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Bite-sized brilliance: LAPP-sponsored student mimics shark skin to cut drag on heavy vehicles

LAPP Australia has entered into a new partnership with Italian industrial automation and motor control leader, CMZ Sistemi Elettronici, to expand its comprehensive automation solutions for manufacturing and processing industries.

LAPP’s ÖLFLEX® power and control cables are some of the most widely used in the world. Power cables provide the optimum power supply; while control cables, on the other hand, transmit signals for controlling devices and machines.

In modern industrial environments, protecting cables from the ingress of dust and moisture can be an essential part of minimising downtime and keeping machinery running productively and efficiently.

With ETHERLINE® FD bioP Cat.5e, LAPP has already launched the first data cable on the market that replaces some of the fossil raw materials in the plastic jacket with bio-based ones. At SPS 2024, LAPP also presented two prototypes for bio-based connector housings from the EPIC® series, which are close to market maturity. The company is thus pioneering sustainable connection technology.

Companies’ sustainability communication often focuses on Scope 1 and 2 emissions that arise within the company itself and from purchased energy. Data on Scope 3 emissions, which are generated along the entire value chain of manufacturing companies and also determine a large part of the carbon footprint of the products manufactured, are often more difficult to determine. LAPP wants to create transparency here too and is increasingly publishing data on the emissions caused by the production of fastening solutions.