 18 (Intertool). More than 450 exhibitors from Austria and abroad showcased their innovations and current products, systems and services for industrial production.
Lars Magnus Berg becomes the new Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Norma Group.

Reduce development risks and costs
Maplesoft has been named an Encompass Product Partner in the Rockwell Automation PartnerNetwork program.

Minitec opens a new plant in the US state of New York and continues to focus on internationalization.

An air coating that reduces the frictional resistance of ships is being developed by researchers from all over Europe in the Aircoat project. They are using the salvinia effect researched at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), which makes it possible to permanently retain a layer of air under water.