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International

05.07.2024

Industry 4.0 research advisory board presents engineering roadmap

With its engineering roadmap and the thematic blocks it contains, the Industry 4.0 Research Advisory Council is presenting a framework for concrete research priorities for the next ten years.

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International

04.07.2024

Joint project in Kiel optimises 3D printing with titanium

In order to produce small quantities or complex geometries economically, manufacturers are now increasingly printing titanium components using 3D printing.

TOP Partner: GTP Schäfer Giesstechnische Produkte GmbH

TOP Partner: Simpson Technologie

TOP Partner: AGTOS Gesellschaft für technische Oberflächensysteme mbH

TOP Partner: Vesuvius GmbH - Foseco

TOP Partner: JASPER GmbH

International

Prof. Dr. Helmut Hachul, a metal construction expert at the Faculty of Architecture at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Dortmund, explains how solar thermal energy can be integrated into the steel facades of industrial buildings.

03.07.2024

How industrial buildings become "power plants"

The "Virtual Energy Demonstrator" project shows how industrial buildings can be climate-positive

International

02.07.2024

Green hydrogen production in Namibia

The Green-H2 Namibia project has published a report that provides an overview of the country's ambitions and opportunities to become a major producer of green hydrogen.

International

01.07.2024

EU supply chain project: working group from the Technical University of Hamburg is part of the "MaaSiveTwin" project

As part of the EU-funded project "MaaSiveTwin", the initiators aim to make the complex supply chains of these raw materials more transparent in order to anticipate imbalances between supply and demand and to reduce environmental impacts and social risks.

International

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Boris Otto, Director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Software and Systems Engineering ISST and Professor of Industrial Information Management at the Technical University of Dortmund

28.06.2024

Industry 4.0 research advisory board welcomes Boris Otto as a member

The current 33 representatives from science and industry are identifying research-based solutions for the further development and implementation of Industry 4.0.

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International

The independent jury - after extensive discussions, the experts' opinions lead to the winners of the Zinc Die Casting Award

28.05.2024

10th Zinc Die Casting Prize - the winners have been announced

Under the motto ‘Show what zinc die casting can do’ and above all what companies can do, the winners of the ZINK initiative were honoured on 16 May at the foundry colloquium at Aalen University.

International

The LkSG obliges companies to comply with human rights in global supply chains.

27.05.2024

New publications help with implementation

Since 1 January 2024, the Supply Chain Duty of Care Act has also applied to companies with at least 1000 employees. The Kissingen-based specialist media company WEKA Media promises support in fulfilling these obligations with several new publications.

International

24.05.2024

Focus on the future of mobility

With the focus on ‘Global Mobility for Tomorrow’, the symposium on 2 and 3 July will address the currently dominant question of future mobility concepts.

International

23.05.2024

Sustainable metallic materials

SPP 2489 ‘DaMic - Data-driven alloy and microstructure design of sustainable metallic engineering materials’ is one of the eleven research programmes funded by the DFG.

International

22.05.2024

Performance review 2023

The Wirtschaftsvereinigung Metalle e.V. has continued to champion the interests of the non-ferrous metals industry over the past year and presents this review in its Lighthouses 23.

International

21.05.2024

Roadmap to climate neutrality

The Federal Association of the German Foundry Industry (BDG) is developing a roadmap that shows politicians, society, customers and investors how the German foundry industry intends to become climate-neutral by 2045.

International