
Sumitomo Hungary with new Managing Director
The new Managing Director of Sumitomo (SHI) Demag Plastics Machinery Hungária Kft is Jozsef Nemes with immediate effect. He succeeds Andras Borszeki.

The new Managing Director of Sumitomo (SHI) Demag Plastics Machinery Hungária Kft is Jozsef Nemes with immediate effect. He succeeds Andras Borszeki.

The temperature-resistant high-performance material Vi 250 from C. Otto Gehrckens provides a permanent seal against air up to 250 °C.

Less weight combined with a high level of safety - these are the requirements of both the aerospace and automotive industries. New materials are needed to achieve this. A research project with partners Oerlikon, Linde and the Technical University of Munich is tackling the challenge.
Steel is considered the "material of life". Whether in mobility, architecture, mechanical engineering, furniture, screws or cutlery - life without steel would be hard to imagine. The problem is that the production of steelreleases a lot ofCO2 - the steel industry is responsible for around 7 percent of globalCO2 emissions. This is now set to change.

Nils Fleck has been the new Managing Director of the German company of Liechtenstein-based surface specialist Oerlikon Balzers since January 6, 2020.

Altair presents processes and solutions for product development and simulation-driven design. The solutions help to drive forward modern design and the production of composite materials.

Igus offers the lubricant-free and dirt-resistant tribo-polymer iglidur J3 especially for swivel and rotation applications. In order to also meet the design requirements of users, the plastic is now available in the black version igildur J3B.
Die casting of copper and brass materials tends to be a niche activity. Wrongly so, as examples of applications in the automotive industry show. However, there is a lot to consider in the design process and also when choosing the alloy.

Dr. Florian Geiger will become the new CEO of bright steel producer Steeltec on January 1, 2020. He succeeds Gerd Münch, who is leaving the company after 14 years.

Trelleborg Sealing Solutions has acquired Tritec Seal, a US manufacturer of rotary seals, and with this acquisition strengthens its product portfolio for sealing solutions.