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Volkswagen's second all-electric vehicle - the ID.4 - goes into series production. Numerous Kuka robots and linear traversing units are involved in the construction. © Kuka

More than 1700 Kuka robots for VW

19. August 2021 Hans Georg Schätzl

Volkswagen starts production of its second all-electric vehicle after the ID.3, the ID.4. In Zwickau, up to 300,000 e-vehicles from the Volkswagen, Audi and Seat brands are to be produced […]

Overview of the plant at TMK Seversky © SMS

One of the largest heat treatment lines in Russia put into operation

19. August 2021 Hans Georg Schätzl

Seversky Pipe Plant, a company of the TMK Group, has awarded the SMS Group the final acceptance certificate for a heat treatment line for the quenching and tempering of […]

The calibration section of the SMS pipe welding line at Bornay - with eight calibration stands ©SMS

High-precision pipe welding system put into operation

19. August 2021 Hans Georg Schätzl

Bornay SL (Bornay), headquartered in the Spanish town of Ibi, has successfully commissioned a high-frequency pipe welding line type RD 40 from SMS Group. The new pipe […]

Robots for Czech teaching facility

19. August 2021 Hans Georg Schätzl

Due to very good experiences in the joint past, the Czech Technical University Prague is expanding its range of Kuka robots. The order is the largest institutional investment in […]

SMS group builds the first pilot plant in Vienna to produce a synthesis gas mixture for fuel production from sewage sludge. © SMS

Production of synthesis gas from sewage sludge for fuel production

19. August 2021 Hans Georg Schätzl

On September 17th, 2020, the SMS Group received the construction approval for a new pilot plant in Vienna-Simmering, Austria, which will demonstrate the recycling of residual materials to produce […]

Xingcheng Special Steel and SMS Concast are taking the next step towards the world's most advanced technology for continuous casting of 1,200-millimeter round blooms (here: 1,000-millimeter round blooms). © SMS

Continuous casting plant for round blooms

19. August 2021 Hans Georg Schätzl

Jiangyin Xingcheng Special Steel Works Co. (JYXC) Ltd. from China, at SMS Concast, a company of the SMS Group , placed an order for a three-strand jumbo continuous caster […]

Kawasaki Robotics strengthens sales in Germany ©Kawasaki Robotics

Sales strengthened

19. August 2021 Hans Georg Schätzl

Close to the customer, agile and solution-oriented: New Sales Support Center, Segment Driver and Technical Sales support Kawasaki Robotics’ sales team across Germany. Despite the noticeable effects […]

Captions: Easier access: WIKUS met the challenges of the Corona pandemic with "openness in mind and space" and a comprehensive safety and hygiene concept © Wikus

Relief

19. August 2021 Hans Georg Schätzl

2020 was a year with special challenges. When the new year began with many expectations, no one could have foreseen that a global pandemic would present the world economy […]

Intelligent intralogistics: 16 additional KMP 1500 ensure flexible material flow at BMW. © Kuka Group

Driverless transport system for BMW

19. August 2021 Hans Georg Schätzl

Kuka integrierte Anfang 2020 erfolgreich ein fahrerloses Transportsystem im Karosseriebau. Ziel war es, maximale Flexibilität auf einem beschränkten Footprint zu erreichen. Mittels künstlicher Intelligenz steuert die Leitsteuerung Kuka AIVI die fahrerlosen […]

InoBat offers the latest developments in lithium-ion battery cells for a range of markets and applications. © InoBat

Low-CO2 recycling process for lithium batteries

19. August 2021 Hans Georg Schätzl

Primobius signs MoU with InoBat to operate a commercial lithium-ion battery recycling facility in Eastern Europe. Primobius GmbH, a 50:50 joint venture between Neometals Ltd, West Perth, […]