After the 2019 financial year, in which both order intake (EUR 3.15 billion) and sales (EUR 2.94 billion) rose once more, SMS group is lowering its outlook for the coming years. The global market leader in metallurgical plant construction expects this year's order intake to be around one third below the level originally planned, but reaffirms its growth strategy and realignment towards areas of future…

After the casting process, there are many casting runners left which we need to be broken into smaller pieces in preparation for the next melt, because smaller pieces save costs and space. The fettling shop becomes the starting point for the efficient and cost-effective loading of the furnace with the crushed scrap parts. There are still foundries which instruct their workers to hammer the runners away, but…

GWM began the construction of its Taizhou base in November 2019. As the eighth complete vehicle manufacturing base GWM deploys in China, the Taizhou plant involves a total investment of 8 billion yuan ($1.22 billion) and covers an area of 1,173 mu (782,000 square meters). With an annual capacity of 100,000 vehicles, the new plant has four workshops for stamping, welding, painting and assembly. With the…

Robert Buttenhauser will be the new Board Member for Powertrain Production at Audi Hungaria Zrt. from January 1, 2021. The graduate production engineer started his career at AUDI AG in 1995 and has been working in different positions within the Audi Group for 25 years. He takes over the Board of Management position from Thoralf Hanschel, who changes after two successful years to Volkswagen AG and takes over…

The tropical storms of recent months on the US Gulf Coast have led to an interruption in the production of raw materials and intermediates used in MDI production. As a consequence, a global shortage of MDI is occurring, as the demand of the North American market is now partly served by European and other global production capacities. The global shortage of MDI, combined with a pick-up in demand, has been…

As Nemak managing director Frank Lehmann announced, around 180 jobs will be cut in Wernigerode in the autumn of next year, which means that around a third of the Nemak workforce is at risk of losing their jobs. The trigger for the decision, which was also announced to the works council and workforce, was the restructuring and transformation in the automotive industry, which means around 30% less production…

The requirements of 5G base station products are higher heat dissipation performance, larger volume, higher processing accuracy, and the pursuit of continuous lightweight. The arrival of 5G, whether it is a wireless base station or a terminal mobile phone, has put forward higher demand for the die-casting process, and will drive a new round of development of the die-casting industry. The process of…

On November 6, 2020, the Rector of the RWTH Aachen University awarded our Chairman Dr. Erwin Flender the distinction and academic degree of "Honorary Doctor of Engineering Sciences." This honor is in recognition of his outstanding engineering and entrepreneurial achievements in the field of modeling and simulation of metal casting processes and for his high level of social commitment, especially for his…

The ExOne Company (Nasdaq: XONE), the global leader in industrial sand and metal 3D printers using binder jetting technology, today announced the launch of a new desanding station for use with the industrial S-Max® and S-Max Pro™ sand 3D printers, the company’s most popular family of printers. The new desanding station features two vacuum-powered wings that flank the job box and help easily remove excess…

The automotive parts specialist, which also has locations in Italy and the US, has adopted Monitizer® | REFILL MONITOR from StrikoWestofen to optimize metal supply for its dosing furnaces. Developed by StrikoWestofen in partnership with Norican’s in-house Digital Lab, the solution uses sensor data to continuously check furnace fill levels against the metal consumption of the die casting process. It then…