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Zahoransky has sold the production site for injection molds to management as part of the group's future-oriented development. As part of a management buy-out, Monty Tepper, the long-standing managing director and toolmaking expert, is taking over entrepreneurial responsibility.

BASF is divesting its shares in the two joint venture companies in Xinjiang, China. On the one hand, this is for economic reasons, and on the other hand, BASF's investments in China have been criticized for possible human rights violations.

For thirteen years, Prof. Dr. Peter Schneider has been responsible for the management of the Adaptive Systems Engineering branch EAS, which is part of the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS. Since January 1, 2024, the management of the institute has been strengthened by electrical engineer Dr. Wolfgang Felber.

Dr.-Ing. Kurt D. Bettenhausen, Chief Technology and Development Officer, is leaving the Harting Technology Group by mutual agreement. He will relinquish his office on March 01, 2024.

Establishing Central Germany as a "3D printing region", opening up new fields of application and making additive manufacturing with thermoplastics economically viable for small and medium-sized enterprises: With this goal in mind, 15 partners have joined forces in the "AddiQ" project. The Fraunhofer Institute for Microstructure of Materials and Systems IMWS in Halle (Saale) is involved in projects on heavy-duty components for transportation and lightweight, comfortable orthoses.

EnerSys has introduced the NexSys Air wireless charger. Designed for a wide range of automated guided vehicles (AGVs), the wireless charger offers an advanced, space-saving design to automate the charging process and eliminate maintenance tasks. This is a safe and convenient solution for operating equipment and AGV manufacturers (OEMs) that eliminates the need for physical connections.

With the merger of the companies UFT, TKW and VMR to form "Henngineered" in July 2023, the parent company, the Austrian Henn Connector Group, combines valuable expertise and services under one roof.

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No sooner had LED2WORK announced the founding of LED2WORK Inc. and its development strategy in the USA than Holger Ritter was introduced as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at the luminaire manufacturer's headquarters in Pforzheim.

Innovace 2024, ACE Shock Absorber's competition for aspiring engineers, sets participants the task of developing a device for the improved diagnosis of climbing injuries by September 30, 2024.

MV-Tec Software, international software manufacturer for industrial image processing, announces an important change in the Merlic team: Ulf Schulmeyer has taken over product management for the easy-to-use Merlic software.