Positioners are primarily used in the process and automation industry for swivel tasks like e.g. for opening and closing pipelines or large process valves. A large German manufacturing enterprise with many branches worldwide is looking for a developer and manufacturer of a shaft for a small positioner which will replace the currently used shaft that is made of stainless steel. The new shaft should have nearly the same features as the stainless steel shaft and the optics and surface should also resemble the high-quality appearance of the stainless steel shafts.

An international consortium led by a German research institute is preparing an innovation action proposal addressing the H2020 call: Digital technologies for improved performance in cognitive production plants. The project should address cognitive production plants, i.e. full digital transformation of a complete plant or sites, including, e.g. data acquisition, communication, automation, analytics, modelling, prediction and standardization of relevant data interfaces. As it is an innovation action (IA), the consortium plans to investigate concrete case studies in 3-4 pilots.

German company is one of the 6 subsidiaries of a South Korean parent company, which is designing and producing cookware, cutting boards, food storage containers, knives and hydration products.

The invention of the light emitting diode (LED) revolutionized our society. 50 years ago the LED technology was still used only in the field of state signals with red colour. In 1996 the white LED was developed and gave an important impulse for the further development of semiconductors. Nowadays, every six to eight months a new LED generation is entering the market. Even if the best LED retrofit lights had a performance of about 90 lm/W in 2013, the latest modern LED modules perform up to 130-160 lm/W.