Numalliance was created from the merger of Macsoft, Latour and Satime. The group is growing fast worldwide and especially in Germany. In order to reach more proximity with the German market, the...

Karl Roll GmbH & Co. KG introduced an innovative cleaning process ensuring utmost cleaning quality. This new process means that conventional wet cleaning is combined with plasma cleaning. The...

Bruxelles/BE (EAA) – The European Aluminium Association (EAA) is pleased to announce the election of Rudolph P. (Rudi) Huber as the new EAA Chairman. Mr. Huber succeeds Mrs. Christel Bories who...

As one approaches the almost historic looking white stone building it reminds of the past industrial culture. But once you enter the premises of Prinz Verbindungselemente GmbH. you quickly realise that your first impression was wrong. Behind the old 19th century building there are approximately 10,000 square meters of modern production halls with highly modern manufacturing lines where this producer of screws, bolts and headed products manufactures more than 150 million parts per year – about half of them for the automotive industry.

Last year the reinforcement mesh producer Megasider from Spain searched for a very special machine for its production facility. To fulfil the needs of their customers, Megasider wanted to produce...

Supposing we asked a handful of scientists to explain the meaning of energy, and the first went into great detail about heat and entropy and the end of the universe in the year 20 000 000 000 000 AD,...

With its new Industrial-Ethernet Cat 6 cables, the latest addition to the successful FieldLink line, Leoni Business Unit Automation & Drives promises significant time savings during assembly in...

During the parts2clean show, Mafac presented its approved water-based machinery series for varying cleaning demands. In addition to the compact systems Kea and Elba, the completely relaunched...

Metallform Wächter GmbH demonstrates that perfectly-tailored cleaning baskets enable running costs to be lowered as well as increasing the cleaning quality. When designing the workpiece holders, the...

The automotive industry and also many other industrial sectors set high demands on multi-layer products. As a consequence, the production process is complex. This applies e.g. to brake hoses but also...

Hydac was involved in the development of the VDA 19 standard and is constantly developing new products for compliance with cleanliness criteria in manufacturing. In addition to the CTU 1000 and CTU...

The German word “Seilschaft” has struck a negative chord for almost 20 years now, but unfairly so as the original meaning of Seilschaft, a rope binding together a group of climbers, embraces matters of life and death in which all participants must be able to rely on each other absolutely. The fact that bonds can also be something positive, even though they were first tied long before the reunification of east and west, is demonstrated by the cooperation which has existed since the nineteen-seventies between Sket Verseilmaschinenbau, Magdeburg, and Diepa, Neustadt bei Coburg, right on the border with Thuringia.

Atec filtration systems are specialised for the separation of liquids and particles and the separation of several liquids in different industries. Fields of application are for example baths for the...

The region around Newcastle upon Tyne in North East England now boasts a new landmark. 3DReid Architect’s innovative Air Traffic Control Tower at Newcastle International Airport is absolutely unique. X-Tend, by Carl Stahl, was used to create the transparent outer skin of this architecturally iconic building.

Hybrid components: international trade fair for the development and manufacture of metal-plastics components

Bremen/Germany (Sikora) – The Bremen based Sikora AG belongs to the fastest growing medium-sized companies in Germany The Sikora AG, manufacturer of innovative measuring and control technology...

Cleaning small parts can be a challenge. The Turbo-Clean SF 2000 is propably be the smallest inline cleaning machine on the market. Due to its compact design it is ideal for cell and inline...

Today we are hunted by an economic slump. Many people believe in this and fall down in depression and lethargy. But if we believe, that nothing is capable to work, nothing will work. Two kinds of people are important, to avoid such effects: optimistic salesmen and foresighted entrepreneurs.

Strecon A/S is a Danish tool company originally specialised in the development and manufacture of stripwound pre-stressing tools for cold precision forging. Today, Strecon has developed into a company with a much broader scope of products and applications. Here some of these new developments of special interest.

A new class of thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) compounds that is fully RoHS-compliant meets stringent UL criteria for fire retardance while providing flexibility and toughness over a broad temperature...

Dundee/UK (Rautomead) – Continuous casting technology specialists, Rautomead Limited, of Dundee, Scotland, have developed a new entry-level RSCC copper rod casting machine that offers users the...

OMD Officina Meccanica Domaso S.p.A., a leading manufacturer of spring end grinding machines for over 60 years, is also specialized in the production of wet grinding machines for hot coiled springs and for grinding spring ends with a wire diameter up to 90mm.

When die-cast aluminium parts need to be powder coated, they’re usually subjected to a pickling process beforehand in a hydrofluoric acid solution. However, this acid – which is...

Davis-Standard customers who purchase an Epic III supervisory control system in 2009 will now have access to remote diagnostics and troubleshooting via a secure Internet connection. The React (remote...

Hanson Springs is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of springs for hydraulic and pneumatic valves. Its strong market position does not, however, tempt the enterprise to rest on its laurels. This is why it chooses spring coilers that guarantee not only technical diversity and precision but also economic advantages such as reliability and low unit prices.