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SigmaNest version 22 is designed to help companies of all sizes to remain competitive. © Cambrio

Networked nesting

3. March 2022 Hans Georg Schätzl

The enhancements in the new SigmaSuite version of Cambrio affect all areas of the product portfolio, including CAD/CAM nesting for milling, bevel cutting, punching and cut-to-length. In addition, the possibilities […]

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Catch-up process with brakes on

2. March 2022 Hans Georg Schätzl

“Medium-sized industries see a glimmer of light on the horizon. But nothing more – the costs are too much of a burden.” This is how the German Steel and Metal […]

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Laser instead of punch

28. February 2022 Hans Georg Schätzl

Fagor Arrasate is taking another technological leap forward by incorporating laser cutters into its steel and aluminum processing lines. This technology complements the cooperative’s technical capabilities, opens up new business […]

The bvik yearbook 2021. Success stories from B2B marketing. Ed. from the Bundesverband Industrie Kommunikation e.V. (bvik) Glockenbach-Verlag, Munich - ISBN: 978-3-949360-02-2 Price: € 29,- © Glockenbach-Verlag

Best practices in B2B marketing

25. February 2022 Hans Georg Schätzl

B2B marketing has its own laws: How they work is shown in the recently published “bvik Yearbook 2021” of the Bundesverband Industrie Kommunikation e.V. (German Association of Industrial Communication). The […]

IBU Managing Director Bernd Jacobs hopes that other customer groups - OEMs and system suppliers - will quickly follow suit and make acceptable offers to their suppliers. © IBU

Car manufacturers help suppliers out of the cost trap

24. February 2022 Hans Georg Schätzl

The ability to pay in the automotive supply chain is extremely strained due to material price increases, rising energy costs, et cetera. Many suppliers are caught in a liquidity trap […]

Microsection shows that the (CrMoVTi)C hard coating is firmly anchored to the substrate by the 3D TT-CVD process. © R&D Technical Center

X times service life

23. February 2022 Hans Georg Schätzl

Are PVD and CVD – at least their known variants – yesterday’s coating methods for tools? The future could belong to the 3D TT-CVD process. In the mid-1950s, Metallgesellschaft developed […]

Alexander Jakschik, Chairman of the Board of VDMA Ost and Member of the Board and Shareholder of ULT AG © ULT

New Chairman of the Board of VDMA East

17. February 2022 Hans Georg Schätzl

The members of the VDMA East elected a new board of directors on January 20, 2022. Alexander Jakschik, board member and shareholder of ULT AG from Löbau, has taken over […]

Study "Joining technology for the hydrogen economy - materials, welding technologies, perspectives" © DVS

Joining technology for the hydrogen economy” study

15. February 2022 Hans Georg Schätzl

Hydrogen – as an energy carrier, this chemical element is on everyone’s lips. The Research Association for Welding and Allied Processes (Forschungsvereinigung Schweißen und verwandte Verfahren e. V.) of DVS, […]

In order to make its production and logistics processes more efficient, the Bavarian mechanical engineering specialist Werner Weitner GmbH decided to centralize large parts of its production in a newly built hall. © Kasto

Handling steps and stock halved

11. February 2022 Hans Georg Schätzl

In order to make its production and logistics processes more efficient, the Bavarian mechanical engineering specialist Werner Weitner GmbH decided to centralize large parts of its production in a newly […]

Hood annealing at thyssenkrupp Electrical Steel © thyssenkrupp

CO2-reduced electrical steel for transformer specialists

10. February 2022 Hans Georg Schätzl

The energy turnaround is a task for the century. And it also starts in Gelsenkirchen, at electrical steel specialist thyssenkrupp Electrical Steel. The company produces high-quality grain-oriented electrical steel, which […]