With over 140 automatic lathes equipped with numerical control and almost exclusively dedicated to top-quality industry (and mainly to the watch-making industry), the company Bandi located in Courtételle is one of the jewels of Swiss Jura industry. We met the company’s managing director, Yves Bandi just before Baselworld. Baselworld kicks off in just a few days time. I imagine that as a specialised sub-contracting company you’re very busy right now? You’re quite right. This kind of event (…)

With the DF 2-3 two-process drag finishing machine, Otec launches a world première at EPHJ in Lau-sanne. With this piece of equipment, innovation allows users to grind and polish parts like implants, watch cases and many others within a single machine. With the dedicated technique it is possible to reach hand polished quality with a high process reliability. Since its foundation in 1996, Otec has been developing drag-finishing units. With this process, the workpieces are mounted on special (…)

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As small-scale 3D machining is being developed to keep pace with the product miniaturization trend, SARIX offers the high performance Micro EDM machine line, the SX-100/200 series which have been especially designed for medium volume production of high-precision micro instruments, components and also for microinjection molding of micro-fluidics cavities. Based on know-how Now Sarix, through its strong and accumulated experience since 1994 as market leader in the Micro EDM Machining field, (…)

Baselworld just closed its door and soon EPHJ will open. Both are dedicated to watch industry... Many people often equate passion with foolishness and, yes that’s possible sometimes. But in our industrial world, passion equates often with rare bird, pressure, precision and delivery. In order to realize next issue that will be released for EPMT/EPHJ in Lausanne (Switzerland), I’ve had the opportunity to meet up with passionate owners and CEOs of companies working all or part for the watch (…)

Industrie & Stim, Lyons (France) All the participants in this biennial French industrial event were reassured by the large number of visitors to the fair this year. Both French and foreign industrialists demonstrated that projects do exist out there and that investment is the key to economic revival. In a general context fostering ideas like ’nothing is going right’ and ’it will never work’ Industrie Lyon had succeeded in maintaining the confidence of its exhibitors who invested (…)

Global, strategic cooperation Gildemeister Aktiengesellschaft has signed a cooperation agreement with the Japanese machine tool manufacturer, Mori Seiki Co. LTD. (Nagoya). The cooperation covers production, purchasing and the development of machines, as well as sales and services in selected markets. This strategic partnership allows both companies to extend their business activities. They will both benefit from short and long-term mutual advantages. The aim of this “win-win“ partnership (…)

Eurotec is a magazine with passionated people working and we are all convinced about the good positioning of the magazine... but what is best than some customers feed-back to learn more? I’ve put a new page called What they think about eurotec. It was really interesting to discuss with all these responsible of companies and learn what THEY THINK is important with Eurotec. Ithank them for the time. Any experience with Eurotec you would like to share? Do not hesitate to send me any comment (…)

The mechanical watch is returning to a position of importance alongside the quartz watch, the latter equipped with fully electronic movements and display. As for mechanical watches, they comprise traditional parts and movements, in the most noble sense of the term. The principle actually has not really changed since the invention of watch movements which tell the time. The same cannot be said for production techniques which, always evolving, no longer have much in common with past methods. (…)

Designer and integrator of robotized automation solutions for the German speaking countries, Robotec Solutions AG wishes now develop its activities towards French speaking areas. To sustain this strategy, the company can count on Dominique Lalut. Benefitting from a more than 25-year know-how with the most important robots manufacturers in the world, this French native is well known in the French speaking Switzerland industries and joined the sales team of Robotec Solutions AG. From now on, (…)