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Surface specialist SurTec has developed a highly efficient cleaner that makes defoaming PET flakes more environmentally friendly. It gets by with half the defoamer usually required.

GM's Supplier of the Year Award recognizes global suppliers who exceed GM's requirements. BASF receives the award for the 16th time.

FreiLacke was recognized as "Best Employer Manufacturing & Industry 2023" for a particularly good corporate culture. FreiLacke implemented various measures to achieve this, such as remodeling the administration building or improving the workplaces.

For the second time, Nordwest Handel AG offered the unique training course "Certified Welding Technology Specialist Northwest". Within five days, Nordwest successfully trained 12 participants.

The new vacuum pumps from Leybold are ready for daily cleaning with hygienic design. The Dryvac series is compact, hygienic and robust.

The focus theme of this year's LIGNA trade show, "Transformation of Woodworking", describing the transformation and further development of processes and techniques for processing wood, encompasses both the automation and digititalization of processes and the application of new materials and…

The professional committee for economic development FRANCÉCLAT in Paris confirms the abrasion resistance of the electrolyte RHODUNA Alloy. Its whiteness is also close to that of a pure rhodium layer.

Experts from the caravaning and bodywork & paint industry accepted Spies Hecker's invitation to the Caravan Talk. This took place in March as part of the Spies Hecker Caravan Seminar at the Axalta Refinish Academy in Cologne.

ElringKlinger AG manufactures 350,000 transmission components and 130,000 service covers for vehicles per year at its headquarters in Dettingen an der Erms. When it comes to cleanliness, ElringKlinger relies on solvent specialist Richard Geiss.

LK Mechanik + Blechverarbeitung GmbH has commissioned its new factory at the Hüttenberg site. Here, the company now develops and manufactures components and assemblies made of steel, stainless steel and aluminum on more than 4,100 square meters.

The Münster-based company has global sales of 655 million euros in 2022. Further investments are on the agenda for this year as part of the planned transformation and internationalization.

On March 21, 1923, Ernst Ebbinghaus laid the foundation stone for today's Ebbinghaus Verbund GmbH in Solingen. The traditional company can thus look back on 100 years of company history.

With the mounting adapter for two-sided thickness measurements, the measuring sensors can be attached and aligned more easily. This makes it easier to perform high-precision measurements.

Dominik F. P. Joachim is to be Managing Director and Spokesman of hydraulics supplier Stauff as well as member of the Executive Board of the international Stauff Group. Joachim has already been working for Stauff since 2017.

Together with Freudenberg, SurTec is presenting high-performance solutions for e-mobility at the Battery Show Europe. These include developments that make batteries safer, more durable and more efficient.

A major change is taking place within the Executive Board and Supervisory Board of Trumpf. As Jürgen Hambrecht, Claudia Eckert, Peter Bokelmann and Christian Schmitz are retiring due to their age, the responsibilities of several managers change.

The focus of this year's Timmer trade show appearance at LIGNA will be double diaphragm pumps of the timPRO product line. Equipped with the stroke counter 'iHZ', live monitoring of sensor data is possible.

The grilling season is approaching - and Sata is offering a special spring promotion. Customers receive a limited grill set free of charge with every Satajet X 5500.

With the new water-thinnable impregnating glaze Cetol BL Hydratol and the solvent-thinnable thin-film glaze Cetol HLS plus, Sikkens is responding to the trend towards matt surfaces.

What actually connects art and culture with the STEM subject area? Pupils from various schools in the Lippe district investigated this question.