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International

01.05.2024

Business situation of German suppliers continues to deteriorate

The latest ifo data on the German supplier industry underpins the categorisation of the precarious economic situation presented at the Hannover Messe.

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International

30.04.2024

Protective shield procedure enables reorganisation

The two casting companies ‘Franken Guss GmbH & Co. KG’ and “Sachsen Guss GmbH” have started to reorganise themselves with the help of a protective shield procedure. This will enable the two sister companies to press ahead with the restructuring that has become necessary as a result of the successive crises over the past few years.

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International

(v.l.n.r.) Dr.-Ing. Dr.-Ing E.h. Erwin Flender, Dipl.-Ing. Lars Steinheider, Andreas Müller, Clemens Küpper.

30.04.2024

DGS Druckguss wins innovation award

This year, the Peter R. Sahm Innovation Award was presented at the ‘Große Gießereitechnische Tagung’ foundry evening in Salzburg.

International

29.04.2024

Location conditions remain a massive problem for SMEs

After a difficult year in 2023, the situation remains tense according to the ArGeZ. In order for investments in electromobility to pay off, production figures must develop much more dynamically.

International

29.04.2024

‘Salzburg has sworn us in’ - Major Foundry Technology Conference 2024

Salzburg 2024 - that was 25 specialist presentations in front of more than 600 participants, an attractive and well-booked specialist exhibition - and two keynote speeches plus a panel discussion, which formed the large framework. All in all, an extremely successful event.

International

25.04.2024

RPTU lays the foundations for future wireless machine control using 6G mobile communications

The researchers are using wireless networks-in-networks for their concept. The idea behind this is that specialised architectures that are tailored to the needs of industrial applications dock onto the overarching overall 6G architecture.

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International

The Yukon continuous flow system from BvL is ideal for cleaning cast parts with a continuous material flow.

19.12.2023

Thorough and efficient cleaning of cast parts enables unrestricted functionality in the manufacturing industry

Thoroughly cleaned castings reduce the risk of unforeseen failures and are an essential part of quality management.

International

Alexandra Horn (DIN), Hermann Behrens (DIN), Prof Michael Bruno Klein, Sibylle Gabler, Dr Stefan Heusinger (DKE), Michael See (DKE), Jan-Frederik Kremer (from left)

19.12.2023

Three major players join forces for innovative SMEs

The German Federation of Industrial Research Associations (AiF), the German Institute for Standardisation (DIN) and the German Commission for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies (DKE) are now joining forces and expertise to promote the current and future innovation activities of German SMEs.

International

18.12.2023

Energy Efficiency Act pushes the transformation of German industry

The Institute for Energy Efficiency in Production (EEP) at the University of Stuttgart has been surveying current and planned energy efficiency activities in German industry every six months since 2013.

International

15.12.2023

Medium-sized industrial sectors make an urgent appeal to the German government

If the new budget as a result of the Federal Constitutional Court's judgement does not bring relief on energy prices, this will have serious consequences for Germany as a business location in the new year.

International

15.12.2023

Euroguss 2024 - Die Casting Day programme confirmed

The Die Casting Day will take place from 16 to 18 January 2024 parallel to EUROGUSS at the Nuremberg Exhibition Centre.

International

14.12.2023

Resilient foundries through AI assistants for sustainable automotive engineering

"ReGAIN" project launched at Kempten University of Applied Sciences. How can complex production systems be integrated into a networked value creation system and new digital manufacturing concepts be developed for an ecologically sustainable foundry industry?

International

Prof Dr Lothar Kallien (left) and Dr Daniel Schwarz from Aalen University want to revive wood with its low CO2 footprint in car bodies.

13.12.2023

"Back to the roots": Will car bodies be made from wood again in the future?

The research group led by Prof Dr Lothar Kallien, head of the foundry laboratory at Aalen University, has developed a new type of casting process. Here, wooden components are encapsulated with a thin layer of light metal.

International

On 26 and 27 October 2023, the Freiberg foundry traditionally hosted its symposium in the Alte Mensa.

12.12.2023

32nd Freiberg Ledebur Colloquium - Researching, developing and arguing for the future

More than 250 participants accepted the invitation to Freiberg this year. In addition to new scientific findings and technical developments, the discussions also focussed on the enormous challenges facing the industry in terms of sustainability and energy supply.

International

11.12.2023

Skilfully designing and optimising cleaning processes

Employee training for component cleaning in theory and practice