UNITED CAPS named ’Most Promising Export Company‘ at De Nacht van de KMO
UNITED CAPS is delighted to announce that its facility in Hoboken has won the award of ‘Most Promising Export Company of the Year 2015’ at De Nacht van de KMO – an annual event that recognises outstanding SME companies, businesses and individuals in Flanders, Belgium.
With more than 75 years of experience, UNITED CAPS has become a leader in the development and production of high-performance plastic caps and closures. Extensive innovative capabilities and a broad portfolio have made UNITED CAPS a preferred partner to many of the world’s leading companies. UNITED CAPS produces 9 billion caps every year and exports them to countries around the world.
Festo at the Hannover Messe 2016. Transporting and gripping in suspension
Festo is showcasing three new, exciting concepts for the industrial application of superconductor technology at the Hanover Messe 2016. With these exhibits, superconductors enable the contact-free transfer of carrier plates in the horizontal plane and their transport across a surface of water, and they allow a gripper to be used in suspension and an object to be moved within an enclosed liquid-filled tube. The unique characteristics of superconductors come to the fore here by making low-energy, efficient motion possible in suspension – even beyond walls or through media.
Superconductors are materials which below a certain temperature can “freeze” the field of a permanent magnet at a defined distance and thus cause it to hover. The resultant gap remains stable in any spatial position. By this means, objects can be held in position contact-free without any control technology and can be moved with only minimal energy requirement. After several years of intensive research and three years of experience in this field at trade fairs, Festo is now meeting with partners and customers to discuss and explore their ideas for application.