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Automechanika Innovation Awards 2024: These are this year's winners

The winners were presented with the coveted Innovation Awards at a festive awards ceremony this evening on the first day of Automechanika Frankfurt. In addition to the eight awards, which included categories such as Electromobility & Innovative Drive Technologies, Workshop & Service Solutions, Parts & Innovative Technologies and Data & Connectivity, a Green Award was also presented for a particularly sustainable product.

Camfil Opens the World's Largest AMC Air Filter Regeneration Service Center in Chiayi, Taiwan

Camfil, a global leader in clean air solutions, has launched a new Airborne Molecular Contamination (AMC) air filter regeneration service center in the Machouhou Industrial Park, Chiayi, Taiwan.

Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs): Transforming Warehouses with AI-Driven Efficiency

Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) have revolutionized warehouse management of material handling, intralogistics, and manufacturing processes.

Spotlighting trends and developments in the field of building-services technology – events at ISH 2025

How can UN Sustainable Development Goal No. 6 be achieved? What measures support the Paris Agreement and how can innovative facade greening improve the urban climate? These and many other key questions will be the focus of attention at ISH 2025.

FLIR takes smart traffic control to new levels at ITS World Congress 2024

FLIR, world leader in the design and manufacture of thermal imaging cameras and sensors, will use ITS World Congress 2024 to unveil a groundbreaking advance that has the capability to transform inter-urban traffic flow and road safety in smart cities. ITS World Congress is the planet’s leading smart mobility event, providing a fitting launchpad for the company’s latest innovation, which is set to make automatic incident detection and traffic data collection more reliable and intelligent than ever before.

Building Technologies trade fairs with a new forward-looking focus

The building sector is facing many major challenges: rising construction costs and a shortage of skilled workers are colliding with an urgent need for new housing. Simultaneously, the energy and heating transition, not to mention the rapid pace of digitalisation, are creating new opportunities for a sustainable future. Messe Frankfurt has responded to the dynamic challenges in the market with a newly formed management team for its Building Technologies division.

New developments in bird-friendly glass

Highly effective bird protection without changing the visual properties of glass is not yet possible using current technology. Effective protection is provided by grids of dots measuring 9 -12 millimetres in diameter, spaced 90 to 100 millimetres apart and consisting of metallic coatings that create bright reflections on less reflective glass – making for stark contrasts in optimum spectral ranges for birds.

Electric versus hydrogen

Is a combination of the two the best route to net zero?

Siemens’ Digital Twin technology gives Orient Express Racing Team & K-Challenge the edge for America’s Cup

America’s Cup team uses Siemens Xcelerator software to create a digital twin to simulate hydraulics and aeronautic systems of the yacht in the water through virtual and immersive experiences

Fresh produce and good hygiene habits are the keys to serving great food this summer

Chef-cook Willem Amery trained at the renowned Hotelschool Ter Duinen in Koksijde, Belgium and has worked in private catering in Roeselare for over 15 years. Here he shares his top tips on kitchen hygiene during the summer months.

Disruptions in Warehouse Automation

The material handling industry is experiencing a swift transformation due to a surge of advanced innovations. Technologies such as automated guided vehicles (AGVs), autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), drones, digital twins, artificial intelligence, 5G, and electric trucks are revolutionizing the automation of goods transportation within warehouses and distribution Centers.