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Jörgen Wingårdh and Johan Fritzon present the new CAHB-22 actuator at the SKF stand.

New products from SKF

SKF is launching a series of new products on the Swedish market at Elmia Subcontractor 2017. The focus is on efficient rotation and increased operational safety.

Ma. Bo. from Italy has been a regular visitor at Elmia Subcontractor for the past five years. The photo shows sales manager Pierluigi Casadei at his company’s stand at this year’s fair.

Strong growth for Italian mechanical engineering company

Perseverance pays off. The Italian company Ma. Bo. is exhibiting this year at Elmia for the fifth time and sales manager Pierluigi Casadei has seen strong growth for the company. “It gets better and better every year,” he says.

Jens Præstgaard Møller exhibits various versions of the light guide plate from Ingemann Components.

Glowing acrylic sheet creates new possibilities

Better design possibilities and greater efficiency – using a light guide plate equipped with LEDs has many advantages. The Danish company Ingemann Components is presenting the possibilities and the solution at Elmia Subcontractor.

Patrik Tillman, Senior Relationship Manager at Combient, Petra Sundström, Director Idea and Innovation Management at Husqvarna Group, and Martin Whitlock, CTO at Telenor Connexion took part in the seminar “The IoT is creating opportunities for new pr

Unique joint venture to digitalise Sweden

The Internet of Things offers new opportunities to Swedish industry. One step towards success is to become more transparent as a company and exchange ideas with others. One such example is the joint venture Combient, which visited Elmia Subcontractor and took part on stage under the theme “The IoT is creating opportunities for new products and business deals”.

Ovako has a tradition of launching new products at Elmia Subcontractor. This year they include the new steel family Hybrid Steel®, says Scandinavian sales manager Jukka Kivelö.

Ovako launches a new steel family with unique properties

Steel producer Ovako has a tradition of launching major new products at Elmia Subcontractor. This year the company is presenting its innovative Hybrid Steel®. “It’s a new steel family with unique properties,” says Jukka Kivelö, Ovako’s sales manager for Scandinavia.

Benny Guttman from Roland Berger together with Johan Wangström, moderator of Subcontractor Direct.

Dare to keep up with the pace of development

Start by creating an awareness in your company about new technology. Then dare to try out your ideas. That advice was given by Benny Guttman at Elmia Subcontractor and it focuses on the technological shift we are currently experiencing.

Tobias Söderlund (left) and Jan-Åke Lindqvist (right) from WSI together with Rikard Florin from Telit. In front of them the smart environmental sensor can be seen in white on top of the robot lawnmower from Husqvarna.

WSI creates unexpected business applications

It is obvious that the Internet of Things can create new business applications for the manufacturing industry. But the IoT can also help the world’s climate. The Swedish company WSI has developed an environmental sensor that collects weather data from 30 cities around the world. The solution can be seen at Elmia Subcontractor.

Morten Kreiberg Block shows how sensors from Arrow work in a parking application. The solution will also be shown during Elmia Subcontractor.

Arrow targets IoT for Elmia Subcontractor

Sensors on rubbish containers can help a recycling company make major energy savings. The solution was developed by the Finnish success company Enevo with help from Arrow Electronic. At Elmia Subcontractor Arrow is showing how the system functions in real life.

Jeremiah Dutton of Trifilon predicts the widespread use of hemp as a composite material.

Hemp – the new composite material

It began in 2012 as a small-scale research project. Today it is a rapidly growing environmental venture. All thanks to ordinary hemp. “Using natural fibre as reinforcement instead of glass fibre and carbon fibre is both strong and environmentally sound,” explains Jeremiah Dutton of Trifilon, exhibitor at Elmia Subcontractor for the first time.

Rob Whyte has relatively recently become Managing Director of Alstom in the Nordic region.

Greener hydrogen can replace diesel

Hydrogen trains or battery-powered ones? Both options can replace diesel trains in the future. But why is a change necessary? These issues were discussed during the seminar “Higher, longer, lighter hybrids – What is the look and feel of the future trains?”

Jonas Karlsson, Lennart Kalander, moderator Ulf Nyström, Karin Svensson-Smith, HG Wessberg, discussed why Sweden needs a high-speed rail line.

The high-speed line – a good start to many problems

Is building a high-speed rail line in Sweden the solution to every problem? That somewhat pointed question was discussed at the key seminar “High-speed railways – do they solve the problems?” The panel’s answer? They don’t solve everything but they help a lot.

Unique crash tests at the fair

Unique crash tests at the fair

A good safety barrier can save lives. During Elmia Nordic Road you have the chance to watch unique crash tests live – right on the fairgrounds. “The maintenance of Sweden’s road safety barriers is in a neglected state,” says Anders Hamrin, sales manager at Nordic Road Safety.

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