Text description provided by the architects After its beginning in the late 1960s as a factory with production halls and office buildings along the autobahn A81 TRUMPF has developed into a successful high-tech corporation with a future-oriented campus for innovation and industry In addition to production and administration buildings a parking garage with spaces for electric vehicles and bikes The spatial and predominately horizontal, expansion was made possible by the availability of parcels of land and existing buildings acquired over time as an unpredictable patchwork. Now the campus has reached the limits of its horizontal growth bound by the autobahn, the city of Ditzingen, and a neighboring company, it is now forced to densify and build vertically. which is merely replaced with protective netting Translucent polycarbonate panels close off the space to the north Large sliding doors to the rooftop garden provide fresh air ventilation to the sports hall The sports center volume hovers above the Autobahn and agricultural fields and by night acts like a glowing lantern You'll now receive updates based on what you follow Personalize your stream and start following your favorite authors If you have done all of this and still can't find the email Ditzingen / Koblenz – 16 October 2024 –In a ceremony held today at its Koblenz site Thales handed over the final radar of a total of 17 Ground Alerter 10 (GA 10) warning and alerting systems for protection against indirect fire (WASI) to the Bundeswehr the company was awarded the contract by the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw) to supply an initial five systems which in addition to the delivery of the systems also includes training documentation and an initial supply of spare parts was completed today with the handover of the last system on time and on budget and to the satisfaction of all parties involved commented“We are very pleased with this successful project completion on time and on budget demonstrating Thales capabilities in camp protection and warning alerts The GA10 contributes significantly to the protection of German soldiers during their important missions at home and abroad manufactured in Ditzingen as a European military off-the-shelf product draws on strong radar expertise and operational experience and has already saved many lives in the past and we are particularly proud of that.” The Ground Alerter 10 is a portable counter rocket artillery and mortar (C-RAM) system for Force Protection camp protection and has saved many lives in the recent past Its integrated alert network warns military personnel of missile and mortar threats by generating an acoustic and visual alert at the estimated impact point area This takes place as soon as the trajectory indicates an imminent impact in the respective safety area and the system simultaneously provides reliable data on the firing position at an early stage to facilitate necessary countermeasures various GA10s are already in use to protect UN camps in North East and Eastern Mali as well as by the French Forces in several out-of-area camps the GA10 is well suited for deployment in dismounted operations for convoy protection Two people can accomplish en-camp/de-camp and only one person is required for system initialization and monitoring Being the lightest system of its class and completely portable (only 1- or 2-men loads) re-deployment of the system is possible with protected vehicles or by helicopter the GA10 prime power consumption only amounts to 350 Watts and facilitates battery-only supply At Thales Germany’s Baden-Württemberg site in Ditzingen near Stuttgart highly mobile radars for ground and coastal surveillance are developed and manufactured that are used by armed and security forces worldwide for stationary or mobile protection of complex environments Indo Defence – Jakarta – 11-14 June DSEI – London – 9-12 September PARTNER – Belgrade – 23-26 September Seafuture – La Spezia – 29 Sept.-2 October ADEX – Seoul – 29 October-2 November Dubai Air Show – Dubai – 17-21 November Milipol Paris – Paris – 18-21 Novenber Expodefensa – Bogotá – 1-3 December Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" LBV Magazine English Edition The pre-Roman Iron Age Celtic culture in Western and Central Europe has left behind numerous artifacts including large burial mounds and impressive archaeological finds much about this civilization remains shrouded in mystery a collaboration between the State Office for the Preservation of Historical Monuments in Baden-Württemberg and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology (MPI-EVA) in Leipzig has provided new insights into Celtic society through the reconstruction of genomes from individuals buried in several ancient burial mounds The burial mounds of Eberdingen-Hochdorf and Asperg-Grafenbühl are among the richest prehistoric burials in Germany containing gold artifacts and intricate bronze vessels A new genetic analysis has now revealed that two princes buried about 10 kilometers apart were closely related biologically It has long been suspected that the two princes buried in the Eberdingen-Hochdorf and Asperg ‘Grafenbühl’ mounds were related says Dirk Krausse from the State Office for the Preservation of Historical Monuments But this assumption has only now been confirmed through new analyses teeth and bone samples from the inner ear region of the skull were collected and sequenced at the MPI-EVA using the latest methods reconstructing the genomes of a total of 31 individuals The two central burials stood out due to their close genetic relationship After establishing a genetic link between the two individuals the research team explored various possible connections only one scenario is plausible: the Hochdorf prince’s sister was the mother of the Asperg prince This result indicates that political power in this society was likely inherited through biological succession This conclusion is further supported by evidence of relationships among other individuals from the two mounds as well as from the much more distant Magdalenenberg mound constructed approximately 100 years earlier it appears we are dealing with a wide network among the Celts in Baden-Württemberg where political power was supported by biological kinship But how were these Celts related to other inhabitants of Iron Age Europe beyond Baden-Württemberg A detailed analysis of the genetic origins of this group reveals a genetic heritage likely rooted in present-day France which was widespread across southern Germany at that time several individuals showed genetic origins