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From the energy chain series made from recycled materials to PTFE-free materials: At Hannover Messe 2025, igus will demonstrate how customers can save with sustainable motion plastics solutions. (Source: igus GmbH)

16.03.2025
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Trade fair

igus presents at Hannover Messe, among other things, PTFE-free materials and a complete series of energy chains made from recycled material for a sustainable industry.

Innovation meets sustainability: Save costs with motion plastics for the industry and automation of tomorrow

Amid the currently challenging economic environment, igus is sending a positive signal for innovation and sustainability. For Hannover Messe 2025, the motion plastics specialist will present its latest product developments, demonstrating the innovative strength "made in Germany". From PTFE-free mate…

Video: Timelapse of a ProTECT setup.
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ProTECT, standalone cleanroom system, in setup.

FEM and CFD simulation of a ProTECT cleanroom protection concept.

Dipl.-Ing. (TU) Stefan Merkle, Managing Partner of Merkle CAE Solutions GmbH.

15.03.2025
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Trade fair

Consortium offers innovative cleanroom solution with ProTECT

New flexible cleanroom protection concept

ProTECT is a standalone cleanroom system designed for prototype development, as a temporary solution, or in emergencies to quickly and reliably provide solid solutions for various cleanroom classes. The system will be introduced for the first time at the Lounges in Karlsruhe from March 25-27.

ProTECT…

The 27,000 square meter expansion (left and right building at the back) should be completed by mid-2025. (Source: ebm-papst)

With the expansion of the production plant in Xi'an, ebm-papst is further expanding its presence on the Chinese market. (Source: ebm-papst)

15.03.2025
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New building

ebm-papst expands production plant in Xi'an, China

ebm-papst, the world's leading manufacturer of fans and motors, is pressing ahead with the expansion of its Chinese plant in Xi'an. The 27,000 square meter expansion, which is scheduled to be completed by mid-2025, will increase the total area of the plant to 60,000 square meters. The project is ano…

Pharma dosing devices from Coperion K-Tron are an integral part of the automated high containment production plant in Germany. (Image: Pfizer Manufacturing Germany, Freiburg, Germany) / Coperion K-Tron pharmaceutical feeders are an integral part of Pfizer's high containment automated production facility in Germany. (Image: Pfizer Manufacturing Germany, Freiburg, Germany)

The pharmaceutical dosing system from Coperion K-Tron with a compact scale and significantly smaller footprint is optimized for grouping multiple dosing systems around a process inlet. (Image: Coperion K-Tron, Niederlenz, Switzerland) / Coperion K-Tron’s pharmaceutical feeder with a redesigned trapezoid scale shape and significantly smaller footprint is optimized for multi-feeder clusters around a process inlet. (Image: Coperion K-Tron, Niederlenz, Switzerland)

15.03.2025
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Products, devices, systems, plants for applications

Coperion K-Tron Proud Supplier of High Accuracy Batch Feeders to Pfizer Germany High Containment Facility

Pfizer, a global leader in the pharmaceutical industry, chose to integrate high accuracy Coperion K-Tron feeders into its new high containment manufacturing plant in Freiburg, Germany. This completely automated production facility is designed to maximize the efficiency and productivity of Pfizer's p…

With its latest vacuum pump prototype, the research team is demonstrating its technology at this year's Hannover Messe. The engineers achieve a seamless vacuum of up to 300 millibars of pressure. To illustrate the technology, the film in a demonstrator creates a vacuum inside a glass dome with a balloon. PhD student Carmen Perri is researching smart pumps and valves made from thin silicone film. © Oliver Dietze / The research team is showcasing its latest vacuum pump prototype at this year's Hannover Messe. PhD student Carmen Perri is carrying out research into smart pumps and valves made from ultrathin silicone film. © Oliver Dietze

Paul Motzki, Professor for Smart Material Systems for Innovative Production at Saarland University and Managing Director of the Center for Mechatronics and Automation Technology (ZeMA). © Oliver Dietze / Paul Motzki, Professor of Smart Material Systems for Innovative Production at Saarland University and Managing Director at the Center for Mechatronics and Automation Technology (ZeMA). © Oliver Dietze

To make the technology tangible for visitors to the fair, the researchers built this demonstrator: The smart foil creates a vacuum in a vacuum chamber here. This becomes visible with the red balloon, which

14.03.2025
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Standard-, operating-parts, valves, connectors, ...

Pumps and valves made from ultrathin elastomeric films are lightweight and energy efficient

Miniaturized pumps and valves that rely on the motion of dielectric elastomeric silicone films are being created in Saarland, Germany. Not only are these devices lightweight, compact and energy-efficient, but they also work without the need for compressed air, motors or lubricants. They are cleanroo…

A researcher holds a highly reflective mirror for laser applications. The technology is to be optimized for laser fusion. © Fraunhofer IOF

14.03.2025
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Science

New SHARP research project launched

New high-performance mirrors for laser fusion

Laser-driven fusion power plants are considered a key technology on the road to climate neutrality. Highly reflective and thermally stable mirror systems are crucial for these fusion power plants in order to transport the laser light from the beam source to the tiny capsule of fusion fuel. In the ne…

14.03.2025
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Symposium

Expert Forum Medical Technology 2025: Innovation Impulses and Industry Exchange in Ulm

The Hermann Bantleon GmbH invites you to the renowned Medical Technology Expert Forum. The event offers high-quality technical lectures, practical insights, and valuable networking opportunities for industry professionals along the entire value chain.

Participants can expect exciting insights into cu…

L.-R.: Pharmaserv (Christoph Rau, Marius Hawig, and Manuel Sierra Garcia) and on behalf of our client Kai Menz, Sabrina Müller, and Christoph Krug

13.03.2025
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Commissioning

The new warehouse building strengthens Pharmaserv's broad range of services as an integrated site operator and offers another customized logistics solution.

Commissioning of a hazardous substance storage at the Pharma and Life Science Park Marburg

The site operator Pharmaserv GmbH announces the commissioning of a new GMP-compliant hazardous substance warehouse for pharmaceutical raw materials with a capacity of 1,400 pallet spaces in the Görzhausen plant section through its logistics division. This state-of-the-art warehouse represents a sign…

13.03.2025
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Trade fair

From 23 to 25 September 2025, the Nuremberg exhibition grounds will again become the hub where everything revolves around technologies for processing powders, solids and liquids.

POWTECH TECHNOPHARM 2025 – the hot spot for processing technology this September

In just over six months from now, POWTECH TECHNOPHARM will relaunch following its scheduled break. From 23 to 25 September 2025, the Nuremberg exhibition grounds will again become the hub where everything revolves around technologies for processing powders, solids and liquids. Visitors can already l…

The student preparation team has been in Kiruna for a week: Felix Oesterle, Nima Mirrafati, Felix Schoetzau, Matteo Grube, Arved Dörpinghaus (l.r.) in front of the experiment module and rocket tip.

Experiment module in the body of the rocket

Propellant Management Devices produced by the team using 3D printing

Traditionally, every space mission has its patch, the

12.03.2025
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Science

On March 11, 2025, at 10:15 AM CET, a high-altitude research rocket launched in Sweden

TU experiment started in All

As part of the European program REXUS (Rocket Experiments for University Students), a high-altitude research rocket was launched on March 11, 2025, from the Esrange Space Center near the Swedish town of Kiruna. Included: an experiment from TU Berlin testing innovative, 3D-printed fuel tanks for spac…

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