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Technician project with VTS 2030 test system finalized
In cooperation with the technical school Gottlieb-Daimler School 2 at Sindelfingen, MCD supports the project for three prospective technicians for automation technology. Marcel Frank, Tobias Schäfer and Valentin Schmidt realized the application of a collaborating robot at MCD's "VTS 2030" test system with their work....read more
Future driven project for electro mobility completed
In order to enable heating of interior space and windscreen of hybrid or electric vehicles without waste heat from the engine, electrical heating systems were developed. For control of these high voltage heaters, the automotive industry uses PCBs that reach a high degree of efficiency within a high voltage area. With MCD's...read more
New combination project of assembly and test station finalized
Flap actuators, that are responsible for sound regulation, energy recovery or emission reduction inside the exhaust systems of cars, are mounted and tested with this combination of assembly and test concept. At first, the flap actuators are bolted together with a support element, afterwards the electronic control and signal...read more
Support for the IT
MCD Elektronik welcomes a new colleague: Mr. Oliver Koeck. MCD is pleased to have found competent and committed support for the IT department. Mr. Koeck is especially responsible for the IT infrastructure as well as for the ERP system. With his previous experience in web development, systems integration and his passion for...read more
Innovation system VTS 2030 becoming even more popular
It has been around 1 year since the testing technology specialist MCD developed and introduced the innovative standard test system VTS 2030. Since then, the demand for this highly flexible system as a basis for customized measurement and testing systems continues to increase. Now the first functional test system for...read more
Interns support the MCD team
Also in 2019, the test specialist from Birkenfeld is pleased to be able to offer hands-on vocational orientation for various age groups through internships.Already in the first days of the year MCD welcomed two interns: Mr. Lukas Blencke (on the left) and Mr. Sascha Bergner (on the right).During his 3-month mandatory internship...read more
Winner of MCDs electronica lottery 2018 drawn
MCD Elektronik attracted attention at the electronica trade fair 2018 with the question "How long is the antenna of the ant on the left, next to the one with a yellow handbag". Despite the fact that measurement and test systems from Birkenfeld are clearly superior to the human perception, the visitors' instinct was...read more
Congratulations on graduation
This year, MCD is able to congratulate two of its students on their successful graduation at the Cooperative State University Karlsruhe. Tim Retzlaff graduated with his bachelor's degree with very good results in the dual course "Applied Informatics" and from now on joins MCD's software development department...read more
electronica trade fair 2018 review
MCD Elektronik can look back on a successful fair week at electronica 2018, where the positive trend in the electronics market was reflected. The biggest electronica ever took place from November 13 to 16 at the Munich trade fair site and counted 80.000 visitors from over 80 countries. MCD Elektronik has also been able to...read more
Uniform service contact for MCD's customers
MCD's service and repair team is reachable with immediate effect under the following uniform contact address: service@mcd-elektronik.de. Under this email address, MCD offers a "first level support" for hardware and software malfunctions. The technical support identifies questions, problems and malfunctions and refers...read more
Four-week internship for engineering student
MCD Elektronik GmbH actually offers the possibility to familiarize with practical processes at work life for a further trainee. Mr. Pashtrik Asani studies electronical engineering at the University of Stuttgart in the fifth semester and supports MCD's Development department during his voluntary internship. Especially in the...read more
ProBerufGym goes into a second round
The project "ProBeruf - career guidance at secondary schools" (shortly "ProBerufGym") by Steinbeis Innovation Center in cooperation with the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research introduced inspiring students from the 9th and 10th grade with close encounters with role models of different...read more
Vocational orientation at MCD Elektronik
A direct career guidance and a related youth promotion has a high priority for MCD Elektronik. Therefore, CFO Petra Noske-Mahseredjian welcomed six pupils from the Theodor-Heuss High School in Pforzheim at MCD yesterday. These young people participate in the "ProBeruf - career guidance at secondary schools" project...read more
Breaking new grounds with personal recruitment
In the search for new specialists and junior employees, MCD Elektronik is now focusing on new methods. The "career" area was integrated to the company's website where you will find information about corporate culture and career opportunities besides open vacancies. Additionally, an application portal was established...read more
Vacation job at MCD Elektronik
Already in March this year, MCD Elektronik welcomed Timo Ambrosi as an intern. He liked his former mandatory internship and the gained so much insight that Mr. Ambrosi decided to spend another 4 weeks of his summer holidays at MCD. Now he will gain further insight from the development department of MCD, be able to participate...read more
MCD supports student interns
With Mr. Benedikt Hemminger, the MCD team is allowed to welcome another intern this week.As part of his degree program "International Business Engineering" at the nearby University of Applied Sciences Pforzheim, the second semester student will gain first-hand experience in the world of measurement and testing...read more
Congratulations and welcome
This week Luisa Haug successfully completed her training for management assistant in wholesale and foreign trade at MCD Elektronik with a very good result. The whole team congratulates and is pleased that Ms. Haug will continue to support MCD in the purchasing department starting today. In addition, the testing technology...read more
Measurement Technology Event at high-altitude terrain
At dizzying height, MCD Elektronik presented itself again at the measurement technology event "Hightech on the Olympic Tower" of cooperation partner Meilhaus Electronic GmbH in Munich.For 2 days (04.-05.07.2018) everything revolves around topics of measuring and control technology. This year, CEO Bruno Hörter and...read more