from Italy which correlates well with the Mediterranean-style objects found in the graves the study is a crucial piece in understanding European history during the Middle and Late Iron Age Unlike the Roman period and other early medieval times this era cannot be thoroughly investigated through written sources The genetic evidence provides a new dimension to our understanding of Celtic society and its political structures Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology | Gretzinger, J., Schmitt, F., Mötsch, A. et al. Evidence for dynastic succession among early Celtic elites in Central Europe. Nat Hum Behav (2024). doi.org/10.1038/s41562-024-01888-7 Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email The Parthenon temple on the Acropolis of Athens housed a colossal statue made of gold and ivory carved by the famous sculptor Phidias in 438 BC Two thousand years before the Inca Empire extended its dominion over the Andes a much less known yet culturally influential society—known as the Chavín Phenomenon—had already developed numerous artistic expressions,… while the Byzantine Empire was mired in a succession crisis sought to take advantage and launched his conquest Archaeologists from universities in the United States and Denmark found deep within the Actun Uayazba Kab cave in Belize two small stone tools dated between 250 and 900 AD that… men and women gathered to play a game called Cuju A team of researchers has succeeded in recreating for the first time in a laboratory experiment a phenomenon that until now only existed as a theory in the realm of… the Cantonal Archaeology of Aargau carried out a rescue excavation between early May 2024 and the end of March 2025 The Egyptian archaeological mission affiliated with the Supreme Council of Antiquities announced the discovery of a group of defensive structures and a system of moats that could indicate… In the southeastern area of the city of Rome archaeologists excavating inside the Triton Baths within the monumental complex of the Villa di Sette… Why did some animals from ancient eras become fossils while others simply disappeared without a trace Receive our news and articles in your email for free You can also support us with a monthly subscription and receive exclusive content dubbed the Lady of Ditzingen-Schöckingen The early Celts may have inherited power through their mother's side according to an ancient DNA analysis of lavish burials in Europe Enormous ancient burial mounds filled with luxurious artifacts may link elite members of an extended family in southern Germany along maternal lines wagons and imported goods were built in what is now southwestern Germany The elite people buried in these mounds wielded immense political and religious power and are often called "early Celtic princes and princesses." But researchers have disagreed as to whether these people gained their status through a lifetime of achievements or inherited their power lead archaeologist for the German state of Baden-Württemberg both men were also among the tallest on record in Iron Age Germany which suggests that they may have benefitted from good nutrition in addition to sharing genes for tall stature Related: Iron Age Celtic woman wearing fancy clothes buried in this 'tree coffin' in Switzerland One of the burials had a handled bronze cauldron decorated with lions.(Image credit: Landesmuseum Württemberg Zwietasch)A bird's-eye view of the Alte Burg shaft which held a male burial.(Image credit: Landesamt für Denkmalpflege im Regierungspräsidium Stuttgart ArcTron 3D GmbH)Another biological link was found between a woman and a man who were buried in mounds about 60 miles (100 kilometers) and a century apart This is an exceedingly rare discovery that probably represents a great-grandmother and her great-grandson Get the world’s most fascinating discoveries delivered straight to your inbox When the researchers tested the skeletons for evidence of recent inbreeding they found that two people were most likely born to first-cousin parents This sort of biological evidence for inbreeding is also rare in archaeogenetic studies which may suggest that it was more frequent among these Celtic elites than among other archaeological populations Family connections among the burial mounds strongly suggest a pattern of hereditary leadership that was organized along the maternal line Although power was wielded primarily by men rich burials of women in the region showcase their high status as well.  The specific pattern that the researchers discovered among the early Celtic elite is called matrilinear avunculate organization which can arise when extramarital mating is common and therefore paternity confidence is low leading men to be more sure that they are genetically related to their sister's children "If a ruler has children on their own but also passes power to their sister's children, then there might be an incentive to merge the direct and the sister's lineage, which would then result in first-cousin matings through the female line," study co-author Stephan Schiffels a population geneticist at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology "But we cannot prove such a scenario from the genetic data." —Lost 'rainbow cup' coin minted by Celts 2,000 years ago discovered in Germany —2,300-year-old scissors and 'folded' sword discovered in a Celtic cremation tomb in Germany —Are you genetically more similar to your mom or your dad? Marco Milella a bioarchaeologist at the University of Bern in Switzerland told Live Science in an email that the combination of analytical techniques in this research "can give insights about complex topics such as social structure and power transmission during prehistory." The fact that biological connections were found between burial mounds far away from one another "forces us to reconsider geographical distance and how space and time intersected with social variables in the past." This genetic study may finally elucidate the nature of the early Celtic political system — specifically as one of familial interconnectedness across time and space with a high degree of social complexity and regional hierarchy Kristina KillgroveStaff writerKristina Killgrove is a staff writer at Live Science with a focus on archaeology and paleoanthropology news Her articles have also appeared in venues such as Forbes, Smithsonian Killgrove holds postgraduate degrees in anthropology and classical archaeology and was formerly a university professor and researcher She has received awards from the Society for American Archaeology and the American Anthropological Association for her science writing Hårby Valkyrie: A 1,200-year-old gold Viking Age woman sporting a sword Archaeologists discover hundreds of metal objects up to 3,400 years old on mysterious volcanic hilltop in Hungary Hitachi Rail has officially aquired Thales’ Ground Transportation Systems (GTS) business expanding its global presence to 51 countries.  