Schunk pushes mechatronics training

Schunk has expanded its training program in the field of mechatronics. With a mechatronics laboratory set up for training purposes, the company wants to make its trainees and students fit for the smart factory.
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Schunk has expanded its training program in the field of mechatronics. With a mechatronics laboratory set up for training purposes, the company wants to make its trainees and students fit for the smart factory.
Talk about management and smart factory
In specialist media, digitalization and the smart factory are examined from a technical perspective. We now know that a holistic view is important. Heiko Weber and Marcel Derakhchan on leadership and culture in the smart factory.
The South Korean machine tool manufacturer, Hwacheon, is presenting its new D2-5AX 5-axis machining center for the first time in Europe.
Single-board computers are becoming increasingly popular - now also in industry. This is because they are sophisticated, powerful and save manufacturers a lot of development work.
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.

Interview with Christoph Stichel, division one
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Festo celebrates its 50th anniversary in St. Ingbert Rohrbach with a ceremony on September 26 with around 200 invited guests and on September 29 with the employees at the site.
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.

At Motek, Fischertechnik will be presenting its miniature factory lines, which are already demonstrating Industry 4.0 activities in many companies.

Peter Pühringer takes over the management of Stäubli Robotics Bayreuth from Gerald Vogt, who as Group Division Manager manages the global robotics business from Stäubli's headquarters in Faverges.