Elkem has successfully commissioned its industrial pilot for battery materials in Kristiansand, Norway, starting industrial scale pilot production for customers. As the next step towards large-scale production, Elkem is now establishing Vianode as a new company and brand dedicated to develop and produce sustainable and high quality active anode materials to meet the needs of the exponentially growing electric vehicles marketplace.

Independent study by Arup proves financial benefits of high-performance insulation material CALOSTAT®
Added value through area gain significantly exceeds costs
Long service life and sustainability increase the value of buildings

New capability provides streamlined and instant digital idea sharing

- New medium-voltage switchgear from Schneider Electric operates with pure air and vacuum interruption

- Greenhouse gas SF6 is completely avoided
- SM AirSeT with same compact size and operating mechanism as proven SM6 series
- New technology won Industrial Energy Efficiency Award at Hannover Messe in 2020 and has since received numerous other industry recognitions

DEVONtechnologies updates its documentation and information manager DEVONthink to version 3.7. WYSIWYG editing for Markdown including support for Roam, Obsidian, and iA Writer syntax, file transclusion, and searchable MultiMarkdown metadata make Markdown more comfortable and capable in DEVONthink. The update also brings new keyboard shortcuts, improved WikiLinks support, new AppleScript commands, and more.

- Reap benefits of digitised electrical assets faster with targeted strategies

- Restore confidence in reliability of electrical assets for crisis-proof business operations
- Service plans accelerate upgrades in times of CAPEX constraints
- Service plans extend the life of electrical assets by digitally upgrading or replacing with new digital assets, including smart financing

- Modular, scalable three-phase UPS design for greater power and process efficiency

- 50 per cent more compact than the market average
- Patented "Live Swap" touch-safe design for improved employee protection and higher availability in critical applications

- Modular design with 40 per cent reduced size

- Maximised reliability and uptime through self-diagnostic indicators and end-of-life notifications
- Improved equipment reliability and robustness by up to 90 percent

- Business growth through knowledge transfer, collaboration and innovative, digital and connected products

- Driving digital transformation to enable sustainability and efficiency in the new electric world
- Showcasing the next generation of pioneering energy management innovations, including Okken LV switchgear and new TeSys Giga motor starters
- Strengthening EcoStruxure Power to protect critical industrial, building and infrastructure facilities from damage caused by short circuits, ground faults or overload faults

Year after year, HANNOVER MESSE is the showcase for industry - with future topics such as AI, sustainable production or 5G. As a purely digital event, this year's show became a double showcase, not only showcasing the future of industry but also providing a glimpse of the breadth in which trade fairs will be staged in the future.

The new TS2 SCARA series from Stäubli is not only well received by the industry, now the innovative four-axis robots have won one of the most coveted design awards, the Red Dot Design Award 2021 in the "Product Design" category.

With the HERMES Startup AWARD 2021, the jury chaired by Prof. Dr. Reimund Neugebauer, President of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, has for the second time honoured a young company for the development of an outstanding product. The company core sensing from Darmstadt received the coveted prize in the Startup category. The award was presented on 12 April during the HANNOVER MESSE Digital Edition.