The closing strengthens the company’s strategic focus on helping current and potential Hitachi Rail and GTS customers through the sustainable mobility transition – the shift of people from private to sustainable public transport “Completing this transaction is a historic moment for our business as we expand to 51 countries and increase our revenues to €7.3billion (US$7.9 billion) globally [FY23 pro forma]," said Group CEO of Hitachi Rail Giuseppe Marino "Hitachi Rail’s greater global reach and accelerated innovation is the start of an exciting new chapter that will deliver enhanced value and growth in new markets." Thales will be able to focus on three long-term high technology growth markets: Aeronautics and space defense and security and cybersecurity an digital identity The deal will also advance a cycle of organic growth and acquisitions that will help Hitachi Rail achieve its annual revenue goal of more than ¥1 trillion (US$6.4 billion) with the business’ combined revenues growing to €7.3 billion (US$7.9 billion) FY23 pro-forma It also supports the company’s profit growth by continuing the shift in its revenue profile with the majority now coming from its higher-return signalling and systems division post-transaction (around 60 percent) The business’ signalling will operate more than 26,000km (16,156 miles) of mainline railway and 4,600km (2,858 miles) of urban metros around the world Hitachi Rail will welcome 9,000 additional colleagues with the acquisition taking the business to 24,000 employees worldwide The closing deal enhances the company’s full portfolio of transport solutions with expertise in rolling stock freight signalling and communication and supervision systems The impact of the sale will be accounted for in Q2 24 Eman Abu-Khaled is a graduate of Kent State University with a bachelors in journalism She works through Endeavor Business Media with Mass Transit as an associate editor Abu-Khaled brings a fresh perspective to the visual side of journalism with an interest in video and photography work.  CEO Leibinger-Kammüller blames “weak global economy Trumpf CEO Nicola Leibinger-Kammüller expects “weak demand”.Trumpf Group has reported a decline in sales of 3.6 percent to €5.2 billion at the close of the fiscal year 2023/24 (FY 23/24) on June 30 The order intake fell for the second time in a row to 4.6 billion euros (FY 22/23: €5.1 bn) This is 10.4 percent less than in the previous year Operating earnings before interest and taxes fell by €114 m to €501 m as a result of the decline in sales compared to the previous year (€615 m) The EBIT margin fell to 9.7 percent (previous year: 11.5 percent) commented: “The slowing global economy and geopolitical uncertainties led to a significant reluctance to make new investments among customers on all continents in the past fiscal year “We felt the effects of tougher competition more than ever before we assume that the coming months of the current fiscal year will continue to be characterized by persistently weak demand Trumpf is countering this economic crisis with clear measures to improve earnings Trumpf’s strongest single market in terms of sales was Germany with €824 m (previous year: €779 m) which corresponds to an increase of 5.8 percent sales fell significantly by 11.5 percent to €796 m (previous year: €899 m) the company increased sales slightly by 2.2 percent to €615 m (previous year: €602 m) the Machine Tools division achieved the highest sales at €2.8 bn (previous year: €3 bn) The Laser Technology division recorded declining sales of €1.4 bn (previous year: €1.5 bn) which has not been part of Laser Technology since the FY 23/24 and is reported separately This corresponds to an increase of 4.8 percent compared to the previous year (€546 m) corresponding to a decrease of 2.9 percent compared to the previous year (€971 m) The number of Trumpf employees increased by around 650 in the reporting period New jobs were created in the EUV and Electronics business fields in particular the company employed 19,018 people worldwide (previous year: 18,352) the number of employees rose by 4.2 percent to 9,505 (previous year: 9,124) 6,283 worked at the headquarters in Ditzingen 560 young people completed a training course or a co-op work-study program resulting in a training ratio of 2.9 percent which was slightly lower than the previous year (3.5 percent) The number of employees in research and development increased by 8.6 percent to 3,098 (previous year: 2,853) research and development expenses were significantly higher than in the previous year (€476 m) The ratio of R&D expenditure to sales thus increased to 10.3 percent (previous year: 8.9 percent) and remained at a historically high level Archive Architecture The information on this page is intended for journalists If you click NO you will come back to Mynewsdesk.com Business stands ready to drive sustainable global mobility transition Hitachi Rail announced today the completion of its €1,660m acquisition of Thales’ Ground Transportation Systems (GTS) business expanding its global presence to 51 countries with the majority of its revenues now coming from higher-return signalling and systems Hitachi Rail is right at the forefront of the global mobility sector following the acquisition The closing strengthens the company’s strategic focus on helping current and potential Hitachi Rail and GTS customers through the sustainable mobility transition – the shift of people from private to sustainable public transport The deal advances a cycle of organic growth and acquisitions that sees Hitachi Rail achieve its annual revenue goal of more than ¥1 trillion with the business’ combined revenues growing to €7.3 billion (¥1.1 trillion; USD $7.9 billion) FY23 pro-forma It also supports the company’s profit growth by continuing the shift in its revenue profile with the majority now coming from its higher-return signalling and systems division post-transaction (around 60%) The business’ signalling will operate over 26,000km of mainline railway and 4,600km of urban metros around the world the UK and the US are strategically complemented by GTS’ large centres in Germany Spain and Canada – with both businesses having an established reputation in the wider