Press Releases by Category Industry, Real Estate & Construction
Backplane BP16 by bmcm: Flexible Signal Conditioning in Miniature Format
Maisach/Munich/Germany. Up to 16 miniature measuring amplifiers can be integrated on the amplifier board BP16 from BMC Messsysteme GmbH (bmcm). Sensor signals are adjusted to the current measurement task for each channel separately.
In measurement technology, measuring amplifiers and converters are required for amplification, filtering, linearization, and conversion of an electrical variable. In this context we also talk about signal conditioning, which often makes a scanned signal only then usable.
A backplane…
MESSRING produces first LED floodlights for crash-test facilities
M=LIGHT LED guarantees extreme luminous intensity in boost model
Munich, September 6, 2012 – MESSRING from Munich, the world leader in producing crash-test facilities, presents M=LIGHT LED floodlights, which offer tremendous advantages over all other forms of electric lighting. Trends in illuminating crash tests over the past 30 years have run the course from halogen to HMI and now to LEDs, where LED technology represents a genuine quantum leap in many…
Heat Press Hotronix® AIR FUSION™ introduced by STAHLS’ International
The most technologically advanced air-operated heat press.
STAHLS’ International announces the debut of the heat press Hotronix® Air Fusion™ (http://www.stahlsinternational.com/eng/Heat-Press-Air-Fusion.php). The only auto-open, auto-swing heat press of its kind, the Air Fusion is powered by an air compressor, and has patented, innovative fea-tures designed to increase production for high volume and specialty decorators.
Exclusive Pressure Adjustment
The patented Auto Adjust Pressure™ is just one of the many features exclusive to this press. Up…
Stay positive with negative insert
Safety to score with new face milling cutter "PENTA Dual"
Rodgau, 3 September 2012 - The new face milling cutter PENTA Dual from Safety offers an innovative design with a very positive cutting angle: This cutter is ideal from roughing to semi-finishing of all ISO materials.
The PENTA Dual is versatile, and with ten cutting edges per insert (double-sided) it provides increased efficiency - thus noticeably reducing cutting edge costs.…
Assembly with laser projector, do work steps faster
On the upcoming MOTEK Z-LASER presents laser projector LP-HFD with red or green laser source, as well as the new 3D-measuring and projection system Z3D-Control with integrated stereo cameras, and how lasers can be used as an optical guiding system through the assembly process.
To use positioning lasers in manufacturing is not exactly new. The laser projection is already being used during assembly instead of technical drawings in a watch manufactory.…
eltromat GmbH introduces world's first digital stroboscope for label inspection
Quality control has to be simple during the finishing process of label webs but most importantly very reliable. On this year’s Labelexpo Americas eltromat introduces the new camera system TubeScan, a powerful alternative to the current methods of quality control.
Conventional methods such as counting of labels with photoelectric sensors or the running web visualization with strobe lights are often reaching limitations and are complicated to use. On the other hand,…
Claim Management in Mobility Projects
New mobility projects, like construction of subways, fully automatic driverless metro systems, mainline railways and suburban train projects, are on their way currently on their all over the world. The implementations of such projects involve complex technologies, the management of various interfacing systems and tight time schedules. Not surprisingly, those projects are therefore often harmed by obstructions and hindrances leading to claims between the projects participants. We have talked to…
GEORG finishing lines division develops new high-duty slitting line
GEORG-Slitting line started operation at Delta-Stahl
The German Steel Service Center Delta Stahl GmbH, located in Barsinghausen near Hanover, is a competent partner for the entire metal-working industry in the field of surface-finished sheets all over Europe. They are part of the independent KNAUF INTERFER Group.
