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.
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The US-based Barnes Group, a provider of products and solutions for industry and aviation, has acquired 100% of the Italian automation specialist Gimatic.

Timken Company, a provider of advanced bearings and power transmission products, announced that it has completed its recently announced acquisition of Rollon Group.
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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Häwa presents further developments to its patented X-Frame enclosure system. Experience and new developments have been transferred to a manual workstation.

The contribution that linear technology can make to process optimization and ultimately to the implementation of Industry 4.0 will be demonstrated by Hepco Motion using various modules at Sindex 2018.

SKF has signed an agreement with Triton to sell its linear technology and actuators business. The deal is expected to be completed by the end of 2018.

What do you do if an important spare part for an exhibit is suddenly missing on the way to a trade fair? The answer from Berlin-based Blackcam, a manufacturer of camera motion systems: call in the 3D printing service from Igus. The specialist uses industrial 3D printers to produce individual customer components within a few hours.

In the Igus online store, steep, trapezoidal and metric threads can be individually configured using the spindle configurator. In addition to three spindle materials, customers can choose from nine maintenance-free nut materials. Among them: the new highly wear-resistant Iglidur-J200 material.

Automatically increasing operational safety is the aim of the new Lokchain cable carrier system from Igus. Automatically extendable locking pins fix the e-chain in place, enabling new solutions for standing, suspended or circular applications.