Jet valves from Vieweg lubricate and grease electromechanical switches and bond and seal electronic components. More and more customer-specific solutions are being used.

Siemens is further accelerating its activities in the area of sustainability. On the occasion of the publication of the Sustainability Report for fiscal year 2022, the company announces new, more ambitious targets for its own decarbonization as well as extensive investments.

After stagnating in the previous month, orders in the German electrical and digital industry increased by 4.7% in October 2022.

ABB has added cloud-enabled functions to its programming and simulation software. With the new RobotStudio Cloud, individuals and teams can work together on robot cell designs in real time

As recently as spring 2022, the organizers postponed major industry trade fairs to the summer at short notice, but then exhibitors and visitors showed how important trade fairs continue to be as a meeting place and source of information.

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Vehicle tracking through precise real-time localization: At the Mercedes-Benz Türk bus factory in Hoşdere, time-consuming searches and long search routes on the 36-hectare site are a thing of the past.

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After the game is before the game. By the time you hold this magazine in your hands, 2022 will almost be over. INDUSTRIAL-Production editor-in-chief Daniel Schilling with three trends that have emerged this year and will shape the industry in 2023.

In Brackenheim, Baden-Württemberg, the metalworking company Honecker is demonstrating how collaborative robots can support human colleagues and relieve them of monotonous, physically demanding tasks.

On January 25 and 26, 2023, the Hamburg-Schnelsen exhibition hall will welcome you to all about automation for the first time in 2023.

Since 2019, the RBTX marketplace from Igus has been offering simple and inexpensive solutions - for example, a pipetting robot with all accessories. RBTX is now cooperating with cobot manufacturer Universal Robots (UR).

Physik Instrumente (PI Group) is investing around EUR 16 million in the expansion of its site in Eschbach im Breisgau. In the course of 2024, the high-tech company will have around 6,000^m2 of additional production, laboratory and office space at its disposal.

Boston Micro Fabrication (BMF) has introduced the microArch S350. The latest model in the range of micro-precision 3D printers for industrial use offers a resolution of 25µm and achieves the highest throughput of any printer in the company's portfolio.

Safety in the workplace and the personal protection of all employees are a special responsibility - for employers as well as for Hahn+Kolb as a supplier of personal protective equipment (PPE).

ULT has developed an ignition source-free version of the LAS 800 extraction system to increase explosion and fire protection when removing laser dust. The LAS 800 Ex was specially designed because laser processing produces increasingly fine combustible dusts due to higher input energies or shorter laser pulses, the explosiveness of which increases with the degree of fineness.

In addition to the attractive exhibition offerings at Intec, Z and GrindTec 2023, the practice-oriented specialist program of the trade fair association also provides impetus and promotes knowledge transfer and dialogue within the industry.

In its first sustainability report, the Kistler Group presents its global climate strategy and facts and figures on its commitment to greater sustainability within the company.

The year 2022 was characterized by supply bottlenecks, geopolitical uncertainties, fears of recession and increasing ransomware attacks. These developments continue to cause companies problems.

In cooperation with Hessen Trade & Invest and the Bremen Economic Development Corporation, Leichtbau BW once again organized a joint stand at Formnext to present innovations from Baden-Württemberg, Hesse and Bremen.

The fuel cell is a serious solution for emission-free mobility. Having disappeared from the scene for a long time, it is now establishing itself as a viable option for zero-emission strategies.

Since November 1, 2022, René Leroux has been the new second Managing Director of the Bott Group alongside Jan Willem Jongert, CEO and Spokesman of the Management Board. As Chief Operating Officer (COO), Leroux takes over from Clive Woodward, who has retired.