European market The closing sees 9,000 highly skilled colleagues join the business taking Hitachi Rail to 24,000 employees worldwide It enhances the company’s full portfolio of transport solutions with expertise in rolling stock The new business is also poised to achieve greater cost competitiveness including improving the effectiveness of procurement optimising engineering capabilities and investment in R&D Hitachi President and CEO Keiji Kojima said: “Hitachi continues its transformation to become a global leader in Social Innovation Business and is undergoing a mode change to achieve growth under the Mid-term Management Plan 2024.The acquisition of the Thales GTS business represents a significant milestone and we are pleased to have achieved it in the final year of the plan Hitachi's Railway systems business has strengthened its presence in the global market Hitachi will enhance its digital services by leveraging IT and products on an expanded installed base in the mobility arena and solve global social challenges through co-creation with customers Through this acquisition and Hitachi’s overall growth we will continue to support our customers' digital and green transformations and contribute to the realisation of a sustainable society.” “Completing this transaction is a historic moment for our business as we expand to 51 countries and increase our revenues to €7.3bn globally [FY23 pro forma] Hitachi Rail’s greater global reach and accelerated innovation is the start of an exciting new chapter that will deliver enhanced value and growth in new markets “With Thales’ Ground Transportation Systems team on board we can better deliver the sustainable mobility transition for the world’s best transport companies Bringing our teams together sees our engineering capacity nearly double and means faster innovation and more advanced technology-led solutions for our customers.” The deal marks a major step in Hitachi Rail’s parent company long-running strategy to transform its businesses around the concept of “Social Innovation” The Group has led a strategic programme to reshape its portfolio of companies around essential sectors delivering the infrastructure and technology that underpins the progress of sustainable societies companies on the key industries at the crossroads of the major trends shaping today’s world: the energy transition For images and video related to the story, please find them here The headline image can be found here – it is of an employee at Hitachi Rail’s new site in Ditzingen formerly Thales Ground Transportation Systems The site is home to around 1,200 new colleagues and focused on the development and delivery of control-command and signalling systems for local and long-distance rail transport for both Germany and around the world Berlin (Germany) and Singapore (Singapore) Adam Love at adam.love@hitachirail.com or on +1 437 234 4024 Ed Brown at ed.brown@hitachirail.com or on +44 7850 071 287 Thales, Deputy Group Communications Director, Cédric Leurquin+33 (0)1 57 77 90 93 or at cedric.leurquin@thalesgroup.com +33 (0)6 25 15 72 93 or at chrystelle.dugimont@thalesgroup.com Hitachi Rail is committed to driving the sustainable mobility transition and has a clear focus on partnering with customers to rethink mobility customer and community enjoy the benefits of more connected With revenues of over €7bn and 24,000 employees across more than 50 countries Hitachi Rail is a trusted partner to the world’s best transport organisations but the business is local - with success built on developing local talent and investing in people and communities Its international capabilities and expertise span every part of the urban mainline and freight rail ecosystems – from high quality manufacturing and maintenance of rolling stock to secure digital signalling famous for Japan's iconic high speed bullet train draws on the digital and AI expertise of Hitachi Group companies to accelerate innovation and develop new technologies Hitachi Group is present in 140 countries with over 270,000 employees and global revenues of €54.55bn / ¥8,564 bn For more information, visit hitachirail.com European Commission gives antitrust approval for dealHitachi Rail has been given clearance to proceed with its €1,660 million acquisition of Thales’ Ground Transportation Systems business today The publication of the European Commission’s (EC) approval means that the deal has now received clearance from all 13 competition authorities which reviewed the acquisition.Prior to the Europea Hitachi Rail today agreed to acquire Thales’ Ground Transportation Systems business (the “Business” or “GTS”) for an enterprise value of €1,660 m (~¥215 bn) The final purchase price will be determined after customary adjustments typical for a transaction of this nature The acquisition is expected to close in late FY2022[1] global provider of rail solutions with international capabilities that spans every part of the urban When you choose to create a user account and follow a newsroom your personal data will be used by us and the owner of the newsroom for you to receive news and updates according to your subscription settings To learn more about this, please read our Privacy Policy, which applies to our use of your personal data, and our Privacy Policy for Contacts which applies to 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You can withdraw your consent at any time by unsubscribing or deleting your account. This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks. The action you just performed triggered the security solution. There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase, a SQL command or malformed data. You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked. Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page. It's snowing at the 500-meter level in the mountains surrounding Grüsch, in the canton of Graubuenden, Switzerland. Snowing in late spring? Well it is the Alps, you know. We, a contingent of international journalists, are here to visit TRUMPF Maschinen Grüsch AG, the division that manufactures and exports, globally, the Trumatic L3050 for TRUMPF. We started a full day of touring by visiting TRUMPF's Ditzingen campus (see Figure 2), where we walked through the newly opened Sales and Service Center, a glass-walled, multi-storied building that features an effective environmental system, essentially a building within a building that distributes conditioned air to the occupants of an advanced open office layout. At the adjacent showroom building we were shown the latest TRUMPF product advances that featured two already seen in the Unites States: the Trumatic L 2510, fully automated flat sheet cutter powered by the company's new TCF 1 diffusion-cooled CO2 laser and the multi-axis high-power laser/robot systems introduced at Fabtech last November. One feature of the tour was an introduction to TRUMPF's Synchro production system, a unique combination of just-in-time and other production systems that it successfully uses to move product out the door. More on this later. The prospects for the high-power disc laser have Dr. Kurt Mann, director of sales and marketing, very excited. He told us that excellent beam quality, 7 mm*mrad, allows the laser beam from the disc to be inserted into a fiber of 200 µm diameter, producing a reduced diameter spot that contributes to higher processing speeds and therefore shorter cycle times and lower total heat input into the work piece. Peter Leibinger singled out laser welding and laser forming as two applications that will be big applications areas for TRUMPF in the coming years. He also identified a resurgence in punching, which the company has seen recently; especially for the combination laser/punching system such as the company's T 6000. When asked what would happen if a truck was late, Müller stated that this situation has never occurred. When asked about Murphy's Law, he said, with no humor, this cannot happen. Confidence is so high in the TRUMPF Synchro systems as it works at Grüsch, that when a customer places an order he is guaranteed a date upon which the machine will leave the plant. The journalists parted company at Zurich airport, still in rain and mist so they couldn't view the Alps. This was too bad for the Asians who had made this trip for the first time. But a survey of those saying goodbye indicated that TRUMPF had done an excellent job of showing the company's capabilities and that readers of publications in their home countries would be exposed to the latest in laser processing technology. Text description provided by the architects. The machine-tool manufacturer, Trumpf, has completed its first company daycare center in the north-west edge of its Campus in Ditzingen. The one-story building was built using mass-timber elements prefabricated in a South Tyrolean factory and then assembled on site. The daycare center offers a place for 75 children of the employees and is also open to other children from the municipality. © Stefan MüllerThe interior is divided by eight cubes dedicated to group and employee rooms, a cloakroom, and a kitchen. A meandering corridor connects all volumes and widens at three points within the building's perimeter, creating smaller gathering "squares". These three intermediate spaces are available for communal use and have a direct connection to the outside space through their extensive glazing. © Stefan MüllerThe Trumpf Day-Care Center is also completely handicap accessible and a has high energy standard (KfW 55) Apple investments with European suppliers top €20 billion in 2022 Apple now supports more than 2.6 million jobs across the region Today Apple announced its spend with European suppliers has increased more than 50 percent since 2018 totaling €85 billion over the past five years and more than €20 billion in 2022 alone The investments reach more than 4,000 European suppliers and support cutting-edge innovations that can be found in every product Apple makes These investments are also helping advance the green transition of European industry as Apple is committed to achieving carbon neutrality across its supply chain by the end of this decade Through these investments and the iOS app economy Apple now supports more than 2.6 million European jobs “Europe’s spirit of innovation and incredible talent brought Apple here more than 40 years ago and the region’s contribution to our products has never been stronger,” said Cathy Kearney “Our deep partnerships with European suppliers have helped create breakthrough technologies and we’re proud to work closely with suppliers across Europe as we advance our mission to decarbonise our entire global supply chain.”  Apple suppliers in Europe range from large multinational companies to small family-owned businesses Some have been working with Apple for over 30 years and new companies — all innovation leaders in their respective fields — join its supply chain each year a family-owned technology company headquartered in Ditzingen The company’s high-tech components have been used for a number of Apple products including a small laser to enable a proximity sensor for iPhone that turns off the screen when it detects an object that is close by — such as when a user holds iPhone up to their ear — saving power and preventing inadvertent touches TRUMPF has manufactured and delivered more than 1 billion of these small lasers to Apple Apple and TRUMPF’s engineering teams continue to work together to develop the latest laser technologies to enhance the experience of Apple’s customers a global semiconductor company with strong roots in France and Italy develops and manufactures chips that contribute to the industry-leading performance and incredible efficiency of Apple devices the company has worked with Apple teams on sensors and wireless integrated circuits for iPhone and other Apple products STMicroelectronics employs more than 27,000 workers across its European operations and is investing more than €3.5 billion in 2023 to increase its manufacturing capacity globally where it also manufactures components for Apple devices This new expansion of manufacturing capacity will support Apple’s future needs for microcontrollers as well as wireless STMicroelectronics has been powering its Apple-related operations with 100 percent renewable energy since 2021 Apple works with its suppliers to drive innovations that protect the planet and spur climate action many of them are now part of its Supplier Clean Energy Program working with Apple to achieve carbon neutrality for their Apple-related corporate operations Apple has been carbon neutral for its global corporate operations since 2020 and is focused on its ambitious goal to become carbon neutral across its entire global supply chain and the life cycle of every product by 2030 Austrian chip manufacturer ams is one of the latest European companies to join Apple’s Supplier Clean Energy Program Companies like DSM Engineering Materials in the Netherlands and Solvay in Belgium are supporting a range of renewable energy solutions such as wind projects and onsite solar and innovative structures like virtual power purchase agreements Of the European manufacturing