September 13 to 16, 2010 do not miss the assembly, handling technology and automation, plus industrial bonding technology event of the year MOTEK = assembly technology and more, BONDexpo = bonding technology and more: with this trade fair duo, private trade fair company P. E. Schall GmbH & Co. KG seamlessly pursues its successful series of fairs for the complementary process chain issues of production and assembly automation, joining and bonding technology, being set to provide another (…)

On behalf of the innovation promotion agency CTI, Mr Nolte, head of CTI Medtech initiative cordially invites people to the CTI Medtech Event 2010. This one day meeting brings together nearly 400 representatives from the R&D sector, the Swiss industry, the financial sector and various funding agencies. . The event has become one of the most important networking and innovation promotion events in the field. This year partakers will meet the new President and the new Director of the CTI (…)

It is quite rare in the area of service for a small company to be ISO 9001:2008 certified. A SME located in Glovelier (Switzerland) and active throughout Europe in the field of spare parts and services mainly for ENC and Deco machines from Tornos just achieved it. Meeting with M. Frein, Managing director of the company. During a brief ceremony in the presence of the employees of the company, the press, representatives of the external company that coached R. Frein CNC Service SARL during the (…)

In July 2010, Dr. Ludwig Pierkes has taken over as head of HASCO’s Hot Runner Division. HASCO is a leading international manufacturer of standard mould units and a specialist for hot runner technology. The company is based in Lüdenscheid/Germany. Ludwig Pierkes studied electrical engineering at RWTH Aachen University and then worked as a scientific assistant at the IKV (Institute of Plastics Processing), before being awarded his doctorate in mechanical engineering. He collected practical (…)

Ionbond announced today the successful ISO 13485:2003 certification of its UK service centre. It is the first Ionbond centre globally to be awarded the certification and also the first Physical Vapour Deposition (PVD) surface engineers in the UK to achieve ISO 13485:2003 certification. Artificial knee joint coated with a ‘Medthin’ coating from Ionbond that prevents corrosion, minimizes wear and greatly reduces metallic ion concentrations. “ISO 13485:2003 defines the role and (…)

A number of Delcam programs, including PowerMILL, PowerSHAPE and FeatureCAM, have been selected as the Designated CADCAM Software for the finals of the fourth China National Numerical Control Skills Competition to be held in Guangzhou later this year. The choice of Delcam software was unanimously approved by the technical experts organizing the Competition. They believed that the systems will provide an excellent teaching platform to train the students. Large numbers of Chinese students are (…)

In Stuttgart from March 22 to 24, 2011: innovative electronic components for medical technology. For the first time Canon Communications is to hold its very own trade fair and conference for developers of electronic medical devices, DesignMed 2011, which will run from 22nd to 24th March 2011 in Stuttgart. This fair will be aimed at constructors and developers in this field. It is to take place within the framework of MEDTEC Europe 2011, the leading European trade fair for medical technology. (…)

The ST38 that was presented earlier this year seems to have meet well customer’s expectations. This model will be presented again at AMB and Prodex. In Star’s website we can read there will also be three other new products. We’ve found out more but this information has not been confirmed yet by the company The ST-38 from Star Micronics further develops the series of complex KNC-32 and SV-32 machines. The triple turret design allows users to capitalize on the capability of simultaneous (…)

Requirements on productivity increase and at the same time costs must be reduced. Not easy when deep holes are involved and a conventional deep hole drilling system shows acceptable results, but the drilling process is technically demanding and time and cost is substantial. . Mikron Tool SA Agno presents at AMB 2010 in Stuttgart for the first time a new small drill, within the well proven CrazyDrill product range, with cutting lengths of 15 x d, 20 x d and 30 x d, starting from diameter (…)

29-30 September 2010 • Mövenpick Hotel Zürich-Regensdorf • Switzerland New conference features “New manufacturing principles for the development of implants” OrthoTec Europe is the new annual pan-European conference and exhibition for manufacturers of orthopaedic implants and instruments. It’s exciting and informative programme will appeal to anybody actively engaged in developing, or manufacturing implants. Speakers at the conference are renowned experts who will assist you to (…)