The date (in mid November) for the globally leading live platforms for the medical technology industry remains a fixed feature in everybody’s calendar this year too. The plans for Medica 2021 in Düsseldorf, the world’s no. 1 medical trade fair, and Compamed 2021, the international main event for medical technology...
Multivac joins the cross-company initiative R-Cycle. The aim is to jointly drive forward the circular economy for plastic packaging on the basis of an open and globally applicable tracing standard. R-Cycle records all recycling-relevant information from the production process in the form of a digital product passport...
Freudenberg Sealing Technologies is introducing a new generation of electrically conductive seals at the virtual 2021 Vienna Motor Symposium. In addition to preventing bearing damage caused by electrically-induced corrosion, the seals also increase electromagnetic compatibility. With these products, the supplier is...
Unitechem Group, supplier of light stabilizers for plastics in a broad range of high-end industrial applications, has announced that it is expanding its European footprint with a new sales office in Düsseldorf, Germany. The Group has already been serving its customers throughout Europe over many years and will now make...
On April 19, the US subsidiary Arburg Inc. signed a contract with the Würth Additive Group. This is one of the world's leading companies in the field of "supply chain efficiency" and is now a partner for the distribution of the Freeformer in the USA and Canada. This national agreement extends the reach of the Arburg...
Hinojosa, a leader of the packaging sector and considered one of the main Spanish family business groups, closed 2020 with a turnover of 430 million euros, a 3% more than the previous year. As a result of consumer behavior changes, e-commerce and food were the sectors with the largest increase in packaging demand and,...
“The year 2020 was like a rollercoaster ride: alternating suddenly and rapidly between border closures, material supplies being cut off, falling sales and rising order books,” says Peter Fenkl. He is CEO of the global electric motor and fan manufacturer Ziehl-Abegg. The company located in Southern Germany generated...
VDMA Wireless Communications for Machines (WCM) and 5G-ACIA have jointly announced that they will be collaborating on industrial 5G. Within this framework, they will strive for a diverse, competitive, and secure 5G ecosystem for industry and mechanical engineering. Their announcement also lays the groundwork for...
To support their goal of manufacturing quality parts, Toyota Industries Corporation and Siemens have cooperated to develop artificial intelligence (AI) that can predict product abnormalities in aluminum die casting, a key process in automotive air conditioning compressor production. The development is one of the world’...
The next edition of Colombiaplast will take place from September 26-30, 2022, concurrently with the XXXIII Bogota International Industrial Fair (FIB), at Corferias in Bogota, Colombia. Colombiaplast was originally scheduled for June 2021 but after talks with exhibitors and partners, the organizers decided to postpone...
