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Challenges in the packaging industry. Companies in the packaging industry are under great pressure to change, says Ralf Fehrenbacher, Head of Sales at packaging manufacturer and machine builder Karl Knauer.
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Challenges in the packaging industry. Companies in the packaging industry are under great pressure to change, says Ralf Fehrenbacher, Head of Sales at packaging manufacturer and machine builder Karl Knauer.

With its new branch in Shanghai, the automation specialist Afag wants to move closer to the Chinese market. The premises offer space for a warehouse, a showroom and an assembly workshop.

Eastern German mechanical engineering companies are sounding the alarm: according to the VDMA, almost two thirds of companies providing training had difficulties finding trainees this year. Four out of ten companies had to leave training places unfilled.

Introbest from Fellbach has been part of the Franz Binder Elektrische Bauelemente group of companies in Neckarsulm since January 2017.
The wave springs and retaining rings from US manufacturer Smalley, distributed by TFC, are used in the assemblies of gearboxes and clutches.

Brinck's tube connector portfolio is tailored to the requirements of industry, trade and commerce. The more than 400 rigid and flexible geometry types alone offer scope for the creative design of resilient tube constructions.
The DPS Forums 2018, the largest Solidworks events in German-speaking countries, will be held under the motto "Engineering 4.0". The focus is on the opportunities offered by digitalization in mechanical engineering.
Managing Board at machine manufacturer
Eckhard Hörner-Marass will leave the Manz Management Board at his own request at the end of 2018.

Despite increasing political and economic tensions at home and abroad, the mechanical and plant engineering sector in eastern Germany is hardly showing any signs of fatigue. On the contrary: companies have carried the momentum of recent months into the second quarter of 2018.
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