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AbstractStakeholder management is an important method for reducing business risk. Recent decades have seen the growth of a new type of stakeholder: social protest stakeholders, individuals engaging in protest action which is directed at other unrelated parties, often the government. However, the actions of social protest stakeholders may negatively affect companies located nearby. This stakeholder category has not received any formal attention in the literature, and this article addresses the knowledge gap by exploring the effects of community‐driven protest action in South Africa and the strategies that firms adopt to mitigate the negative consequences of such protests. A multiple case study analysis was used to describe this type of stakeholder group and the management of the consequences of social protest action. Eight manufacturing companies in the Gauteng province participated in the study, the companies varied in size and industry. Among the key findings are that companies need to be highly adaptable if they are to mitigate the impact of protest action. We make practical suggestions about how companies may manage these risks, including the recommendation that companies engage more directly with social protestors to manage risks. The study makes an important contribution to the literature by identifying an additional key category of stakeholder and proposing a risk management approach to avert or minimize loss and damage.

Die additive Fertigung von Kunststoffbauteilen mit dem selektiven Lasersintern (SLS) hat sich für diverse Anwendungen etabliert und bietet durch die großen geometrischen Freiheiten vielfältige Anwendungsmöglichkeiten. Weitere Anwendungen wären zu erschließen, wenn diskrete Bauteile vollständig integriert werden könnten, sodass hybride Bauteile entstehen. Daher wurde am Fraunhofer IPA untersucht, ob und wie der SLS-Prozess unterbrochen und Komponenten vollständig umdruckt werden können.
 
The additive manufacturing of plastic components by means of selective laser sintering (SLS) is established for various applications , offers a broad range of possible applications due to the wide geometrical freedom. Further applications could be tapped into with discrete components being fully integrated, resulting in hybrid components. This is why Fraunhofer IPA investigated if and how the SLS process can be interrupted and components be completely reprinted.

Induktive Sensoren werden in Einschraubgehäusen als Standardkomponenten eingesetzt. In einem Verbund aus Fraunhofer-Institut für Produktionstechnik und Automatisierung IPA sowie den Firmen Arburg GmbH und Balluff GmbH wurde ein Ansatz entwickelt, um derartige Sensoren in individualisierbaren Gehäusen zu fertigen. Dieser Beitrag beschreibt wie Gehäuse additiv gefertigt und vergossen werden können. Zusätzlich werden Ergebnisse industrieller Qualifikationstests zur Evaluation der Sensoren beschrieben.

Inductive sensors are used in screw-in housings as standard components. In an alliance of Fraunhofer IPA and the companies Arburg GmbH und Co. KG and Balluff GmbH, an approach was developed to manufacture such sensors in customizable housings. The publication describes how housings can be additively manufactured and molded. In addition, results of industrial qualification tests for the evaluation of the sensors are described.