Special youth show: Metal professions in the limelight
"Do something with a future. Your chance in mechanical engineering" is the motto of the special youth show at Metav 2018 in Düsseldorf.
Articles and background information on the topic
"Do something with a future. Your chance in mechanical engineering" is the motto of the special youth show at Metav 2018 in Düsseldorf.

The ams.group continues to grow. In the 2017 financial year, Group sales increased by 13.1% to EUR 23.7 million. The German market accounted for EUR 19.0 million of this - an increase of 13.0% compared to the previous year.

Strapping machine in the laundry. Modern industrial laundries wash, dry and iron towels, tablecloths, uniforms and bed linen fully automatically. At the end of the line, a folding machine folds the individual items.
Exchange between practice and teaching
The Hoffmann Group has joined the Internet Business Clusters (IBC), the cooperation network of university institutes and leading digital companies.

MES specialist MPDV Mikrolab expanded its management team at the turn of the year.

Cloud solutions and the Internet of Things enable predictive maintenance, service support through augmented reality, mobile apps and much more. With the e-F@ctory concept, Mitsubishi Electric offers a way to develop cyber-secure, open edge computing solutions for the direct connection of production to the cloud.
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.

New Chairman of the Executive Board
Sanjay Brahmawar was appointed by the Supervisory Board of Software AG as the new Chief Executive Officer of the company for a period of five years as of August 1, 2018.

Friedrich Lütze founded Friedrich Lütze GmbH in Weinstadt near Stuttgart in 1958. Since then, the company has been developing electronic and electrotechnical components and system solutions for automation.
At Metav - once again the showcase for modern technologies, services and trends in metalworking - the areas will feature exhibits and topics along the value chain, as well as solutions from the tool and mold making sector, future technologies such as additive manufacturing, the innovation driver medical technology and, last but not least, measuring and testing technology, without which smart and big data concepts cannot be implemented.