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TRUMPF's corporate campus in Schramberg has been growing steadily for over twenty years it is now the company's second-largest location In line with Barkow Leibinger's master plan for the current and future expansion of the site a first extension building was completed in 2000 followed by a new Development Center for Laser Technology in 2013 and a Production Building in 2017 a new multifunctional Tech Center has been in operation since March 2023 combining various uses under its roof: laboratories as well as a large campus restaurant that seats 400 guests Due to the topography of the site and the laboratories' special requirements a significant portion of the allocated space has been built underground or into the sloping terrain Only the two upper floors are visible from the main entrance giving visitors a glimpse of the symbolic tip of an architectural "iceberg" as they approach the new building comprises four levels with an area of more than 14,000 square meters together with the terraces and numerous exits fits into the concept laid out in the master plan for the campus which in the future will feature welcoming 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 Bike Europe is a part of VMNmedia. The following rules apply to the use of this site: Terms of Use and Privacy / Cookie Statement | Privacy settings ‘Sustainable mobility is only possible together’ was the motto of the BOCAR Networking Day 2024 The two-day event offered numerous opportunities for exchange and invited participants to interesting presentations workshops and a tour of the BOCAR Technology Centre (BTC) in Schramberg-Waldmössingen which was organised for the first time this year and took place at the BOCAR Technology Centre (BTC) in Schramberg-Waldmössingen provided plenty of inspiration for the foundry industry The two-day event with the motto ‘Strong partnerships to promote sustainable mobility’ kicked off with the networking evening on Monday which offered participants numerous opportunities to exchange ideas including public viewing of the 2024 European Football Championship Tier 1 suppliers and technology suppliers with whom the BOCAR Group has long-standing partnerships as well as representatives from universities and associations The event was officially opened on Tuesday with a welcoming speech by BOCAR Group CEO Karl Schary followed by the presentation ‘Introducing BOCAR’ by Dr Bernhard Fritsche Climate policy goals and the promotion of sustainable mobility can only be achieved together Fritsche emphasised that OEMs are pursuing different strategies in 2024 when it comes to ICE While some see the electric drive of vehicles as the only model for the future for others the decision about the end of the combustion engine from 2035 is still open Although demand for BEV vehicles is currently weakening the long-term trend would be towards electric vehicles Fritsche referred to the achievement of climate policy goals for carbon neutrality and the promotion of sustainable mobility He emphasised the benefits that arise from the collaboration between the BOCAR Group and its cooperation partners new insights and impetus on the part of the markets and consumers Enforcement of e-vehicles depends on many criteria some OEMs are focussing on the further development of ICEs and PHEVs also focussed on current developments and key figures for BEVs in the EU the question of whether e-vehicles will become established in the future depends primarily on four different criteria: Government regulations (ICE phase-out the general competitive situation of BEVs and A major challenge for OEMs lies above all in the competitive situation of new market participants (BEV manufacturers) from the Far East Some traditional OEMs have already responded to this problem by focussing on the further development of ICEs and PHEVs - particularly with regard to pollutant emissions and CO2 emissions from combustion engines Topic Giga/Megacasting: Has the limit already been reached Other highlights of Networking Day 2024 included a tour of the BOCAR Technology Centre (BTC) and various specialist presentations and workshops One of the topics discussed was giga/megacasting which raised the question of whether the limit for casting on large machines has already been reached and in which direction the industry will develop in the long term Director Global Product Management & Marketing Die Casting at Bühler Group emphasised that very large structural components can be cast in the future but that the lifetime of vehicles (single-use of cars) must be redefined in this context Tobler also emphasised that casting on small and medium-sized die casting machines will be just as important as gigacasting in the future Further topics of the BOCAR Networking Day 2024 Other workshop topics included OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness) / technical feasibility: everything to do with the casting cell of the future; simultaneous engineering: what potential can still be exploited Innovations: What new developments can we expect in the next few years as well as fast-die parts and services from BTC there was another opportunity for networking and a cosy get-together with a clear focus on ‘achieving goals together’ - just as Jochen März emphasised in his closing speech: ‘We keep on discussing The BOCAR Group has been active as a manufacturer of aluminium components for 65 years and supplies the USMCA market from the USMCA The parts are produced by aluminium die casting gravity die casting and low pressure die casting the BOCAR Group operates a unique technology centre in Schramberg-Waldmössingen which specialises in die casting technology technology development and complete ready-to-install prototypes can be produced I would like to receive the bi-weekly Foundry-Planet newsletter with all latest news Plus the special newsletters – all can be cancelled anytime and at no cost 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 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 Germany – High-tech company TRUMPF has expanded its location in Schramberg with a 14,000 square meter building the high-tech company is investing a mid-double-digit million amount "A new building always expresses a commitment to a location to the people who work there and their families Schramberg is now an immovable cornerstone of the TRUMPF Group," says Nicola Leibinger-Kammüller which will already be occupied in December 2022 It offers offices for management and administration a laser application and development center a health center for employees and a visitor area "This building represents the heart of this site but is also characterized by the very highest efficiency for the site's needs It houses all administrative areas of the location and is also the meeting place for our employees," says Hagen Zimer Managing Director of the TRUMPF Schramberg location TRUMPF develops and