partners committed to clean energy eight are already achieving 100 percent renewable electricity for their Apple production — including Viscom AG and Victrex which recently joined Apple’s Supplier Clean Energy Program and VARTA Microbattery GmbH are achieving 100 percent renewable electricity through green utility power media.emea@apple.com “It is wonderful”—those were the words Peter Leibinger used to welcome the people for the celebration of the Berthold Leibinger Innovationspreis 2020/21 to celebrate great science and bright people in the laser community That was made possible by a two-step testing marathon for the participants in a nearby parking deck Waiting there was made as pleasant as possible but people were truly released when finally they got permission to lift the masks and to enter the celebration hall Peter Leibinger emphasized that this event felt bittersweet for him. Sweet, because it was such a pleasure to celebrate with the community after it had to be postponed last year. Bitter, as his father Berthold Leibinger passed away a few weeks after the last Innovationspreis ceremony in 2018 It should be mentioned that Berthold Leibinger had a remarkable history as an engineer and businessman He had joined Trumpf in the 1950s as a mechanic but left soon to become a mechanical engineer and to move to the United States for some years Leibinger successively took over shares of the company from company founder Christian Trumpf as a compensation for patents he filed he had a majority of shares in 1978 and made Trumpf the market leader for industrial laser systems he handed over the director’s position to his daughter Nicola Leibinger-Kammüller who leads the family-owned business ever since Berthold Leibinger wrote several books, including his autobiography and his dissertation thesis which are well worth reading for anyone interested in the advent of the machine tool industry In 2000 Berthold Leibinger founded the bi-annual Berthold Leibinger Innovationspreis “for excellent research and development work on the application or generation of laser light.” In addition to the three levels of the Innovationspreis the Berthold Leibinger Zukunftspreis (future award) is given to single scientists who contributed essentially to basic research in laser technology the Leibinger Foundation made these evenings unforgettable gatherings of the laser community Only a very few persons can say that their work really shaped the world we live in Sir David Payne invented the Erbium-doped fiber amplifier A system that enabled long-haul signal transmission through glass fibers the backbone of the internet and of any of our telecommunication lines rely on EDFA changed the world in laser material processing Sir David Payne received the Berthold Leibinger Zukunftspreis 2020/21 for “Erbium-Doped Fibre Amplifier (EDFA) and Pioneering Research in Fibre Optics Technology.” The first prize of the Innovationspreis went to another spectacular development: EUV generation now it is the core technology for making modern computer and smartphone chips got the prize for a “breakthrough in laser-produced plasma source for Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography scanner enabling high-volume manufacturing.” new and similarly exciting developments are on the horizon “Particle Acceleration on a Chip” is such a promising topic and it is why Robert L Byer (Stanford) and Peter Hommelhoff (Nuremberg Germany) were awarded the second prize for their research in that field A chip-sized accelerator could be used for radiation therapy The third prize was given to Stephan Barcikowski and Bilal Gökce from the University of Duisburg-Essen for their invention of “scaled-up nanoparticle synthesis by laser ablation in liquids for the chemical industry and additive manufacturing.” This team has been there before with a hundred times more efficient processes It should be noted that five more teams championed as finalists with even more exciting innovations but still an enthusiastic crowd of laser and photonics luminaries We all shared what we had missed so much: the joy of a warm autumn evening colleagues and those who might soon become so The next celebration of the Berthold Leibinger Innovationspreis will be on a different date as Sven Ederer from the Berthold Leibinger Foundation told me It will be held on the Friday before the Laser World of Photonics trade show in 2023 Just the location remains the same—the Trumpf headquarters in Ditzingen Thales took over the Sema Group’s (the former ADV/Orga) defence activities in Wilhelmshaven and Bremen As software providers for maritime combat direction systems Thales and Sema have already cooperated in the past for example with the F124 frigates and the K130 corvettes for the German Navy The historically grown and ever more complex structures of the North German locations require an adjustment of the business areas: The location in Bremen is closed down the present three addresses in Wilhelmshaven are merged in the common Südstrandquartier the former subsidiary for integrated navigation systems move from the Luisenstraße the division of work for simulation and radar between the formerly associated locations in Koblenz and Kiel are redefined Kiel finally hands over the responsibility for land systems and night sight devices to Koblenz and Ditzingen The most recent step in the consolidation is the move of the Kiel competence centre for naval systems from Kiel-Wellsee to the newly constructed premises in Kiel-Wik The employees at the three Baden-Wuerttemberg locations in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen Pforzheim and Korntal-Münchingen move to a large new building in Ditzingen The new Germany headquarters offers room for up to 1,800 employees and is a real eyecatcher located directly on the A81 motorway another former Lorenz property – the factory on the Teltow Canal – is closed down The Berlin staff from the transportation business area and with its capital representation moves into new premises in the Schützenstraße – in the heart of Berlin and only a minutes' walk from Carl Lorenz‘ first domains After years of stagnation at the turn of the millennium Gemalto benefits from the global triumph of the GSM standard in mobile telephony The market leader for chip cards grows internally and externally the Siemens spin-off company Cinterion Wireless Modules GmbH in Munich and Berlin is acquired that took over the wireless Machine-to-Machine communication from the parent company a leading provider of safe data communications that operates a German subsidiary in Munich With the