MCD is one of the TOP 100 Innovators
For above-average performance in innovation management, MCD Elektronik GmbH was honored as part of the "5. Deutsche Mittelstands-Summit" (5th Summit for German SMEs). According to this, MCD is one of Germany's top 100 innovators in 2018. Since 25 years, compamedia selected the most innovative companies of German SMEs...read more
Ergonomics Coaching at MCD
MCD advocates for healthy backs of its workforce. Therefore, an ergonomics coaching took place, for which numerous employees had registered.In the morning, the coaching started with an introduction after a welcome of fitness consultant Stefanie Reiter, which made all participants aware of how important the back is for their own...read more
12-weeks internship at MCD
Once again, MCD Elektronik receives energetic support and can yet help another young person with his professional development. In order to fill his theoretical education as an electronics technician for equipment and systems through the "Berufsförderungswerk" in Schömberg with practical content, Mr. Kevin Zonai...read more
MCD supports voluntary work placement
At the moment, the MCD Elektronik GmbH is very happy to welcome Mr. David Exler as an intern. Mr. Exler, a senior in the secondary school "Gymnasium Neuenbürg" is interested in electrical engineering as a Dual Course of Study at MCD. During his voluntary work placement, Mr. Exler is provided the opportunity to learn...read more
Networking Event from Marketing-Club Karlsruhe at MCD
Last Thursday MCD Elektronik welcomed over 60 guests for a networking event from the Marketing-Club Karlsruhe. Already at the reception, one could feel the euphoria of the guests, the host and the speakers for the upcoming evening. Ms. Karin Bacher, member of the advisory board of the Marketing-Club, opened the evening with a...read more
Further BOGY Intern at MCD Elektronik
Even in the last week of April, MCD Elektronik GmbH can look forward to another intern.Mr. Robin Speer will gain many impressions in the fields of IT, mechatronics and electronics during his one-week internship for his so-called "BOGY internship", a career guidance program at the secondary schools. The tenth-grader of...read more
Welcome to BOGY intern Chris Krebs
A career guidance is very important for young people to have the possibility to set the course for the future early. Because of that, the MCD team is very happy that there are applications for internships and can teach the interns something about their work. This week, Mr. Chris Krebs will absolve his so-called "BOGY...read more
MCD supports career guidance
The youth promotion, especially in technical professions, is an affair of the heart for MCD Elektronik. Therefore the whole team is looking forward to already welcoming the 3rd intern this year.Mr. Timo Ambrosi attends the Vocational College of Ludwig-Erhardt-Schule in Pforzheim and pursues a degree in business computer...read more
MCD Easter Calendar 2018
This year, MCD Elektronik created a digital Easter surprise for its customers, consisting of a competition and an Easter movie. The MCD Easter Calendar 2018 starts on Good Friday and you can win little surprises every Easter day until Easter Monday. The MCD Calendar is accessible on the Easter site of MCD's website, but if it...read more
With the business bike to work
Since the first MCD health day in October 2017, people wish to integrate more exercise in their everyday life. Reason enough to use the daily routine to do something good for yourself and the environment and use an e-bike rather than a car to commute.MCD proactively supports the topic of e-bike leasing (business bike)....read more
Internship week at MCD
This week MCD Elektronik welcomes two more interns for some insight and tasks of a working day.As part of the career guidance at secondary schools (short: BORS), students of the 9th grade in Baden-Württemberg have the opportunity to get a step closer to their dream jobs through an internship in a suitable company even outside...read more
Second Day of the Students-Engineer-Academy 2018
Last week the foundation for this year's Students-Engineer-Academy was laid out with Day 1 of the project „Program your own little weather station". On Day 2, the excitement of the participating students from Gymnasium Neuenbürg was noticeable. But before the students became active, the current MCD students (technical...read more
"Young addition" to the MCD team
Already before the actual start of their careers, these two young women decided to gain some experience in the commercial sector. MCD Elektronik is very pleased to welcome Nives Straub (on the left) and Leonie Haug (on the right). Within the next months Ms. Nives Straub will be an intern in the commercial department, before...read more
First Day of the Students-Engineer-Academy 2018 at MCD
MCD Elektronik is pleased to continue the cooperation with the "BBQ Berufliche Bildung GmbH" and various schools in the region of Pforzheim. The project "Student Engineer Academy“ is always very important to MCD, because the aim is to promote youth to the field of technology. For this practice-oriented and...read more
Test systems for wall charging stations developed
Technological progress, like the further development of electronic powered vehicles, lead to new tasks for MCD Elektronik. These tasks appear during the development of these test systems for wall charging stations. A FCT and an EOLT station were delivered to a well-known manufacturer of wall charging stations that are used...read more
EOL tester for inverters of air conditioning compressors completed
This EOL tester completes fully automatic functional tests on air conditioning compressor inverters for hybrid and electric vehicles to ensure the interior air conditioning without the waste heat from combustion engines.DUTs are transported fully automatically to the test position on a goods carrier via an integrated transport...read more
MCD Product Catalogues - ready for download and ordering
You can find 188 sites full of information about the company, the projects and the products from Birkenfeld - nearly every interesting fact about MCD Elektronik is included in the product catalogue. In 2018, MCD's product catalogue was reprinted under the slogan "Get in touch with sensitive testing" and is now...read more
MCD sets new basics with test systems "VTS 2030"
The new test system series "VTS 2030" was presented by MCD at the world's leading trade fair Productronica for the first time. With this standardized concept, the company from Birkenfeld sets new basics for customizing the construction of test systems optimally to customer requests, production processes and quality...read more