If you are currently involved in the emergency manufacture of medical equipment and urgently need components, we may be able to assist. One of MENTOR’s great strengths is that they always carry high stocks of standard parts.
AUNDE & MENTOR Joint Venture “MUNDA” for Textile Lighting Systems
Image: The CEOs of the founding partner companies of MUNDA: Rolf A. Königs (CEO Aunde, right), Wido Weyer (CEO Mentor, left)
AUNDE and MENTOR have combined their core capabilities to establish a joint venture, working together on the development, production and delivery of textile lighting systems.
MENTOR becomes a “Top 100” Company
MENTOR has been recognised as an innovation leader in the SME sector – the renowned competition TOP 100 has been honoring the most innovative companies in the German SME sector for more than 25 years – and this year MENTOR received the TOP 100 seal for the first time.
Stylish Coloured Instrument Handles
MENTOR have added colour options to their handle ranges – anodised aluminium handles in six colours and two finishes plus chromium plated steel handles with plastic hand grips in nine colours. Find out more – MENTOR’s Handles Catalogue is available as a Downloadable PDF.
MENTOR Miniature Light Guides
MENTOR’s miniature light guides feature radiating surfaces of 2mm diameter and a grid dimension of 2.54mm. Compared with conventional 5.08mm grid light guides, these miniaturised versions allow twice the number of display elements within the same physical width. This offers design engineers a whole new range of possibilities, particularly when space is restricted.
New MENTOR Plastic and Metal Knobs Catalogue
MENTOR have completely updated and redesigned their Plastic and Metal Knobs catalogue, adding in all of their latest knob introductions. The catalogue has an all-new design, and is available for immediate PDF download – why not Download the Plastic and Metal Knobs Catalogue now!
Homogenously-Illuminated feature logo for the BMW M5
BMW’s M-Class saloon cars are well known for their performance and technical excellence in the premium sector of the sports saloon market (I can confirm this from personal experience!) The “M” is short for BMW’s Motorsports Division and in addition to technology and performance, their sports saloons display design flair with classy interior design touches and eye-catching exterior design features.
Light Guide Based 7 Segment Displays – Single Colour and RGB LEDs
7-segment displays are nothing new but these innovative MENTOR ones are – they lack LEDs! Instead, the customer provides its own SMD LEDs (even RGB) and mounts them on the PCB using a cost-effective manufacturing process. The MENTOR light guide based 7-segment displays are push-fitted to the board at the end of production.
New MENTOR Custom Product Lighting catalogue
It’s becoming very hard these days to differentiate a company’s new products from the competitors. In a bid to create individuality, products have become more multifunctional, more intelligent and more complex. Examples can be found in the fields of smart home, automotive, IoT, eMobility etc.
Status displays don’t always have to be round
Siemens is a leading manufacturer of PLC control systems for a wide variety of applications. A recent product is the new Sirius ET200 motor starter, which offers high functionality within a very compact case. In this Case Study, Siemens used a modified version of the miniaturised square Light Guide 1296 from MENTOR.