:quality(80)/p7i.vogel.de/wcms/21/b6/21b61c2ac1df28254fb0dad1574fb2d7/0132853015v1.jpeg "The rose-gold, TiAlSiN-based coating material InoxaCon contributes significantly to the stability and service life of HPTec's new RQR-350 milling tool. It enables safe and efficient automated processes in the manufacturing of surgical instruments. (Image:Cemecon)")
:quality(80)/p7i.vogel.de/wcms/d2/73/d273374d6347651e4e6200cf6061ea4e/0132860560v1.jpeg "Even in July, the flag of the Chinese economy did not flutter particularly briskly in the air. Read here what’s happening and why production in China is apparently declining ... (Image:AI-generated)")
:quality(80)/p7i.vogel.de/wcms/18/47/1847f131e3afda201d1dbb98ad0ecb04/0132826776v1.jpeg "Image 1: Difender armored steels from Dillinger stand out with top scores in ballistic testing and cold bending. Defense companies therefore readily choose them. They can be found, for example, in the armored vehicles Fuchs and GTK Boxer of the German Armed Forces. (Image: Dillinger)")
:quality(80)/p7i.vogel.de/wcms/1e/7d/1e7d651782e0e97b3efc25abf2b52350/img-3485v1.jpeg "The Siemens Energy employees attach balancing weights at the precisely calculated and adjusted angular position to achieve the best possible result. (Source: Schenck Rotec)")
:quality(80)/p7i.vogel.de/wcms/a7/38/a73840cb81da9dc3c503f4c04bf66b96/0132892768v1.jpeg "Unitree's IPO symbolizes the high expectations for humanoid robots and embodied AI. (Image:Dall-E / AI-generated)")
:quality(80)/p7i.vogel.de/wcms/1c/a5/1ca5e3ef5d834c3a42de8909c872e3c6/0132876444v1.jpeg "The autonomous transport system Active Shuttle marketed by Bosch Rexroth has been sold to Neura Robotics. (Image:Bosch Rexroth)")
:quality(80)/p7i.vogel.de/wcms/30/1a/301a1aa59e093d848b69e9ff7006b83e/image1v1.jpeg "Wireless switching devices offer advantages in numerous industrial applications – wherever wired communication reaches its limits (Image: Steute) (Image:)")
:quality(80)/p7i.vogel.de/wcms/a2/85/a285b12508af812e28b17be3482a736c/0132488872v1.jpeg "NIS2 is no longer an abstract requirement in the distant future for many industrial companies. (Image:AI-generated)")
:quality(80)/p7i.vogel.de/wcms/41/fc/41fc456ff1ff8f30807924663e8df127/img-0942v1.jpeg "In industrial additive manufacturing, the production strategy must influence the design from the very beginning. (Source: Materialise)")
:quality(80)/p7i.vogel.de/wcms/44/fe/44fe86a16c26c09bb363b3671bf0b930/0132847771v1.jpeg "CoreTechnologie (CT) points out that the 3D printing software 4D_Additive has been equipped with additional application possibilities. Here you can learn more about what the new version 1.8 can do – such as generating complex lattice structures or optimizing faulty data ... (Image:CT)")
:quality(80)/p7i.vogel.de/wcms/b4/f2/b4f2c272247f79c5e87334a6839f20cb/0132549860v1.jpeg "Morefire analysis: Many mechanical engineering websites focus on technical specs instead of customer benefits. Translating features into clear benefits increases visibility, inquiries, and competitiveness. (Image: ©peopleimages.com - stock.adobe.com)")
:quality(80)/p7i.vogel.de/wcms/b4/9a/b49aaad0500e06e253f7d75ecb77338a/adobestock-4840668--dani-kreienb-hl-stock-adobe-comv1.jpeg "Metal processing in 2026 will be more digital, automated, and data-driven – but not automatically easier. (Image:© Dani Kreienbühl - stock.adobe.com)")
:quality(80)/p7i.vogel.de/wcms/5b/88/5b88d94e6a43f2b857462cd1921f7386/0132281427v1.jpeg "The eTurbo solves a well-known turbocharger problem: by combining an exhaust gas turbocharger and a permanently excited synchronous motor into a highly integrated core assembly, the compressor achieves sufficient speed even when the exhaust energy is actually not yet sufficient. (Image: BorgWarner)")
