Torwegge is setting an example for sustainability in conveyor technology. The intralogistics specialist from Bielefeld manufactures its TPBK wheels entirely from recycled plastic granulate - obtained from yoghurt pots.

Gerhard Sturm, one of the company founders and Chairman of the Honorary Advisory Board of ebm-papst, celebrated his 90th birthday on December 17th

With the new HiQuad Neo mass spectrometer, Pfeiffer Vacuum combines high performance, flexibility and simple operation. The mass spectrometer achieves a measuring speed of up to 125 μs/u.

The year is drawing to a close; many of us have spent the last few weeks making and maintaining contacts at the last trade fairs of the year. I personally enjoyed this, but now it's time to relax a little.

Endress+Hauser is driving digitalization forward - in its products, in customer interaction and in internal collaboration. Endress+Hauser InfoServe, the Group's IT service provider, plays a key role in this. Oliver Blum will take over as its new Managing Director on January 1, 2025. He was previously Corporate Director Supply Chain at Endress+Hauser.

The Voith Group performed solidly in the 2023/24 fiscal year (October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2024) in a challenging market environment with a weak economy and ongoing geopolitical uncertainties.

In mechanical engineering, service is an indispensable part of the business model and a decisive competitive advantage. However, companies in the field are faced with the challenge of maintaining service quality while costs are rising and skilled workers are becoming scarcer. This is where digitalization offers a solution with modern tools for remote services, particularly through the use of visual support software.

The ebm-papst Group, supplier of fans and motors, has put a new high-speed technical center into operation in Mulfingen. It is intended to open up new markets and areas of application for energy-efficient high-tech solutions in the field of high-speed turbocompressors.

Sebastian Wohlleben from Kupferzell will take on a key role at Ziehl-Abegg at the start of 2025: in addition to his current responsibilities, he will become Vice President Operations Central Europe.

The Harting Technology Group generated sales of slightly less than EUR 1 billion in the past financial year. At EUR 940 million, sales were 9.2% (currency-adjusted -7.9%) below the result for the 2022/23 financial year of EUR 1,036 billion.

Schneider Electric and Blemo deepen their partnership. Blemo, a specialist in drive technology, is now a certified "Authorized Industrial Service Reseller" (AISR) of Schneider Electric and can support its customers with a significantly expanded service portfolio.

The 14th Annual Congress of the WGP took place from December 2 to 4, 2024 under the motto "Production in Transformation - Transformation in Production".

Trumpf's 3D printing technology makes manufacturing systems for the semiconductor industry more precise and efficient. Semiconductor manufacturers can reduce waste and save costs with AM technology.

The leading German economic institutes see hardly any growth impetus for 2025, but instead rising unemployment figures and persistent weaknesses in the location. According to experts, only a stable government with a clear economic policy strategy could stop a decline in investment and creeping deindustrialization.

The headwind for Germany's exporters on the global markets remains strong. In October, they had to cope with sharp declines - especially in their most important sales market, the USA.

42-year-old Ping Bu Loke is to become the new Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Ulm-based testing machine manufacturer ZwickRoell. On January 1, 2025, he will take over from Roland Eisenlauer, who will support the company as a consultant.

Hollow shaft rotary tables from Oriental Motor's DGII series are powerful and easy to install. The actuators are now also available in combination with the AZX series servomotors.

At Intec and Z in Leipzig next March, the focus will be on future technologies, research, the economic and political environment as well as dialog and networking.

Ecospeed Product is Ecospeed's new web-based software for calculating_{CO2 emissions} at product level. The calculation meets the requirements of the CSRD Directive and DIN EN ISO 14067 and can be integrated into the user's IT infrastructure via an API interface.

Big Daishowa introduces the HSK-EZ15 Mega Micro Chuck collet. This version has been specially developed for machining small workpieces such as jewelry, watches and in micromachining.