Special Paintexpo 2014

Although augmented reality (AR) is not yet established across the board in industry, it is becoming increasingly important. Almer Technologies wants to help this future technology achieve a breakthrough and will be cooperating with the global technology company TeamViewer in the future.

Last week, we asked the readers of INDUSTRIAL Production how they would assess economic development in 2024 in light of the difficult political, social and economic circumstances for their company and their industry. The result is mixed, but with a clear trend.

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Michael Larsson took over the position of President at Dematic on January 1 and was simultaneously appointed as a member of the Kion Group Executive Board. He succeeds Hasan Dandashly, who has retired.

In its trend research published in autumn 2023, BASF showed that the traditional color palette in the automotive sector has undergone a change. The recently published BASF Color Report 2023 for Automotive OEM Coatings underpins this trend with figures. According to the report, the colors white, black, grey and silver continue to dominate in private cars. In Germany, blue is one of the favorites.

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The demands on handling performance in the logistics sector are constantly increasing. In order to meet these challenges, modular storage and retrieval machines in a modular system for pallets, containers or small parts are a decisive success factor.

On January 26, 2024, the Plagiarius campaign awarded its dreaded "Plagiarius" negative prize for the 48th time to manufacturers and retailers of particularly brazen counterfeits and fakes.

Ivalua, provider of cloud-based spend management solutions, announced the winners and innovations of the first Generative AI Innovation Cup. The competition took place in December 2023. It was open to all Ivalua partners and employees - more than 100 participants from 25 teams took part, four of which were awarded prizes.

Spindel Full Service, the spindle repair specialist from Baden-Württemberg, can look back on its second-best financial year in its history - with 15% growth compared to the previous year. And the further forecast also looks good.

Green hydrogen is a key element for industry, mobility, electricity and heat supply in order to achieve climate targets and implement the energy transition. Efficient electrolysers are required for the cost-effective, decentralized production of this climate-neutral gas. One such solution is Ecolyzer, a modular system for alkaline pressure electrolysis, for which Ecoclean has recently started series production.

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Paul Horn will be presenting a new generation of its M475 grooving and parting system at Nortec. The tool system enables high economical and productive milling performance.