As one of only 19 recipients out of around 30,000 international suppliers, Tyrolit was presented with the Schaeffler Supplier Award for exceptional performance in the ‘value in indirect materials’ category. CEO Thomas Friess accepted the award personally at the annual supplier day in Germany.

The global automotive and industrial supplier Schaeffler presented suppliers with the Schaeffler Supplier Award in Herzogenaurach, Germany, in honour of their exceptional performance. Georg Schaeffler, family shareholder and chairman of the supervisory board of Schaeffler AG, and Klaus Rosenfeld, CEO of Schaeffler AG, presented the awards in the five categories of innovation, sustainability, cost efficiency, quality and supply chain before an audience of more than 450 guests.

“A close, trusting relationship with our suppliers is crucial to Schaeffler,” says Andreas Schick, COOat Schaeffler AG.“Given the enormous challenges we are currently facing in global supply chains, close partnerships are now more important than ever and are key to long-term corporate success.”

With the awards in the ‘value’ category, Schaeffler recognises strong partnerships that are particularly important for the company’s global competitiveness.

“We are particularly honoured by the trust that a global player like Schaeffler places in our products and in us as a supplier,” says Friess.“Tyrolit has a long history in the automotive industry – including e-mobility – and has always focused on the highest quality and customised solutions to enable our partners to add value along their entire production chain.”
For further information www.tyrolit.com

Karcher is launching its first-ever robotic cleaning machine: the KIRA B 50 fully autonomous scrubber-dryer. Designed to tackle medium and large floor areas, this new compact cleaning robot is efficient, timesaving, easy, safe, flexible and completely autonomous when required.

The KIRA B 50 scrubber dryer robot utilises a proven roller brush technique, with a pre-sweeping function and side brush to clean up to the wall, 55cm working width, 160 Ah lithium-ion battery, and area performance of up to 15,000 sq m per day. According to Kärcher, the robot delivers consistently outstanding results, even on textured or uneven floors, efficiently completing a time-consuming job and freeing up cleaners to manage more complex cleaning tasks.

Suitable for floor cleaning in both smaller and large areas, KIRA B 50 is ideal for multiple sectors, including production and manufacturing halls.The water volume, detergent dosing and cleaning speed can be precisely pre-set, ensuring the cleaning fleet is deployable based on speed. This capability safeguards a high level of cleaning quality, while simultaneously freeing up resources and reducing costs.

To maximise KIRA B 50’s autonomy, the optional docking station allows the unit to refill its water tank, drain and rinse the wastewater, and recharge its battery with no intervention. All functions on the robot are easy to operate via the large touch display featuring an intuitive menu and user guidance, allowing for multiple user profiles and even different language options.

With integrated laser scanners, 3D and ultrasonic sensors and a powerful on-board computer, KIRA B 50 is capable of 360 detection of its surrounding areas with quick reactions and reliable navigation to ensure safety.
For further information www.kaercher.com/uk or www.karcherhire.co.uk

Companies from every sphere of industrial manufacturing need to improve their product quality and cost efficiency on a continuous basis, while simultaneously cutting down on the consumption of energy and resources. Here, optimal and bespoke cleaning processes can provide a significant contribution, making a trip to the 20th edition of the Parts2clean exhibition essential. The show will take place on 26-28 September 2023 at the Stuttgart Exhibition Centre.

Whether it involves degreasing, classic component cleaning or high-purity applications – as varied as those tasks may be – technological and social trends are introducing new requirements to parts cleaning. In order to offer competitive products in the long run, cleaning must also be as economical, energy-efficient and resource-efficient as possible. In a growing number of cases, the stability of the cleaning processes must also be verifiable.

“As the world’s foremost information and procurement platform for industrial cleaning technology, Parts2clean offers ideas, solutions and services for adapting all of the steps involved in parts and surface cleaning to meet this increased set of demands and make them future-proof,” explains Christoph Nowak, project director at the Deutsche Messe group of companies. “In the same vein, effective knowledge transfer for parts cleaning that meets these requirements and is both process-secure and sustainable is the focus of the supporting programme.”

One proof of this is the presence of practically all market and technology-leading companies from the industrial cleaning technology sector at the event.

“Many of these exhibitors will be using the anniversary edition to introduce new and refined products and services to an international trade audience,” reports Nowak. This includes new system concepts for degreasing and classic cleaning tasks, as well as for precision cleaning and high-purity applications.
For further information www.parts2clean.de/en