With the commissioning of the high-duty slitting line, supplied by the GEORG finishing lines division the production capacity can be increased, and besides, the…
MAGNAT achieves Group net income of EUR 12.9 million in financial year 2011/12
Frankfurt am Main, August 23, 2012 – MAGNAT Real Estate AG’s („MAGNAT“, ISIN DE000A0XFSF0) results for financial year 2011/12 were largely impacted by an accounting change. Based on the examination of the accounting as per March 31, 2010 by the German Financial Reporting Enforcement Panel (Deutsche Prüfstelle für Rechnungslegung, DPR), the consolidated financial statements for financial years 2009/2010 and 2010/2011 were adjusted retrospectively concerning the integration of the R-QUADRAT Group.…
The new portable LED stroboscope HELIO-STROB micro2
ELMED now expands its product portfolio by the latest product development of the HELIO-STROB industrial stroboscopes series: the new LED stroboscopes HELIO-STROB micro2 – coming in October 2012.
The HELIO-STROB micro2 comes with the latest LED generation. This means concentrated brightness in pocket size. The interface for external trigger expands the range of application by „automatic synchronisation“ - even with instable clock pulse and revolution speed. The legendary handiness remains the…
MAG at the AMB: Full range manufacturing solutions provider expands capabilities …
MAG at the AMB (Exhibition for Metal Working) in Stuttgart: Hall 5, Stand A11 from Sep.18th to 22nd, 2012
Göppingen, August 23, 2012 - If you're looking for the latest developments in metal processing at the AMB, you will find many of the most important technologies at the MAG stand. The impressive display includes machine tools for milling, turning, hobbing, coldforming, and honing as well as application-specific combinations of these technologies…
New landmark for the Main metropolis – WOLFFKRAN luffing cranes in skyscraper pr …
Frankfurt am Main – August 2012. Since April last year a new high-rise has been reaching for the sky in Germany’s financial capital Frankfurt. Ed. Züblin AG is building the 170 meter TaunusTurm on Neue Mainzer Straße which will accommodate offices, apartments and restaurants. The company has worked together successfully with German premium manufacturer WOLFFKRAN for many years now. A pack of red WOLFFs is therefore also at work…
Gleistein Ropes provides added clarity for the selection of high performance rop …
The XCover System delivers a new perspective
Bremen, 22 August 2012
Gleistein now provides its customers with a significantly easier way to choose high performance ropes with cores made of Dyneema® – by looking at things in a different way. The new XCover System approaches rope selection by considering the factor typically most important when choosing ropes: the break load. Ropes are traditionally described via their outer diameter resulting from the…
Economic tube production for shipbuilding with special transfluid pipe bending m …
More efficiency for tube bending thanks powerful software and quick set-up times
In the pipework in shipbuilding solutions for very specific requirements are needed. Because here are mostly produced complex individual parts and pipes must meet the required classifications. Also various materials such as steel, stainless steel, duplex or CuNiFe are used. They differ mainly by their individually different processing characteristics. The majority of the processed pipe sizes is at most…
New efficient transformer lamination cutting lines: the ecolines of GEORG transf …
High ROI by consequent standardisation - for economic production of low-loss transformer cores enabling “step-lap” sequence
Particularly in Asia, Africa, South and Middle America, a new period of promoterism for a comprehensive energy supply is heralded. The efficient transformer lamination cutting line TBA400 ecoline and the new TBA600 ecoline for economic production of low-loss transformer cores enabling “step-lap” sequence are GEORG transformer division’s reaction to the worldwide changing energy market. With…
Fully automatic dispatch system at Fachpack 2012
Bizerba shows how time and costs can be saved in parcel delivery (Hall 4, Booth 133)
