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That was Hannover Messe 2024 - Part 2 (37 images)
From the festive opening ceremony in the Kuppelsaal and the presentation of the Hermes Award to the tour by Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, the visit by Federal Minister of Economics Robert Habeck and the Femworx Career Congress for Women: The week of the Hannover Messe had a lot to offer in terms of events, but above all, of course, many new technologies and solutions in the exhibition halls.
That was the Hannover Messe 2024 - Part 1 (40 images)
From the festive opening ceremony in the Kuppelsaal and the presentation of the Hermes Award to the tour by Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, the visit by Federal Minister of Economics Robert Habeck and the Femworx Career Congress for Women: The week of the Hannover Messe had a lot to offer in terms of events, but above all, of course, many new technologies and solutions in the exhibition halls.
Impressions of the Hannover Messe 2024 (26 images)
Hannover Messe 2024 opened its doors on Monday and we are out and about in the exhibition halls with our camera. Our impressions from the first three days of the fair.
Robert Habeck visits the Hannover Messe (18 pictures)
On the second day of the trade fair, the Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy, Robert Habeck, made his traditional visit to Hannover Messe. First, he discussed the joint energy policy with Norway's Minister of Petroleum and Energy Terje Aasland at the North Sea Energy Hub. He then went on a tour of the exhibition halls. The route included Pepperl+Fuchs, Bosch Rexroth, Lapp and Harting. In the afternoon, he focused on innovative start-ups.
The Hannover Messe 2024 is open (25 images)
Olaf Scholz opened Hannover Messe 2024 on Sunday evening in the presence of the Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre. The Hermes Award, which this year went to Schunk, was also presented at this event. On Monday, Gahr Støre opened the Norway pavilion at the Hannover Messe and took a tour of the trade fair's innovations.
Award ceremony: The winners of the INDUSTRIAL Production Products of the Year 2024 (35 images)
On Wednesday, March 13, INDUSTRIAL Production, KUNSTSTOFF MAGAZIN and materialfluss jointly presented the prizes for the Products of the Year 2024 competition for all three magazines. 31 companies were nominated as award winners for INDUSTRIAL Production. There were only winners on the day of the awards, so the numerous guests who attended were eager to see how their product would fare. We would like to congratulate all the winners and thank them for a wonderful evening together!
INDUSTRIAL Production products of the year 2024 (15 images)
31 nominees competed in the five categories of additive manufacturing, drive technology and automation, robotics, handling, assembly and production logistics as well as metalworking for the INDUSTRIAL Production Products of the Year 2024. You can find all the winners in this picture gallery.
Before the start of the trade fair: What to expect at LogiMAT 2024 (14 images)
From tugger trains to wearable scanners: LogiMAT in Stuttgart covers the entire spectrum of intralogistics. Here you will find inspiration for your visit to the trade fair.
Preview of the Hannover Messe 2024 (9 images)
On February 21, Deutsche Messe held a press event to prepare for the upcoming event from April 22 to 26. This year's guest country is Norway, which wants to become Germany's partner in green energy.
Negative Award Plagiarius 2024 (9 images)
For the 48th time, the Plagiarius 2024 campaign has awarded the Plagiarius negative prize to manufacturers and retailers of particularly brazen counterfeits and fakes. The trophy is a black dwarf with a golden nose - as a symbol of the exorbitant profits that product pirates literally make at the expense of creative designers and innovative companies.
On the road at Formnext 2023 (31 pictures)
From November 7 to 10, 2023, the trade fair city of Frankfurt was once again the center of global additive manufacturing and modern production technologies. In its ninth year, Formnext recorded 859 exhibitors - 59 percent of them international - and was thus slightly above the pre-pandemic figures from 2019, when 852 exhibitors were present. 32,851 specialists and executives came to the trade fair, announced the organizer Mesago, thus increasing the number of visitors from the previous year by another 11.1 percent. The transformation to a digital, efficient and sustainable industry was also reflected in the trends that could be seen at Formnext. We have once again captured our visit to the trade fair in pictures.
Motek 2023 in pictures (28 pictures)
496 exhibitors from 22 countries and 24,492 trade visitors came to Stuttgart from October 10 to 13 for the 41st Motek, the international trade fair for production and assembly automation, which was once again held in conjunction with Bondexpo, the international trade fair for adhesive bonding technology. On display were solutions that can be used to make industrial processes up to date and fit for the future. We were out and about in the Stuttgart exhibition halls with our camera.
