The HARTMANN GROUP opened the Medical Innovation Center at its corporate headquarters in Heidenheim in the presence of Federal Minister of Health Hermann Gröhe. The advanced wound care products and customized surgical sets are manufactured here in accordance with international quality standards in…

New addition to Armacell’s Arma-Chek range: an especially easy-to-clean product that meets the highest aesthetic requirements. Arma-Chek SD combines in one product the tried-and-tested properties of the closed-cell elastomeric insulation material AF/Armaflex with a tough, shiny, anthracite coverin…

At the French plastics fair FIP in Lyon, which takes place every three years, the five BOY injection moulding machines were counted again as the winners. Attractive applications with efficient, compact injection moulding machines – the formula for success for an all-around successful BOY appearanc…

With its EcoCWave, Dürr Ecoclean has developed an innovative equipment system for aqueous cleaning processes which can handle a wide range of tasks – from coarse to fine cleaning – in an efficient manner. To this end, the new all-round talent comes with a list of features which ensure superior…

M+W Group’s management decided to sell its automation business as part of a general move towards focusing on its core competencies — engineering and construction. In 2013, automation contributed approximately 170 million euros to the M+W Group’s total revenues of 2.56 billion euros. A number o…

Which companies are true champions when it comes to identifying new technologies? This is a question which the German Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology IPT has tried to answer. More than 200 leading companies participated in its survey and five were honored.

The institute found the winne…

Die Anforderungen an Sondermaschinenbauer steigen. Denn die Anlagen sollen nicht nur optimale Ergebnisse erzielen. Kunden fordern auch üblicherweise immer kürzere Lieferzeiten. Zeitspannen von zwölf bis 16 Wochen von der Auftragserteilung bis zur Maschinenauslieferung sind keine Seltenheit. Um da…

Ecophon Hygiene Clinic ist ein Akustikdeckensystem, das speziell für Krankenhäuser konzipiert wurde. Mit zwei verschiedenen Kantenausführungen, A und E, erhalten so z. B. Stationszimmer, Flure oder Wartebereiche eine abgehängte Standarddecke, die den besonderen Anforderungen standhält. Das Syst…

Toshiba Corporation announced in May 2014 that it will add a new dimension to its healthcare business by starting production of pesticide-free, long-life vegetables in a closed-type plant factory that operates under almost aseptic conditions.* The company has begun construction of the plant factory…

An der Technischen Universität Berlin haben am 9. Juli 2014 der Exzellenzcluster Unifying Concepts in Catalysis (UniCat) und BASF SE das Gemeinschaftslabor BasCat feierlich eröffnet. Damit wird der Campus Charlottenburg um ein weiteres Wissenschaftsgebäude bereichert. Auf rund 1000 Quadratmetern…