Balingen, 18th August 2012. - Bizerba is presenting a logistics system, which automatically prepares parcels for dispatch, at Fachpack 2012 in Nurnberg from 25th to 27th September (Hall 4, Booth 133). It weighs and dimensions them, calculates the cheapest mode of dispatch and prepares the dispatch note label. All devices and belts can be controlled…
Unique on the market: dynamic scales with four-cell weighing technology
Bizerba presents the die CWL ecoflexx in-motion scales at Fachpack 2012
Balingen, 18th August 2012 - Bizerba is presenting the dynamic CWL ecoflexx in-motion scales at Fachpack 2012 in Nurnberg from 25th to 27th September (Hall 4, Booth 133). With a belt length of up to three metres, courier, express and parcel service providers can practically expect off-the-peg customised device configurations with this. The scales are approved as legal-for-trade with a…
Dispatch system: communication based on the plug and play principle
Bizerba presents the new _logisticsEngine.BRAIN software at Fachpack 2012 (Hall 4, Booth 133)
Balingen, 18th August 2012 - Bizerba is presenting the new _logisticsEngine.BRAIN software at Fachpack 2012 in Nurnberg from 25th - 27th September 2012 (Hall 4, Booth 133). It collects and manages data from scanners, scales and volume scanners and automatically forwards it to a dispatch system via a standardised interface based on the plug and play principle. Companies…
Expansion of MENTOR lighting production in Pforzheim
As a lighting specialist and manufacturer of lighting modules and systems, MENTOR is in a process of continuous further development of know-how, tool manufacturing methods, production and quality measurement of the products. For this reason, MENTOR has acquired a new building situated near to its subsidiary company Albert Weidmann Licht-Elektronik GmbH in Pforzheim, where a plastic injection moulding plant is being constructed to meet special lighting production requirements.
For the production…
Laser projector supports the assembly of rotor blades (wind turbines)
Z-LASER, a leading manufacturer of laser modules and systems, offers the laser projector LP-HFD with red or green laser source performance up to 40mW. In the manufacturing sector 2D/3D laser projectors are used in various production steps in the lay-up processes. Due to the size and the materials many work steps are still effected by extensive hand lay-up. An important point in such applications is precision in the production, in…
Increases profit: slice and portion to the exact gram
Bizerba launches the fully automatic Scaleroline A550 slicer on the market
Balingen, 16th August 2012 - Bizerba launches the further development of the A510 weighing and slicing machine on the market: the fully automatic Scaleroline A550. Thanks to immediate weighing after slicing, industrial food processing companies can reduce their give-away by up to 15 percent so that the slicer pays for itself within a year.
The Scaleroline A550 is suitable for automatic…
KWG Kommunale Wohnen AG: KWG with record first 6 months / final numbers confirm …
- KWG half year Net Profit rises six-fold to EUR 20.4 mn (H1 2011: EUR 3.4 mn)
- Funds from Operations (FFO) increased significantly to EUR 1.2 mn (H1 2011: EUR 0.2 mn)
- KWG stand-alone underlines successful operational development
Hamburg, 16 August 2012 - KWG Kommunale Wohnen AG, the long-term oriented property holding company of German residential real estate, confirms and in part beats its preliminary numbers reported for H1 2012. According…
Bühler Motor expands product portfolio
Bühler DC and BLDC motors now also available with steel planetary gears in 42, 52 and 62 mm diameter
Nuremberg, 15th August 2012 – Steel planetary gears with diameters of 42, 52 and 62mm are being added to Bühler Motor's available range with immediate effect. In a 1-, 2- or 3-stage design, these steel planetary gears can be combined with a large number of approved Bühler DC motors and Bühler BLDC…
Simplify manufacturing processes - Versatility of tools saves space and costs
Rodgau, August 15th, 2012 - Safety's carbide cutting tools ensure versatility, reliability and ease of use in milling, turning and drilling a variety of materials. Moreover, with its targeted insert program, the company always provides the appropriate combination of grades and geometries. Thus, daily machining processes can be easily optimized.
