234 million euros more turnover at Igus

The motion plastics specialist exceeds the previous record year 2019 by 26%.
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The motion plastics specialist exceeds the previous record year 2019 by 26%.

Good news for the maintenance industry: maintenance, the most important industry event, is just around the corner.

Product marking with individual barcodes or data matrix codes, incremented serial numbers in plain text and logos during the extrusion process have become indispensable in the extrusion of pipes or profiles. The switch to a sustainable circular economy and traceability are placing increasing demands on marking.

Permanent and standard-compliant labels are an absolute must for electrical installations. Many conventional solutions, such as cable ties with a labeling field or hand-labeled cable flags, are not very satisfactory, especially for cables.

A new, digital service guides technicians through production in a targeted manner and enables efficient and time-saving maintenance.
Higher-level control systems increase the efficiency of compressed air stations. The latest generation of devices monitor and control, and provide data for various applications.

Disrupted supply chains and hacker attacks: The Russian attack on Ukraine is also being felt by the economy.

The challenge in the field of safety-related measurement technology is to determine exact measurement values even under difficult working conditions and to make handling as safe and simple as possible.

Friction-based overhead conveyors as an intelligent and efficient alternative to Power & Free and EMS systems: OCS systems offer more functions than conventional Power & Free systems.
... beats in the metalworking industry in Germany. Reason enough to focus on this topic in the current issue. A major topic is networking and digitalization, as in the report on Pitmatec Zerspanung in Ellwangen (from page 10), a young company that has been preparing its processes for Industry 4.