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Building with recycled concrete
Gold star for S&T centre Science hub rebuilds with recycled concrete Earns a 'gold certificate' for the sustainable efforts  Heilbronn, a city in Germany, opened in 2015 a science and technology
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Painting with foils
Colourful solutions German painting and coating specialist explores new techniques to boost quality Less faults translates into material and energy savings  The German paint and colour company
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Use of recycled concrete
Recycled concrete (RC concrete) comes from construction waste which results from the reconstruction, demolition or dismantling of buildings, roads and other infrastructure using concrete. A first
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Machine tool management system
A machine tool management system is used to collect data for efficient production planning. For example, it records the tools used to dliver specific orders and their operating condition at any given
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Additive manufacturing
Additive manufacturing includes many technologies, like 3D-printing, rapid prototyping, direct digital manufacturing, layered manufacturing, and additive fabrication. They all have one main thing in
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Drying with solar energy
Sun smart power Industrial painting company turns to renewable energy Combined with smart technology, it cut energy consumption by 50 %  The German painting company Lackiercenter Schulte uses
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Monitoring with smartphones
Old meets new... Foundry explores new digital monitoring technology The new approach saves the company about 243 600 kWh of electricity per year The German foundry Kemptener Eisengießerei has
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Saving material and energy with laser sintering (3D-printing)
A sintering success Tool-maker investigates ways to cut its material waste and boost efficiency A type of 3D-printing technique proves effective  The German company Jomatik GmbH produces
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Symbiosis of forging and 3D-printing
Forging ahead German engineering firm explores new technologies to save resources 3D printing and laser melting techniques are employed to great effect Rosswag GmbH is a German metal-working
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Web application helps to minimise food waste in restaurants
Finnish businesses have developed several digital and smart technology-based applications and solutions to reduce food waste in restaurants. An example of such web-based applications is the Waste
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Material choices in eco-design
A better 'grada' of plywood for eco-design An ecological thermos-formable plywood material is made for ecological designs Benefits of the material include a faster manufacturing process and
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Engine manufacturer combines modular product design and remanufacturing
As good as new... or better A Finnish engine manufacturer has maximised material efficiency by combining modular product design to remanufacturing Remanufactured engines can be better than the