Occupational Pensions Strengthening Act
Since the beginning of the year, entrepreneurs of small and large companies have had to watch out: The new Occupational Pensions Reinforcement Act is the biggest pension reform in 50 years and is causing a stir in the industrial sector. Due to a lack of information or knowledge, only a few employers have taken care of this issue. Bosses should bear these points in mind.
read more...Robot-based gripper and handling solutions
Piab has acquired Feba Automation, developer and manufacturer of robot-based gripper solutions for the manufacturing industry.
read more...The Meusburger Group closes 2017 with a new record turnover of 291 million euros.
read more...The countdown is on: Only a few days and hours left until this year's winners of the Embedded Awards are announced. A total of nine companies have been nominated in the hardware, software and tools categories.
read more...The panel discussion "Safe for the Future" is taking place for the third time as part of Embedded World. The central topic is the protection of networked embedded systems in the Internet of Things. This time, the focus will be on questions such as which measures are used to protect critical infrastructures, what critical infrastructures and applications are, and which measures can be adopted for supposedly non-critical applications.
read more...Optoelectronic safety components
The Schmersal Group, specialist for machine safety, has entered into a sales partnership with the Turkish company İlke Otomasyon.
read more...Last year, turned parts manufacturer ABW expanded its production area by adding a 2,000 m² production hall.
read more...Automationware and Maccon announce their distribution partnership with immediate effect. With Automationware's broad product range in the fields of drive technology, robotics and handling, Maccon secures an extended portfolio of reliable and long-term available solutions for its industrial customers.
read more...Strengthening in the forklift segment
ZF Friedrichshafen will enter into a joint venture with the Chinese company Anhui Heli Co., Ltd. to strengthen its presence in the forklift truck segment.
read more...Neff Gewindetriebe has won this year's iF Design Award in the Product / Industry discipline with its innovative Tubix worm gear screw jack.
read more...The Fellbach-based company Andreas Maier (AMF) continues to grow unabated. In 2017, it set a sales record for the fifth time in a row.
read more...The ams.group continues to grow. In the 2017 financial year, Group sales increased by 13.1% to EUR 23.7 million. The German market accounted for EUR 19.0 million of this - an increase of 13.0% compared to the previous year.
read more...Fire protection system solutions expanded
The Hilti Group has taken over the Austrian company bst Brandschutztechnik Döpfl and its sales company in Germany.
read more...Exchange between practice and teaching
The Hoffmann Group has joined the Internet Business Clusters (IBC), the cooperation network of university institutes and leading digital companies.
read more...Torsten Raak has been the new Vice President Marketing DACH at Schneider Electric since November 1, 2017. In this position, he is part of the management of the company's newly created DACH organization.
read more...Interoute, a global cloud and network provider, has announced that it is now offering its services in São Paulo, Brazil. It is the company's first location in South America and will provide various connectivity solutions in collaboration with local partners and host a new virtual data center zone.
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