In the south of Germany, the community of interests "Stoiadler" work together on projects with the aim of producing equal-zero-emission power.
In May 2006 a photovoltaic plant was installed in the municipality of Großbettlingen, near Stuttgart, with a capacity of 26KWp. The plant was mounted on a road noise barrier that when connected contributes to the local power supply system. The cabling and connection of the photovoltaic modules was achieved with the Hirschmann SunCon System.
The core business of Wirtgen GmbH is the development and manufacturing of machines and equipment for road construction. In this segment of the construction sector, Wirtgen offers a unique depth of solid expertise. The product spectrum ranges form cold milling machines, soil stabilizers and cold recyclers, hot recyclers, slipform pavers through to surface miners in mining and surface mining.
Novotechnik, a member of the Siedle Group based in Ostfildern, Germany, develops and manufactures position transducers, angle sensors, signal processing equipment and automotive products. The company's LWG position transducers are fitted with the new FIXCON® connectors, which combine maximum reliability and extreme ease of use. LWGs are used in the engineering and automotive industries as well as in the robot and automation fields, and are characterized by great robustness and high accuracy.
Siemens A&D manufactures MOBY RF identification systems for automation systems at its facility in Fürth, Germany. These devices are use in logistics, on assembly lines, in production and in materials handling to identify pallets, containers, component transporters, product carriers or monorail suspended conveyors. The MOBY identification systems control and optimize material flow. They provide reliable identification and store data directly on the product.
The new ELGO-Lights for the lighting of plants in greenhouses.
The lighting equipment plant "ELGO" from Gostynin is one of the largest Polish manufacturers of road, park, interior and industrial lighting. The company has been active in the lighting industry since its foundation in 1958. The high quality of the products is underlined by the certificate BS EN ISO 9001:2000. The first step in the project consisted of 1,000 specialist lights for the lighting of plants in greenhouses with 4000 CA-connector plugs from Hirschmann. The plugs support the high security class IP67.