Safety's tools are designed for a wide range of applications. They make manufacturing processes more flexible and streamline the tool…
Publication of MAGNAT's interim report for the first quarter of fiscal year 2012 …
Frankfurt am Main, August 13, 2012 - As reported in an Ad-hoc statement on June 6, 2012, MAGNAT Real Estate AG ('MAGNAT', ISIN DE000A0XFSF0) is restating the acquisition of R-Quadrat Group. As reported on July 30, 2012, the publication of the financial statements for financial year 2011/2012 (as per March 31, 2012) and accordingly also the annual report for financial year 2011/2012 will be delayed due to the high complexity…
Easy Start with Tool Data Management - TDM Systems at IMTS in Chicago from Septe …
What is the problem with any project? How to start! TDM just made it easy!
Chicago, 10 August 2012 - TDM Systems Inc. will present the latest version of their tool data management software (TDM) in Chicago at IMTS 2012, America's largest Manufacturing show, booth E-3264. The focus will be on the start-up package "Easy Start with TDM", improvements in tool crib logistics and the new product line "Global Line".
TDM…
Off to an easy start - TDM Systems at the AMB trade show in Stuttgart from 18 to …
Efficient tool planning and management with TDM ensures an increase in productivity
Tübingen, 10 August 2012 - TDM Systems GmbH will be presenting the latest version of their tool data management software (TDM) in Stuttgart at the AMB 2012, the leading trade fair for metal machining. The focus will be on the start-up package "Easy Start with TDM", improvements in tool crib logistics and the new product line…
ESCHA Bauelemente GmbH extends position in Austria
Halver, 8 August 2012 – In the course of its globalizing strategy, the German connector- and housing specialist ESCHA starts up direct sales abroad for the first time: On 1 July 2012 the company welcomed Andreas Mader as its first Field Salesman in Austria. Operating from the capital Vienna, Mr. Mader will support existing customers as well as extend the business operations. Simultaniously ESCHA will continue to market its products…
Ryder Industries Offers OEM/ODM Solution-based Soundbar, Pico Projector and iDoc …
Hongkong/Waldkraiburg, August 7th, 2012 – To enable customers to save time during the product launch cycle and reduce development costs, Ryder Industries announces three reference design offerings. OEMs that are looking for private labeling can now use either these reference designs, or Ryder Industries’ Custom Design Manufacturing (CDM) services. “This is a new program for OEMs, different than a traditional ODM type approach,” noted Ryder Industries CEO, Shin-Tein Lei. “With…
INTERSCHALT at the SMM Shipbuilding, Machinery & Marine Technology Trade Fair on …
Innovations at the SMM 2012
- Green shipping: The new TROP trim optimization solution yields sustained reductions in fuel consumption
- IAMCS alarm monitoring system now with improved interface
- Bluetracker and Bluefleet - Online connections with your ship
- All-in-one (hardware, infrastructure, content) satellite communications solutions
- INTERSCHALT - A complete service provider, now with an expanded range of products and services
Schenefeld, Germany, August 7, 2012 - INTERSCHALT maritime systems AG will be…
„Rare Earths and Automation Technology“ – New Quest Research
August 1st, 2012 - The unstable supply situation with rare earths has specific causes. Quest Research publishes 7 theses in order to look behind the scenes trying to make an objective and useful orientation easier for manufacturers and users of automation technology.
The seven theses, published in the Quest Trend Magazine Online, spot geological and technological structural problems, oversupply and undersupply at the same time, price determination without considering costs…
Preliminary numbers: Most successful H1 KWG AG's history
- Group H1 2012 net result increased six times to approx. EUR 20 mn (last year: EUR 3.4 mn)
- Group-FFO raised significantly to approx. EUR 1.2 mn (last year: EUR 0.2 mn)
- KWG stand-alone results underline positive operational development
Hamburg, 31 July 2012 - KWG Kommunale Wohnen AG, the long-term oriented property holding company of German residential real estate, expects to post the most successful first half year in the company's…
PCI/104-Express Board Series for CAN (High/Low Speed) and LIN
IXXAT completes its PCI-Express series, consisting of serveral PCI-Express boards and a PCI-Express-Mini card, with two new variants based on the PCI/104-Express standard. The new PCI/104-Express boards are designed specifically for use in compact industrial computers and mobile systems.
