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Weak economy, decline in production, bureaucracy - VDMA President Karl Haeusgen explains what is weighing on the engineering industry at the turn of the year and what opportunities for growth are nevertheless available.

A process developed by the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and the SMS Group saves up to 12% of specific emissions per ton of steel in existing blast furnaces. The retrofitting costs are said to be moderate.

Industry 4.0 technologies unfold their full effect when they are implemented early and comprehensively in entire production networks. However, companies repeatedly come up against obstacles here.

An initiative of researchers and industrial partners is working on the further development of battery production. The process from battery cell development to mass production is to be accelerated.

The Nutec Group has announced the appointment of Marc Carter to the position of Vice President North America, Fibers Division this October. He has joined Nutec from John Cockerill, where he was Head of Sales for the Americas.

The treatment of bone tumors or severe bone injuries often poses major problems for medicine.  Scientists at the University of Rostock are working on using 3D printing technology to treat large bone defects.

During root canal treatment, dentists need to insert a file deep into the root canal to remove the inflamed tissue. Researchers at Fraunhofer IKTS have developed a piezoceramic stack actuator that allows procedures to be performed more quickly.

Researchers of KIT and of two Helmholtz platforms have succeeded in finding a way to predict the quality of the perovskite layers. It is now possible assess their quality from variations in light emission already in the manufacturing process.

With increasing digitalization, energy efficiency in production is increasing. But does this also reduce overall energy consumption in industry? Current studies see no clear correlation here.

BMW starts production of battery cell samples in Parsdorf. The new round cells are to be used in the Neue Klasse models from 2025.

The future of robotics lies in autonomous systems that cooperate closely with humans in changing environments. With the Robotics Action Plan, the BMBF wants to make Germany internationally competitive.

Robot Valley sees the beginning of a new era in human-robot collaboration in 2024. It will be supported by AI and cloud computing. Robotics start-ups are also becoming increasingly more interesting for providers of venture capital.

The concept developed in the DC-Industrie2 project paves the way for a standardized DC factory. It is manufacturer-independent and is designed to help save energy and resources in production.

Augmented and virtual reality offer numerous new applications in training, collaboration, construction, maintenance and presentation. A guide from the digital association Bitkom helps to identify use cases.

The Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy Systems IWES completed the BladeFactory project in October, an important occasion to look back on the results together with project partners and guests from the wind energy industry and research.

Cobalt is a controversial raw material. There are both technical and ethical reasons for this. Researchers are therefore looking for alternatives for the cathode material.

Continental acquires Kinexon's specialist division for the "Brain" on-board operating system, thereby further expanding its expertise in the field of autonomous, mobile robots.

High energy costs led to a reduction in non-ferrous metal production in 2022. While the trade balance for semi-finished products is roughly even, Germany remains heavily dependent on imports for raw metals.