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AnalytiChem will showcase at Analytica 2026 its expanding product portfolio of reference materials, specialized laboratory chemicals & reagents, consumables, and sample preparation solutions.

16.02.2026
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Trade fair

Visitors to Analytica’s Hall B1, Booth #314 can explore AnalytiChem’s expanding portfolio of reference materials, specialized lab chemicals, consumables and sample preparation solutions

AnalytiChem to showcase new product launches and its wide-ranging lab solutions at Analytica 2026

AnalytiChem, manufacturer of specialized laboratory equipment, reagents and consumables, will highlight its growing product portfolio of reference materials, specialized laboratory chemicals & reagents, consumables and sample preparation solutions at Analytica 2026. At this key international eve…

On behalf of all Schäffler, the master dancers and the Kasperl of the Schreiner family congratulate the 75th anniversary: Managing Director Roland Schreiner with his parents Ulrike Schreiner and the senior shareholder Helmut Schreiner. © Schreiner Group / The Schäffler congratulate the Schreiner family on the 75th anniversary: CEO Roland Schreiner with his parents Ulrike Schreiner and Senior Shareholder Helmut Schreiner. © Schreiner Group

Managing Director Roland Schreiner looks back on 75 years of company history in the anniversary year 2026 and is looking forward to a promising future. © Schreiner Group / In the 2026 anniversary year, CEO Roland Schreiner looks back on 75 years of company history and looks forward to a promising future. © Schreiner Group

15.02.2026
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Anniversary

Entering the 2026 Anniversary Year with Traditional Munich Dance

For 75 years, Schreiner Group has stood for innovation, quality, performance and enthusiasm. What began in 1951 in a small garage has grown into an internationally successful high-tech company. With the traditional dance of the Munich Schäffler (coopers) guild, Schreiner Group has now ceremoniously…

GEMÜ R481 Victoria with pneumatic quarter turn actuator and electrical position indicator

15.02.2026
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Standard-, operating-parts, valves, connectors, ...

GEMÜ butterfly valves certified for hydrogen applications

Valve specialist GEMÜ has successfully had several butterfly valves certified in accordance with DIN EN 13774 and DVGW-CERT ZP4110. The test, which was conducted by the German Technical and Scientific Association for Gas and Water (DVGW), confirms that the valves are entirely suitable for use with h…

14.02.2026
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Award

SÜDPACK once again improves its EcoVadis score

SÜDPACK’s consistent commitment to sustainability is clearly reflected in the 2026 EcoVadis ranking: The film manufacturer has further improved on its already strong results from previous years – earning an impressive 85 out of 100 points, placing it among the top 5% of companies rated worldwide and…

Ruland system for production in the food industry. © Ruland Engineering & Consulting GmbH

Management Ruland: Jürgen Schütze, Florian Klein, Jens Schumann. © Ruland Engineering & Consulting GmbH

14.02.2026
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Company

At the end of 2025, Bernhard Scheller and Jürgen Kutzer stepped down from active management of Ruland.

Ruland Engineering & Consulting introduces new management team

"On behalf of all employees, I thank Bernhard Scheller and Jürgen Kutzer for 25 years at Ruland," says Florian Klein, Managing Partner of Ruland Engineering & Consulting GmbH. "Both have built and shaped the company. Their personal commitment was crucial to our success. They have made Ruland what it…

By the thickness of the bars in the grid, their spacing, and the depth of the grooves, the wavelength of the laser beams can be adjusted. Below the grid, you can see the few Bragg mirrors above the active layer (light gray), where the radiation is generated. Beneath that are many layers of Bragg mirror layers. (Electron microscope image)

$Schematic structure of the new micro laser with the lower layer of Bragg mirror pairs (DBR), the active layer in red, the few layers of Bragg mirror pairs above it (DBR), and the diffraction grating (MHCG).$

13.02.2026
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Electronics (wafers, semiconductors, microchips,...)

Data transmission, autonomous driving, and light-based computers could benefit

New micro laser for application and research

An innovative microlaser concept based on so-called surface emitters (VCSEL) has been developed by the Department of "Optoelectronics and Quantum Devices" at TU Berlin under the leadership of Prof. Dr. Stephan Reitzenstein. The new microlasers are vertically structured laser diodes in which the uppe…

Pure Fog Fog Generator (Copyright: CAT GmbH)

13.02.2026
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Fogger

CAT PURE FOG: Tracking Invisible Turbulences

The airflow management is one of the central principles of function in cleanrooms. It significantly determines the distribution and removal of particles and germs. The catch: airflows are invisible to the human eye.

If one wants to understand and control air movements in the cleanroom – which is esse…

Location expansion with a symbolic wall breakthrough. From left to right: Ulrich Träger, Steffen Kern, and Eva Bitter, management of EnviroFALK PharmaWaterSystems.

Site expansion with a symbolic wall breakthrough. From left to right: Steffen Kern, Eva Bitter, and Ulrich Träger, management of EnviroFALK PharmaWaterSystems.

Site expansion with symbolic wall breakthrough. From left to right: Steffen Kern, Eva Bitter, and Ulrich Träger, management of EnviroFALK PharmaWaterSystems.

Site expansion with a symbolic wall breakthrough. From left to right: Ulrich Träger, Steffen Kern, and Eva Bitter, management of EnviroFALK PharmaWaterSystems.

12.02.2026
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Company

Expansion for the manufacturing of water treatment systems in the pharmaceutical, high-purity, and hydrogen sectors

EnviroFALK PharmaWaterSystems: Site expansion with symbolic wall breakthrough

EnviroFALK PharmaWaterSystems makes a visible statement for growth and future orientation: Instead of a traditional groundbreaking ceremony, the management team used a sledgehammer and opened the site expansion with a symbolic wall breakthrough. With this act, the official transformation and integra…

The organising team of the Social Media Days at Ziehl-Abegg (from left): Tamara Hirmann, Rainer Grill, and Rebecca Amlung. (Photo: Ziehl-Abegg)

12.02.2026
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Award

Ziehl-Abegg successful at the German Design Award in the category “Excellent Communications Design – Event”

Social Media Days impress expert jury

The internationally operating industrial company Ziehl-Abegg has been named a Winner at the German Design Award 2026. The event format Social Media Days received the distinction in the category "Excellent Communications Design – Event".

The jury described the concept as "an exceptionally coherent com…

In the cleanroom laboratory in Göppingen, the team was able to show the visitors the funded projects.

Prof. Sandra Hartl and Prof. Mario Joost are pleased to welcome Judith Hohendorff from the Carl Zeiss Foundation.

11.02.2026
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Science

The Esslingen University of Applied Sciences is successful with research projects on energy storage funded by the Carl Zeiss Foundation

Funding takes research on the energy transition to a new level

As part of the event "CZS on Site," three newly appointed professors from Esslingen University of Applied Sciences demonstrated that they will play an important role in research on the energy transition.

To gain a direct impression of the funded projects, Esslingen University invited Judith Hohendorf…

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