Like the other boards, the new PCI/104-Express variants are based on a highly modular architectural concept. In addition to a passive version for cost-sensitive applications, an active version with a powerful 32…
Publication of MAGNAT's financial statements for fiscal year 2011/2012 to be del …
Frankfurt am Main, July 30, 2012 - As reported in an ad hoc statement on June 6, 2012, MAGNAT Real Estate AG ('MAGNAT', ISIN DE000A0XFSF0) is restating the acquisition of R-Quadrat Group. The high complexity of the restatement will lead to a delay of a few days in the publication of the financial statements for financial year 2011/2012 (as per March 31, 2012) and accordingly also the annual report.
About MAGNAT…
Döhler's Premium RTD Teas create new potential through authentic brewed tea
On average, each person drinks 56 litres of tea per year. In contrast, only 6 litres of this amount can be attributed to RTD iced tea. Why? In part because many consumers regard classic iced tea as being too sweet and often lacking the characteristic tea taste. As a result of the broad global acceptance of tea, Döhler (Doehler) sees untapped market potential in the RTD tea segment. By offering…
Box6 with UT25 grade: A six-insert box with a new turning grade for more savings
Rodgau, 26 July 2012 - Another novelty in the Safety program is the UT25, a universal turning grade. Users will love it, since UT25 reduces the variety of inserts needed thus saving storage room and cost.
The new inserts made of the universal turning grade UT25 come in a six-insert box: space and cost saving. With the new "Box6" by Safety, less is sometimes really more: The UT25 grade provides…
Malaysia and Vietnam - STAUFF spreads its reach in South East Asia
In order to further improve customer service in South East Asia, one of the world's fastest growing industrial regions, STAUFF has recently decided to spread its reach by establishing sales and support offices in Malaysia and Vietnam.
The Malaysian operation, STAUFF South East Asia Sdn Bhd located in an industrial lot in Subang Jaya, Selangor, will serve as local headquarters and starting point for further expansion:
It comprises a state-of-the-art logistics and…
Gleistein Ropes records 100% rope reliability in the 2011-2012 Volvo Ocean Race
Third place overall for the Gleistein-sponsored PUMA Ocean Racing powered by BERG team in the ultimate offshore endurance race for yachts
Bremen, 25 July 2012
After more than 39,000 nautical miles of racing, the PUMA Ocean Racing powered by BERG team has taken overall third place in the 2011-2012 Volvo Ocean Race. The result comes more than eight months after casting off in Alicante, Spain in October 2011 and crossing the finish…
Bühler Motor further expands presence in Chinese market
Nuremberg, 25th July 2012 – With its new Sales Office, Bühler Motor is now also represented on the spot in Shanghai, thus further expanding its presence in the fast growing Chinese market.
The new Sales Office will connect Bühler Motor even more closely with its customers.
From here, Ben Chen, Bühler Motor's Manager Automotive Sales & Marketing in the PR of China since January, will be supporting his customers even more effectively…
HOCHTIEF Projektentwicklung sells Berlin office building to Deka Immobilien
Entire building on the Spree embankment is let long-term—Completion of Berlins Grosse Freiheit planned for 2013
HOCHTIEF Projektentwicklung has already sold the transparent office building, Berlins Grosse Freiheit, which has a rental area of around 9,500 square meters, prior to completion of the shell. Deka Immobilien acquired the building at Stralauer Allee 4 which is fully let. The office new-build should be ready for tenants in early 2013.
The office building forms…
Intelligent Measurement with NextView by bmcm
Maisach/Munich/Germany. NextView, the software for data acquisition and analysis by BMC Messsysteme GmbH, provides an ideal solution for long-term monitoring in the field of intelligent measurement – without any programming effort and long training periods.