acquisition of the Swiss Trüb AG in 2015 its subsidiary Cardag GmbH in Wutha-Farnroda also merges into Gemalto The Thuringian company specialises on small series and special products in chip card production With the acquisition of Gemalto that is agreed in 2017 and completed in 2019 Thales positions itself as a broad-based provider of digital safety technology The complexity of modern defence systems leaves no room for national solo efforts in development Germany and Spain therefore agreed on a common Future Combat Air System (FCAS) The core of the programme is a sixth-generation multi-role combat aircraft supported by unmanned platforms and connected via the so-called “Combat Cloud” Thales is substantially involved in two FCAS sub-projects that will guarantee future pilots a superior situational awareness And there is also a go-ahead for another large project. The Dutch Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding and its partner Blohm + Voss win the bid for the construction of four new MKS180/F126 frigates for the German Navy Together with their Dutch colleagues from Hengelo the employees from Kiel and Wilhelmshaven are responsible for the integration of fire control and combat direction systems The delivery of the first ship is scheduled for 2028 Thales Deutschland is the Group’s third largest national subsidiary employing 3,800 of the 83,000 employees worldwide we are pride of what we have achieved but at the same time the COVID-19 pandemic has negative impacts on transportation and many other sectors long-term partnerships and forward-looking investments in future-oriented high-tech solutions for today’s and future opportunities and challenges the Thales Group remains in the best possible position Together with our customers and partners we face the coming decades with optimism It's about Germany's number one laser manufacturer I was invited to Ditzingen for Trumpf's in-house trade show INTECH I spent a day there that was organized with a sense of perfection just as one would expect from a company that works thoroughly on every detail of their products and their production Beside that sense of perfection my first impression was another: They care about their people I often saw people passing and greeting our Trumpf guides which is not so common for a place where thousands of people work For their in-house trade show they expected more than 2000 visitors And the press conference started with a quite human attitude: Mathias Kammüller Chief Digital Officer and member of the owner family began with a comment on the current fears related to the new technologies In Germany (and beyond) many people are afraid of Industry 4.0 and e-mobility because of possible mass layoffs in conventional industries we have a different perspective,” Kammüller said “We believe that digitalization and electromobility can these two megatrends can play a major role in the health of the machine and system manufacturing sectors in Europe And help strengthen Germany's status as a leading industrial nation.” Trumpf really pushes these new technologies given that lasers have become commodities and Trumpf won’t want to depend on the lowest prices in the long term they bet on new technology solutions that promise two-digit productivity gains That allows them to remain in a technology pioneering position and perhaps realize a premium on that base As Trumpf promotes the fully connected factory as a sustainable solution for Industry 4.0, a question came to mind: How do customers adapt? Two years ago I learned from Industry 4.0 proponent Friedhelm Loh that building an entire new factory might be the best way to fully exploit the benefits of this technology revolution In Ditzingen we were shown an impressive production unit for sheet metal processing Within that hall five sections with giant numbers indicated the different production stages Along the aisle we saw dashboards with production details It’s all focused on indicator (or KPI)-controlled production The main indicator I recognized was utilization We also saw a malfunction that had blocked the storage system for some hours during the night But back to my question: Trumpf also recognized that some customers may hesitate to buy an entire factory told us: “As we continue down this road [of Industry 4.0] we will need many different tailor-made solutions—some of which will only be steps on the path toward our eventual goal.” And so I learned about many smaller steps to start One is an indoor positioning system that can track all your pieces (Trump bought a French company for that) Or you may use a sorting assistant for sheet metal Trumpf invested heavily in software for controlling systems and processes you go forward to more automation and buy machines that are ready for full connectivity it is production data that we are talking about here production where your system shows you what is going on where and when (and no one calls it artificial intelligence…yet) Through those large screens or even your smartphone you can see and control it and true science is applied to minimize processes that do not contribute to productivity It is certainly worth a visit to witness this change of the production process customers may prefer the Trumpf model factory near Chicago and more than a thousand people have already seen these futuristic systems at work there and processes presented to the interested visitor Additive manufacturing was a big topic and solutions for e-mobility I saw business people and shirt-sleeved machine shop owners in the halls talking and thinking that Trumpf expects very good business numbers – again Three months before the end of their financial year and they already see two-digit growth in revenue on the way So their pockets are well filled and they are working on the future under full steam So indeed it seems that Trumpf is doing very Related: Market Insights: Trumpf is riding the tiger - Interview with Dr New 19,000 m2 JFY production facility in Yangzhou Germany) held a ceremony marking the opening of a new €12 million production facility for its subsidiary Trumpf announced it is investing €8 million in Trumpf China (Taicang) where construction crews broke ground in April for a multipurpose facility for a workforce of 590 High-quality laser cutting machines that process sheet metal are the primary revenue driver for Trumpf China JFY is positioned in the low to mid-range segment it employs more than 1300 people at the two sites which together generated 404 million in annual revenue Both companies produce almost exclusively for Chinese customers China was