Floome is an elegant and practical universal smartphone accessory developed with the help of Proto Labs that provides users with accurate and reliable blood-alcohol readings. It has joined the ranks of some of the most promising hardware innovations as a Proto Labs Cool Idea! Award recipient. Proto Labs launched the Cool Idea! Award in 2011, which gives a total of $250,000 each year to entrepreneurs developing new products in the United States and Europe. Unlike other product awards that (…)

Laser systems for material processing will once again be the focal point of LASYS 2014, which will be held at the Stuttgart Trade Fair Centre from 24 to 26 June 2014. One year before it is due to start, more than 70 exhibitors - including some important market leaders - have already registered for the international trade fair for laser material processing. They will present, at the only international trade fair for laser material processing, innovations in the fields of separating, joining, (…)

According to the parts to produce, working with an Escomatic machine allows very important gains in productivity and autonomy. In small diameters, the D5 CNC Ultra machine had become the reference since 2011, but to improve productivity further, the manufacturer has doubled the positions of counter-operations and has just presented the D5 CNC Twin. Meeting with M. Schouller, the director of this very dynamic SME. As reminder, the basic principle of the Escomatic lathes is to work from coil (…)

"After-Sales Services: New Expectations" is the theme of the 17th International Symposium of Watch Marketing (Journées Internationales du Marketing Horloger - JIMH) to be held on the 7th of November 2013 in La Chaux-de-Fonds. This symposium is preceded on the 6th of November by the 8th Journée de Rercherche en Maketing Horloger (JRMH), where research papers on the same theme will be presented. Often left in a secondary position in the marketing strategy, after-sales services will be the (…)

At the EMO, high-precision toolholding system manufacturer Rego-Fix presented a simple, yet efficient solution for retrofitting driven tools with an internal cooling system. The reCool® Set retrofit internal cooling system for driven tools not only helps drive lowers tooling costs but also reduces initial investment outlay. It is well known that internal or peripheral cooling (along the shank) helps to extend tool service life far more effectively than spray pipes or nozzles, which are not (…)

What are the current trends in process cooling and system cooling? How do the most recent innovations ensure even more efficiency? And how does constant product development further optimize process safety? The company manufactures a comprehensive range of cooling products to enable precise control of the internal environment within enclosures, and chillers to cool machinery. It also produces signaling devices for industrial process, security, fire, marine, disaster warning and hazardous (…)

With a long-standing presence on the market for parts with high added value, Tornos has been expanding its range for several years to cover fields requiring simpler solutions, and now caters for a wide variety of needs. In addition to the many novelties presented in Eurotec 389 the manufacturer has unveiled at EMO the new ST26. Originally introduced in non-EU version in 2012, the machine has been acclaimed by the market. Quite logically it arrives today in EU-version. Everything suggests (…)

The latest economic figures forecast a strengthening of economy in the EU and especially in Germany. This opens up new business opportunities in Germany for Swiss subcontractors and the Swiss Pavilion, industrial Supply at the Hannover Messe 2014 may be the place to be (From April 7 to 11). Profit from the economic upswing in Germany! - Switzerland Global Enterprise (formerly Osec) offers Swiss companies a good opportunity to be in the market at Hannover Messe. Prime location Again from (…)

314 exhibitors, including the leading companies from the field of Grinding Technology, have already booked their stands for the GrindTec 2014. This is already a good 40 more than at the same point in time before the previous GrindTec, which itself was the biggest event so far. .

Indeed it’s my writing to say so and I hope you will share this feeling about next issue of Eurotec. Again we’ve worked hard to fetch some valuable information for you. All the novelties we discovered this autumn go well in this same direction, each company wishing to provide a better and more precise answer to the wishes of its customers and potential customers, isn’t it great? In Eurotec 390 you will be able to discover: Other ways to manufacture Tailor-made transfer machine with (…)