30 December 2020
How are we going to lighten automobiles?
The need to save on vehicles’ fuel consumption is becoming increasingly important for car manufacturers, for many reasons. Among them, consumers being much more informed...
26 November 2020
The advantages of software simulators for the manufacturing sector
The words “manufacturing sector” conjure up images of machines, assembly lines, workers, and the production of physical objects. This is even more true when we...
29 October 2020
AEB systems: an increasingly widespread automotive technology that could help avoid as much as 50% of collisions
The data published through the Global status report on road safety by the World Health Organization on car crashes are staggering: every year roughly 1.3...
1 October 2020
Mini-grids and battery storage systems: numbers and forecasts
When considering the market for off-grid, mini-grid and battery installations, it’s impossible not to better analyze the big picture scenario, in the present as in...
25 August 2020
How will the automotive sector change post Covid-19?
The Coronavirus pandemic has clearly affected the global economy, in some cases massively, forcing just about all sectors to rethink their business models for the...
30 July 2020
Industrial automation for productivity growth
Not long ago, many of the products we purchased were manufactured in large factories employing hundreds or even thousands of workers. Such companies were more...
2 July 2020
Changing the world’s energy map
Over the course of the first trimester 2020, according to a report published by IEA, a 3.8% reduction in global demand for energy was recorded,...
4 June 2020
The advantages of “selective alliances” in order to fortify the automotive sector
The automotive market over recent decades has encouraged “big buys”, leading to the creation of industrial entities that are increasingly large and competitive in the...
4 May 2020
The vital roles of cybersecurity, business continuity and disaster recovery
The term cybersecurity is often mistakenly associated with a super-technological issue, almost bordering on sci-fi scenarios: the matter is therefore considered appropriated only for huge...
8 April 2020
What do you need to know about the WLTP procedure?
The Worldwide Harmonised Light Vehicle Test Procedure (WLTP) was introduced in September 2017 and substituted the precedingNEDC (New European Driving Cycle), developed in the 80s....
12 March 2020
The role of hydrogen in the global energy transformation
The global energy transformation is now a reality, and if we try to identify its underlying causes, we find global warming, lack of combustible fossil...
12 February 2020
5G numbers across the world
Just over a year ago, we published in this blog an article explaining how and why we expect, over the next five years, a boom...
14 January 2020
How automotive quality management systems help companies thrive
Why is quality control focused on safety so important in the automotive sector? Qualitative standards applied to the production of goods in almost all industrial...
11 December 2019
What do you need to know about CNC machining?
Industrial automation, which during the 20th century has permitted incredible technological advances in the manufacturing sector, is mostly based on the use of increasingly sophisticated...
14 November 2019
What is plastic injection molding
Over the years, we at FAIST have developed skills and abilities in supplying plastic components, in order to satisfy market demand and improve our operations...
18 October 2019
What is metal stamping
Metal stamping is a cold-forming process that makes use of dies and stamping presses to transform sheet metal into different shapes. Pieces of flat sheet...
18 September 2019
What is high-pressure die casting?
The FAIST Group is specialised in high-pressure die casting. Due to our extensive experience, close collaboration with our clients, our drive to push past expectations...
9 September 2019
Why Telecom operators need to reinvent the customer journey
Today’s user doesn’t only decide where and when to buy and access support for their mobile services, phones and internet, but also a new provider...
22 August 2019
Blockchain technology can transform the telecom Industry
The term “blockchain” is usually associated with Bitcoins and to the cryptocurrency world, but this is a highly restricted outlook. In fact, we are used...
8 August 2019
Security is a top concern for 5G operators
The launch of the new 5G networks is actually happening, albeit only experimentally, and in a somewhat patchworked fashion. All industry operators (and not just...