Impressions from automatica 2023 (42 pictures)
How will robotics and intelligent automation change the future? At Automatica 2023, around 650 exhibitors from 35 countries will present their solutions to the major focus topics: "Digitalization and AI", "Sustainable Production" and "The Future of Work". Whether large industrial robots, small cobots, autonomous robots, grippers, positioning systems, image processing, drive technology, sensors or control technology: we were out and about in the halls of the trade fair in Munich and captured some impressions and highlights in pictures.
Highlights of the Hannover Messe 2023 (33 images)
Whether cars, bicycles, drones, robots or simply coffee trolleys: a wide variety of vehicles were on the road at Hannover Messe 2023. We have collected a few of them in this picture gallery.
Racing across the Hannover Messe 2023 (28 images)
Whether cars, bicycles, drones, robots or simply coffee carts: a wide variety of vehicles were on the road at Hannover Messe 2023. We have collected a few of them in this picture gallery.
Impressions of the Hannover Messe 2023 - Part 1 (21 images)
The corridors of the Hannover Messe are once again bustling with activity, visitors, exhibitors and robots are out and about or playing soccer, hydrogen-powered buses are driving around the exhibition grounds and the sun is shining on the exhibition grounds. Economics Minister Robert Habeck was at the trade fair and presented the H2Eco Award. You can find our impressions of Hannover Messe 2023 in this picture gallery.
Hannover Messe has begun (26 images)
Hannover Messe 2023 was officially opened on Sunday evening in the presence of German Chancellor Scholz and Indonesian President Joko Widodo. The Hermes Award, which this year went to Bosch Rexroth, was also presented at this event. On Monday, Scholz and Widodo opened the Indonesia pavilion at the Hannover Messe and took a tour of the trade fair.
INDUSTRIAL Production Products of the Year 2023 - Award ceremony (46 images)
38 nominees competed in the six categories of additive manufacturing, drive technology and automation, robotics, handling, assembly and production, design, simulation and digital twin as well as metalworking for the INDUSTRIAL Production Product of the Year 2023. We show the pictures of the award ceremony.
INDUSTRIAL Production products of the year 2023 (18 images)
38 nominees competed in the six categories of additive manufacturing, drive technology and automation, robotics, handling, assembly and production, design, simulation and digital twin as well as metalworking for the INDUSTRIAL Production Product of the Year 2023. You can find all the winners in this picture gallery.
Negative Award Plagiarius 2023 (6 images)
On February 3, 2023, the Plagiarius campaign awarded the Plagiarius negative prize to manufacturers and retailers of particularly brazen counterfeits and fakes for the 47th time. The trophy is a black dwarf with a golden nose - as a symbol of the exorbitant profits that product pirates literally make at the expense of creative designers and innovative companies.
Impressions from Formnext 2022 (16 images)
Additive manufacturing, from design to materials and filaments to production systems, will once again be the focus of the Formnext trade fair under the Frankfurt Trade Fair Tower in 2022.
Exhibitor comments on Formnext 2022 (33 images)
Formnext 2022 will take place in Frankfurt from November 15 to 18. AMI asked the exhibitors: What trends do you see in 3D printing and what highlights will you be showing at Formnext?
SPS 2022 in Nuremberg (12 pictures)
Impressions of the automation trade fair after the Corona forced break
AMB 2022 (11 pictures)
AMB 2022 is fully booked and has been very popular with visitors from day one. Take a look at the event!
Plagiarius award winner 2022 (8 images)
Product and brand piracy are a serious threat to the economy and consumers. This is why the Plagiarius campaign awards the annual Plagiarius negative prize, which aims to bring the theft of intellectual property into the public eye. In 2022: pressure gauges, ball bearings, wheel trims, cutlery sets, clothing and a food bar.
Top 5 robot trends 2022 (15 images)
At around three million units, the number of industrial robots in operation worldwide has reached a new record - with average annual growth of 13% (2015-2020). What are the five most important trends that will shape robotics and automation worldwide in 2022? The International Federation of Robotics has analyzed this question.
BASF annual figures 2021 (17 images)
BASF has presented its figures for the 2021 financial year: Sales are significantly higher than in the previous year.
Siemens quarterly figures Q1/2022 (6 images)
In the first quarter of fiscal year 2022, Siemens records high revenue, a significant increase in order intake and a profit of €1.8 billion.
