Three generations of the Busch family were present to witness the honoring of Ayhan and Dr Karl Busch. The couple was awarded for their joint lifeβs work, their social and cultural commitment and their dedication to the community with the Gold Medal of Honor, the highest award the district of LΓΆrrach bestows. βYou revolutionized the […]
Industry News
Pack Expo heads back to the Midwest
Pack Expo InternationalΒ is scheduled to run from October 23-26 at McCormick Place Convention Center. Pack Expo International, the annual Fall tradeshow and conference dedicated to packaging machinery and related technology, always features a broad variety of pneumatic components and applications. The show, which alternates each year between locations in Las Vegas and Chicago, is back […]
Festo marks 50 years in the U.S. with expansions in U.S.-based manufacturing and R&D
Festo U.S., celebrating its 50th anniversary year, announces expansion plans for its 47-acre campus in Mason, Ohio. A new production facility and the expanded research and development center will be dedicated to U.S.-centric automation components, systems, and solutions. Festo, a $3 billion family-owned company, is a global innovation leader in pneumatic and electric automation systems. […]
VMAC releases its 2022 “State Of The Mobile Compressed Air Industry Report”
The 2022 edition of VMACβs State of The Mobile Compressed Air Industry Report has been released, sharing fascinating insights from mobile air users. βWe are pleased to release VMACβs latest research on the mobile compressed air industry,β said Tod Gilbert, President of VMAC Global Technology Inc. βThere is a lot of uncertainty with global events […]
A new era of human-robot collaboration: the first pneumatic cobot
What if there was a robot that was easy to operate, did not require a safety fence and was also attractively priced? That would introduce a whole new era in human-robot collaboration. This new era is now dawning β with the worldβs first pneumatic robot from Festo, which was announced by Festo at Hannover Fair […]
Festo and PennAir ink distribution agreement
Festo announces that PennAir, with corporate headquarters in York, Pennsylvania, now sells and supports the full range of Festo pneumatic and electric automation components and systems in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, and West Virginia. According to Mark Snyder, Channel Director Festo Corp., βOne of the most impressive things about PennAir is its holistic […]
Festo develops innovative aluminum pneumatic tubing for welding cells
Festo’s PM aluminum pneumatic tubing offers a weld-spatter resistant solution in welding cells that by every consideration outperforms both laminated and steel pneumatic tubing. Festo PM tubing is ideal for new welding cells as well as for cost-and-time efficient retrofit solutions for existing systems. PM aluminum tubing can be located closer to the welding process […]
Sauer Compressors appoints Dirk Slottke to management board
Kiel-based compressor manufacturer Sauer Compressors has appointed Dirk Slottke to the management team last month. Slottke takes over responsibility for the sales section and succeeds Harald Schulz, who is retiring after 37 years of meritorious service and almost 20 years on the management board. Dirk Slottke is responsible for the departments of business development, marketing, […]
Kundinger recognized with Parker ΊΪΑΟ³ΤΉΟs Technology Distributor of the Year Award
Kundinger, a Wisconsin and Michigan-based company delivering fluid power, automation, process control and product solutions to a wide range of industries, has been honored by Parker Hannifin as its 2021 ΊΪΑΟ³ΤΉΟs Technology Distributor of the Year. Kundinger received this recognition for exceeding overall sales goals by double digits, while bringing the latest products and technologies […]
Allied Electronics & Automation announces new pneumatic product stock
Allied Electronics & Automation is now offering an array of in-stock pneumatic products from Chicago ΊΪΑΟ³ΤΉΟ Tools, Duff-Norton, Gefran and Marsh Bellofram Precision Controls. ΊΪΑΟ³ΤΉΟ systems use compressed air or gas to generate fluid power and are prevalent in industrial automation applications including food, beverage and medical packaging and automotive, oil and gas and concrete […]
