"Currently, we have enough orders in both our factories until August. We didn’t stop the production for even one single day nether in our factory in Kočevje nor in our factory in Ribnica. But the fact is, that now we process the orders that we received before the crisis. However, the autumn this year it is uncertain", says Hubert Kosler, CEO at Yaskawa company in Slovenia.

How is doing the new robot factory in Kočevje.pdf

More than 99% of plastic products is made of non-renewable fossil derivates. According to the EU energy portal, world oil reserves should last for about 46 years. Plastics use in the packaging industry represents 39,9% of the total plastic production in Europe, which for 2018 amounts to a total of 51,2 million tons. Another economic sector that for some years in a row steadily increases the usage of plastic is the agricultural sector.

Bioplastic planting pots for the hop sector.pdf

Efforts to stem the spread of Covid-19 make one problem of globalisation clear: the dependency on low-cost manufacturing countries for personal protective equipment (PPE). When you think of respiratory and surgical masks, which are currently produced predominantly in Asia, ultrasonics is probably not the first thing that springs to mind. Yet ultrasonic welding plays an important roll in making these products.

Corona crisis brings together different kinds of companies to produce protective masks.pdf

• New technologies allow to combine different wafers in one chip
• Advanced approaches in testing and validation are critical for quality assurance.
• Test organisations can adapt to future needs with modular solutions.

Innovations in chips production and their impact on testing.pdf