Sponsors

Collini is Europe’s leading company in surface technology with over 120 years experience in Electroplating, Anodizing, Hot-Dip Galvanizing, and Powder Coating – with 14 production locations in Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Italy, Russia, Mexico and, in the near future, in the APAC region. We offer an extensive portfolio of surface treatments of metals and industrial plastics in order to achieve the surface properties required by our customers. We apply standard as well as innovative own-developed coating systems with a focus on electrical applications using rack, barrel and reel-to-reel technology for the Electronics, Energy, Automotive, Medical and many other markets. Our goal is to achieve the surface properties our customers require for their products by using the lowest amount of raw materials and precious metals in order to obtain competitive products with excellent performance. Our integrated Collini-Management System combined with Certifications in ISO 9001, ISO 14001, IATF 16949 and ISO 13485 fulfils Industrial Standards. A team of highly skilled and experienced employees is at hand to assist our customers from the first idea to serial production.

A globally leading technology group, Heraeus is headquartered in Hanau, Germany. Founded in 1851, it is a family-owned portfolio company. Today, Heraeus combines businesses in the environmental, energy, electronics, health, mobility and industrial applications sectors. The Global Business Unit Heraeus Precious Metals is a leading provider of precious metal services and products. We combine all activities related to our comprehensive expertise in the precious metal loop – from trading to precious metal products to recycling. Heraeus materials for switching and sliding contacts meet high standards and stand for optimum functionality in various applications and industries such as information and data technology, automotive and industrial applications. Electrical contacts are available in different sizes, shapes and materials. Additionally, the development of customer-specific solutions is one of our greatest challenges. From the original idea to the series products optimum support is provided around the globe - by Heraeus and our joint-venture partner Choksi Heraeus.

ABB is a pioneering technology leader that works closely with utilities, industry, transportation and infrastructure customers to write the future of industrial digitalization and realize value. ABB's Electrification business offers a wide-ranging portfolio of products, digital solutions and services, from substation to socket, enabling safe, smart and sustainable electrification. Offerings encompass digital and connected innovations for low- and medium-voltage, including EV infrastructure, solar inverters, modular substations, distribution automation, power protection, wiring accessories, switchgear, enclosures, cabling, sensing and control. ABB offers a comprehensive range of high-voltage products up to 1200 kilovolts that help enhance the safety, reliability and efficiency of power networks while minimizing environmental impact. Our technology leadership continues to facilitate developments in areas such as ultra-high-voltage power transmission, enabling smart grids and enhancing eco-efficiency.

ELESTA GmbH develops and manufactures sensor products, optical encoders and relays with forcibly guided contacts according to IEC 61810-3 in the heart of Europe. Individual, fast, precise and personal, ELESTA supports its customers in designing future-proof and reliable products.

Hitachi ABB Power Grids is a global technology leader with a combined heritage of almost 250 years, employing around 36,000 people in 90 countries. Headquartered in Switzerland, the business serves utility, industry and infrastructure customers across the value chain, and emerging areas like sustainable mobility, smart cities, energy storage and data centers. With a proven track record, global footprint and unparalleled installed base, Hitachi ABB Power Grids balances social, environmental and economic values. It is committed to powering good for a sustainable energy future, with pioneering and digital technologies, as the partner of choice for enabling a stronger, smarter and greener grid. Hitachi ABB Power Grids’ High Voltage Products: Hitachi ABB Power Grids is a leader in high-voltage technology, offering a wide range of high-voltage products up to 1,200-kilovolt (kV) helping enhance the safety, reliability and efficiency of power networks while minimizing environmental impact. Our technology leadership continues to facilitate innovations in areas such as ultra-high-voltage power transmission, enabling smart grids and enhancing eco-efficiency.

HONGFA is the leading relay manufacturer in China and one of major relay suppliers in the world. Hongfa has unremittingly been ranked among China Top-100 Electronic Components Enterprises. Hongfa has a state-level technical center, a post-doctoral research station, an academician research station and a VDE, UL and CNAS recognized testing and experimenting center for relay and its relevant products. It has also been actively involved in the formulation of multiple national standards. Hongfa produces a wide range of products, including relays, low-voltage devices, precision components and automatic equipments. In particular, it has over 180 types of relay categories, including power relays, latching relays, automotive relays, signal relays, industrial & electrical appliance relays, safety & electrical appliance relays, solar relays and hermetically-sealed relays, which provide over 40,000 regularly-used relay specifications

Littelfuse is an industrial technology manufacturing company empowering a sustainable, connected, and safer world. Across more than 15 countries, and with 12,000 global associates, we partner with customers to design and deliver innovative, reliable solutions. Serving over 100,000 end customers, our products are found in a variety of industrial, transportation and electronics end markets — everywhere, every day.

