Siempelkamp Foundry, the world market leader for hand-moulded casting solutions and an energy-intensive, medium-sized company, has developed an alternative electricity trading model that could massively reduce electricity prices for companies and consumers, fight inflation and save billions of euros in taxpayers' money. The model envisages an adjustment of the existing merit order system for electricity…

Today the general meeting of Aluminium Deutschland (AD) took place in Berlin. For the last time after seven years in office, Dr. Hinrich Mählmann, Chairman of the Advisory Boards of OTTO FUCHS KG and Schüco International KG, addressed the members as President. Accordingly, the event focused in particular on the election of a new association president. The choice fell unanimously on Rob van Gils, CEO of…

Volvo Trucks is beginning series production of the electric versions of the company’s most important product range, its heavy-duty trucks: Volvo FH, Volvo FM and Volvo FMX. These trucks can operate at a total weight of 44 tonnes* and the three models represent around two thirds of the company’s sales. With these new additions, Volvo Trucks has six electric truck models in series production globally – the…

Lianco's team of experts including Claudio Cossalter, Nicola Antonucci, Luca Tonazzo, Ashwin Katke and others are travelling around the world and will be attending the following major events for the foundry industry over the next four weeks to present the latest technology in foundry fettling: 62FC - Annual International Foundry Conference and Exhibition, Portoroz Slovenia September 14th-16th Inter Foundry…

“We initially decided to partner with the Monitizer® | DISCOVER platform to enable us to gather our data and make decisions in real time. The Monitizer system gives us a real-time kind of view of the foundry so we're able to see that from the office block, as well as the shop floor – and it’s working very well.” Shaun Lindfield, Commercial Director for MAT, Luke Batter, Process Development Manager for MAT…

Based on a general increase in demand for foundry products within the Turkish market and the dedicated effort of our sales agent Mr. Yilmaz Ozkan of Kor Tek Makine Müh. Dış Tic. Ltd. Şti., the collaboration between Mingzhi Technology Leipzig GmbH and the Erkunt Group continues. Erkunt specializes in the production of iron castings destined to local and foreign companies with activities in automotive,…

Following the success last year of collaborating with EKU Fren Kampana ve Döküm Sanayi A.Ş Turkey in the development of a full core centre to produce cores for ventilated brake discs, Mingzhi Technology Leipzig is pleased to announce a second deal has been signed for a similar scope of equipment. As with the previous project, the core centre will include an 8t/h sand preparation plant, a 60L (MP60) core…

Together with our partner Neuhof Giesserei- und Fördertechnik, the HA product management team for refractory coatings set out to develop a pragmatic, space-saving and cost-effective solution. The CCU ( C ompact C oating U nit) resulting from this partnership has been adapted focussing on essential parts. For example, the use of diaphragm pumps was dispensed with and instead a solution was developed for…

The overhaul of a die-casting machine is worthwhile for customers in many respects. Compared to building a new die-casting machine it generates around 70% less energy consumption and over 75% less water consumption. At the same time, many tons of material are preserved in their original form of use. The example of the Evolution 420 die-casting machine impressively demonstrates this. During the entire…

The Düsseldorf-based technology group Rheinmetall has won a fifth order for supplying fuel cell components, this time from a European customer in the industrial sector. The aggregated value of this order for cathode and shut-off valves for industrial applications is in the lower two-digit million-euro range. Including this order, booked at the end of June 2022, total order volume for cathode flaps is now…