With its powerful and compact S-Force 5300 fans ebm-papst St. Georgen launched a series onto the market in 2008. This series provides the ideal solution above all for applications that not only have a high air requirement with simultaneous high counterpressure - but also limited space for integrating the fan.

Economics Minister Ernst Pfister appealed for investments in research and development on Thursday during the "9th Entrepreneurs' Evening", which was hosted by the city of St. Georgen and held on the premises of ebm-papst at St. Georgen. This is the only way to ensure that the local economy remains competitive and to safeguard jobs.

The new compact mixed flow fan in size 200 comes as "Plug & Play" unit and has been specially designed to meet specifications in IT/Telecom as well as industrial applications.

Entrepreneur Gerhard Sturm, founder and former Chairman of the Board of Managing Directors of the ebm-papst group, was honoured with the Gold Diesel Medal on 22nd October.

Mulfingen/St. Georgen Dr. Gerhard Lahm resigned as Managing Director of the fan specialist ebm-papst with effect of 30 September at his own request. Lahm had been responsible for the company location ebm-papst St. Georgen GmbH & Co.KG (264 million euro sales revenue/1,630 employees) for over 7 years.

At ebm-papst in Mulfingen, 43 new trainees had an interesting and multifaceted start to their career. The young men and women, selected from a record 1,000 applicants, began their training at the fan specialist with an Orientation Week.

So far about 2,650 athletes have registered to take part. Therefore ebm-papst, co-organizer and main sponsor, expects a new record turnout.

To protect the environment, Mercedes-Benz developed the Citaro bus with a diesel-electric hybrid drive. The prototype uses state-of-the-art technological components. Take, for example, the energy-efficient EC fans by ebm-papst that supply the various cooling circuits of the bus's overhead cooling system with fresh air.

Again at this year's IAA Commercial Vehicles Show in Hanover, ebm-papst, a leading producer of motors and fans, will be present with its automotive product range of innovative fans for commercial vehicle air conditioning.

By completing an assembly plant in Mulfingen-Hollenbach (Baden-Wuerttemberg), ebm-papst has expanded its production capacities for energy-efficient fans by 13,500 m².

ebm-papst staged an information afternoon last Monday for the new trainees and students of the University of Cooperative Education.

ebm-papst is the main sponsor of this year's "Stallwächterparty" ("fort holder" party) of Baden-Wuerttemberg's regional representation.

For the fifth time now, ebm-papst has organized a delegation trip for Chinese customers. On this trip, participants from 8 important companies could see firsthand the world market leader's development and manufacturing of fans and motors.

ebm-papst has significantly expanded its research and development area at its location in Landshut, Germany. Altogether 6.6 million EUR were invested in building an Innovation Center that will officially be opened on May 30, 2008.

Reliable heat dissipation is an absolute must for modern high-performance electronics. Discrete power electronics or computer components, such as those in servers, are composed of many individual heat sources.

Specifically in the telecommunications sector, existing components are being replaced with new, more powerful components at an alarming rate. Compact TCA (Telecom Computing Architecture) standard devices take this into account.

ebm-papst, world market leader in fans and motors, is among the 100 companies selected by the first large-scale book publication to highlight Germany's energy-efficient technology.

ebm-papst regards the Hannover Messe as being among the most important and influential international trade fairs. As the world's leading manufacturer of energy saving fans and motors, ebm-papst is supporting this year's special ''Efficiency'' exhibition in Hall 6 at Booth H36 with an additional presentation.

With the new NRG137 fan, ebm-papst is expanding the product range up to 150 kW.

Today, energy savings have become an important issue in almost all areas of life. Since air-conditioning and refrigeration systems are typically operated with high duty cycles, energy savings are particularly noticeable in this area. A typical example is the energy-saving motor made by ebm-papst, which has been developed primarily for fan applications in refrigerator or freezer cases or bottle coolers.

Heilbronn-Franken is the first region of Baden-Wuerttemberg to promote itself, as "home of the world market leaders," at Berlin's Tegel Airport. Together with eleven corporate partners, including ebm-papst, Heilbronn-Franken has covered the walls of a jetway with marketing material

There are just a few weeks left before the Mostra Convegno 2008 tradeshow opens its doors in Milan, Italy from March 11-15. At booth B13 C22 in Hall 24, ebm-papst, leading manufacturer of motors and fans, will present its newest products in the area of refrigeration and air-conditioning technology, while introducing its latest innovations in the area of heating engineering in at booth G62 F65 in Hall 8.

Fast, reliable amalgam separation on site.

A successful symbiosis of technology and aesthetics.

Werder Bremen's U18 (under-18) team has won the ebm-papst Indoor Championships 2008 in Mulfingen (Baden-Wuerttemberg), Germany.