Founded in 1965, MODISON is into manufacturing of Electrical Contacts and Contact Materials made of Silver and Silver Alloys, Copper and Copper Alloys & Tungsten for Low, Medium, High & Extra High Voltage switchgear industries. We manufacture High Performance Copper Alloys for some of the prestigious industries like Switchgear, Automotive, Railways, Aerospace & Defence. From melting ~ alloying ~ finished products ~100% manufacturing in-house is an added competitive edge. Our customer-partnership approach, faster development, cost effectiveness in the Indian scenario along with global quality standards, help us exceed customers’ expectations. This is the place for future growth.

Panasonic Industry Europe GmbH is part of the global Panasonic Group and provides industrial products and services in Europe. As a partner for the industrial sector, Panasonic researches, develops, manufactures and supplies technologies that support the slogan “A Better Life, A Better World”. Looking back on almost 100 years of engineering know-how in electronics, Panasonic is the right supplier when it comes to engineering expertise combined with solutions competence. The company’s portfolio covers key electronic components, devices and modules up to complete solutions and production equipment for manufacturing lines across a broad range of industries. Panasonic Industry Europe is part of the global company Panasonic Automotive and Industrial Systems, which generates over one third of Panasonic’s overall revenue

Our mission is to improve the quality of life by making the world more productive and sustainable. We are committed to enabling the next generation of smart manufacturing. With the right strategy, talented people, and our substantial financial strength, we are dedicated to deliver value to our customers. When you invest in Rockwell Automation technology and solutions, you invest in the future of manufacturing.

Siemens Smart Infrastructure (SI) is shaping the market for intelligent, adaptive infrastructure for today and the future. It addresses the pressing challenges of urbanization and climate change by connecting energy systems, buildings and industries. SI provides customers with a comprehensive end-to-end portfolio from a single source – with products, systems, solutions and services from the point of power generation all the way to consumption. With an increasingly digitalized ecosystem, it helps customers thrive and communities progress while contributing toward protecting the planet. Siemens AG (Berlin and Munich) is a global technology powerhouse that has stood for engineering excellence, innovation, quality, reliability and internationality for more than 170 years. The company is active around the globe, focusing on the areas of electrification, automation and digitalization. One of the largest producers of energy-efficient, resource-saving technologies, Siemens is a leading supplier of efficient power generation and power transmission solutions and a pioneer in infrastructure solutions as well as automation, drive and software solutions for industry. With its publicly listed subsidiary Siemens Healthineers AG, the company is also a leading provider of medical imaging equipment – such as computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging systems – and a leader in laboratory diagnostics as well as clinical IT.

Stäubli offers innovative mechatronic solutions in three core areas including Connectors, Robotics and Textile. Founded in 1892, today Stäubli is an international group headquartered in Pfäffikon, Switzerland with more than 5,500 employees worldwide. Stäubli has a presence in 29 countries with production companies, sales and service subsidiaries and is supplemented by agents in 50 countries. As a world market leader, Stäubli manufactures quick connector systems for all types of fluids, gases and electrical energy. The Electrical Connectors product portfolio ranges from miniature connectors to high-performance connectors for power transmission, industrial automation, transportation, test and measurement. In Photovoltaics, Stäubli is the global market leader with its connector components. With inspired engineering, avid curiosity and technical expertise the Stäubli specialists exchange know-how with research institutes and universities to continually develop the most innovative and versatile connector solutions. The core of all Stäubli electrical connectors is the unique MULTILAM technology.

