At SPS IPC Drives 2015, Beckhoff presented the idea of a flexible single-cable concept for communication and power for the first time - starting with the solution for the 24 V field level. With new connector solutions, the performance has now been increased even further.
read more...Harting's European Distribution Center (EDC) is being built on a 7.6-hectare site in the north-east of Espelkamp at a cost of around EUR 40 million. From 2019, around 20,000 items will be shipped from here to customers all over the world every day.
read more...Arnold Büscher has taken over as Managing Director for Sales Germany at U.I.Lapp, a company of the Lapp Group. He succeeds Gerald Lawrenz, who had held the position since 2012.
read more...Energy chain systems as an alternative to pure trailing cables are also gaining ground in indoor cranes, as the energy chain protects the cables inside, they are not compressed and are therefore guided safely in motion.
read more...After a weaker financial year in 2016, the electrical engineering company Weidmüller has started 2017 with a record result in the first quarter.
read more...The Wago Group increased its turnover by 6.4% in the 2016 financial year. The European market was a particular growth driver, while the BRIC countries played a more subordinate role.
read more...EVG has developed its own protective caps for the AMP Superseal connectors. Previously, protection was only possible via individual conductor seals within the connector; now the caps are placed on the connector and guarantee IP67 protection.
read more...At the end of March 2017, the software company M&M Software bid farewell to its Managing Director Erwin Müller. Müller was at the helm of the technology and consulting company for 30 years.
read more...The Ölflex Chain 90 P/CP belongs to Lapp's 'Extended Line Performance' class and is designed for use in continuously moving drag chains.
read more...With the E4.1L, Igus offers what it claims is the easiest to fill e-chain on the market. A special divider system simplifies the individual internal division of the energy chain for the user.
read more...TE Connectivity is launching a new family of 'industrial mini' I/O cable assemblies with reduced dimensions and a special method for connecting the cables.
read more...With the 'Multi-Shielding Clamp MSKL' series, Icotek is launching a generation of EMC shielding clamps onto the market which, according to the supplier, can contact almost 90% of the shielded cables on the market with just two shielding clamp sizes.
read more...The connector supplier Franz Binder Elektrische Bauelemente has taken over Introbest with retroactive effect from January 1. The company from Fellbach near Stuttgart specializes in the production and assembly of electronic modules and systems.
read more...The Stuttgart-based Lapp Group was able to increase its turnover by almost two percent in the past financial year. The company is now also targeting the rail vehicle sector as a new growth market.
read more...The symbolic ground-breaking ceremony for Weidmüller's new, almost 12,000 square meter Customer & Technology Center (CTC) took place in Detmold on 23 February - one of the largest investment projects in the company's history.
read more...Leoni, a supplier of cables and cable systems for the automotive sector and other industries, has acquired a two-thirds stake in Adaptricity. The spin-off from ETH Zurich contributes software-supported consulting services based on electrical engineering expertise to the Group.
read more...The Stuttgart-based Lapp Group has made two important new appointments: Dr. Hilmar Döring has been appointed Board Member for Human Resources and Organizational Development at Lapp Holding, while Boris Katic is the new Chief Technical Officer of U.I. Lapp GmbH.
read more...The Swiss Schurter Holding is taking over the Austrian company Burisch Elektronik Bauteile GmbH, headquartered in Vienna, as of January 1, 2017. Founded in Innsbruck in 1949, the company has been a representative for Schurter products in Austria since 1961.
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Carsten Röttchen (pictured) has been appointed Managing Director Production at enclosure and system provider Rittal as of February 1, 2017. He takes over the role from Michael Weiher.
read more...The company Friedrich Lütze, supplier of electrotechnical components and solutions from Weinstadt, has reorganized its management with Martin Teufel and Richard Schmidhofer.
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