manufactures lasers there that are used primarily in electromobility for the production of batteries and e-motors The heart of laser expertise in Schramberg is the so-called disk laser This laser is the first choice in automotive production in particular disk laser systems accelerate the production of battery cells for electric cars the developers in Schramberg have played a key role in developing so-called ultrashort pulse laser technology and bringing it to industrial maturity to efficiently process hard materials such as glass together with representatives of the Bosch technology group and the University of Jena received the prestigious German Future Prize from the German President for the industrialization of ultrashort pulse laser technology The architectural firm Barkow Leibinger from Berlin designed the building letting it tower so openly and permeably over the site aligning everything with the reference to the outdoors and views of the landscape providing restful acoustics under this far exciting wooden roof - these are all signs of TRUMPF's appreciation for its employees which we were only too happy to translate into architecture," says architect Regine Leibinger The building stands on an area of 60 by 60 meters in a ring around an inner courtyard the open wooden beam structure with its triangular basic structure characterizes the space This is where the company restaurant for all employees at the site is located The facade of the multifunctional building consists of a wood-glass structure with horizontal steel bands approximately 1.60 m high Since the floor slabs are offset from one another the view creates an interplay between cantilevers the architects paid attention not only to form but also to function a sprinkler tank for firefighting also serves as a cold storage tank Production uses the stored cold to cool its manufacturing processes which in turn is generated in the production of the lasers is used by the building operations for heating WATCHPRO Germany’s most iconic relic of the Cold War but it was not until the following year that all of East and West Germany were reunited had always been operating from its Schramberg watchmaking factories in the democratic half of Germany and was continuing the innovation that had transformed the business from a family firm making wooden cuckoo clocks to one of the world’s great volume producers of mechanical movements and wristwatches in the post-war decades The quartz crisis is typically associated with the decimation of the Swiss watchmaking industry but Junghans was also cut down to a fraction of its former size Its response was to redouble its research into the most accurate forms of timekeeping and it was ready with the world’s first wristwatch that kept to perfect time by synching with radio-controlled timing signals has been recreated on the 35th anniversary of its launch in three limited editions using the same radical asymmetric design (credited to German-American product designer Hartmut Esslinger) each of the three 80-piece limited edition watches has the same large LCD display running off a multifrequency radio-controlled Caliber J604.90 which was developed and assembled in Schramberg In addition to showing the time in either 12- or 24-hour form the watch could be described as a perpetual calendar because it will always be updated with the correct time and date by communicating with the atomic clock of the Physikalisch- Technische Bundesanstalt (the national metrology institute of the Federal Republic of Germany) while in Europe or similar transmitters in the United States or Japan Mega Futura watches measure 38.5mm x 44mm and are water resistant to 5 bar Google Maps shows a passenger jet with a broken wing in the middle of the Black Forest no aircraft can be found at the location in question An airliner is lying in the forest in the middle of the Black Forest - according to Google's satellite image Even more confusing: part of the left wing is broken off The trees around the Boeing 747 appear intact there are no traces of a crash or an emergency landing The image is reminiscent of photos of aircraft that have crashed in remote forests around which the vegetation has long since recovered between Schramberg and Heiligenbronn in Baden-Württemberg The answer to the second question is simple: because there is no plane there. An employee of the district tells the radio station Antenne 1: "I can assure you that there is no plane in the forest on Sulgen." A Lufthansa spokesperson uses the satellite image as an opportunity for a joke: "We parked the plane there the plane won't be used again anyway." He then adds that nobody at Lufthansa knows how the plane ended up on the Google image Google tells the radio editors that they cannot provide explanations for individual cases What is certain is that the image does not correspond to reality t-Online summarizes statements by experts who explain that the Google satellite images are composed of individual images An image from another location could have "slipped in" One user even claims that an Air Berlin plane can be seen that was photographed approaching Stuttgart Airport It is not known how long the plane has been lying in the Google forest with a broken wing Da-Bach-na-Fahrt (Journey Down the Stream in the local dialect) is a unique parade in which whimsical wash tubs race down the stream The entertaining event was founded in 1936 in opposition to the established carnival clubs Three weeks before the event, which takes place on the Monday before carnival, called Rosenmontag in Germany They must then decorate their wash tubs with the same extravagance with which people decorate carnival floats The teams have to use the provided wash tubs as other floatation devices like bathtubs have been outlawed since 1951 the participants are baptized in the stream's cold water the decorated wash tubs are presented at the race’s end point they transport their wash tubs through the streets of Schramberg to the start point where a temporary slipway is installed to bring the vessels into the water which is attended by up to 30,000 spectators depending on the state of the wash tub and the water level of the stream Not all wash tubs survive the trip down the waterway The event takes place the Monday before Carnival at 1 p.m the town of Pernik plays host to the Surva Carnival⁠—a magnificent display of masked Kukeri dancers The famed amusement district marks the beginning of summer with a wild procession of nautical creatures A small museum full of giant effigies of Bali's demons and monsters One of the few places in Portugal where the Celtic ritual of wearing large wooden masks is still practiced This pair of statues commemorates a once-widespread carnival tradition of blowing on each other’s butts with bellows This enormous sardine in the Segura River pays tribute to an annual post-Lent tradition A statue commemorating the island's tradition of dancing dwarves in Napoleon hats the star character of the annual Kurentovanje festival I like to spend a column reminiscing about all the wines I drank the year before Support journalism that digs deeper into topics that matter most to Arkansans. 