
Börsig reports double-digit growth
Börsig reports record turnover for the past 2021 financial year. The distributor achieved its best result since it was founded in 1969.

Börsig reports record turnover for the past 2021 financial year. The distributor achieved its best result since it was founded in 1969.

R&M, the Swiss developer and supplier of cabling systems for network infrastructures, has acquired Tecnosteel. The Italian company is a manufacturer of 19-inch racks and enclosures for IT equipment and networks in data centers.

Lapp is expanding its portfolio of 'Skintop Multi' multiple entries with two further sizes for the round version of the 'Skintop Multi-M' series.

The NSR elementary relay is the core of a long-term partnership agreement: TE Connectivity is taking over the NSR technology and production from Phoenix Contact.

CTX Thermal Solutions has appointed Jens Mirau as a member of the management board alongside founder and managing partner Wilfried Schmitz.

Provertha has developed a compact, fully shielded distribution system for M8/M12 cabling that can be used to combine several cables via circular connectors so that signal and power transmission can be carried out via a single cable.

The international automotive supplier Leoni has signed an agreement to sell its subsidiaries Leoni Fiber Optics and j-plasma to Weinert Industries. The transaction is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2022.

Hummel presents hybrid connectors in the M16, M23 and M40 series, including the M23 Hybrid Type 2 (4+4+4+PE) with four power contacts.

2Connect, the Dutch manufacturer of special cables and connectors, has acquired Büschel Connecting Systems (BCS), thereby continuing its strategic expansion.

Stäubli Electrical Connectors is launching the LMFB (Last Mate First Break) module, a new module for the latest generation of modular 'CombiTac direqt' connectors.
Weidmüller is expanding its Klippon Connect terminal block range to include the AS series with 'Snap In' technology. This allows flexible conductors to be wired quickly and without tools without wire end ferrules.

Leoni is strengthening its Board of Directors: Dr. Ursula Biernert will join the management board as Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) and Labor Director and Ingo Spengler as Chief Operations Officer (COO) on February 1, 2022.

Igus has expanded its range of hybrid cables with a cable especially for SEW motors with the 'Movilink DDI' interface. This gives users access to a cable specially developed for use with energy chains.

Predictive maintenance helps to minimize unplanned machine downtimes. Lapp is now presenting a solution that monitors the service life of failure-prone data lines in Ethernet-based automation technology networks.
For its modular bus system (MBS), which Georg Schlegel uses to connect its control and signaling devices to common industrial communication systems, the company is presenting a gateway with an internal 2-port switch and an expansion module with eight I/Os.

New at Igus is UL certification for halogen-free TPE cables. Rainer Rössel, authorized signatory and head of the 'Chainflex' cables business unit, explains why this is a major issue.

Lütze has optimized the well-known 'LOCC-Box' family for electronic load monitoring in terms of simplified installation, connection technology and control cabinet performance. The upgrade enables the LOCC-Box to be installed in the control cabinet completely tool-free.

Rafi launches the KIS.ME communication and process control system, which serves to digitize non-networked work, logistics and production areas.

When hygiene is important when operating buttons, non-contact technologies are required. A precise non-contact optical method is ToF (Time of Flight): It forms the basis of the new TTS series optical switches from Schurter.

The 24 V (DC) supply voltage is becoming increasingly important in automation technology. For a reliable power supply, continuous wiring with a conductor cross-section of 2.5 mm² is required.