The Arburg Energy Efficiency Award was officially presented on Tuesday 10 March 2015. The winner for 2015 is ARaymond, one of the world’s market leaders in clip fasteners for the automotive industry. Based on internal environmental guidelines, the French family-owned company promotes environmental protection in all 37 of its independent affiliates. Award recognises excellent energy efficiency performance In his welcoming speech, Michael Hehl, Managing Partner and Spokesperson for the (…)

The 7th edition of the TURNING DAYS trade fair begins on the 14th of April in Villingen-Schwenningen, but the exhibition space has been fully booked since the end of April last year. About 90 companies, who would also like to exhibit at the show, cannot take part due to the restricted exhibition area at the current venue, which is one of the reasons why the trade show will take place in Friedrichshafen from 2017 on. New visitor potential in Friedrichshafen In the search for a suitable (…)

The Swiss Medtech Day brings together representatives of all major stakeholders in the Swiss medical device industry. With this platform Medical Cluster, in collaboration with the program committee, offers an annual exchange platform to discuss current issues and possible solutions. General Assembly and networking dinner Content focus: General Assembly Medical Cluster Speech by Federal Councillor Johann N. Schneider-Ammann Presentation by Juan-José Gonzalez, President EMEA, DePuy Synthes (…)

CoroMill® Plura Heavy Duty (HD) is a completely new solid end milling concept, developed for removing large amounts of metal in a short amount of time and to provide the reliability needed for heavy roughing CoroMill Plura HD is the first choice solid roughing end mill for shoulder milling, full slot milling, ramping and helical interpolation in steel and stainless steel. It can also be used with cast iron and heat-resistant materials. The tools offer secure and reliable machining in a (…)

To pave the way for growth, Polydec has acquired new industrial premises in Bienne. These much larger premises will enable the company to increase its production capacity. Due to the conversion, the relocation is planned for the end of 2015. Located right next to a large well-known watchmaking group, the company’s former premises are perfectly placed and well-equipped for a bar turning workshop and are for sale. More info available on the company’s website: (…)

Advanced CNC systems from NUM are helping US machine tool manufacturer Bourn & Koch, Inc. to extend its competitive edge in the market by using state-of-the art machine control software. Following a highly successful project to migrate control of powerful 7-axis horizontal gear hobbers to NUM’s Flexium CNC platform, the company is now standardising on this control technology for an extensive range of its gear production machines. Bourn & Koch chose to upgrade to NUM’s Flexium CNC (…)

AMB, International Exhibition for Metal Working, is regarded as the leading industry event in even years and ranks among the world’s top 5 exhibitions for this industry. The time has come: more than 1,300 exhibitors from almost thirty countries will present the latest developments in machine tools, precision tools and their associated products for metal cutting. AMB will be the industry highlight in 2014. Many news to be discovered We cannot describe all the innovative products to be (…)

At the end of last year Mack Werkzeuge AG took over the whole production facilities of the long established tool manufacturing company Babel NC Werkzeugtechnik GmbH. Based on years of experience in clamping technology and in cooperation with Mr. Babel himself, Mack Werkzeuge AG is going to continue the production of high-quality tools in Haslach/Oy-Mittelberg. Therefore, the existing production area was completely renovated and technical installations were modernized. It is now possible (…)

The 5th Micronarc Alpine Meeting (mAm) will take place in Villard-sur-Ollon from January 19 to 21. The program is almost complete and registration is now open. A special earlybird registration fee is available - but only until December 18. Following in the success of the first four editions, The Micronarc Alpine Meeting 2014 will continue its focus on equipment for manufacturing microproducts. This 2 day conference intends to stimulate networking and discussions in the casual atmosphere of (…)

Gibbs and Associates, developer of GibbsCAM® software for programming CNC machine tools and a Cimatron company, today announced availability of its new 5-Axis Porting option for GibbsCAM. The new software provides a specialized interface optimized for the machining processes and cutting tool motion required to machine tubular openings that change shape and curvature from one end to the other. The Porting option complements GibbsCAM 5-Axis by enabling easier and faster programming of (…)