Marienheide – With its new ALLROUND cut, PFERD is offering both high performance and universal use. PFERD product manager Thomas Plömacher explains why these characteristics do not have to be mutually exclusive.
Frankfurt am Main – Orders received by the German machine tool industry in the first quarter of 2019 were 21 per cent down on the same period last year. Orders from Germany fell by 10 per cent whereas those from abroad were down by 27 per cent.
Pettenbach – Fronius Perfect Welding is broadening its product range: The company is launching a new version of its current power source platform, called the TPS/i Steel Edition. The Steel Edition has been optimized for manual steel welding.
Frankfurt– As for ongoing digitalization, the construction of large-scale plants is facing significant market changes. This is the result of a new, broad-based benchmark study by the VDMA Large Industrial Plant Manufacturers’ Group (AGAB) and PwC Capital Projects & Infrastructure.
Stuttgart – With traffic jams a common occurrence in the world’s cities, frustrated drivers sometimes find themselves looking to the heavens for a little help from above. A few years from now, the skies could in fact offer a tangible solution.
Paris– Global growth slowed sharply in late 2018 and is now stabilising at a moderate level. Escalating trade conflicts and dangerous financial vulnerabilities threaten a new weakening of activity by undermining investment and confidence worldwide, according to the OECD’s latest Economic Outlook.
Frankfurt am Main – In the first quarter of 2019, Germany exported 43.8 billion euros in machinery. This is 2.1 percent more than in the same period last year (42.9 billion euros).
Duisburg –It’s a real highflyer: delivAIRy®, the drone that was the centre of attention at thyssenkrupp’s Duisburg site yesterday. NRW Transport Minister Hendrik Wüst watched on as the transport drone took off on its first official demonstration flight.
Milano – The best edition since 2005, with even better figures: 16,520 visitors in pavilions 22 and 24 at fieramilano Rho, up 12.3% compared to the 2017 edition. More square meters of exhibition space sold, and more foreign countries present
Essen/Bremen - Container turnover index of the RWI - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL) has fallen to 134.7 Points.