TE Connectivity is a $13 billion global industrial technology leader creating a safer, sustainable, productive, and connected future. Our broad range of connectivity and sensor solutions, proven in the harshest environments, enable advancements in transportation, industrial applications, medical technology, energy, data communications, and the home. With nearly 80,000 employees, including more than 8,000 engineers, working alongside customers in approximately 150 countries, TE ensures that EVERY CONNECTION COUNTS

Atotech is a leading specialty chemicals technology company and a market leader in advanced electroplating solutions. Atotech delivers chemistry, equipment, software, and services for innovative technology applications through an integrated systems-and-solutions approach. Atotech solutions are used in a wide variety of end-markets, including smartphones and other consumer electronics, communications infrastructure, and computing, as well as in numerous industrial and consumer applications such as automotive, heavy machinery, and household appliances. Atotech, headquartered in Berlin, Germany, is a team of 4,000 experts in over 40 countries generating annual revenues of $1.2 billion (2020). Atotech has manufacturing operations across Europe, the Americas, and Asia. With its well-established innovative strength and industry-leading global TechCenter network, Atotech delivers pioneering solutions combined with unparalleled on-site support for over 9,000 customers worldwide.

The Canton of St.Gallen is the leading location in Switzerland and Europe for Precision Technologies, ICT and HQ functions. An eminently business-friendly economic climate, the most efficient data and IP protection worldwide, in conjunction with self-evident cost and tax benefits, access to premium research & development, and the high availability of greatly accomplished professionals easily classify St.Gallen as an outstanding destination for investment and innovative technology projects. Given the close ties between the important industrial sectors, numerous global market leaders in precision technologies and ICT, St.Gallen meets every condition to allow you to lead your company into a digital future.

COMSOL Multiphysics® is a powerful general-purpose simulation software for modeling designs, devices, and processes in all fields of engineering, manufacturing, and scientific research. COMSOL® can be used on its own or expanded with functionality from any combination of add-on modules for simulating Low and High Frequency Electromagnetics, Structural Mechanics, Heat Transfer, Fluid Flow, Chemical Reactions, Plasma, Acoustics, Particle Tracing and more. LiveLink™ products to CAD software, an Application Builder and the COMSOL Compiler® to create stand-alone applications complete a unified simulation environment valued by users in innovative industries and academia worldwide.

For 70 years, E-T-A Elektrotechnische Apparate GmbH, with its corporate headquarters in Altdorf near Nuremberg, has been successful in the global marketplace. Today E-T-A is market leader in the design and production of circuit breakers for equipment protection. In partnership with our customers, it is our objective to provide solutions for even the most demanding challenges for electrical overcurrent protection. E-T-A designs custom solutions for specific applications, supported by international network of subsidiary companies and representatives enabling us to be in close proximity to the customer at all times. When working with our customers worldwide we seek the best solutions for their electrical protection and control requirements.

Eaton’s electrical business is a global leader with deep regional application expertise in power distribution and circuit protection; power quality, backup power and energy storage; control and automation; life safety and security; structural solutions; and harsh and hazardous environment solutions. Through end-to-end services, channel and an integrated digital platform & insights Eaton is powering what matters across industries and around the world, helping customers solve their most critical electrical power management challenges. Eaton’s mission is to improve the quality of life and the environment through the use of power management technologies and services. We provide sustainable solutions that help our customers effectively manage electrical, hydraulic, and mechanical power – more safely, more efficiently, and more reliably. Eaton’s 2020 revenues were $17.9 billion, and we sell products to customers in more than 175 countries. We have approximately 92,000 employees. For more information, visit www.eaton.com

ExCL specializes in the supply of sintered contact materials, both refractory and semi-refractory materials, to OEMs who manufacture residential, molded case circuit breakers and switchgear to UL & IEC standards. We provide these contact materials to the low, medium and high voltage market segments. ExCL provides both discrete contacts and contact assemblies using various techniques. ExCL also provides bimetal and trimetal overlay contact materials in the form of profiled contact tapes and contact buttons. We employ a range of silver based materials in the overlay products, including silver metal oxides. We thank our loyal customers through 50 years of work in the contact materials field.

Finder S.p.A. is a leading Italian brand with a worldwide presence and a wide range of electromechanical and electronic components for the residential, commercial and the industrial sector. Since 1954, when it was founded, Finder has concentrated its efforts on the manufacture of quality products. Today it makes over 12,500 different products, distributed through a network of 25 owned subsidiaries and more than 80 trade partnerships.