:quality(80)/p7i.vogel.de/wcms/75/fe/75feffb63bc6275786606d78a8d797c4/0132901853v1.jpeg "Steyr Motors reports similar business results as last year. Here you can learn more about the details of the Austrian company's situation ... (Image:E-Steyr)")
:quality(80)/p7i.vogel.de/wcms/57/d2/57d2b75d884c18866b46e776126fb46b/org-blobs-user-response-file-output-dac07b02-0e97-4452-9a3a-26528da583b3-file-1787126178766-jpgv1.jpeg "The memory manufacturer CXMT has had an extremely successful IPO. Among the investors are several car manufacturers. (Image:KI-generiert)")
:quality(80)/p7i.vogel.de/wcms/d0/68/d0681c9d26012538a22ff5c103429612/0132875205v1.jpeg "Electric vehicles: Structure of the zone architecture in a modern vehicle. (Image:TI)")
:quality(80)/p7i.vogel.de/wcms/22/82/22826566c11220ed61efac5982fb94a2/0132896083v1.jpeg "Electrodes made from paper and copper paste deliver comparable signal quality to the established gold standard. They perform significantly better in all environmental impact analyses. (Image:Screentec)")
:quality(80)/p7i.vogel.de/wcms/c4/9f/c49f5b8173f678f7ef071355b1fbbd7c/yamu-jay-ai-generated-9088888v1.jpeg "As part of a strategic partnership, Siemens and Reinhausen are advancing the future of energy supply solutions for AI data centers. (Symbol image) (Source: pixabay / AI-generated)")
:quality(80)/p7i.vogel.de/wcms/28/20/28204a4592a69a8682bfbf9a8f7e1dc2/0132846993v1.jpeg "The health status of a lithium-ion battery changes with increasing aging. AI models can utilize characteristic changes in the charge and voltage curves to estimate the state of health. (Image:freely licensed)")
:quality(80)/p7i.vogel.de/wcms/90/dc/90dc332e30a3e4bd3ff77646ed0633b7/0132833369v1.jpeg "Through a compromised repository of the widely used open-source tool LiteLLM, attackers were able to capture several terabytes of data and login credentials. Security company CloudSEK concludes, after analyzing the data, that the attack conducted in March of this year affected more than 2,000 companies, including major players like Microsoft, Nvidia, AWS, and Deutsche Bahn. (Image:freely licensed)")
Raw Materials Study: Lithium for Electric Vehicles Could Become Scarce
Lithium scarcity could slow down electromobility. In Europe, the demand in 2030 is expected to be double that of supply. The USA and China are also competing for the resource.
According to a study, the growing demand for electric cars could lead to a global shortage of lithium in a few years' time. Despite ambitious expansion plans for the extraction of the important battery raw material, the supply will not be sufficient to meet the growing demand by 2030 - neither in Europe, the USA nor China. This is the conclusion of a study by East China Normal University in Shanghai and Sweden's Lund University.
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:quality(80)/p7i.vogel.de/wcms/fd/f4/fdf477763e22c638539d9c204e6428f7/0132654523v1.jpeg "77 percent of EV batteries were manufactured in Asia, primarily in China, in 2025. This is an increase of 7 percent compared to 2024. (Image: AI-generated)")
:quality(80)/p7i.vogel.de/wcms/fb/c5/fbc5a1d3151a05241d0b5afc0f017759/0129596854v1.jpeg "The prospects for European cell production have been poor for some time. The reasons for this are high production costs, technical difficulties in ramping up production and overcapacity on the market. (Image:McKinsey)")