The owner families and employees of the ENGEL Group mourn their former Technical Director. Honorary Prof. DI Dr. Dr. mont. h.c. Alfred Lampl passed away in October at the age of 89. Dr. Lampl shaped the technical innovations of the injection molding machine manufacturer for 25 years and, as part of…

Today the topping-out ceremony of the new Gerresheimer plant in Skopje, North Macedonia, took place, attended by the Prime Minister of North Macedonia, Zoran Zaev, the Deputy Prime Minister, Kocho Angjushev, other ministers of the Government, the German Ambassador and distinguished guests. The CEO o…

K, the leading global trade fair for the plastics and rubber industry, has drawn to a close in Düsseldorf after eight days on Wednesday (23 October 2019). The 3,330 exhibitors from 63 nations proved impressively: plastics continue to be an innovative, indispensable, future-oriented material. But the…

Commercial and privately used service robots recorded double-digit growth rates in revenues and units in 2018. Detailed market analyses are presented in the new yearbook »World Robotics 2019 – Service Robots«, a cooperative project of the »International Federation of Robotics« (IFR) and Fraunhofer I…

The physicist Dr. Johanna Klyne has investigated, using state-of-the-art laser spectroscopic techniques and complex quantum chemical calculations, how certain biomolecules function and communicate with each other in her doctoral thesis. This knowledge is an important foundation for, for example, bet…

"With our new system shelf, we offer a versatile all-rounder for a variety of industries," says Benjamin Hœcker, Managing Director of the Hœcker Group. The shelving system is a consistent development of several different types of shelves in response to customer requests for even more flexibility, ea…

The Rothenburg expert in building automation, room automation, cleanroom, and process technology confirms the existing DIN EN ISO 9001 certification and successfully implements a certified environmental management system according to DIN EN ISO 14001:2015 for the first time.

For 25 years, the company…

Pfeiffer Vacuum, one of the world’s leading providers of vacuum solutions, celebrated the expansion of its facility in Wuxi, China on October 23 with a grand opening ceremony. Double its original size, the new, expanded facility marks a significant milestone in Pfeiffer Vacuum’s development in China…

Ulrich Lampen will oversee the entire SMC product portfolio in the future

Since September 1st, Ulrich Lampen has been leading the Product Management team at SMC Germany as Manager of Product Management. The team manages the entire product portfolio and accompanies new solutions from conception to dis…

Retired physics professor Dr. Klaas Bergmann has been awarded the Davisson-Germer Prize 2020 for Atomic and Surface Physics by the American Physical Society (APS). This prize, awarded in even-numbered years for the field of atomic, molecular, and optical physics, is considered one of the highest hon…