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VDMA: Orders received by the German mechanical engineering industry continue to decline in May

06.07.2020 - In May, domestic demand contracted by 23 percent and orders from abroad fell by 31 percent. Orders from the euro zone were 27 per cent down on the previous year's level, with 32...

Jenoptik acquires Trioptics

03.07.2020 - Jenoptik takes over the photonics specialist Trioptics at an undisclosed price. The company will be assigned to the Light & Optics division of Jenoptik. The actual acquisition will...

Panasonic: European B2B business under new management

02.07.2020 - Panasonic has appointed Hiroyuki Nishiuma as Managing Director of Panasonic System Communications Company Europe (PSCEU). He has over 30 years of experience and serves the entire...

New Chief Sales Officer at B&R

30.06.2020 - Luca Galluzzi (52) will join the management team of the automation supplier B&R on August 1. He succeeds Peter Gucher as Sales Director, who is going into well-deserved retirement...

EMVA: First online business conference was very successful

30.06.2020 - As the planned business conference in Sofia, Bulgaria, was cancelled due to the Corona crisis, EMVA organised the conference virtually for the first time. It took place in an...

Fraunhofer IPK is a new member of the Fraunhofer Vision Alliance

25.06.2020 - In the Fraunhofer Vision Alliance with the central office in Fürth, specialist departments from 15 Fraunhofer institutes and facilities to date work closely together on the...

VDMA Survey: Mechanical engineering industry optimistic despite difficult order situation

24.06.2020 - The vast majority of mechanical engineering industries are confident of returning to the nominal sales level of 2019 in the medium term. This is the key message of the sixth VDMA...

Corona crisis causes a sharp drop in sales at Balluff

23.06.2020 - The current global economic uncertainties and transformation processes in key industries are also making themselves felt at automation specialist Balluff in Neuhausen: Total sales...

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