
Platform for hydrogen and fuel cells
At Hannover Messe from April 17 to 21, 2023, around 500 companies will be presenting their solutions for the production, transportation, storage and consumption of hydrogen.

At Hannover Messe from April 17 to 21, 2023, around 500 companies will be presenting their solutions for the production, transportation, storage and consumption of hydrogen.

Smart production and transformation
The industry is under great pressure to change. How is the manufacturing industry progressing with the development of smart production?

New management at RS Components
Simon Pryce has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Executive Director of RS Group with effect from April 3, 2023. David Egan, currently Acting CEO, will work alongside Pryce in his role as Chief Financial Officer (CFO).

Hahn+Kolb Werkzeuge continues its successful course with another double-digit increase in sales of 14.5%.
The Ifo Institute has confirmed its economic forecast for 2023 and 2024. According to this forecast, economic output this year will remain at roughly the same level as the previous year (-0.1%). While the economy in consumer-related sectors will suffer from high inflation and shrink, the industrial economy will support growth.

Continental has officially opened its AI Lab in Berlin. On February 1, Gilles Mabire, Chief Technology Officer Continental Automotive, welcomed the capital's AI community to its own AI Lab for the first time.

Endress+Hauser initiates generational change
There will be changes at the top of the Endress+Hauser Group at the beginning of 2024: Dr. h. c. Klaus Endress will, as long announced, step down as Chairman of the Board of Directors. He will be succeeded by CEO Matthias Altendorf.

The embedded world Exhibition & Conference will take place in Nuremberg from March 14 to 16. It offers an insight into the world of embedded systems and is the industry meeting place for the embedded community, experts and industry associations.

Despite geopolitical and economic challenges, the Lapp Group once again closed the past 2021/2022 financial year (October 1 to September 30) successfully.

The energy crisis makes one thing clear: it is not enough to simply screw a photovoltaic system onto your roof or purchase green electricity. Industry is faced with the challenge of reducing consumption in order to counter the rise in energy prices, reduce itscarbon footprint and at the same time be prepared for taxonomies imposed by investors and/or politicians. Hannover Messe offers solutions to these challenges.

Several hundred jobs are to be cut in non-production areas at the Munich-based mechanical engineering group KraussMaffei. There are no plans to cut jobs in production and assembly. The details are still being negotiated with the works council.

Industrial trade fairs Intec, Z and GrindTec
The last edition of the Leipzig industrial trade fairs two years ago could only be held virtually due to the pandemic. The long-awaited comeback of Intec and Z will take place at Leipziger Messe from March 7 to 10, 2023.

For akf bank, the focus at this year's Intec, the international trade fair for machine tools, manufacturing and automation technology, from March 7 to 10 in Leipzig will once again be on advising its customers.

Visitors to EMO Hannover 2023 in September will be able to experience the latest trends in production technology at four joint stands. The focus will be on additive manufacturing, connectivity, open space cobot solutions and sustainability.
Siemens Digital Industries Software
Klaus Löckel, Head of the DACH region and Managing Director of Siemens Digital Industries Software in Germany since April 2022, will be supported by Christopher-Alexander Unkauf, Managing Director for Austria and Switzerland since October 2022.

The Kistler Group is on course for growth: at 434 million euros, turnover in 2022 was up 5.5% on the previous year. In 2023, the company aims to achieve double-digit growth by expanding the Chinese market, among other things.