With a comprehensive and up-to-date range of products and solutions, the three-day trade fair parts2clean will start on October 5th at the Stuttgart exhibition grounds. The industry of parts and surface cleaning is meeting again after the pandemic-related break this fall for the first time to inform…

With more than 50 lectures, the parts2clean forum offers a unique knowledge platform on all topics related to parts and surface cleaning. The content design has once again been taken over by the Cleaning Business Unit at Fraunhofer. All lectures are interpreted into English and streamed live. This s…

In just a few weeks the first major, international on-site event will be held for the entire plastics industry in Germany: The 27th Fakuma international trade fair for plastics processing will open its doors in Friedrichshafen from the 12th through the 16th of October, 2021. In addition to the issue…

Approximately three years after the laying of the foundation stone, the third and final pillar of the Innovation Campus, the Model Factory, is now commencing operations. On Tuesday, representatives from the press and members of the Sigmaringen municipal council had the opportunity to see for themsel…

The year 2021 marks an unprecedented milestone in the application of Lean in laboratories. Twenty years ago, the world's first Lean Lab project became publicly known. Since then, thousands of projects have followed to establish Lean in laboratories. A comprehensive study by Geniu examined the benefi…

The work of professional associations is increasingly gaining importance. Common standards, guidelines, and support in daily work, as well as a reliable network for venturing into new markets, are becoming more in demand and ultimately indispensable. Both medium-sized equipment manufacturers, compon…

With a ceremonial groundbreaking ceremony, accompanied by representatives from politics and business, ebm-papst has begun construction of a new manufacturing plant near the current US location in Johnson City. The company is investing around 12 million euros in the new building.

Already three years a…

Plastic machine components are no longer to be imagined without in industry. It is obvious to ask what happens to them at the end of their lifespan regarding recycling. A possible answer is provided by the motion plastics specialist igus. In the chainge Recycling Program, customers can send decommis…

With a new construction project, SMC Germany is expanding at its headquarters in Egelsbach near Frankfurt am Main. "We are continuing a long-standing success story," says Ralf Laber, Managing Director of SMC Germany, at the groundbreaking ceremony on September 29. The project, located very close to…

Sumitomo (SHI) Demag Plastics Machinery GmbH, Schwaig, will present its first own-branded robot series solution to trade visitors at its Fakuma 2021 booth. Based on two compact "handle&place" solutions, the new SAM-C (Sumitomo Demag. Automation. Machine – Cartesian) development will initially co…