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My destination, two hours southwest on the Autobahn at a rather more relaxed speed, was the Black Forest — birthplace of the clocks whose original clunky wooden mechanisms were the unlikely origin of Germany’s modern talent for smoothly running cogs, wheels and motors. When you follow the Clock Route, the history, culture and landscape mesh into one perfect holiday. Off the highway the roads become narrow and sinuous, winding through steep-sided valleys with wisps of mist caught in the branches of ridge-top trees. Ancient three-story wooden farmhouses — like giant cuckoo clocks, big enough to house several generations of the same family — stand amid orderly fields that become increasingly steep until they peter out into tangled forest on the hillsides. For centuries, farming families would pass the winter indoors generating extra revenue by painting the flat faces of shield clocks with elaborate patterns of flowers and fruits, and cutting the wooden cogs for their mechanisms. It was in 1738 that the first cuckoo was added, greatly boosting demand. Strolling clock-sellers walked as far as Russia, carrying their stock on their backs. At the tidy little town of Furtwangen, once the center of the clockmaking industry, I paused to visit the impressive Clock and Watch Museum. Exhibits included early wooden mechanisms with stones for weights, and a whole wall of historic cuckoo clocks with their two-tone calls sounding constantly amid displays of sundials, orreries and automata. When the first German School of Clock-Making was founded here in 1850, there was a competition to design a new cuckoo clock. The winner was the house shape familiar today, based not on farmhouses or chalets but on a signalman’s hut built for the railways that were newly beginning to penetrate the forest. The short drive along another winding valley to Triberg passes modern-day evidence of the 1850 design’s success in the form of farmhouses with more windows, built to house expanded production and provide them more light by which to work. Triberg’s main street is lined with shops belonging to individual clockmaking families, selling to those visiting Germany’s highest waterfall, the town’s main attraction. Shelves densely crowded with clocks ensure that a cuckoo calls every few seconds. Klaus Herr showed me around the small clock factory founded by his grandfather Hubert in 1918. “But the father of my grandfather and his grandfather were also making cuckoo clocks in a factory about one mile from here,” he said. “So I’m generation number five.” Behind his showroom, craftspeople mount tiny cogs and levers onto armatures using tweezers. Piles of figurines await the mechanisms that bring them to life, and rows of completed clocks are mounted on the walls for testing. In addition to cuckoo clocks with animated figures of woodsmen chopping, drinkers raising their beers, or sweeps popping out of chimneys, others are elaborately carved with forest-related still life: cuckoos, hunting rifles and braces of dead rabbits. The richness of the carving is what most affects the final price, but the new generation wants to tinker with computers, not clockwork, and the carving and painting skills are drying up. The modern center of clockmaking is sleepy Schonach, a short drive away down another pretty green valley. If the new design of 1850 revolutionized the industry, here a second revolution is taking place. The showroom of Rombach and Haas has the traditional carved designs on display, but also plain house-shaped cuckoo clocks in shocking pink, lime green and other startling colors, sometimes stenciled with forest motifs. These are clearly descendants of the traditional clock yet something brand-new. Some are just simple cubes or resemble old-fashioned radios. Some have “free” cuckoos perched permanently on the top of glass-fronted boxes that reveal the clock’s interior workings. “For some years people thought we were crazy,” said Ingolf Haas, fourth-generation clockmaker. “They became angry against us. When we exhibited somewhere people came and said, ‘You cannot do that. It is not a cuckoo clock.’” “The cuckoo clock is part of Germany much more than other items such as beer, or cars,” he added. “You can buy cars from everywhere, but cuckoo clocks come only from Germany, and every mechanical cuckoo clock comes from the Black Forest.” Despite the outrage, Haas’ striking designs were widely copied and now make up 80 percent of his business and 20 percent of the cuckoo clock industry’s production as a whole. The Germans themselves are buying again, while the rapidly growing Asian tourist market has increased demand for traditional designs. And Haas’ wife, Connie, still preserves one of the oldest traditions: hand-painting cheerful floral designs onto the flat, white faces of shield clocks. Schonach is also home to the world’s largest cuckoo clock. Josef Dold, now 79 but still producing 15 or 16 traditional clocks a year, spent three years building one 50 times normal size. The giant, ponderous wooden mechanism can be seen at work inside a little half-timbered house brightened with geranium-filled window boxes. The rear wall is dominated by the giant clock face, and the albatross-size cuckoo is suitably deep-voiced. Modern clock mechanisms are all brass and steel, materials adopted by Germany after techniques for rolling and punching brass were invented in the United States, where the first clock production line began to undercut German prices. The Junghans company of Schramberg sent a family member to work in an American factory and copy designs, and by the early 20th-century Junghans became the biggest clock factory in the world. Many smaller factories supplied parts, and though the advent of microelectronics took manufacturing to Asia, some still survive making parts for cars. The link between the engineering skills required for clocks and cars is also celebrated at Schramberg’s Car and Clock World, an immense and varied collection of vehicles on multiple floors in a former clock factory. The vast space with wooden pillars and creaking floors has part of the original wooden production line mechanism still in place. The 13th-century town still shows evidence of the Junghans company’s success, with lines of managers’ residences and workers’ cottages clearly visible from the hilltop Villa Junghans, built for the company’s owner in the late 1800s and now an eight-room hotel. The vast wood-paneled pile, with fine ironwork and stained-glass windows and elaborate gardens, has elegantly furnished rooms offering sweeping views of the city. A chandelier-hung restaurant specializes in local delicacies, including hors d’oeuvres and dumplings, and