Festo's largest site turns 50
Festo opened cylinder production in Rohrbach in 1968. Around 2,800 employees now work here, and around 40 million euros are to be invested in the site in the coming years.
read more...read more...New dual leadership at DS Automotion
Manfred Hummenberger and Wolfgang Hillinger have been the new Managing Directors of DS Automotion since September 1, 2018. Co-founder and long-standing Managing Director Arthur Kornmüller has retired.
read more...Increased commitment in the USA
Blickle inaugurates new branch in Georgia
The wheel and castor specialist Blickle has officially opened its new branch in Newnan in the US state of Georgia. With the new location, Blickle wants to create the conditions for serving the US market faster and more individually.
read more...Gimatic sold to Barnes for 370 million euros
The US-based Barnes Group, a provider of products and solutions for industry and aviation, has acquired 100% of the Italian automation specialist Gimatic.
read more...Christian Harm becomes new Chief Financial Officer
The Supervisory Board of Linde Material Handling has appointed Christian Harm (50) as a member of the Executive Board for four years with effect from January 1, 2019.
read more...Junior staff start their careers
At the Friedhelm Loh Group, 36 junior employees successfully completed their training or a dual study program in cooperation with the Technical University of Central Hesse in the summer. They have now received their certificates.
read more...Lenze: Dr. Achim Degner becomes new CFO
The Lenze Group has appointed Dr. Achim Degner (54) as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). The financial expert will assume his duties on 1 January 2019 at the latest and will have overall responsibility for the Finance division.
read more...Koco automotive introduces new managing director
Dr. Gerrit Kocherscheidt has been the new Managing Director of Koco automotive since January 2018. The graduate physicist is taking over the sister company of Koco Motion, which was founded in 2013.
read more...25 years of metal in the blood
The medium-sized family business LTK Lineartechnik Korb specializes in products and services in the fields of linear, machine and handling technology and is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year.
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