Rapid News Publications PLC, organisers of MM Live, is delighted to announce the return of its two Headline Sponsors — Rainford Precision Machines and SmalTec International — for the 2009 event being held at the Ricoh Arena, Coventry, 20-21 October 2009. Highly targeted show MM Live 2009 is the only UK event dedicated to Micro, Precision and Nano Manufacturing and the endorsement of UK-based Rainford Precision Machines and US-based SmalTec International underlines the importance of the (…)

To speak about the importance of the customers, about services offered on the market and even on how to present the company and its products, we’ve met Frédéric Springmann, CEO of Springmann S. A. This company sells solutions to manufacturers, for instance Traub and Index inSwitzerland and in Austria. Clearly there are some things to be learned with them. You take part in a large number of exhibitions despite the high costs of these events. What are the objectives of your participation in (…)

Turning-Days™ Villingen-Schwenningen 2009, with over 10,000 square metres of exhibition space and close to 260 exhibitors from Germany and abroad, is now a major specialist fair for turning technology. For the first time includes a panel discussion on the red-hot topic in the sector. New admission system reduces queues at the pay-desks. Extra-long exhibition hours with a valuable viewing circuit for visitors even after closing time. A specialist exhibition The organizing team of the 4th (…)

STUDER is one of eight companies that will be giving technical presentations at the "Schleifring Grinding Symposium 2009": In order to meet all needs, STUDER will present solutions for universal-, internal-, and production cylindrical grinding. Additionally, opportunities will be presented in the universal and production divisions on how productivity can be increased: combination machining, special software and simple loading solutions reduce the machining process considerably. Some topics (…)

On four Traub TNL 12 long turning machines, the dental manufacturer Dentaurum primarily manufactures dental implants, structures for prosthetic care and orthodontics products. Why are they working with these machines? Constraints for medical "We produce up to 200 different products on these machines, which means we have to be able to react to production changes very quickly," explains Klaus Merkle, head of production at Dantaurum. He continues: "flexible production machines are the (…)

Riveting technology, like anything else, needs to keep up with the constant trend toward miniaturization. With the radial riveting machine RN 181 “reduced,” for delicate rivet connections, BalTec has a cutting-edge solution for this challenge, as well. The subtly designed kinematics of this machine allow rivet joints using even very small diameter rivets made of aluminum and fiber-reinforced plastics. It is possible to locate the rivet start when lowering the rivet tool onto the rivet at a (…)

To realize this editorial, I rely on two comprehensive studies on media. The first one called "trends in communication in Europe" is based and a wide European study that took place during 2008. The second called "Media Focus" analyze trends in advertising expenses in Switzerland. What do we learn ? Press is important (!) According to the first survey, in 2008 the customer represent the most important target audience (not that a revolution) for communication and obviously professional press (…)

I went to interview Pierre-André and Etienne Meylan in a company called Piguet Frères at Le Brassus, Switzerland and I didn’t stop thinking about nexialism. In that company, the skills are cleary interdisciplinary and transverse. You need some technique from highly specialised polishing of watch industry to finish a part for a medical device? No problem, functioning in the company allow the specialists to share all these skills and apply them on the right place, even if that’s not "the usual (…)

Peter Wolters GmbH, a manufacturer of high-precision machine tools headquartered in Rendsburg, Germany, today announced the acquisition of the Micron precision CNC grinder range, which is currently manufactured in West Springfield, MA (USA). Peter Wolters boasts a 200-year history of supplying market-leading lapping, grinding, polishing and deburring products for fine-surface optimization of metal, glass, ceramics, plastics and nano-range semiconductor materials for computer chips and LED (…)

Exhibition Grounds fully booked: the world’s leading technology event presents 13 leading trade shows at a single venue. This year, Korea, Asia’s economic powerhouse, is the Partner Country. Boom in wind power continues: premiere of the new flagship fair «Wind». Spotlight on energy efficiency in industrial processes. The show unveils the future The ideas and solutions on show at the 13 flagship shows that make up Hannover Messe will combine to create a unique platform for innovation. Key (…)