
Creating new values
Where will new added value be created when the digital age finds its way into factories and energy systems? The Hannover Messe from April 24 to 28 aims to provide answers to this question with a record number of applications.
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Where will new added value be created when the digital age finds its way into factories and energy systems? The Hannover Messe from April 24 to 28 aims to provide answers to this question with a record number of applications.

Pilz exceeded the 300 million euro sales mark for the first time in 2016. 2017 is characterized by a generational change: At the end of the year, Renate Pilz will hand over the operational business completely into the hands of her children Susanne Kunschert and Thomas Pilz.

Azipod XL, the latest model of ABB's electric ship propulsion system, increases the fuel efficiency of ships by 20% compared to modern shaft drive systems, according to the supplier.

Hermes Award 2017 of the Hannover Messe
A chair without a chair - in English: Chairless Chair - where can you find such a thing? This time at the Hanover Trade Fair and even before that as a technical concept nominated for the Hermes Award. In addition to this one, four other innovations are among the candidates for the award.

Drive technology / power electronics
The Flensburg-based company Danfoss Silicon Power wants to establish itself in the USA and will therefore cooperate with the American industrial giant and silicon carbide chip manufacturer General Electric (GE) as part of a strategic partnership.

The 'Pop.up' passenger capsule presented by Airbus as a concept study can switch between electrically powered ground and air vehicle modules. This makes the vehicle concept seem like something straight out of a science fiction movie.

Faulhaber Austria GmbH in Vienna begins its business activities on May 2. The newly founded company takes over the sales and service of Drive Systems products in Austria from Elra-Antriebssysteme, which was previously active there as a distributor.

Discover the value of the Digital Enterprise - this is the motto of this year's Siemens presence at the Hannover Messe. We present the first new products that the company has in store.

The ZVEI's annual figures show that 2016 was the third record year in a row for the German electrical and electronics industry - in terms of both exports and imports. There was a change at the top of the ranking of top buyers.

Curt Bauer completes the management team of the newly founded KEB Automation KG. This was formed on January 1, 2017 from the company Karl E. Brinkmann GmbH.