HERMLE AG exceeds expectations 2025

Interim high due to large orders from abroad. Politics and bureaucratic requirements weigh on the operating result.

Family expansion with outstanding filter performance

KNOLL Maschinenbau expands HydroPur offering for various requirements

WZL and Ford develop the automobile factory of the future

Under the motto "Green Factory of the Future", the development of a maturity model for sustainability transformation at Ford has been advanced.

New Ways in NC Programming

Faster to the first good part with the vTNC7 programming system from HEIDENHAIN

Battery housing made of aluminum foam

The Fraunhofer IWU and the automotive supplier Amsted Automotive presented an integrally constructed battery housing with aluminum foam sandwiches.

Order intake in mechanical engineering September 2025

The mechanical engineering companies in Germany recorded a significant decline in their order books in September. This also results in a slight order decrease for the first nine months of 2025.

Bystronic invests in growth markets

Bystronic has signed an agreement to acquire the business unit 'Tools for Materials Processing' from Coherent Inc. and is focusing on new markets.

Underwater communication without data cables

Kyocera achieves the world's fastest optical underwater communication (UWOC) at 750 Mbit/s over short distances in offshore trials. Transformation in the transmission of marine data and an underwater IoT through blue laser innovation.

Perfectly interlocked storage and sawing

The traditional Swiss metal dealer Brütsch/Rüegger Metals AG replaced a semi-automatic honeycomb storage system with the fully automatic long material storage systems UNITOP and UNITOWER from KASTO. Two adapted band saws from the KASTOwin series complete the process chain.

Research project 'FOLAMI' sets standards in shipbuilding

Laser beam welding for high-performance steel-aluminum connections