satisfyingly hearty roasted meat dishes, fit for a clock baron. “How did it go?” asked the clerk at Sixt when I returned to Frankfurt a few days later. Thank you for reading. We welcome your thoughts on this topic. Comments are moderated for adherence to our Community Guidelines Please read the guidelines before participating Cries of ‘Vive la France’ can almost certainly be heard coming from Junghans’ manufacturing facility after the brand introduced the max bill Damen in Gallic colours Featuring the brand’s typical purist Bauhaus style In combination with their polished stainless-steel cases the trio of watches “sends a strong tricolore signal on the wrist” One key detail is the printed markings on the dial which are paired with the watch’s respective leather strap for a contemporary look The range features a Quartz Caliber J643.29 movement and is water resistant up to 5 bar Junghans’ history dates back to 1861 and it has a proud track record that includes being the largest watch manufacturer in the world in 1903 and the third-largest chronometer manufacturer in 1956 Hans-Jochem and Hannes Steim brought the business back in 2009 and introduced a new growth strategy the ‘Terrassenbau’ building was named in honor of its centenary jubilee and it includes a museum for visitors to experience the tradition of watchmaking in the Black Forest Hannes Steim has led the company as its managing director Celebrates 50th anniversary of being in the laser industry Trumpf has announced that it is changing the legal form of the holding managing company KG will operate under the name Trumpf SE + Co The previous shareholder structure will remain in place even after the change in legal form Trumpf continues to be a company owned by the Leibinger family For the employees of the Trumpf Group until now KG changes nothing with regard to the existing employment relationships The shares in the SE are held by the limited partnership This means that Trumpf retains its character as a family- owned company Trumpf is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its laser technology site in Schramberg This facility in the Black Forest – the second-largest Trumpf location in Germany – employs over 1 400 people including physicists manufacture and maintain laser systems that are used in numerous industries all over the world “Schramberg is the hub of German industrial solid state laser technology,” says the site’s managing director “We started out producing spiral springs for the watch industry – now we supply state-of-the-art laser technology for global applications including e-mobility From its humble origins in the Black Forest the company has become a shining example of German industrial manufacturing The idea of using light as a tool was still in its infancy when the Schramberg engineers came up with the idea of building laser systems to spot-weld watch springs This was swiftly followed by the introduction of laser-based processes for cathode-ray-tube manufacturing and pacemakers eventually culminating in Trumpf’s breakthrough use of solid state laser technology in automotive production For further details contact Retecon on TEL: 011 976 8600 or visit www.retecon.co.za This is the latest installment of our Designing Women series. Previously: Seven Things You Probably Didn't Know About Eileen Gray Eva Zeisel aspired to design modern housewares that were both useful and beautiful—creating balanced shapes with sinuous lines and functional simplicity "is to create the culture of life that surrounds us." Zeisel started her design career in Europe immigrated to America during World War II and eventually became famous for her curvy designs which range from ceramic and glass tableware to furniture rugs and even a belly button–inspired room divider You may already be familiar with Zeisel's friendly Town and Country ceramic table service or her graceful Hallcraft/Tomorrow's Classic tableware designs but here are six things that you might not know about Eva Zeisel Her career spanned nine decades and over 100,000 objects Zeisel's prolific output as a designer began in her late teens and continued until her death in 2011 at age 105 even as her eyesight failed and she had to design by touch in her later years she estimated that her designs numbered more than 100,000 apprenticing first as a potter in her hometown of Budapest (she was the first woman member of the Hungarian Guild of Chimney Sweeps Well Diggers and Potters) before designing for factories in Germany and Russia (where in 1935 she was given the prestigious title of artistic director for the China and Glass Industry) and then embarking on her long career in America Zeisel was falsely accused of plotting to kill Stalin and spent 16 harsh months in prison during 12 of which she was kept in solitary confinement The brutality of the experience would define her personally and professionally "You feel the difference first in the way you see colors," she wrote of her time in prison She was ultimately freed with no explanation In 1939 Zeisel rejected the label of "craft" when she began teaching ceramics as an industrial design class at Pratt Institute It was the first class of its kind in America; in it Zeisel emphasized how mass-production techniques could be applied to ceramics and gave her students opportunities to apprentice in the field helping shift ceramics from the realm of handicraft to design She was the first female designer to be given an exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art but in the early 1940s Zeisel's unadorned Museum dinner service was a bold step forward Commissioned by the Museum of Modern Art and Castleton China the design was celebrated with the 1946 exhibition "Modern China"—MoMA's first devoted to a female designer—and the museum hailed Zeisel's achievement as "a landmark in [the] American ceramic industry." "I have rarely designed objects that were meant to stand alone," Zeisel wrote but there is always a family relationship." Certainly it would be hard to think of Zeisel's career without recalling an image of her popular Town and Country salt-and-pepper shakers snuggling together on the dinner table Zeisel was no fan of modernism's straight lines and simple geometric shapes writing that when the strict rules of modernism were applied "things lost their magic"—and even going so far as to call Le Corbusier's chaise longues "gynecologist's chairs." Instead she preferred fluid curves and softer edges which she felt brought design closer to natural beauty I've met her and spoke to her in Hungarian at a book signing in Chicago before her death I've one of my favorite go to books for form inspiration. Test it out; it only takes a single click to unsubscribe Tactile is a product and UX design firm founded in 2004 is a boutique industrial design consultancy that .. With a stellar record of design and engineering successful products with World Class brands since 20.. Spatial Dynamics is a hardware product design and development agency located in Cambridge RKS is an award-winning global product design firm and innovation consultancy specializing in indust.. This is the latest installment of our Designing Women series. Previously: Seven Things You Probably Didn't Know About Eileen Gray \"is to create the culture of life that surrounds us.