
Pilot valves for process technology
Kuhnke offers the standard valve 63.1V, which was specially developed as a pilot valve for the requirements of process technology.

Kuhnke offers the standard valve 63.1V, which was specially developed as a pilot valve for the requirements of process technology.
Suppliers such as Dr. Tretter are important for Philipp Hafner in order to be able to develop economical and future-oriented solutions for the automotive industry. "Not only do we get decisive impulses, we can also design more efficiently," says Ulla Böhringer, Managing Partner of the manufacturer of customer-specific production measurement technology.

CTX offers a wide range of cooling solutions for power electronics. Among other things, high-performance heat sinks and products with liquid cooling are available. The SuperFins high-performance heat sinks with copper or aluminum base plates and pressed-in fins are powerful and compact.

Radio interference suppression filter
Schurter's 5200 series mains filters are a new addition to Schukat Electronic's portfolio. These are IEC chassis plugs C14 with an integrated filter of protection class 1.

RCT offers machine hoses without liners. The differences between the hoses lie in the chemical resistance and the material properties, which are expressed in the Shore hardness.

Aldo Kamper was appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors by the Supervisory Board of Leoni AG.

Automotive supplier Webasto has moved into its new, larger plant in Guangzhou in southern China. The company achieved sales of over one billion euros in China for the first time in 2017.

Dr. Hadi Saleh, previously Chief Operating Officer Medical at CeramTec, will take over the management of the Group with immediate effect.
With positive signs, preparations for Intec and Z 2019 are already in full swing: around a year before the start, the next edition of the trade fair duo is very popular and has a good number of registrations.

Safe, fast and quiet adjustment - these are the requirements for screw drives. This is why Igus has now expanded its range of threaded nuts to include the material Iglidur E7 for trapezoidal and steep threaded spindles.

Brinck currently offers a selection of over 400 types of rigid and movable pipe connectors made from a high-quality, corrosion and weather-resistant aluminum alloy in accordance with EN 573-3 (DIN 1715).
The demands on industry are high: production processes are becoming ever more complex and customer requirements ever more stringent. At the same time, costs need to be reduced. Kimberly-Clark Professional draws attention to a detail that tends to go unnoticed: optimization through the correct use of consumables - such as wipes or dispensers.
Brose has completed the reorganization at the top of the company. Dr. Patrick Popp has headed the Drives business division since February 1, succeeding Reinhard Kretschmer, who is retiring at the end of the year.

Mechanical engineering network
The "Network of Excellent Suppliers" - Nexel - was initiated by machine and plant manufacturers. It is supervised and managed by the umbrella organization Qesar. The focus is on open communication about solutions, jointly finding approaches and sharing experiences in order to achieve an improved strategic positioning in the international competitive environment.
Over the past one and a half years, the industrial supplier ContiTech, which belongs to the German technology company Continental, has invested around 20 million euros in the Nyíregyháza site alone.