The Supervisory Board of Sick has extended the contract of CEO Dr. Mats Gökstorp by 5 years. The company also announced that Feng Jiao has resigned from his position as Chief Sales Officer at his own request. Markus Scaglioso has been appointed to Sick's Management Board by the Supervisory Board and will take over the Sales & Service division.
The energy chain specialist Igus has presented its new energy chain called Glide-Chain. It has been specially developed for gliding applications and is particularly suitable for travel distances of up to 30 meters, such as those found in indoor cranes. According to the supplier, its design ensures cost savings of 30 to 40 percent.
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The development of humanoid robots has made massive progress and they are already being tested by large companies. However, SMEs have hardly had any access to the technology to date. The Fraunhofer IPA's 'KMUmanoid' project aims to change this.
From 2027, the Digital Product Passport (DPP) will be mandatory in the EU for certain product groups. The VDMA is launching the "DPP for Machinery" initiative to support small and medium-sized companies in particular with implementation.
Lapp offers cables for countless applications - but not for all of them. From time to time, the developers have to modify a standard cable or develop a special cable.
Highly efficient three-phase AC motors are being used in more and more areas of application. Even in harsh environmental conditions with a high risk of short circuits, such as in the food industry.
The ZVEI has chosen the winners of the Electrifying Ideas Award 2025. With this award, the German electrical and digital industry honors ideas that can help us move towards a climate-neutral future.
Omron, a specialist in automation and robotics, presents the new OL-450S: a flat, omnidirectional autonomous mobile robot (AMR) designed to make material handling processes more efficient, safer and smoother.
The German economy grew much more strongly than expected in the first quarter. This is largely due to the USA's aggressive trade policy. Nevertheless, 2025 threatens to be another year without growth.
The Jumo Group officially opened the new Plant 2 ('Sensilo') in Rodges near Fulda on May 22, 2025. At around 48 million euros, the new building is the largest investment in the company's history. In addition, around 21 million euros will be invested in machinery and equipment by 2027.
The automation specialist Gefran is investing in the Italian software company 40Factory and acquiring 22% of the company's shares as part of an equity investment. The investment amounts to four million euros.
The Pilz Group had to take the generally difficult economic situation into account in the past financial year. In 2024, the automation company achieved a turnover of 341 million euros. This corresponds to a decrease of 21 percent compared to the previous year.
Spectra, a provider in the industrial PC and automation sector, has acquired the Munich-based company Compmall. With the integration of the industrial PC specialist, which has been established on the market since 1993, the company is expanding its portfolio in a targeted manner.
Lenze and Rittal enter into technology...
Lenze and Rittal have entered into a technology partnership to jointly lead power distribution and drive technology into the future. RiLineX as the new standard platform for busbar systems and market-leading compact inverters from Lenze form the basis.
The Bühler Group, headquartered in Switzerland, is a technology group that is now in its fifth generation of family ownership. The company specializes in technologies and processes for the production of food and solutions for mobility.
A leading German medical technology company has comprehensively modernized its intralogistics - with an individual AGV overall concept from ek robotics. The aim was to achieve a consistently safe, efficiently synchronized material flow along the process chain - from sterilization to storage.
Unplanned requirements in production
Production is running at full speed, the team is working to the limit, deadlines are looming - and suddenly the plant comes to a standstill. Unforeseen situations like this put everyone involved under pressure.
The Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) is currently being built in the Chilean Atacama Desert. The observatory is intended to provide new insights into dark matter, earth-like planets and extraterrestrial life. ebm-papst is supplying 28 FanGrid with 168 RadiPac EC fans for this purpose.
Around 170 exhibitors and speakers from Germany and abroad presented the latest developments and applications in additive manufacturing at the 21st rapid.tech 3D from May 13 to 15.
