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Lard is a good place to work

Schmalz has been honored in the "Germany's Best Employer" competition. This is the fifth time that the vacuum specialist has received the award from the Cologne-based Great Place to Work Institute.

Energy management solutions

Michael Koch expands sales

At Michael Koch, the signs continue to point to expansion: Jasmin Khan joined the national sales team in March.

Manfred Bär retires

Change at the top of IEF-Werner

On March 31, 2018, Manfred Bär hands over the management of IEF-Werner to Stefan Deck and Manfred Meyer. Both have a background in sales and have been with the company for many years.

Nicola Magrone

New Managing Director at E&K Italy

On March 1, 2018, Nicola Magrone (42) became the new Managing Director of E&K Automation in Italy. He succeeds Pietro Zita (67), who is retiring.

Joint venture with Swoboda Hartmann

Franz Morat invests in e-mobility

Franz Morat and Swoboda Hartmann founded a joint venture at the beginning of March. The core business of Morat Swoboda Motion will be drive technologies for e-mobility. A production plant is being built in Nowa Ruda in Poland.

Tox Pressotechnik expands management team

Tox-Pressotechnik is expanding its management team with the arrival of Dietmar Weik on March 1, 2018. The mechanical engineering graduate (University of Karlsruhe) will head up the Sales, Service and Marketing departments in future.

Atlas Copco inaugurates extension

New center for joining technology innovations

Atlas Copco opened its new customer world with innovation center in Bretten at the beginning of March. In future, joining technology solutions for the automotive industry and other sectors will be developed here.

Growth at Mader

New management in a new building

Changes at compressed air and pneumatics specialist Mader: Stefanie Kästle and Marco Jähnig were appointed to the management team at the end of 2017. A new company building is also to be built in Echterdingen. The move to the new building should be completed in summer 2018.

New construction and expansion

Balluff expands company headquarters

Balluff has presented its plans for the new construction and expansion of the company headquarters in Neuhausen. Construction is set to begin in 2019. The new campus will then provide jobs for a total of 1,250 employees, and the construction project is one of the largest investments in the company's history