Sensitive and gentle or powerful and dynamic – in terms of its movements and functionality, the BionicMotionRobot is inspired by an elephant’s trunk and an octopus’s tentacles. The pneumatic lightweight robot features 12 degrees of freedom and, with its flexible bellows structure, can effortlessly implement the fluent motion sequences of its natural role models. The concept of the flexible kinematics is based on the Bionic Handling Assistant from 2010, which, due to the safe collaboration between man and machine, was given the German Future Award.

The future of pneumatics: After the invention of the valve manifold, a further breakthrough innovation in pneumatics is now awaiting you in the form of the Festo Motion Terminal.

We cordially invite you to the international press conference of the two leading trade fairs – Techtextil and Texprocess. Join us on a journey to Mars and the infinite expanses of the universe! Discover how technical textiles and their processing have provided a key to the colonisation of space. Thursday, 12th January 2017, 10:00 a.m. (CET). Language: English with German translation.

Heimtextil 2017 will be held in Frankfurt am Main from 10 to 13 January. Heimtextil is the biggest and most important international trade fair for home and contract textiles and will next be held in Frankfurt am Main from 10 to 13 January 2017. We hereby cordially invite you to the opening of Heimtextil 2017. The guest of honour is Eva Padberg. Get to know the successful model, singer and television presenter and find out more about her passion for home textiles in the personal discussion.

WindEnergy Hamburg and WindEurope Summit will open its doors on 27 September 2016. This year, both events will run side-by-side: The world’s leading expo for wind energy with more than 1,200 exhibitors from the onshore and offshore sectors and the world’s premier conference with a stellar line-up of 500 conference presenters. Hamburg promises to be a one-stop-shop for policymakers, experts and industry representatives from the wind energy world.

Immediately after the press conference, there will be a second briefing from WindEurope. The press briefing is called “making transition work”.

Heimtextil 2017 invites you to embark on a journey to an unknown world full of fascination and curiosities. With ‘Explorations’, the new trends provide an appropriate motto. And we will give you a preview of the latest furnishing trends for 2017 / 2018 in an international live broadcast of a discussion between representatives of the fair and members of the Trend Table on 6 September 2016.

From 6 to 9 September, the maritime industry’s opinion leaders and decision-makers will meet again in Hamburg for the sector’s leading international trade fair. In its press conference the fair organizer, Hamburg Messe und Congress, will announce key facts and figures about SMM 2016 as well as the top items on the fair agenda. Furthermore, renowned speakers from politics and business will report about recent findings from the maritime sector. Journalists may also follow the live press conference online from 11:30 am and direct questions to the panel experts afterwards.

The Eurobike 2016 exclusively presents the international bicycle industry’s newest innovations and provides a complete range of offerings related to bicycles. As part of the press conference, a selection of some of the latest innovations in the bike industry as well as everything that the bicycle exhibition has to offer will be presented.