"The Sweet Factory," the cake factory, is what they call it. But as romantic as the native name sounds, things are not so idyllic at Dolceria Alba in the Italian Piedmont. On the contrary: production rooms, test laboratories, and deep-freeze storage meet the highest modern standards. They appear bri…

With advancing changes in the energy sector, interest in decentralised, variable power generators is growing. The use of waste heat from industrial processes can significantly contribute to increased energy efficiency and the generation of low carbon power. The Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) takes a te…

Piepenbrock was awarded as the company with the highest innovation power in building services. As the industry winner, the multi-service provider outperformed 19 competitors and is now allowed to carry the quality seal "Highest Innovation Power – No. 1". The competition was organized by the informat…

At LogiMAT 2019 in Stuttgart, Blickle showcased its extensive portfolio of powerful wheels, rollers, and electric drive solutions for many applications in intralogistics. Highlights included the electric drive systems of the ErgoMove series. These simplify the movement of heavy loads up to 2,000 kil…

REFCOLD India 2018 concluded its premiere three day edition successfully at the Mahatma Mandir Exhibition Centre in Gandhinagar, Gujarat between 22nd and 24th November, 2018. More than 150 companies across varied sections of the refrigeration & cold chain industry showcased their latest products…

Endress+Hauser’s business developed very positively across all regions and industries in 2018. The Group, one of the world’s leading providers of process and laboratory instrumentation, automation solutions and services, reports new highs in net sales, income and employment.

According to preliminary…

The Ingelfingen-based valve expert GEMÜ is offering a technically advanced solution for ball valves for manual operation with suitable position feedback. And these are already pre-assembled, preset and tested.

At first glance, there are a multitude of ball valve and electrical position indicator prov…

Energy, data, and media are guided at high speeds in tight spaces, which is a major challenge for many users, for example in intralogistics. With the micro flizz, igus offers a compact energy supply system for travel distances of up to 100 meters. It consists of an energy chain, flexible chainflex c…

Chloroplasts are the site of photosynthesis and belong to the plastids, of which there are many types with different functions. Plastids of one type can differentiate into other types. With Kaiserslautern biologist Dr. Raphael Trösch, researchers from Oxford have for the first time shown how membran…

Vaisala, a globally leading company in environmental and industrial measurements, has won the 2018 Global Quality Innovation Award with its continuous monitoring system viewLinc. The monitoring solution was awarded for its user-friendliness and reliable system design, which utilizes the latest techn…