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:quality(80)/p7i.vogel.de/wcms/ce/ce/cecefd66fe6478ab996f9e975779b9e0/0129426378v1.jpeg "Electrifying losses! Ford, like so many other car companies, has miscalculated its electric car strategy. Now the US car manufacturer has to accept losses in the 2-digit billion range and is therefore setting a new course ... (Image:Ford)")
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:quality(80)/p7i.vogel.de/wcms/21/8e/218e304ba65372854479aa52b4ccdbe5/0129271089v1.jpeg "Suppliers from Europe are currently facing a variety of challenges. Pictured: The Aumovio headquarters in Frankfurt am Main. (Image:Aumovio)")
:quality(80)/p7i.vogel.de/wcms/ec/69/ec69eeae41109e5e9849e397685b26e1/0129310204v1.jpeg "The surroundings in view at all times: Thanks to the very thin heating element, which is integrated directly into the internal lens design, this is possible. The advantages are the smaller space requirement with higher efficiency. (Image:VIA optronics)")
:quality(80)/p7i.vogel.de/wcms/5d/d4/5dd4c8a38ecab28d7588490fa32c3a38/0129334467v1.jpeg "This is what the factory in Wałbrzych, Poland, will look like. (Image:Sungrow Power Supply Co., Ltd.)")
:quality(80)/p7i.vogel.de/wcms/b6/01/b601f938f679791e60f3bba8d141968b/0129336204v1.jpeg "Biocomputing in medical electronics: the CL1 platform uses living neurons instead of silicon chips. Complex tasks can be learned in minutes. (Image:Reply)")
:quality(80)/p7i.vogel.de/wcms/5b/38/5b385ec75bff6e84b70a02c0c939dd2b/0129331527v1.jpeg "The TSMC site of Japan Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing in Kumamoto, Japan. While the second fab currently under construction was initially only intended for the production of semiconductors using the N6 process, the contract manufacturer is currently negotiating with the Japanese government to possibly upgrade the site to N3 after all. (Image:JASM)")
:quality(80):fill(ffffff,1)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1245900/1245933/original.jpg?v= "Germany’s President Frank-Walter Steinmeier will open EMO 2017, the leading trade fair for the metalworking sector, in Hanover, Germany on 18 September. The fair will run until 23 September. (Pixabay)")
Verein Deutscher Werkzeug- maschinenfabriken e. V. (VDW)
Lyoner Str. 18 ⎢ 60528 Frankfurt am Main ⎢ Deutschland ⎢
Route planer
:quality(80):fill(ffffff,1)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1224200/1224236/original.jpg?v= "Replacing steel: using CFRPs reduces the mass
of the Z-axis by 60 per cent. (MAP Werkzeugmaschinen)")
Article | May 4, 2017
Inspiring ideas for lightweight construction
:quality(80):fill(ffffff,1)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1168600/1168692/original.jpg?v= "VDW Chairman Prokop: \"2017 is characterized by many challenges that offer opportunities to generate new competitive advantages and expand our portfolio.\" (Stahl)")
Article | Feb 3, 2017
German machine tool industry grows
:quality(80):fill(ffffff,1)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1186700/1186778/original.jpg?v= "The world grows closer together. But that is no purely positive development. (Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain)")
Article | Jan 25, 2017
How internationalisation can affect your business
:quality(80):fill(ffffff,1)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/988300/988337/original.jpg?v= "Dr Wilfried Schäfer, director VDW, at the opening press conference. (Source: Schulz)")
Article | Feb 29, 2016
International metalworking show celebrates strong attendance
:quality(80):fill(ffffff,1)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/975400/975462/original.jpg?v= "Michael Breme, head of Toolmaking at Audi: “We have fully embraced Industry 4.0. For years now, to cite just one example, remote maintenance of our bodywork production lines has been performed as standard practice, as has remote maintenance of intelligent tools.” (Source: Audi)")
Article | Jan 27, 2016
The world of tool and mould making is being transformed
:quality(80):fill(ffffff,1)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/970300/970315/original.jpg?v= "For the concept of Industry 4.0 to work, inline metrology, integrated into the production process, is essential. (Schulz)")
Article | Jan 13, 2016
Industry 4.0: inline metrology on the up
:quality(80):fill(ffffff,1)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/957800/957872/original.jpg?v= "Gunther Borbonus, managing director and shareholder of MTE Deutschland in Montabaur, Germany. (Source: Fecht)")
Article | Nov 27, 2015
XXL milling machines matter again in tool and mould making
:quality(80):fill(ffffff,1)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/966600/966631/original.jpg?v= "The Metalloobrabotka is the biggest machine tool trade fair in Russia. (Photo: Metalloobrabotka)")
Article | Oct 6, 2015
Russia: The German machine tools industry holds on to the russian market
:quality(80):fill(ffffff,1)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/840200/840211/original.jpg?v= "Jason Jones (CEO and Co-Founder of Hybrid Manufacturing Technologies, Ltd.) with his innovation, the Hybrid-kit, that can be integrated into any old or new metal-working CNC machine. (Source: VDW)")