The global market leader in assembly and fastening materials strengthens the Conrad Sourcing Platform: As a direct seller, the Würth Group offers more than 12,000 of its products via the Conrad Marketplace.

Faulhaber presents drive solutions with the new GXR and SXR motor family, which offer high efficiency and flexibility in combination with powerful gearboxes and encoders. These optimized components open up new possibilities for applications in industrial automation, robotics and medical technology.

The Femworx career congress brought women in industry to the big stage at Hannover Messe 2025 on Thursday and Friday. With 100 speakers, over 70 program items and 1,700 participants, the focus was on strengthening and networking women in industry - with topics such as careers, new work, leadership and entrepreneurship.

Hannover Messe 2025 attracted around 127,000 visitors from 150 countries. The event was all about artificial intelligence (AI), automation, digitalization and sustainable energy supply.

The mechanical and plant engineering sector recorded a significant increase in orders in February. Compared to the previous year, orders increased by 8% in real terms.

Donald Trump's unprecedented tariff package is shaking up global trade - and poses major questions for business, politics and consumers. The EU and China are responding with countermeasures, but are maintaining their dialog. Here we explain how the tariffs affect Germany, the global economy and everyday life.

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The Hungarian company Meta-Vulk was honored today for 30 years of participation in the Hannover Messe.

Intec International, a provider of innovative industrial solutions, was honored yesterday for its 40-year presence at the Hannover Messe.

In this interview, Dr. Jochen Köckler, Chairman and CEO of Deutsche Messe, talks about the positive outcome of this year's Hannover Messe and is impressed by the technological developments presented by the exhibitors. At the same time, he takes a look at the future of the trade fair.

100 years of innovation at Festo were an occasion for Cem Özdemir, Germany's Managing Minister for Education and Research, to visit the company's stand on his tour of the Hannover Messe.

At midday on Tuesday, Robert Habeck, Acting Vice-Chancellor and Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy, visited the Hannover Messe. His tour focused on the topics of industrial artificial intelligence, digitalization and the decarbonization of industry.

On 1 April, the Leaders' Dialogue 2025 took place at the Hannover Messe: a high-profile event jointly organized by the Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection and the Federal Ministry of Education and Research.

Schneider Electric presents its progress in the field of open, software-defined automation and its latest technological innovations. The press conference was opened by the acting Federal Minister of Education and Research, Cem Özdemir.

The Hannover Messe takes place from March 31 to April 4 - and we will keep you up to date with the latest information every day. Our exclusive e-paper will be published on each of the five days of the fair with the latest reports, exciting interviews and the most important events at the fair.

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After the opening ceremony of the Hannover Messe on Sunday evening, the trade fair got underway with the traditional tour of the fair by the German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Canada's Special Representative for the European Union and Europe Stéphane Dion and Lower Saxony's Minister President Stephan Weil.

2024 was a difficult year, but the focus is on the future: Ziehl-Abegg's order intake had already picked up significantly by the end of the year.

At the start of Hannover Messe 2025, leading industry associations BDI, VDMA and ZVEI described the economic situation in Germany as worrying. According to BDI President Peter Leibinger, the mood in many companies is worse than ever before.

At Hannover Messe 2025, the mechanical and plant engineering industry emphasized the need for comprehensive reforms in order to strengthen industrial competitiveness in Germany and Europe. The VDMA believes that the German government and the European Union in particular have a duty to improve economic conditions and reduce bureaucracy.

At the start of Hannover Messe 2025, the German Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers' Association (ZVEI) described the economic situation in the German electrical and digital industry as challenging.

Beckhoff Automation recorded sales of 1.17 billion euros in the 2024 financial year. This corresponds to a sharp decline of 33 percent compared to the 2023 annual result of EUR 1.75 billion.