
Strong growth in orders in the machine tool industry
In the second quarter of 2021, incoming orders in the German machine tool industry rose by 103% compared to the same period of the previous year.

In the second quarter of 2021, incoming orders in the German machine tool industry rose by 103% compared to the same period of the previous year.

Change in the Lapp Supervisory Board
With effect from June 1, 2021, Swiss entrepreneur and lawyer Peter Schmid (59) has been appointed to the Supervisory Board of Lapp Holding. He succeeds Werner Knies, who stepped down from the Supervisory Board.

The mechanical engineering company Schröder Group takes over the Leinburg-Weißenbrunn-based tool manufacturer SMU GmbH.
Isra Vision was founded more than three decades ago as a spin-off from TU Darmstadt and has since developed into a leading machine vision technology company.

Corporate Development & Strategy
Marine Gurzadyan has been appointed to the Management Board of the Proalpha Group.

The mechanical and plant engineering industry in Germany is suffering increasingly from material shortages.

Automation with autonomous robots
ABB has announced the acquisition of Asti Mobile Robotics Group, a manufacturer of autonomous mobile robots (AMR).

Isra Vision has entered into a strategic partnership with the Swedish industrial group Atlas Copco, forming the core of the new Machine Vision Solutions division. With a new management team, the course is now being set for further business development.
Automation in connection technology
Weidmüller is taking over the team and expertise of Emphatec, a Canadian specialist in connection technology, and is thus expanding its product portfolio in the field of PLC interfaces and migration solutions for potentially explosive atmospheres.
Endress+Hauser completes the integration of SensAction AG. The company, which specializes in concentration measurements in liquids, will now operate under the name Endress+Hauser Flow Deutschland AG.

Award of the Industry-Era-Magazine
Proxia Software was honored with Industry Era Magazine's annual international award for "10 Best Shop Floor Management Solution Providers of 2021".

SEW-Eurodrive celebrated its 90th anniversary on June 13.

Visitor fairs are to be held again in Wetzlar, Chemnitz and Essen in September and October.

The packaging specialist recorded a 2.5% increase in turnover in 2020. Cobot presented in in-house development.

The ebm-papst Group, manufacturer of fans and motors, is defying the coronavirus pandemic.

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