Nowadays in times of high competition pressure, it is more and more important to present meaningful results directly. System downtimes immediately produce high costs. Long-term monitoring of key parameters can help to recognize and diagnose problems…
New cutting line: GEORG transformer division offers technological advantage
First line for cutting of transformer laminations of up to 1250 mm width
Where creativity and technically leading knowledge push the progress, the eye for new solutions improving the quality of result counts notably. According to this principle, the GEORG transformer division engineering teams have considerably pushed the state of the transformer lamination cutting line technology with their new developed TBA1200. Up to now, it was necessary to use two…
Sow Managements: New WEDA Pen offers more freedom of movement
The legal amendments for sow managements have led to stormy discussions about the wellbeing of animals. Amongst others, one of the topics was concerned with more space to enable more freedom of movement for sows in farrowing pens. In some countries, like for example in Austria, farmers will in future even be obliged by law in this respect.
In order to provide a solution to this, WEDA Dammann & Westerkamp…
Hexapod / SpaceFAB Parallel Precision Robotic Positioning Systems from PI
Auburn, MA, PI (Physik Instrumente) LP – a leading manufacturer of motion control systems for nano-automation — provides a complete line of highly accurate 6-axis robotic parallel positioners (Hexapod/SpaceFAB) for advanced applications in fields as diverse as bio/nano-technology, aerospace, medical technology and lasers/photonics.
Parallel Robots: How do they Work?
Hexapod parallel positioners differ from classical articulated / stacked multi-axis positioners where each actuator is connected to the other actuators / motion axes…
asphericon cooperates with High School
Jena, - June 2012: asphericon GmbH, a technological leader in the production of aspherical components, and the Adolf Reichwein Kooperative Gesamtschule (cooperative high school) have established an agreement for continuous collaboration over the coming years. Beginning in the 2012/2013 academic year, both partners will work together at various levels with the aim of improving cooperation, in particular helping students to choose their future careers.
Head of personnel at asphericon, Susann Kurschel,…
Dr. Gerald Weber to become new CEO of MAG Europe Group
* Automotive and aerospace expert Weber is moving from MAG Europe GmbH Supervisory Board to MAG Europe Group Executive Board (MAG Europe GmbH and MAG IAS GmbH)
* Rolf Rickmeyer is leaving the Executive Board according to contract and will continue the restructuring as Chief Representative and member of the management team
* MAG Europe Group sees solid six-month figures (US GAAP): 54 percent increase in revenue over the same period…
Softing OPC UA .NET Development Toolkits V1.01 Support Historical Access
Softing releases Version 1.01 of its OPC UA .NET Development Toolkits, now supporting Historical Access. Both Client and Server Development Toolkits support all available Historical Access features allowing access to historical data (e.g. for calculating average temperatures over a given time). Softings OPC UA .NET Toolkits enable developers to build OPC UA clients and servers for moving data and information from the factory floor to the enterprise level in…
Dynamic fork light barriers – Detect standstill immediately
di-soric offers the most extensive range of fork light barriers that covers a wide variety of different fork widths and fork depths. The product's sensitivity can be adjusted using a potentiometer or teach key. Some models deliberately dispense with any unnecessary adjustment elements. The collimated transmitter light is available as infrared light, red light or red laser light. This makes it possible to satisfy a wide range of application requirements…
FEECO Teams up with IC Potash
Green Bay, WI (July 2012) – FEECO has announced their collaboration in a team of industry experts assembled by IC Potash Corp. The team, consisting of a handful of industry leaders, was put together by ICP to complete a Feasibility Study for the development of the company’s Ochoa Sulphate of Potash Project.
ICP intends to become a primary producer of Sulphate of Potash ("SOP") and Sulphate of Potash Magnesia ("SOPM") by…
RTA Cabinets Ventura & A Home-Maker's Guide
There are many kinds of cabinets available on the market. Some of them have a motive of inspiring design, some give good value for money and some stay durable for a long period of time. However, it can be very tricky to find all these qualities in one brand of cabinets. However, with the all new RTA Cabinets Ventura, all these qualities can be found under one roof in one…
