At its meeting on May 14, 2013, the Board of Directors of Tornos Holding SA appointed Mr. Bruno Allemand as the future Head of Sales and member of General Management of the Tornos Group. He will join Tornos after concluding his professional obligations with his present employer. Mr. Allemand spent all his professional life in sales and marketing, where he gained profound knowledge of the machine tool industry. Over the last thirteen years with GF AgieCharmilles, he held various management (…)

Eichenberger Gewinde AG is proud to celebrate its 60th anniversary this year. On the occasion of this happy event, various activities are planned throughout the year. It is during Hannover Messe, the largest international technology gathering, that the first Jubilee of Eichenberger took place. International audience on the booth. On the small picture: Kurt Husistein (on the left), CEO of Eichenberger Gewinde AG, gives the first “Burger Award“ to Toni Salin, Movetec OY Finland (on the (…)

For a few years now LNS, the Swiss builder of bar feeders founded in 1975, has repositioned its worldwide activities as a global provider of peripherals for machine-tools. To discuss this strategy and the future, we’ve met with Thomas H. Boehmer, Chief Executive Officer and Romain Sumi, Chief Marketing Officer of the LNS Group. For nearly 40 years the company developed customer oriented bar loading solutions and then through several strategic acquisitions, the main product range has (…)

To develop a complete assembly solution of sheet metal into the complex process of "manufacture of light concentrators for headlights of motor vehicles" thanks to Tox round joint system and Tox pneumohydraulic drive. Light concentrator for headlight of cars - this component is made from strap and assembled using two Tox Points Vario. The implementation of new materials or at least alternative materials represents a whole new challenge for manufacturers and subcontractors of sheet metal (…)

The company announced this morning the appointment of Mr. Luc Philippe Widmer as the future CFO of the Tornos Group. He will join the company after concluding his professional obligations with his present employer. For the past seven years, Mr. Widmer was Chief Financial Officer and Member of the Group Executive Management (Deputy of CEO) at the forteq Group (prior Mikron Plastics Technology). Before that, he was Director Finance/Controlling of the Gas-Segment Manufacturing at Alstom (…)

Despite the uncertain global economic situation, Schaublin Machines SA has decided to bet on the future by opting for the construction of a new plant. This new building will be erected in Bevilard, the historical city where the first Schaublin plant was built in 1926 (the company is still there). Rolf Muster, CEO of the company during his presentation that took place where the new plant will be built. Friday February 3, by minus 15 degrees, a ceremony reunited the authorities, the Board (…)

Stephan Nell is set to become the new Chairman of the Management Board of Körber Schleifring on January 1st, 2012. In this position he is succeeding Richard Bauer, who in future will be concentrating fully on his responsibilities as Chairman of the Executive Board of Körber AG. Körber Schleifring, the holding company of the Machine Tool Division, is also being relocated to Switzerland. This means the holding company is being moved to the direct vicinity of the operating business (…)

Christian Thönes to become deputy member of Executive Board. http://eurotec-online.com/wp-conten...On December 13 at the meeting of the Supervisory Board of Gildemeister Aktiengesellschaft Christian Thönes (39) was appointed as deputy member of the Executive Board effective as of 1 January 2012. This takes account of the growing internationalisation in the areas of products, product development and technology. In his new appointment he will be responsible for the future direction of (…)

In my recent customers’ visits I had the chance to discover 4 (!) new logos from companies active in high precision and microtechnology in Switzerland. For some it is too early to communicate, but two machine manufacturers have already agreed we present their evolution to Eurotec’s blog readers. In both cases the companies are not only changing their logos, but also the colours of machines and are moving into new premises. Pemamo SA (previously known as Phosa SA) was founded in 1988 as a (…)

The canton of Obwalden’s largest employer can look back on half a century of history: 50 years of maxon motor ag means 50 years of innovation, quality and continuity. It therefore stands to reason that maxon drives are used wherever they need to work in extreme conditions: from the earth’s interior all the way to Mars. 50 years of success separate these two pictures of the headquarter of the company. Originally planned as a production site of the Braun GmbH electrical group in Frankfurt in (…)