The business environment in the medical technologies field is undergoing substantial changes world wide. To manage these challenges, successful enterprises will need to integrate a creative and strategic approach to risk reduction and contingency planning. Assessing new business models and choosing between strategic alliances or mergers and acquisitions as options to traditional business building could become a central element of the changing medtech landscape. On April 10th, 2013, (…)

It doesn’t get any easier than this: Define the number of axes for the Mother-board, click, and done. maxon motors goes one step toward simplicity for users. EPOS2 Module Motherboard with attached EPOS2 Module 36/2. On the right EPOS2 Module Motherboard for four axes. For the EPOS2 Module 36/2 positioning controller, maxon motor offers a motherboard that can be applied with just a few simple steps to suit drive systems with up to 11 axes. In respect to flexibility and modular design, the (…)

Experience state of the art CNC machining centers and turnkey solutions, presented live on approximately 5,000 sqm of exhibition space from March 6 to 9, 2013 at the company’s headquarter. Precision, efficiency and affordability will all be on display. The aim of the manufacturer is to convince visitors of the company’s potential and bring it to inspirations for the future. Highlights Top Technologies & Innovations Lectures about production technologies Afterwork User Meeting on March (…)

It’s been a while since we announced this new machine designed for the watchmaking industry... and this morning we can say more about it! It will be unveiled at Tornos’ headquarter in the “Watchmaking days” from March 5 to 8. It is well known that design must bring together two aspects: aesthetics, which plays on emotional effect, and the practical aspects which work on both a rational and emotional level. Mr. Renggli, Tornos’ Marketing Manager, tells us: "We wanted to create a modern (…)

Studer produced the thousandth machine in its best-selling S33 series in the hundredth year since the company’s foundation. The Swiss celebrated this event during the sixteenth Indian Machine Tool Exhibition IMTEX, which took place between January 24th and 30th 2013 in Bangalore. Swiss Airbrush Champion Philipp Klopfenstein sprayed a special design onto the body of the 1000th Studer S33. Studer was the first to succeed in using several grinding wheels on one and the same machine, an "All (…)

The signs are good for a successful parts2clean 2013: As of end-January, more than 125 exhibitors had already booked their stands for the event at the Stuttgart Exhibition Center (Germany) from 22 to 24 October. A trend towards larger stands also means that more than two-thirds of the 2012 edition’s total exhibition space is already occupied. That some 4,400 square meters of stand space had already been reserved at mid-January confirms the importance of parts2clean, which was able to (…)

Delcam has extended the range of EDM equipment supported by its integrated solution for the design, machining and inspection of electrodes. Direct modelling options in PowerSHAPE make electrode design quicker and easier. Delcam Electrode can now provide scripts for all the leading manufacturers, including AgieCharmilles (Agievision and CT Millennium controls), Makino EDM, Mitsubishi Electric, ONA EDM, OPS-Ingersoll, Sodick and Zimmer & Kreim. Full details are available on the website – (…)

The Hanover Fair offers a unique platform for entrepreneurial and sustainable industrial actions to an international audience through solutions and innovations. In 2013 again the show will offer an opportunity to discover many news and companies and actually do business. As every year, Osec organizes joint booths in the “Industrial Supply” and “Research & Technology” halls. Many Swiss companies are to be discovered there. . Swiss exhibitors on the OSEC booth in hall 2 (D41) (…)

From February through April, 2013 two Ferromatik Milacron injection molding machines will be touring Europe. The travelling exhibition will make stops at local offices in Spain, Italy, Denmark, and the UK. Every three years Ferromatik Milacron exhibits at the K-Show in Dusseldorf, and 2013 is no exception. This year the injection molding machine manufacturer plans to augment the industry event with its own travelling roadshow, including a hybrid F 80 and an all-electric Elektron 50. The (…)

At the Hannover Messe Preview I discussed with the specialists of Technische Antriebselemente GmbH. This company located in Hamburg is specialised in drive technology and linear systems. They just launched a new electro piston… let’s have a look at it. Many companies try to replace pneumatic or hydraulic pistons by electrical ones. Technische Antriebselemente GmbH now offers them an interesting alternative. The new electro piston benefits from a patented technology without any electric (…)