Technology

Putting knowledge to practical use: stories about machines, materials and clever ideas.

Rethinking materials

Recently, a whole host of innovative materials have been created that are supposed to be better than their predecessors. Are they? Do we need them?

The Skill: Thomas König

A manufactory relies on highly skilled employees. Long hours of practice have produced quite a few masters. Allow us to introduce some of them to you.

Of craftspeople, tinkerers and inventors

Porcelain, watches, shaving products – almost nowhere else in Germany is the density of traditional manufactories as high as it is in Saxony. Why is that?

Of men and machines

MÜHLE: where traditional craftsmanship and innovative technology meet.