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International

08.08.2024

Production in the manufacturing industry – reporting month June 2024

According to the Federal Statistical Office, production in the manufacturing industry increased by 1.4% in June compared to the previous month, after adjustment for price, calendar and seasonal effects.

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International

The new management team, consisting of Marius Berlemann, Wolfram N. Diener and Bernhard J. Stempfle (from left to right)

07.08.2024

Personnel reshuffle: Messe Düsseldorf strengthens its leading position

Marius Berlemann took up his post as the new Managing Director of Messe Düsseldorf on 1 August. The personnel change is accompanied by a realignment of trade fair responsibilities within the management team.

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TOP Partner: Vesuvius GmbH - Foseco

TOP Partner: JASPER GmbH

TOP Partner: Simpson Technologie

International

The Botfellows team, from left to right: Sebastian Krusche, Dr.-Ing. Mohamad Bdiwi, Paul Eichler, Jayanto Halim

06.08.2024

Robotics specialists at Fraunhofer IWU receive EXIST funding for spin-off

The funding aims to successfully bring technologically demanding start-ups from universities and non-university research institutions into the economy.

International

05.08.2024

Engineering autonomously changeable Industrie 4.0 systems

In the new expertise of the Industry 4.0 research advisory board ‘Engineering autonomously changeable Industrie 4.0 systems’, the Fraunhofer Institute for Mechatronic Design (IEM) provides the basis for the next evolutionary step in production system development and identifies concrete areas of action for the future.

International

The world's first public test charging of a MAN truck with more than 1,000 kW. In the centre of the picture is Bavaria's Minister of Economic Affairs, Hubert Aiwanger, with THD Vice President Prof. Dr. Veronika Fetzer to his left.

02.08.2024

World's first public megawatt charging station for electric trucks

Together with partners from industry and science, the Technical University of Deggendorf (THD) is working on making battery-powered electric trucks suitable for long-distance freight transport.

International

01.08.2024

At least 950 million euros in the federal budget 2025 for industrial research

The German Industrial Research Association Konrad Zuse e.V. (Zuse Association) sees the planned cuts in the budget for ZIM and IGP and the unchanged approach for IGF and INNO-KOM compared to the previous year in the draft federal budget 2025 as a devastating signal for the innovation system and medium-sized businesses.

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AiF board members Jens Jerzembeck and Thomas Reiche (r.)

03.05.2024

AiF is an effective partner in the German innovation system

"With the involvement of all members, we are adjusting and sharpening our self-image and our mission as a coordinator of SMEs' research needs, among other things"

International

Prof Oliver Günther, President of the University of Potsdam

02.05.2024

Industry 4.0 Research Advisory Board welcomes Oliver Günther as a member

The current 32 representatives from science and industry identify research-based solutions for the further development and implementation of Industry 4.0.

International

01.05.2024

Business situation of German suppliers continues to deteriorate

The latest ifo data on the German supplier industry underpins the categorisation of the precarious economic situation presented at the Hannover Messe.

International

30.04.2024

Protective shield procedure enables reorganisation

The two casting companies ‘Franken Guss GmbH & Co. KG’ and “Sachsen Guss GmbH” have started to reorganise themselves with the help of a protective shield procedure. This will enable the two sister companies to press ahead with the restructuring that has become necessary as a result of the successive crises over the past few years.

International

(v.l.n.r.) Dr.-Ing. Dr.-Ing E.h. Erwin Flender, Dipl.-Ing. Lars Steinheider, Andreas Müller, Clemens Küpper.

30.04.2024

DGS Druckguss wins innovation award

This year, the Peter R. Sahm Innovation Award was presented at the ‘Große Gießereitechnische Tagung’ foundry evening in Salzburg.

International

29.04.2024

Location conditions remain a massive problem for SMEs

After a difficult year in 2023, the situation remains tense according to the ArGeZ. In order for investments in electromobility to pay off, production figures must develop much more dynamically.

International

29.04.2024

‘Salzburg has sworn us in’ - Major Foundry Technology Conference 2024

Salzburg 2024 - that was 25 specialist presentations in front of more than 600 participants, an attractive and well-booked specialist exhibition - and two keynote speeches plus a panel discussion, which formed the large framework. All in all, an extremely successful event.

International

25.04.2024

RPTU lays the foundations for future wireless machine control using 6G mobile communications

The researchers are using wireless networks-in-networks for their concept. The idea behind this is that specialised architectures that are tailored to the needs of industrial applications dock onto the overarching overall 6G architecture.

International

24.04.2024

Fraunhofer IESE presents new Industry 4.0 solution for low-threshold access to data rooms

IESE from Kaiserslautern is presenting an innovative solution that makes it easier for companies of all sizes to join data spaces and thus paves the way for them to enter digitalisation: the AAS Dataspace for Everybody.