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“This allows Germany to survive as a business location,” said Manfred Deues, praising the innovation of Heinz Berger Maschinenfabrik as a “great achievement”: this Tuesday morning, November 16, 2021, the entrepreneur, in his capacity as President of the ife network, presented the Kohlfurth-based machine manufacturer with the “ife.Award” 2021.<\/p>\n

At the award ceremony at the Berger Gruppe’s headquarters, ife President Deues and Network Managing Director Michael Braetz were impressed by the fully automated machining cell that the “hidden champion” from Kohlfurther Br\u00fccke 69 has “worked out”: The resounding plus point of the grinding machine innovation: as Berger Co-CEO Dr. Andreas Gro\u00df explained, the Berger innovation reduces the previous so-called “set-up times” of the systems by up to 95 percent.<\/p>\n

“You can be very proud of what you have achieved,” said ife President Manfred Deues, paying tribute to the diligence, expertise, innovative strength and passion of the Kohlfurth-based family business. Normally, people dream of 95% reductions, so the jury awarded the ife Innovation Award to the Berger innovation by a wide margin. “That’s saying something, because we’re asking a lot,” said the President of the network, describing the Berger development as an “outstanding” example of Industry 4.0. <\/p>\n

More information about the network online at www.ife-institut-einzelfertiger.de. You can read the full report on the award presented to the Berger Gruppe in the next printed issue of CW. <\/p>\n

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“This allows Germany to survive as a business location,” said Manfred Deues, praising the innovation of Heinz Berger Maschinenfabrik as a “great achievement”: this Tuesday morning, November 16, 2021, the entrepreneur, in his capacity as President of the ife network, presented the Kohlfurth-based machine manufacturer with the “ife.Award” 2021. 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