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Nicola Leibinger-Kammüller, CEO of Trumpf: "The globally disrupted supply chains are clearly noticeable in our sales." © Trumpf

Strong increase in sales and AE

29. July 2022 Hans Georg Schätzl

The Trumpf Group closed fiscal year 2021/22 on June 30, 2022 with significant sales growth. According to preliminary calculations, the figure is €4.2 billion (fiscal 2020/21: €3.5 billion). The largest […]

Thyssenkrupp Steel causes 2.5 percent of CO2 emissions in Germany, mainly at the Duisburg site © Thyssenkrupp Steel

Together against the climate catastrophe

28. July 2022 Hans Georg Schätzl

BP and thyssenkrupp Steel enter into a strategic cooperation to support the decarbonization of steel production. The planned collaboration includes the supply of low-carbon (low CO2) hydrogen and electricity from […]

Michael Möller, Managing Director of the Business Group and Sales Division, welcomes the participants to the Wiforum. © Wikus Photo: Heiko Meyer

Paths to success in the future

27. July 2022 Hans Georg Schätzl

In a volatile market environment, only companies with the courage to embrace change, with close partnerships and customer-oriented solutions remain successful – this was impressively demonstrated by Wikus Saw Factory […]

Franck Hirschmann (key account manager), Albert Reiss (managing partner), Hans-Peter Pflüger (former senior employee), Harald Kohl (project manager) have received the "Supplier of the Year 2022" award from Kirchhoff Automotive. © Arku

Supplier of the Year Award

26. July 2022 Hans Georg Schätzl

Arku Maschinenbau GmbH in Baden-Baden has been named “Supplier of the Year 2022” by its customer Kirchhoff Automotive. The two companies have enjoyed a good working relationship for many years. […]

The secondary route or arc furnace route operates exclusively with steel scrap and therefore emits significantly less CO2 than the - still indispensable - primary route. © Swiss Steel

Still water

25. July 2022 Hans Georg Schätzl

The Swiss Steel Group reaches another milestone on its way to decarbonization. The Swiss Steeltec plant in Emmenbrücke now uses only electricity from Swiss hydropower to produce its special steels. […]

AP&T made Shiloh's 20-year-old production facility future-proof with a new control system. In the foreground, Magnus Svenningsson, Director of Aftermarket Services at AP&T, and Joakim Lennartsson, Plant Manager at Shiloh in Olofström. © AP&T

Safe future thanks to new control system

22. July 2022 Hans Georg Schätzl

Thanks to a modern control system, the same performance and availability can be achieved with a 20-year-old production plant as with a new plant. At Shiloh in Olofström, Sweden, they […]

Heat recovery and PV: automotive supplier a.i..m has built a state-of-the-art 6,500 sqm hall in Markgröningen, Germany, and relies on Teka for clean air in production. © Teka

XXL special solution for automotive suppliers

21. July 2022 Hans Georg Schätzl

MercedesBenz, BMW Group, Daimler Truck and Porsche – the reference list of All in metal GmbH (a.i.m.) in Markgröningen near Stuttgart reads like a “Who’s Who” of the hip automotive […]

With the Secator 2, the new portable and flexible hand cutting machine from Messer Cutting Systems, oxyfuel and plasma cutting as well as MIG/MAG welding is possible. © Messer Cutting Systems

Adjustable speed and high cutting quality

20. July 2022 Hans Georg Schätzl

Oxyfuel and plasma cutting as well as MIG/MAG welding with just one portable and flexible hand cutting machine – the Secator 2 from Messer Cutting Systems (MCS) combines three processes. […]

High suction force at low vacuum: The special gripper STGG is also used for handling ultra-thin separator films. © J. Schmalz GmbH

Kid gloves for batteries

19. July 2022 Hans Georg Schätzl

They are smeared, rolled and cut – the road that copper and aluminum foils have to travel sounds tough until they can perform their role as anode and cathode in […]

The new bearing connection from Trumpf and Stopa automatically transports parts from the bearing to the cutting head of the TruLaser Tube 7000. © Trumpf

More automation in laser tube cutting

18. July 2022 Hans Georg Schätzl

At Tube, Trumpf showed, among other things, a new technology for automated loading of laser tube cutting machines and another for reducing spatter on the inside of the tube. With […]