The complete Industry News section from the February 2014 issue of Power Transmission Engineering.

The complete Industry News section of the June 2013 issue of Power Transmission Engineering.

Power transmission and motion control companies will be on-hand during Hannover Messe 2013 to display the latest technology offerings in key product categories including roller bearings, gears, pumps, motors, transmissions, drive system components, clutches and braking systems.

The complete Industry News section from the February 2013 issue of Power Transmission Engineering

Hydrostatic drive concept gives LinsiTrak flexibility and versatility.

The complete Industry News section from the December 2012 issue of Power Transmission Engineering.

The complete Industry News section from the October 2012 issue of Power Transmission Engineering.

Hannover Messe 2012 generated enough buzz that the 5,000 exhibitors “will have their work cut out for them,” according to Dr. Wolfram von Fritsch, chairman of the managing board of Deutsche Messe. “Green technologies are a viable business model with the power to drive growth around the world.

Next time you are strolling across a manufacturing plant, check out the hardware on the ground. Shop floors are nothing but cables plugged into machines, cables plugged into computers, cables plugged into other cables...

Though the original definition of mechatronics derived from the Yasakawa Electric Company in the late 1960s (the company won trademark rights for the term in 1973), the word has remarkably evolved.