90 years of SEW-Eurodrive (11 images)
On June 13, 1931, Christian Pähr founded the "Süddeutsche Elektromotoren Werke" in Bruchsal. In 2021, the resulting family business SEW-Eurodrive celebrates its 90th birthday. To mark the occasion, we have put together a short picture story.
Plagiarius Award 2021 (10 images)
The negative prize "Plagiarius" was awarded for the 45th time on April 16, 2021 - for the first time as part of a virtual press conference due to the coronavirus pandemic. Plagiarism and counterfeiting are neither a compliment nor harmless trivial offenses. They are ruthless, destroy jobs and mean standstill instead of progress. Often produced cheaply and under inhumane working conditions, they cause damage to innovative manufacturers, sometimes threatening their very existence.
70 years of cage-guided needle roller bearings from Schaeffler (8 images)
In 1950, Dr.-Ing. E.h. Georg Schaeffler filed a patent application for the cage-guided needle roller bearing. Since then, Schaeffler has sold over 100 billion needle roller bearings. This picture gallery provides an insight into the 70-year history of the cage-guided needle roller bearing.
History of operational balancing (8 images)
Industrially suitable devices for balancing different workpieces or machine components were already available early in the 20th century. The picture shows a balancing machine from 1910.
Professionals packing (38 images)
Regardless of Christmas and birthdays, packaging specialists are constantly working on new packaging technologies - for food as well as industrial goods, for single-use as well as reusable systems.
The best ideas were once again awarded prizes, which can be found here as pictures and with short descriptions.
PackTheFuture Award 2020 - winners honored (11 images)
58 submissions, 14 nominees and 10 award winners - that's the positive balance of the PackTheFuture Awards 2020. While the personal award ceremony had to be postponed due to the current coronavirus pandemic, it was a pleasure for the organizing associations of the plastics packaging industry IK and ELIPSO to inform the winners about their awards.
Embedded World 2020 (11 images)
This year, the editorial team visited a very special Embedded World. Despite the absence of many major manufacturers, we found countless innovations in areas such as safety & security, embedded vision and artificial intelligence. But we were also able to capture the very special character of this edition of the trade fair.
Plagiarius award ceremony 2020 (11 images)
Plagiarism and counterfeiting are neither a compliment nor harmless trivial offenses. They are ruthless, destroy jobs and mean stagnation instead of progress. Often produced cheaply and under inhumane working conditions, they cause damage to innovative manufacturers, sometimes threatening their very existence.
LogiMAT 2020 - The product highlights (82 images)
The finalists for this year's Ifoy Award have been announced. In the eighth round of the award, the jury has selected 17 devices and solutions from 16 manufacturers from a field of 32 applicants to compete for the best intralogistics products and solutions of the year. All finalists will first go through the international Ifoy Test Days from February 6 to 13 at the exhibition grounds of Ifoy partner Hannover Messe. The trophies will then be awarded in seven categories during the Ifoy Award Night on April 20 at the Hannover Messe 2020. We present the 2020 finalists in this picture gallery.
A 100-year history (10 images)
The finalists for this year's Ifoy Award have been announced. In the eighth round of the award, the jury has selected 17 devices and solutions from 16 manufacturers from a field of 32 applicants to compete for the best intralogistics products and solutions of the year. All finalists will first go through the international Ifoy Test Days from February 6 to 13 at the exhibition grounds of Ifoy partner Hannover Messe. The trophies will then be awarded in seven categories during the Ifoy Award Night on April 20 at the Hannover Messe 2020. We present the 2020 finalists in this picture gallery.
Swiss Plastics Expo 2020 - Trade fair impressions (13 images)
Ifoy Award 2020: 16 companies are in the final (19 images)
The finalists for this year's Ifoy Award have been announced. In the eighth round of the award, the jury has selected 17 devices and solutions from 16 manufacturers from a field of 32 applicants to compete for the best intralogistics products and solutions of the year. All finalists will first go through the international Ifoy Test Days from February 6 to 13 at the exhibition grounds of Ifoy partner Hannover Messe. The trophies will then be awarded in seven categories during the Ifoy Award Night on April 20 at the Hannover Messe 2020. We present the 2020 finalists in this picture gallery.
handling award 2019 - The winners of category 4 (17 images)
Traditionally, the handling award was once again presented on the evening of the second day of the Motek trade fair. Many lucky winners were able to receive the trophy on stage - there were twelve winners in total from four categories. In this picture gallery we present the winners of category 4 "Warehousing, order picking and intralogistics".