The generation of the thirty-somethings entering the industry today no longer wants traditional technical information. She wants fast, easily accessible information that she is now used to find on Internet, through videos or tutorials. Technical documentation is being hit hard by this new trend. Yvon Cosandier, director of RédaTech, a company specializing for 28 years in technical communication for end-users of all types of products, takes stock of the situation: "This phenomenon is (…)

On 5 and 6 June 2018, around 200 PIM experts met at Arburg in Lossburg to attend the second international PIM conference. At the one-of-a-kind industry event, held under the motto “The Future of Powder Injection Moulding (PIM)”, 18 high-profile speakers from many parts of the world presented an outlook on the future of this special injection moulding process for producing complex metal or ceramic components. The Arburg Customer Center proved an ideal venue for the two-day event’s extensive (…)

Press release In the context of a watchmaking and jewellery market in full recovery, the 17th edition of EPHJ-EPMT- SMT ended with very positive indicators, both in terms of business and attendance which remains at the same level as previous years. Now that the doors of EPHJ-EPMT-SMT have been closed after 4 days of activity, the 820 exhibitors, as well as the organizers can smile. "The key issue of this 2018 edition is what exhibitors tell us about the quality of the international and (…)

Here’s an uncomfortable thought: what if all these announcements about new materials, particularly for watch cases, are nothing more than a horological Ponzi scheme? Should we believe watchmakers when they tell us that these innovations are the way of the future? Will watch customers in 2030 see our decade as a golden age of technological growth, or a golden age of unscrupulous marketing ploys? And... have we ever seen anything as durable and robust as the steel watches of the 1970s? As we (…)

The Swiss mechanical watchmaking "revival" has essentially entailed a process of renewing existing mechanical skills. The task was to show that mechanical ingenuity had returned, not to play and hide-and-seek, but to proudly reveal its capabilities. The best, but by no means the only, illustration of this is the remarkable vogue for double, triple and even quadruple tourbillons. Watchmaking performance thus became the latest weapon in the battle for corporate image among brands. Then, (…)

Producing highest quality watch cases is RM Lifestyle’s passion. Renowned manufacturers of top-of-the-range watches such as JS Watch expect this quality. RM Lifestyle has thus acquired an automated and customised engraving and marking system for engraving cases bottoms according to customer wishes. The company has thus gained independence from external suppliers and gained process stability and flexibility for itself and its customers. JS Watch watches are highly appreciated by (…)

Waterjet, a family-owned company based in Aarwangen, is the forerunner of waterjet micro-cutting in Switzerland. It designs its own machines but only offers subcontracting services on Swiss territory. It is active in many precision industries, including watchmaking. Waterjet’s technology is based on the cold cutting principle. The material thus does not undergo any alteration, preserving its structure and its resistance. The required power is obtained by water pressure in a pressure pump (…)

A few weeks before it opens, the EPHJ-EPMT-SMT Trade Show announces the special participation of two personalities whose appearance is always eagerly awaited: André Kudelski, Chairman of Innosuisse and the Kudelski Group, and Richard Orlinski, the world’s biggest-selling French contemporary artist, who recently designed a number of watches for a famous Swiss watchmaking brand. The organisers of the EPHJ-EPMT-SMT Trade Show are keen to get people talking about the ideas that are shaping the (…)

LASYS, the international trade fair for laser material processing, takes place for the sixth time at the Stuttgart trade fair centre from 5 to 7 June 2018. Around 200 exhibitors from over 20 countries present their laser production systems, laser-specific machine subsystems, beam sources, as well as processes and services. Once again LASYS reflects its importance as a leading international trade fair for the use of lasers in industrial production. "Also this year LASYS is the ideal (…)

Big Kaiser, a global leader in premium high-precision tooling systems and solutions for the metalworking industries, has launched a new version of its smartphone and tablet app. The new Big Kaiser boring app v1.6 provides full wireless control of Big Kaiser’s EWE family of digital fine boring heads, as well as cutting data for this brand-new range of the company’s boring heads. The app is compatible with Android smart devices, iPhones and iPads. It now makes the configuration, monitoring (…)