2019

Climate policy offers opportunities for production technology in Germany

Hanover, 24 October 2019 – Addressing climate change is the declared goal of the German government and the industry. “At the German Mechanical Engineering Summit in Berlin last week, Mrs. Merkel stressed the importance of new technologies in the fight against climate change. We fully agree and point out that we have already developed numerous […]

WGP presents new production methods at annual congress

Hamburg, 07 October 2019 – The WGP, the association of leading production technology professors in Germany, has shown new ways for a more environmentally friendly industry at its annual congress. “We want local production that conserves energy and resources,” emphasized Prof. Jens Wulfsberg, Head of the Laboratory of Manufacturing Engineering (LaFT) at Helmut Schmidt University […]

Looking outside the box for more efficient production

Hamburg, 01 October 2019 – Young researcher Dr. Ivan Iovkov yesterday received the renowned Otto Kienzle commemorative coin from the Scientific Society for Production Engineering. During the annual congress, WGP Executive Committee member Prof. Peter Nyhuis presented the exceptional scientist with the award: “With his scientific acumen and interdisciplinary thinking, Dr. Iovkov has not only […]

Systematically introducing KI into production

Hanover, 19 September 2019 – Representatives of the Artificial Intelligence Enquête Commission of the German parliament (Bundestag) yesterday received the new actionguideline “AI in production – developing artificial intelligence for companies” of the WGP. Last Friday, the association of leading German professors of production technology officially presented the position paper to the Federal Ministry of […]

WGP Annual Congress 2019 – 30.09 to 02.10.2019 in Hamburg

Ever faster, ever bigger, ever more accurate – WGP Annual Congress „Production at the limits – keeping ahead, securing the future“: Production research is constantly pushing the limits of what is feasible. The “Production at the Border” congress will show production processes that have penetrated areas that until recently were considered impossible, also in terms of methodology, use of resources and interdisciplinarity. But where does the search for new borders lead? […]

WGP launches training courses for innovative production

Hanover, 11 February 2019 – The WGP (Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft für Produktionstechnik) supports manufacturing companies in bringing their employees up to date with the latest production technology. The 2019 seminar series starts in March. “For almost four years, we have been offering training courses for specialists and managers because we want to expand the bottleneck of knowledge transfer,” explains Prof. Berend Denkena, President of the […]