\" Zeisel started her design career in Europe \"You feel the difference first in the way you see colors,\" she wrote of her time in prison In 1939 Zeisel rejected the label of \"craft\" when she began teaching ceramics as an industrial design class at Pratt Institute the design was celebrated with the 1946 exhibition \"Modern China\"—MoMA's first devoted to a female designer—and the museum hailed Zeisel's achievement as \"a landmark in [the] American ceramic industry.\" \"I have rarely designed objects that were meant to stand alone,\" Zeisel wrote but there is always a family relationship.\" Certainly it would be hard to think of Zeisel's career without recalling an image of her popular Town and Country salt-and-pepper shakers snuggling together on the dinner table \"things lost their magic\"—and even going so far as to call Le Corbusier's chaise longues \"gynecologist's chairs.\" Instead Don't have an account? 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Projects (28)All (41)SortLatestOldestA-ZZ-A✕ResetDate Tags:Save SaveSign up to unlockmore of your company's projects €30 million investment: Trumpf's Schaumburg production facility in Germany.Laser manufacturer Trumpf has invested nearly €30 million in new development and production facilities for solid-state lasers will offer 12,000 square meters of additional floor space enlarging the total available production area to nearly twice its current size The company says the expansion "will provide sufficient space for all production-related departments such as clean rooms which in turn will have a positive effect on material flows and lead times." designed by the Berlin-based architectural firm Barkow Leibinger is due to begin production by the end of 2017 Furthermore the company plans to expand its current development center in Schramberg "The trend towards using solid-state lasers in industrial production shows no signs of stopping," said Peter Leibinger Vice Chairman of the company's managing board "Our investments will create the conditions necessary for the laser to continue along a course of successful development Given how the laser industry has been developing economically we're optimistic that we'll be able to create even more jobs at the Schramberg site in the years to come," Leibinger said Trumpf has equipped an average of 60% of its machine tools for cutting applications with solid-state lasers The demand for solid-state lasers is also on the rise in material processing "Many industrial applications aren't even possible without solid-state lasers," said Leibinger "Microprocessing in particular is a field in which lasers are really tapping into new But solid-state lasers have also established themselves as reliable laser beam sources in high-power applications such as automobile manufacturing and ship building Trumpf's Peter Leibinger."Unlike with CO2 lasers the light emitted from a solid-state laser has a shorter wavelength This allows it to be coupled into flexible finer optic light cables The advantage of this approach is that the laser light is able to reach the workpiece easily and directly making it much simpler to integrate solid-state lasers into production lines the CO2 laser's longer wavelength of around 10μm forces the laser light to rely on sensitive mirror optics in order to guide the beam to the workpiece A further advantage of the solid-state laser is its comparatively high overall efficiency making it a much more economic option for manufacturers." German company Axoom together with its parent company Trumpf Group has been awarded the German Industry Innovation Award in the “Industry 4.0” category The 2016 jury included physics Nobel Prize winner Professor Klaus von Klitzing and former astronaut Ulf Merbold The jury noted that Trumpf recently launched "the most comprehensive and concrete solution in its sector for bringing “Industry 4.0” to market through Axoom's digital business platform for manufacturing “We are very happy to win this renowned award and to be designated a 2016 Cool Vendor,” said Florian Weigmann "With our software solution we are offering organizations a low risk opportunity to utilize their data to increase efficiency and improve transparency The award is further motivation for us to continue collaborating with customers and partners on solutions for the future of manufacturing.” About Us The Team Our Values Advisory Panel Our Clients What is a Smart City? Terms and Conditions Cookie Policy Registration Login © 2025 SmartCitiesWorldSmart Cities World Ltd "+ articleTitle +" WATCHPRO USA Junghans may have marked its 160th anniversary as a business back in 2021, but it has another anniversary to celebrate this year because its founder, Erhard Junghans was born in the Black Forest of Germany 200 years ago in 1823. That’s more than enough to merit the creation of two limited edition versions of its Meister fein Automatic Erhard Edition in a choice of white or yellow gold. Junghans was founded in Schramberg in 1861 by Erhard Junghans and his brother-in-law Jakob Zeller-Tobler and has been one of the world’s most prolific and innovative volume watch producers for much of the 20th century. By 1903 the company was employing 3,000 people making over 3 million timepieces per year. Fifty years later it was still Germany’s biggest producer of chronometers and the third largest in the world. To mark the birthday of its founder, Junghans has made two refined dress watches with nods to its past including a historic version of its logo on a Bauhaus-inspired dial and elongated Roman numeral hour markers. The flip side of the watch carries the signature of Mr Junghans and his portrait appears at the centre of the J800 automatic movement’s rotor. They come in 39.5mm gold cases framing the elegant domed white dial. Junghans is making 200 each of the white and gold versions with a UK retail price of £8,450 (around $8,500+tax). Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked * 140 Old Street, London, EC1V 9BJ, United Kingdom 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. 