GIA Informatik AG is a leader for informatics services and specializes in providing end-to-end solutions in the fields of SAP business software, IT services, and PTC product development solutions. Headquartered in Oftringen, Switzerland, the company has over 150 employees and is a subsidiary of the international GRAPHA-Holding, based in Hergiswil. GRAPHA-Holding is the world market leader in the graphics industry, mainly in mechanical and plant engineering. The family-owned company has been successfully on the market in around 50 countries since 1946 and employs around 3,000 people.

Worldwide market access for your future products. The Institute for International Product Safety GmbH (I²PS) is an independent, accredited laboratory that provides abroad range of test services, specialized in testing electrical and electronic components and systems and running environmental simulations. I²PS offers a test spectrum ranging from materials testing and environmental load and stress simulations based on climatic, vibration/shock, IP degree of protection, and EMC tests all the way to high-current, short-circuit and arc fault tests with currents of up to 300,000A and life cycle tests on switchgears with currents up to 10,000A.

Plansee Powertech is the leading producer of arcing contact systems for the power transmission and distribution sector. Located at the heart of the arcing chamber, contact materials have to withstand temperatures up to 20.000°C. Thanks to their unique physical properties, our contact materials tungsten-copper and copper-chromium have set new standards for the industry in the field of ultra-high, high, medium and low voltage applications. For the near-net shape production of copper-chromium-contacts Plansee Powertech has developed a special production process. Tungsten carbide-silver is another impressive material due to its combination of particularly high wear resistance, thermal conductivity and high resistance to arc erosion.

SAXONIA Technical Materials is your efficient partner when it comes to developing and producing high-performance functional materials, customer-specific products and innovative services which are primarily based on the properties of silver, gold, special non-ferrous metals and their alloys. We serve customers around the globe. The material solutions, semi-finished products or building components that we supply are key components for the production processes and the function of our customers’ products. Thanks to our tried-and-trusted expertise as a world leader, e.g. in soldering technology and electrical contact materials, we are a sought after global partner for technologically demanding and innovative solutions.

Amphenol ICC, a division of Amphenol Corporation, is a world leader providing interconnect solutions for Information, Communications and Commercial electronics markets. AICC designs and manufactures a wide range of innovative connectors as well as cable assemblies for diverse applications including servers, storage, data centers, networking, industrial, business equipment and automotive.

DEHN is a leading, globally-active, family-owned company for electrical engineering. And, with over 1,800 employees one of the top providers of solutions for surge protection, lightning protection and safety equipment. DEHN focusses its energy on protecting people, buildings, plants and electric and electronic systems - doing so with expertise, passion and pioneering spirit. DEHN protects.

As an interdisciplinary research institute of the ETH Domain, Empa, the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, conducts cutting-edge materials and technology research. Our research and development activities focus on meeting the requirements of industry and the needs of society, and thus link applications-oriented research to the practical implementation of new ideas. We are thus capable of providing our partners with customized solutions that enhance their innovative edge and competitiveness for global markets by cooperating in research project with partners from industry and other research institutes and by supporting industry with our know- how and analytical services. Through an efficient technology transfer Empa is turning research results into marketable innovations.

With production plants in Europe, China and the USA, KME is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of high performance rolled copper and copper alloy products. At KME rolled strips, sheets, plates and stamped parts are tailor-made in quantity to customer specifications for high-tech use in different key industries.

Weidmüller – Partner in Industrial Connectivity! As experienced experts we support our customers and partners around the world with products, solutions and services in the industrial environment of power, signal and data. We are at home in their industries and markets and know the technological challenges of tomorrow.

ELEKTRONIKPRAXIS meets the information demand of hardware and software developers, product managers and executives across all areas of the electronics sector. We highlight fundamentals and provide development know-how with a focus on practical application, supporting electronics professionals from the idea to design through to engineering and production. For component, module, software and services providers, ELEKTRONIKPRAXIS is the direct communication path that takes them straight to the heart of electronics development and up to the decision-making level. We reach ELEKTRONIKPRAXIS readers with 45 print editions (biweekly), three specialized portals, 360 newsletters, 20 conferences and seminar series as well as Xing, Linkedin, Facebook and Twitter.

Markt&Technik, the independent weekly newspaper for electronics, includes up-to-date information on the latest technology and its impact, business issues and trends, product development strategies, buying strategies, new product information and management techniques in the electronics industry. Clearly headed, extensive market surveys, focused reports and product reports give a quick and reliable overview of all the important fields in electronics.