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Prototypes are already being produced in production halls using 3D printers today, but the process will only develop its full economic potential in the coming years: By 2030, the global market for 3D printed products in industry will grow by an average of between 13 and 23% per year to a market volume of 22.6 billion euros.
read more...Cooperation with accelerator M.Tech
With the Stuttgart-based M.Tech program, automation specialist Festo is working with other companies to promote the growth of start-ups.
read more...Combilift will be presenting an overview of its models at Logimat. Multidirectional forklift trucks, sideloaders, straddle carriers and the Aisle Master articulated forklift trucks for narrow-aisle applications will be on display.
read more...Companies are becoming increasingly aware of the ergonomics of exoskeletons. Depending on the application, they have a more or less complex design, some have motors and transfer loads to the legs.
read more...Prototypes are already being produced in production halls using 3D printers, but the process will only develop its full economic potential in the coming years: By 2030, the global market for 3D printed products in industry is expected to grow to a market volume of 22.6 billion euros.
read more...With matControl graphics, Sysmat has developed a graphical material flow computer (MFR) with flexible interfaces to monitor the flow of goods in automated areas.
read more...Robot-assisted palletizing system
Ro-Ber installed a robot-assisted palletizing system including the Ro-Pack software package in a limited space at the direct sales company Reca Norm. The software ensures optimum use of space, volume utilization and pallet stability.
read more...Over the past one and a half years, the industrial supplier ContiTech, which belongs to the German technology company Continental, has invested around 20 million euros in the Nyíregyháza site alone.
read more...Together with Schuhhaus Böhmer, the Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics IML has launched "MyEcoBag", a new reusable system for shopping bags at Ruhrpark Bochum. It allows customers to buy a bag with a deposit and creates a closed-loop system for returned bags, as with returnable deposit bottles.
read more...Agricultural machinery dealer Kramp has equipped two of its distribution centers with a new shuttle system from Knapp. This means that the more than 500,000 products from a large stock can be delivered to customers overnight with as little effort as possible.
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