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The target groups are foundries, foundry plant and machinery manufacturers, foundry customers, suppliers and the processing industry.

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International

08.05.2024

Artificial intelligence meets FONDIUM: ideas, innovations and prospects

Artificial intelligence, or AI for short, is currently on everyone's lips. Some experts even go so far as to claim that this technology will have a transformative effect similar to that of the industrial revolution around two centuries ago.

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International

07.05.2024

50 years of innovative riser systems

Half a century of technological leadership in the feeder sector - Chemex Foundry Solutions GmbH, a subsidiary of the HA Group, is celebrating this proud anniversary.

TOP Partner: GTP Schäfer Giesstechnische Produkte GmbH

TOP Partner: AGTOS Gesellschaft für technische Oberflächensysteme mbH

TOP Partner: Vesuvius GmbH - Foseco

TOP Partner: JASPER GmbH

TOP Partner: Simpson Technologie

International

06.05.2024

EU single market is and remains the most important foreign market for industrial SMEs

Of all foreign markets, the European single market is the most relevant for SMEs as both a procurement and sales market, followed by the markets in other European countries and China.

International

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.

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International

Alexandra Horn (DIN), Hermann Behrens (DIN), Prof Michael Bruno Klein, Sibylle Gabler, Dr Stefan Heusinger (DKE), Michael See (DKE), Jan-Frederik Kremer (from left)

19.12.2023

Three major players join forces for innovative SMEs

The German Federation of Industrial Research Associations (AiF), the German Institute for Standardisation (DIN) and the German Commission for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies (DKE) are now joining forces and expertise to promote the current and future innovation activities of German SMEs.

International

18.12.2023

Energy Efficiency Act pushes the transformation of German industry

The Institute for Energy Efficiency in Production (EEP) at the University of Stuttgart has been surveying current and planned energy efficiency activities in German industry every six months since 2013.

International

15.12.2023

Medium-sized industrial sectors make an urgent appeal to the German government

If the new budget as a result of the Federal Constitutional Court's judgement does not bring relief on energy prices, this will have serious consequences for Germany as a business location in the new year.

International

15.12.2023

Euroguss 2024 - Die Casting Day programme confirmed

The Die Casting Day will take place from 16 to 18 January 2024 parallel to EUROGUSS at the Nuremberg Exhibition Centre.

International

14.12.2023

Resilient foundries through AI assistants for sustainable automotive engineering

"ReGAIN" project launched at Kempten University of Applied Sciences. How can complex production systems be integrated into a networked value creation system and new digital manufacturing concepts be developed for an ecologically sustainable foundry industry?

International

Prof Dr Lothar Kallien (left) and Dr Daniel Schwarz from Aalen University want to revive wood with its low CO2 footprint in car bodies.

13.12.2023

"Back to the roots": Will car bodies be made from wood again in the future?

The research group led by Prof Dr Lothar Kallien, head of the foundry laboratory at Aalen University, has developed a new type of casting process. Here, wooden components are encapsulated with a thin layer of light metal.

International

On 26 and 27 October 2023, the Freiberg foundry traditionally hosted its symposium in the Alte Mensa.

12.12.2023

32nd Freiberg Ledebur Colloquium - Researching, developing and arguing for the future

More than 250 participants accepted the invitation to Freiberg this year. In addition to new scientific findings and technical developments, the discussions also focussed on the enormous challenges facing the industry in terms of sustainability and energy supply.

International

11.12.2023

Skilfully designing and optimising cleaning processes

Employee training for component cleaning in theory and practice

International

The new mould release agents are not only suitable for conventional structural parts, but also for gigacasting components.

11.12.2023

Optimised mould release agents for new components made from naturally hard alloys

Aluminium die-casting foundries are currently facing major challenges.