
Rainer Wegener takes over management
On March 1, 2023, there was a change in management at the family-owned company Stöber Antriebstechnik: Rainer Wegener takes over the management from Patrick Stöber and Andreas Thiel.

On March 1, 2023, there was a change in management at the family-owned company Stöber Antriebstechnik: Rainer Wegener takes over the management from Patrick Stöber and Andreas Thiel.

Claus Bischoff will become the new Chief Technology Officer at Lenze on May 1 after a one-month transition period.

With the fourth generation of the PH series, Stöber is presenting precision planetary servo gearboxes which, according to the company, are the largest on the market in their performance class.

Groschopp is launching new gearbox variants onto the market with the 'ZK' series. The aluminum ZK30 gearboxes can be combined with the manufacturer's induction or servo motors.

The stepper drive 'P80630-SDN' from Kollmorgen supplies and controls stepper motors that are operated with 24 to 75 V(DC) with up to 5.5 Aeff current per phase (7.8 Aeff maximum value).

For automation solutions in areas where condensation and dripping water forms due to the ambient or production conditions, RK Rose+Krieger has added a corrosion-protected version to the 'RK MonoLine' series of toothed belt-driven linear axes.
She was long regarded as a model entrepreneur and is one of the richest people in the country: Maria-Elisabeth Schaeffler-Thumann, matriarch of the supplier Schaeffler, is retiring.

Maria-Elisabeth Schaeffler-Thumann is resigning from the Schaeffler Supervisory Board. She will be succeeded by ex-CDU politician Katherina Reiche.

Bonfiglioli would like to take over the Selcom Group and has reached an agreement to this effect.

Fabian Hofmann joined the management of Michael Koch GmbH as Managing Director at the beginning of the year.

ebm-Papst presents solutions for automation in drive and ventilation technology.

SPN Schwaben Präzision has developed an articulated wrist for the specific purposes of a robotics manufacturer with a focus on the automotive industry.

Faulhaber has expanded the BXT flat motor series to include gears that are matched to it as well as integrated encoders and speed controllers, which are also unusually short in the axial direction, according to the manufacturer.

A decline in orders in the fourth quarter pushed the annual balance sheet of the German mechanical and plant engineering industry into the red.

In cooperation with WEKA FACHMEDIEN, WEKA BUSINESS MEDIEN will publish the official trade fair newspaper "HANNOVER MESSE DAILY" on the occasion of this year's HANNOVER MESSE.

SEW-Eurodrive is expanding its portfolio to include motors for pure inverter operation.

With the BG 95x120 dPro, Dunkermotoren is expanding its product portfolio in the BG 95 series with a new length.

Marking products in a forgery-proof and cross-industry manner - with globally applicable standardization: VDE and its partners are now tackling this goal under the project name "SPOQ".

Sieb & Meyer presents the SD4S, SD4M and SD4B, the latest models in the SD4x series of frequency inverters for high-speed applications.

SPS - Smart Production Solution is expanding to America. It will make its first appearance as "Automation Sector powered by SPS" at IMTS 2024 in Chicago, and from 2025 as an independent trade fair in Atlanta.