As the foundry industry strives to improve quality, reliability and maintainability along with reducing their carbon footprint, many companies are starting to explore replacing fluid power (hydraulic, pneumatic or a combination of both) driven systems with electrical actuation (servo-cylinder, electric rack-and-pinion drives). Electrical actuator systems typically offer lower overall noise and reduction in…

“With Chris Edkins, we have gained an experienced, native expert on the American market who will drive the strategic expansion of our business in North America,” said Roberto Wurst, Executive Director of CREMER ERZKONTOR. “His extensive expertise in sales and corporate management provides exactly the right skillset to achieve our local goals. He will play a key role in expanding the raw material trade and…

Christian Gück took over the management of YXLON Inspection Services and will promote the expansion of the inspection services for customers worldwide. Especially dimensional metrology by means of computed tomography poses considerable challenges both to X-ray systems and inspectors. Gück, who had already focused on metrology during his studies, had the opportunity to gain extended experience in the field…

In Christoph Schell , KUKA has gained an internationally highly experienced manager as CEO of KUKA Group, who has extensive knowledge of the high-tech sector and innovative future technologies . Christoph Schell (53), born in Kirchheim unter Teck, Germany, has held senior management positions worldwide for HP, Philips and Intel, where he was responsible for 3D printing and digital manufacturing, among other…

NürnbergMesse announces an important personnel change within the group: Christopher Boss will step down as head of the international trade fair EUROGUSS at the end of 2025 at his own request. On January 1, 2026 , he will take over the management of trendfairs GmbH , a subsidiary of NürnbergMesse that focuses on specialized industry events. “Christopher Boss has successfully developed EUROGUSS in recent…

Christopher Rimmele will become the new Head of Communications at ZF's Commercial Vehicle Solutions (CVS) division. In this function, he will report directly to Prof. Dr. Peter Laier, whose responsibilities on the ZF Board of Management include the commercial vehicle business. Rimmele, who previously headed the Communications function at ZF LIFETEC, will take over his new area of responsibility from Florian…

Chromalloy Arabia announced the opening of its new sales and customer support office in Dubai Airport Free Zone. The announcement came during Chromalloy Arabia’s participation in MRO Middle East 2016. Hani Shehata, Chief Executive Office, Chromalloy Arabia, said “Following the announcement of Chromalloy Arabia in October 2015, we have been keen to expand our presence in the region to offer our customers in…