the third-largest market worldwide--surpassed only by Germany (€622 million) and the United States (€421 million) Related: Trumpf is riding the tiger—an interview with Trumpf vice chair Peter Leibinger Related: How are you, Mr. Trumpf? A blog by Andreas Thoss on Trumpf Ditzingen Related: Trumpf buys 72 percent of Chinese tool building company JFY The JFY production site is now the Trumpf Group’s largest production site worldwide JFY's 771 employees manufacture primarily laser Its annual production output of over 1000 CNC bending machines makes JFY the market leader in China The company also produces more bending machines than the entire Trumpf Group also manufactures several hundred laser-cutting and punching machines every year It recently generated €86 million in annual revenue "We're fundamentally concerned about the ongoing trade dispute between China and the United States especially when it comes to a potential rise in steel prices But this trade quarrel hasn't affected our business in China," said Heinz-Jürgen Prokop who oversees Trumpf’s business activities in China "Trumpf prioritizes consolidating its position in the Chinese market with a strong local presence; we're not shifting development endeavors back to Germany We will instead tap into the dynamic Chinese market by boosting our commitment to development A lot of people are talking about making an exit from China Source: Trumpf Conard Holton has 25 years of science and technology editing and writing experience He was formerly a staff member and consultant for government agencies such as the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority and the International Atomic Energy Agency He joined Laser Focus World in 1997 as senior editor In 2003 he joined Vision Systems Design as editor in chief while continuing as contributing editor at Laser Focus World Conard became editor in chief of Laser Focus World in August 2011 a role in which he served through August 2018 He then served as Editor at Large for Laser Focus World and Co-Chair of the Lasers & Photonics Marketplace Seminar from August 2018 through January 2022 with additional studies at the Colorado School of Mines and Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University Group photo of the three Berthold Leibinger Innovationspreis winners First Prize: Extreme High-speed Laser Material Deposition (EHLA)--to Thomas Schopphoven Andres Gasser and Gerhard Maria Backes at the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT Aachen and chair for Digital Additive Production (DAP) EHLA is a new, highly productive variant of laser material deposition It eliminates coating processes' shortcomings in particular hard chrome plating and thermal spraying providing an eco-friendly and economical alternative This process also has great potential in the rapidly growing additive manufacturing market Second Prize: 3D Laser Lithography for Photonic Integration (DELPHI)--to the Project Group DELPHI (Prof Matthias Blaicher) at Institute of Microstructure Technology (IMT) and Institute of Photonics und Quantum Electronics (IPQ) and Institute for Automation and Applied Informatics is dedicated to industrial adoption of femtosecond laser lithography as a tool for 3D additive nanofabrication in integrated photonics The concept of multi-photon polymerization is exploited to fabricate single-mode photonic waveguides and free-form micro-optical elements for efficient coupling of optical chips Faster Assessment of Resistances–RamanBioAssay--to Prof Ute Neugebauer at Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology e.V. RamanBioAssay is a laser-based method for a rapid identification of bacteria together with the characterization of their phenotypical resistance to antibiotics in less than four hours The laser light is used to excite Raman spectra containing important fingerprint information about the identity and resistance patterns of the bacterial pathogen The following five finalists received a diploma and sculpture at the jury session on July 13: Laser-Based Ion Accelerator for Proton Therapy of Cancer --The approach of producing fast protons by the interaction of high intensity short laser pulses with “snow” targets is a promising development towards ultra-compact and affordable ion accelerator systems for various applications including production of radioactive isotopes Jerusalem and HIL Applied Medical Ltd (Jerusalem ELI-ALPS SYLOS1 Laser System--A laser system for the Extreme Light Infrastructure ELI-ALPS to enable next generation experiments in attosecond science cascaded optical parametric chirped pulse amplification system is driven by diode-pumped lasers It achieves more than 53 W average power combined with 5.5 TW peak power and sub-9 fs pulse duration By Project Group SYLOS1 (Rimantas Budriūnas State research institute Center for Physical Sciences and Technology Ultrafast Laser Materials Property Microscopy--Materials property microscopy can be applied to almost any material and accelerates experimental measurements of several key materials properties by integrating laser pump-probe time-domain thermoreflectance measurements with high-precision modeling of ultrafast laser induced thermophysical responses at both micron-scale spatial resolution and femtosecond temporal resolution Department of Materials Science and Engineering USA and Department of Materials Science and Engineering University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Laser Shoes in Parkinson’s Disease--Freezing of gait is a severe symptom of Parkinson’s Disease Patients experience this as if their feet remain glued to the floor By consciously looking at visual information on the floor such as objects or lines and stepping over them they can overcome their blockages during walking The laser shoes translate this observation into a unique ambulatory visual cueing device Laser Fired Contact for More Efficient Solar Cells--The laser fired contact technology presents for the first time an industrial way to mass-produce the more efficient PERC solar cell concept the process has been developed in close collaboration with leading companies until successfully used in the world's first mass production eventually establishing a new solar cell industry standard Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems Since 2000 the biennial international Berthold Leibinger Innovationspreis has been open to both individuals and project groups with innovations regarding the application or generation of laser light in any industry or field of technology. 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