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Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page. 20183:36 AM UTCCarnival around the worldA look at spring-time celebrations in countries around the world half man figures dressed in blood soaked sheepskins take part in carnival celebrations in Alsasua [2/34]A reveller from Salgueiro performs during the second night of the Carnival parade at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro [3/34]Revellers strike each other with pig bladders on a street during carnival celebrations in the northwestern village of Xinzo de Limia The revellers are dressed as "Pantalla" and pursues villagers through the streets ringing cowbells and striking them with pig bladders during carnival festivities in Rio de Janeiro [5/34]A reveller from Mocidade samba school performs during the first night of the Carnival parade at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro [6/34]Carnival revellers ride down the Schiltach stream atop their float during the 'Bach na fahre' (race down the stream) raft contest on Rose Monday in the south-western Black Forest town of Schramberg [8/34]A reveller eats fire as he parades along a street at the National Carnival in Port-au-Prince REUTERS/Andres Martinez CasaresPORT-AU-PRINCE [9/34]Revellers participate in a flour fight during the "O Entroido" festival in Laza village [10/34]A reveller parades in a costume made of papier-mache along a street at the National Carnival in Port-au-Prince [11/34]A reveller wears a mask during the traditional Buso Carnival in Mohacs [12/34]Carnival revellers dressed as "Peliqueiros" run along a street in the village of Laza pursued villagers through the streets ringing their cowbells and hitting villagers with their sticks [13/34]A member of Morenada group dances at the carnival parade in Oruro [14/34]Carnival revellers celebrate "Weiberfastnacht" (Women's Carnival) in Cologne marking the start of a week of street festivals with the highlight "Rosenmontag" [15/34]A masked reveller poses during the Venice Carnival in Venice [16/34]A reveller dances as he parades along a street at the Carnival of Jacmel [17/34]Revellers take part in the annual block party known as "Cordao do Boitata" [18/34]A masked reveller poses during the Venice Carnival in Venice [19/34]Revellers covered in mud parade along a street at the Carnival of Jacmel [20/34]A carnival reveller swings around a long wooden stick during the traditional folklore "Narrensprung" (fools jump) procession on Rose Monday in the Black Forrest town of Rottweil in south-western Germany More in this CollectionSee all picturesItem 21 of 34 Women take part in an annual block party known as "Banda do Candinho e Mulatas" (Candinho Band and Mulatto Women) during carnival festivities at Bixiga neighbourhood in Sao Paulo REUTERS/Nacho Doce[21/34]Women take part in an annual block party known as "Banda do Candinho e Mulatas" (Candinho Band and Mulatto Women) , opens new tab Browse an unrivalled portfolio of real-time and historical market data and insights from worldwide sources and experts. , opens new tabScreen for heightened risk individual and entities globally to help uncover hidden risks in business relationships and human networks. © 2025 Reuters. All rights reserved The two editions presented to celebrate Mr Junhans’ 200th birthday feature many of the brand’s signature styles. Minimalist in design, the cases are made in white and yellow gold and measure 39.5mm in width and 11.0mm in height. It has the typical bowl-shaped construction a fully polished finish and a very slim bezel The domed sapphire crystal rounds off the profile perfectly knurled pull-out crown is used to adjust the time and date or to wind the movement if desired Junghans often shows its refined, minimalist touch when it comes to dials (although it does have a funky side!) This anniversary piece comes with a slightly domed white dial with very nice and slender as this combination never seems to go out of style The Roman III is slightly shorter than the others to give way to the date window The very simple yet elegant hands for the hours minutes and seconds are colour-matched to the case material Junghans keeps it simple from the mechanical side of things by fitting the Meister Fein Automatic Edition Erhard with the calibre J800.1 This automatic movement is based on the ETA 2824 and provides a running time of 38 hours when fully wound this is done with a two-armed gold rotor that bears a miniature portrait of the company’s founder which is a nice finishing touch to the special celebratory edition The Junghans Meister Fein Automatic Edition Erhard is worn on a black leather strap with a gold pin buckle matching the case Both are limited to 200 pieces and will cost EUR 8,450 but it seems fitting for such a handsome full gold tribute to the company’s founder For more information, please visit Junghans.de Hi you write that the cal is based on a ETA 8k for a watch with 300 euro movement that’s one fine case or one GREAT Limited edition Hola solenoide líos sellita 200-1 tienen 26 rubis Get full access to Advances in Embedded and Fan-Out Wafer Level Packaging Technologies and 60K+ other titles Currently, there are two major trends in embedding technology: embedding for system in package (SiP), which is supposed to be assembled onto commodity printed circuit boards (PCB), and system in board (SiB), where the embedding of components takes place in the main board (see Figure 9.1) The i2 Board is an embedding technology for SiB Figure 9.1 Overview of embedding technologies Figure 9.2 Active and passive components assembled on i2 Board interposer before embedding Get Advances in Embedded and Fan-Out Wafer Level Packaging Technologies now with the O’Reilly learning platform and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers and Meet the Expert sessions on your home TV All trademarks and registered trademarks appearing on oreilly.com are the property of their respective owners Terms of service • Privacy policy • Editorial independence Get Mark Richards’s Software Architecture Patterns ebook to better understand how to design components—and how they should interact Dive in for free with a 10-day trial of the O’Reilly learning platform—then explore all the other resources our members count on to build skills and solve problems every day 25 years ago HECO-Schrauben launched the MULTI-MONTI®-plus screw anchor which enables low driving torque and expansion free connections HECO is adding a new stainless steel variant to the range This new MULTI-MONTI®-plus in A4 stainless steel grade is suitable for demanding weather conditions that place a high demand on fasteners the new addition to the range is proving to be a safe solution,” comments Frank Hofer product manager at HECO-Schrauben GmbH & Co KG The screw anchor also features an extra hard black phosphated BlackCut function tip which offers some special advantages including an optimal undercut better positioning and low insertion torque This allows the screw anchor to be anchored securely The MULTI-MONTI-plus is also available in HCR stainless steel which is ideal for use in transport infrastructure The complete MMS-plus range comes in 6mm to 20mm diameters and the variants from 10mm up to 20mm have additional seismic approval The approvals also cover use in masonry under fire load MULTI-MONTI-plus is also certified for use in solid lime sand brick General type approval Z-21.1-2103 is available for anchoring in masonry