CONNECTED magazine n°16

LEMO Marks its 75th Anniversary in 2021
Founded in Switzerland in 1946 in Morges along the Geneva lake shore, LEMO? took its name from the company's founder, the current CEO’s grandfather, engineer Léon Mouttet. Originally a manufacturer of contacts in noble and rare metals, the company took a major step forward in 1957 with the invention of the Push-Pull self-latching connector.

LEMO opens a new facility in the Netherlands to strengthen its services
To support the unprecedented growth of its Benelux business, LEMO has invested in a new, purpose-built, hi-tech and eco-friendly facility near Amsterdam.LEMO opened its Dutch subsidiary in 2005 initially to cover the Benelux market. Meanwhile, its staff grew from 2 to over 50 people. Today, LEMO Netherlands has a cable assembly department as well and is home to the LEMO European Distribution Centr

LEMO now showcases its product line on EPLAN Data Portal
The EPLAN Data Portal is an integral part of the EPLAN drawing platform, which enables users to significantly reduce effort & engineering time, and also to easily generate the detailed and accurate documentation that is required by today’s end users of automation systems.EPLAN Data Portal contains a wide library of CAD components: over 900’000 data sets from more than 290 manufacturers.

SUN, CARS AND STUDENTS
The 2017 edition of the prestigious World Solar Challenge will be held in October. The Dutch team Solar Team Twente have been getting ready to win.

FROM NANOTECHNOLOGY TO ASTRONOMY
It is impossible to observe outer space through a telescope with a deformed mirror. How can you ensure ultra-precision positioning and compensate for any deformation?