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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.
read more...Generation of assembly information
Flexible assembly assistance. The development of an assembly assistance system for areas with small batch sizes and a large number of variants is a research activity of the Chair of Production Systems (LPS) at the Ruhr University Bochum (RUB).
read more...The challenge of generational change
The shareholders of the Lapp Group, the Lapp family, planned the generational change in the company at an early stage, thus preparing for the rapid changes in society and the economy.
read more...The coding community met for the 7th time for the programming competition at the Knapp headquarters in Hart bei Graz.
read more...With a gross turnover of 812 million euros, the fischer group of companies exceeded the previous year's good figure (745 million euros) by 67 million euros (plus nine percent).
read more...The Meusburger Group closes 2017 with a new record turnover of 291 million euros.
read more..."Do something with a future. Your chance in mechanical engineering" is the motto of the special youth show at Metav 2018 in Düsseldorf.
read more...VDMA security expert Steffen Zimmermann, who recommends a visit to the Industry 4.0 theme park at Metav 2018, sheds light on the risks of the "digital shadow world". Bernd Zapf, Head of Development New Business & Technology at Gebr. Heller Maschinenfabrik in Nürtingen, explains how the machine tool industry is tackling the topic.
read more...Big Kaiser, the specialist for high-quality precision tools and systems for the metalworking industry, achieved record sales in 2017 with an increase of more than 20 %.
read more...Customized workstations in assembly. Bedrunka + Hirth equipped the Ganter training center with individual workstations - workbenches and cabinets are geared towards the requirements of modern work processes in terms of order, safety and ergonomics.
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