Manufactured at its production site in Schramberg in the Black Forest this newly launched variant of MULTI-MONTI-plus screw anchor adds to HECO’s extensive range of screw and fixing systems for wood construction The company currently employs 400 people and has a production area spanning 20,000m2 over the last 130 years the business’ strength has been building on its experience and developing in-depth knowledge of production to produce the highest quality fixing solutions HECO has over 2,800 products on stock permanently Its wide range of production capabilities mean it can produce chipboard screws from diameter 2.5mm to 5mm; wood construction screws from diameter 6mm to 13mm – with a length of 1,000mm; as well as concrete screws with a diameter from 5mm to 20mm Products are stored in HECO’s modern logistics centre which is only a few hundred metres from its headquarters in Schramberg “The needs of our customers over recent years have changed with them wanting smaller deliveries in a shorter time frame and they were expecting us to carry their stock for them,” says Andreas Hettich we were being constrained in our capabilities We therefore decided to set-up a new logistics centre and reorganise our logistics.” The new logistics centre is 25,000m2 and has capacity for 5,000 pallets and 60,000 outer cartons It also offers fully automatic running to reduce the amount of manual handling required when sending out orders which is very important for our development in the future We are now able to react to shorter delivery times and smaller orders to meet customers’ demands with the new processes and space we can focus on the needs and wishes for the medium and longer future.” “We are extremely proud of our history as a German manufacturer as well as our extensive range of quality leading products,” comments Andreas “We have established HECO as one of the leading brands for the professional end user which we supply through distribution partners worldwide either in the form of exclusive sales points or reliable sales partners Having spent a decade in the fastener industry experiencing every facet – from steel mills as well as machinery builders and plating + coating companies Claire has developed an in-depth knowledge of all things fasteners exhibitions and conferences around the world Claire has also interviewed high profile figures – focusing on key topics impacting the sector and making sure readers stay up to date with the latest developments within the industry HECO Schrauben GmbH & Co KG is expanding its product range for structural timberwork – to include HECO-WR full-threaded screw and HECO-SC-S winged self-drilling fasteners – thanks to a strategic partnership between the Schramberg-based fastening specialist and SFS intec HECO acquired several production machines from SFS intec last year HECO is also responsible for further development product management and marketing for some of the new products The same applies to application consulting and the calculation service The new products in the HECO range are expanding the company’s offering in structural timberwork Users who purchase their products through specialist dealers can therefore benefit from high-performance connecting elements with unique selling points The new additions to the HECO range include: HECO-WS (WS = wood and steel) self-drilling dowels The use of the self-drilling dowel significantly simplifies and speeds up the work process particularly for multiple-shear steel-timber connections the timber is slit and the steel plates are slid in The dowels are then driven through both materials – timber and steel – without any need for pre-drilling beforehand Up to three steel sheets measuring 5mm thick respectively This is the only way to guarantee that each dowel is accurately fitted in timber and steel HECO-WB (WB = wood bar) threaded rods with wood thread The HECO-WB threaded rods with wood thread enable transverse reinforcement without any need for the time-consuming use of adhesives in solid timber beams The toothed thread bears the load exclusively Thanks to the high-tensile strength of 800N/mm² up to 50% fewer threaded rods are needed in comparison to other reinforcement methods blue passivated threaded rods are available in two diameters – 16mm and 20mm – and with a standard length of 3,000mm and can be cut to the appropriate length by the user HECO-WR (WR = wood reinforcement) full-threaded screws The HECO-WR full-threaded screws enable the implementation of modern design concepts with timber-timber or timber-metal connections due to the absorption of higher loads They can be used in a single step without any need for pre-drilling – even with screws 13mm in diameter and 1,000mm in length The use of the screws enables users to reduce the timber cross-section if necessary and thus for things such as beam and framework structures or for gable roofs HECO-SC-S winged self-drilling fasteners The HECO-SC-S winged self-drilling fasteners complete the HECO range in the patio and façade segment for designs with substructures made of metal The new connection elements allow users to install coverings and cladding made of wood in a single step Because they are made of corrosion resistant A2 stainless steel wooden fasteners can be quickly and efficiently implemented in steel or aluminium HECO-TOPIX-XL wood screw HECO’s range of wood screws is also being expanded to include the HECO-TOPIX-XL The new screw has a head diameter of 22.5mm instead of the previous 18mm Timberwork installation operations can thus be carried out in a more cost-effective and efficient way For applications with a slanted screw connection the tried and tested HECO-TOPIX flange head screws in the previous version with a smaller flange head Will joined Fastener + Fixing Magazine in 2007 and over the last 15 years has experienced every facet of the fastener sector - interviewing key figures within the industry and visiting leading companies and exhibitions around the globe Will manages the content strategy across all platforms and is the guardian for the high editorial standards that the Magazine is renowned Receive our weekly Newsletterand set tailored daily news alerts Knitted Outerwear Kern-Liebers Textile offers OEM quality needles for single cylinder sock machines Junghans has opened a watch and clock museum that charts the company’s history from making wooden clocks in the 18th century through to the mechanical quartz and radio-controlled wristwatches it makes today The museum is housed in Junghans’ Terrace Building clings to the side of a hill above the Black Forest town of Schramberg The museum takes visitors on a journey through the history of clock and watchmaking in the Black Forest starting in the 18th century through the boom in cuckoo clocks in the 19th century and then the meteoric rise of Junghans in the mid-20th century when it was the world’s third largest maker of chronometers; behind only Rolex and Omega in the 