Formnext has hit the ground running in 2023 with the highest number of registrations to date. By the end of February, more than 550 companies had signed up to attend the world's leading trade show for AM technologies and next-generation manufacturing; 62% of them from outside Germany. To meet this e…

With the new GEMÜ C58 iComLine, the Ingelfingen-based technology company GEMÜ has developed its first 3/2-way diaphragm globe valve for ultra-pure applications. It has a supply and two possible outlets. It can also be operated in the opposite flow direction and the switch position can be detected vi…

For individual therapy concepts, especially in oncology and neonatology, they are indispensable – hospital pharmacies. Here, infusions tailored specifically to individual patients are produced, mainly for chemotherapy in cancer treatment and to improve the health status of premature infants. Other m…

As a result of structural changes in industry, plus several new megatrends and the energy transition itself, the tasks and requirements in industrial parts and surface cleaning are also in a perpetual state of change. The 20th parts2clean takes this development into account with an expanded range of…

Let's talk about a challenging topic for the pharmaceutical industry, the transfer of materials in a contamination controlled area with Dr.Tim Sandle.

Dr. Tim Sandle is a pharmaceutical microbiologist, science writer and journalist. He is a chartered biologist and holds a first-class honours degree i…

Although analog probes and data collection technology have a lot to offer, they also present several risks. Modbus is a digital communication protocol that overcomes many of these issues. In this first blog post in a series of three about Modbus, we introduce this established fieldbus protocol, disc…

The ALPLA Group with its division ALPLApharma and the Spanish packaging company Inden Pharma are strengthening their footprint in the pharmaceutical market by establishing a joint venture. ALPLApharma is bringing production sites in Greece and Poland into the cooperation, complemented by Inden Pharm…

Ganter has now added self-securing threaded lifting pins to its product range for lifting, securing and transporting tasks. Anywhere that workpieces, fixtures or system components have a threaded hole, the new threaded lifting pins can be inserted quickly for use as a lifting point and removed again…

With a notable increase in the number of exhibitors and a strong boost in the amount of visitors, in November 2022, the internationally leading trade fairs for the medical technology sector and its suppliers, MEDICA and COMPAMED in Düsseldorf, were able to send an important message signalling a new…

– Automation reduces CO2 footprint of production facilities
– Sustainable production through assembly plants and robots
– New fields of application in battery and fuel cell production

It is no doubt necessary to achieve the CO2 reduction goals that the UN and numerous manufacturing companies have set f…