6 Greeting Dr. Volker Wissing 91 Member of the German Bundestag Federal Minister for Digital and Transport Editorial 93 Luxembourg: attracting mobility innovators 94 By Lena Martensson, Senior Marketing & Communication Officer, Luxinnovation Trends in the automotive industry and the 96 associated diversity of drive concepts By Prof. Dr. Gerhard Reiff, Chairman of the Executive Board of KST-Motorenversuch GmbH & Co. KG Fastening technology Innovative thread technology meets 98 aluminium die casting By Annette Löwen, Head of FAT Marketing Germany at Böllhoff Verbindungstechnik GmbH EJOT ALtracs® Xt – Thread forming 100 in light alloys without tradeoffs By M. Eng. Christoph Sinner, Product Manager ALtracs®, EJOT SE & Co. KG Engineering Partner LED spotlights take up a lot of installation space and development time: Compact LED reflector module 102 solution relieves development and reduces time-to-market Can be integrated into different vehicle concepts and mobility solutions regardless of manufacturer By Dr. Aline Schmitt, Marketing/Public Relations Officer at ARRK Engineering GmbH 40 Years of Innovation: 104 Holistic Vehicle Development at IPG Automotive By Ralf Sauer, Vice President Marketing & Communications IPG Automotive, Karlsruhe IT and Automotive Scalable Flash Processes 106 thanks to Parallel ECU Access By Claudio Amato, Product Manager for the Diagnostic Tool Set (DTS) at Softing Automotive Electronics GmbH Innovative technologies Innovative technologies 108 by Fritz Winter setting standards for a sustainable foundry By Thomas von Reth, Head of Technical Acquisition and Product Development and Markus Semmler, Head of Plant Planning and Environmental Protection Products and markets Interview Polymer structures make automotive 110 coatings shimmer like a butterfly Interview with Qingling Zhang, Technical Manager R&D at BASF Coatings Full marks for customer benefit 112 Mercedes-Benz and SAFELOG win IFOY Award 2024 By Alexander Strunz, Corporate Communications & PR Officer, SAFELOG GmbH Interview Jennifer Forster-Weis: Woman 114 power without a women’s quota! Company presentations ARRK Engineering GmbH 116 www.engineering.arrk.com Böllhoff Verbindungstechnik 118 www.boellhoff.com COSMO CONSULT Group 120 www.cosmoconsult.com Expert directory Short company profiles 84, 85, 86, 88 Imprint 61 By Besuchen Sie auch unser Presseforum für die Automobil- und Zulieferindustrie www.oemundlieferant.de Bild: © SWKStock/shutterstock.com Bild: © chinasong/shutterstock.com
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