1950s Junghans CEO Mathias Stotz revealed on a tour of the museum that Junghans has made around half a billion clocks and watches since it was created in in 1861 German minimalist watch brand Junghans is hardly the first brand you’re likely to think of when it comes to fashion watches but this year a simple colourful adaption of one of the company’s most popular styles and the use of a quartz movement has created a range of watches that fits the (Max) bill perfectly Colour calfskin straps and matching hour markers subtly introduce reds and blues to the fold whilst preserving the admittedly narrow bracket of what makes a Max Bill watch Junghans painstakingly tested the designs of the watch to see how far any colour introduction could be taken before it went too far and pulled the collection completely out of shape The extremely attractive prices are sure to help repeat sales as well The Schramberg company has clearly realised that minimalist design doesn’t always have to be po-faced something that has led to great success for another German watch brand in recent years Junghans is not yet a darling of the vintage watch market but signs of rising prices for historic pieces are being noted at the very top of the German business CEO Matthias Stotz told WatchPro on a recent trip to Junghans headquarters in the Black Forest that rising interest in vintage pieces is a sign of a healthy primary market for its watches I see that 1972 Pilot watches are increasing and I am happy about that because this gives customers and owners of our watches a good feeling,” he said Chrono24 currently has over 1000 new or unworn Junghans watches for sale on its trading platform far fewer than comparable brands that have too much supply in the market we do not have so many watches on these platforms But I understand the question perfectly that if make a bad decision on supplying our retailers and distributors with too much of the wrong product We need to take care with our new watches that we do not oversupply because this will affect the prices,” Mr Stotz said The company is committed to supporting its wholesalers and retailers around the world and will not ask them to buy too much stock “One reason that I do not think we will over-supply is that we are not big enough to push our distributors to take larger quantities of watches than they want We always have good relationships with our distributors and we do not over-challenge them to buy too much,” he explained Junghans opened a museum at its Schramberg headquarters where the former watch workshop Terrace Building which clings to the hillside above the town houses clocks and watches dating back to the mid-19th century Asked whether the museum might have an effect on prices for vintage models The museum will have a lot of positive effects You can see a lot of Facebook groups that are actively following what we are doing and are interested in it.” was the brain behind OneCoin's Ponzi scheme The fraudulent cryptocurrency-based investment scheme lured many investors BBC called Ruja Ignatova The Missing Crypto Queen in its 2019 podcast series Read also The self-proclaimed CryptoQueen was born in Sofia The 10-year-old Ruja then relocated with her parents she graduated with a PhD in European private law from the University of Konstanz Ruja Ignatova's age is 41 years since her birthday is on 30th May 1980 Photo: @OneCoinOfficialPageSource: FacebookIn 2012 The company she was linked to filed for bankruptcy shortly after she purchased it The court gave her a 14-month suspended sentence Ignatova was also involved in another multi-level marketing (MLM) scheme called BigCoin Dr Ruja Ignatova worked for McKinsey before starting OneCoin It is an international asset management firm She teamed up with Sebastian Greenwood and Konstantin Ignatov to establish Onecoin on 16th September 2014 Read also Many people ignored FSC and invested money in the project The scammers made them believe that OneCoin would soon take Bitcoin out of the market Dr Ruja Ignatova's Forbes cover page and interview in 2015 raised eyebrows She was wealthy and could afford to place a paid advertisement on the famous Forbes magazine She invested a lot of money in marketing her brand Photo: @OneLifeOfficialSource: FacebookAuthorities began investigations in 2016 and discovered that OneCoin never used blockchain technology in its operations Trying to hire Bjorn Bercke (a blockchain expert) in October 2016 could have been OneCoin's worst mistake Bjorn and Jen McAdam were the whistleblowers. The US authorities issued her warrant of arrest in January 2017. The OneCoin CEO stepped down and boarded a Ryanair flight from Sofia to Athens in the same month, never to be seen again. Read also The German-born lawyer currently works in Frankfurt Strehl and Ruja Ignatova's daughter was born in 2016 OneCoin and Ponzi mysteriously shut down in the same month Ruja went missing. It fraudulently took $4 billion from global participants. The FBI has been looking for Ruja for more than three years. In early 2019, the US authorities charged her with several fraud-related crimes in absentia. It is alleged that the Ponzi scheme sent billions of USDs to Dubai banks and bought real estates in Dubai to finance Sheikh Saoud bin Faisal Al Qassimi and Mimoun Madani's (former realtor) operations. Read also US cops arrested Sebastian Greenwood in 2018 and detained Ruja Ignatova's brother was also convicted of laundering $400 million in 2019 It is alleged that a member of a royal family from Dubai massively benefited from her business. Photo: @thebitcoinwalletSource: FacebookKonstantin took over OneCoin's leadership for some time before shutting it down. He pleaded guilty to his crimes and is helping authorities to investigate the issue blames the unregulated digital currency ecosystem The Behind MLM's researchers link her disappearance to several locations in the UAE region Some people believe that Ruja Ignatova did plastic surgery Read also Lou Pearlman: How did he make and break big boy bands with rogue deals It is alleged that she owns 230,000 BTC worth over $11 billion and $500 million in a Dubai bank account. The US authorities suspect Ruja received the bitcoins from Sheik Saoud Ruja Ignatova is not the only scammer in the world The US civil and criminal authorities uncovered 60 alleged Ponzi schemes worth $3.25 billion last year Bernard Madoff owned the largest Ponzi scheme in history We will share more details as they surface READ ALSO: Shona Ferguson's biography: age, children, wives, death cause, cars, house, worth Briefly.co.za also paid tribute to Shona Ferguson by writing his biography. His death took Mzansi by surprise. The actor/business mogul died of COVID 19 complications. Mzansi expressed on social media how they will dearly miss Uncle Shona. May the Lord comfort his wife and children. Read more here. Read also Atandwa Kani bags international role in 'Chronicles of a Bleep Year Old Woman'