Dipl.- Ing. (FH) Hans Reinerth is a project manager at the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation (IPA) in Stuttgart. Reinerth has been working with factory planning methods and advising companies for over 20 years. What factors determine planning, and what should factory planners look for in a project in the age of Industry…
Status quo e-bike – Germany retools
The add-on-powered bicycle as an e-bike or e-bike is becoming increasingly popular – its market development and that of the infrastructure in the last five years is in fact a prime example of the potential triumph of electromobility. On the one hand, this fits in quite well with the growing importance of the bicycle and…
Something changes
E-mobility is on everyone’s lips and one of the topics of the future. Profound changes are already having a lasting impact on the infrastructure in Germany, Europe and the entire world.
City light advertising on your company premises
City-Light – this poetic name is given to backlit Notice boards that everyone knows. Since the 1980s, these advertising media, which originated in France, have become firmly established, at least in larger cities.
Container or room module?
Among the inventions that have changed our lives is the container. The prefabricated steel containers have greatly facilitated the worldwide transport of goods, thus significantly reducing the cost of international trade.
Aluminum – light and elegant
Aluminum is a very special material. The light metal is corrosion-resistant, conveys lasting value and is more suitable than almost any other for providing an ideal setting for out-of-home advertising media. With its technical appeal and noble simplicity, it embodies the spirit of our time particularly well. In addition, it is very stable in value…
Legal obligation to post notices
Employers are required by a variety of laws to provide information to their employees. The purpose of display or posting is to support occupational health and safety and to inform employees of their rights and obligations.
Spaces in factory planning
Rooms offer protection by separating them from disturbing or harmful environmental influences, and they take on the task of concentrating a wide variety of functions in a defined location and making them usable.
An original with very special skills
The popular R-room system has been WSM’s “perennial favorite” for more than 40 years. The distinctive, rounded corners as a design feature were developed by Walter Solbach, the founder of WSM, and have been copied many times since.
