Germany’s fast-growing medical technology sector achieved sales of over €23 billion in 2009. Medtec Europe Manager Gregor Bischkopf, explains that he expects the industry’s continued growth to be reflected in exhibitor and visitor numbers at Europe’s leading medical technology fair. The central, overarching theme is precision technology this year at Medtec Europe, and there’ll be a specific PrecisionTec Pavilion, which attracted a lot of visitors last year. It will be a chance for (…)

Precision is one of the essential elements in high precision turning. Therefore companies looking for ultra precision feed their machines with bars whose dimensions and surface finishes are fully mastered and guaranteed. A company provides these to them. Meeting with Ms. Anne-Marie Liechti, Director of the company of the same name located in Moutier, in the heart of the world of high precision turning. Deep understanding of the material "The company was founded in 1939 in order to make (…)

For the realization of the articles of Eurotec’s next issues, I visited many companies and each time, I have discovered deeply passionate men and women proud of their work. In many cases, I am sure that they would have refused to exchange their job against a winning lottery ticket if they would have to abandon their professional activity to receive the ticket. Isn’t this fascinating? Speaking of passion, it is one of the common elements between all these interlocutors: They are intensely (…)

Due to the tragic event happening in Japan, Newemag postpones its open house to May 18 to 20, 2011. Newemag’s open house in Rotkreuz focuses on particularly interesting products. Visitors will have the opportunity to see a beautiful range of high-quality machines. For example an evolution of the BNA machine by Miyano, the BNA-42 DHY series and the new SKT -180 TTSY by Hyundai-Kia will be presented. Main news to be discovered Miyano BNA-42 DHY – improvement of the BNA-42 S 7 axes including a (…)

Without excellent tool preparation, it is impossible to achieve great turning results. When using tools which can be resharpened, this operation is therefore of prime importance. The Agathon 175 DIA has been designed to ensure easy use and perfect quality sharpening. Mr. Bandi, CEO of Bandi SA, high precision turning company with more than 150 NC automatic lathes, is convinced that his company’s success can be partly attributed to their choice of production equipment. It’s not wise to try (…)

Sharply improved results, but still heavily impacted by the crisis. By 31 December 2010, the Tornos Group had emerged from the three-year recession which had affected it since the start of 2008. The cyclical low point was reached in mid-2009 and the upturn began in the first quarter of 2010, and gradually gathered speed throughout the year, which ended with activity at close to its pre-recession level. The crisis is now behind us, and the recovery is robust. François Frôté, Chairman of the (…)

This year, Chiron’s Open House 2011will take place from May 18 - 21, 2011 in Tuttlingen, and again offer interesting innovations. Here is a sneak preview of the highlights. Chiron’s Open House 2011 is a meeting point for experts. . New double-spindle DZ 08K S Magnum The company will be celebrating a world premiere with the first-time presentation of the new double-spindle DZ 08K S Magnum five axis – a super-fast compact machine of the 08 series for excellent surface quality. (…)

Drive solutions that are matched perfectly to the application are a basic requirement for keeping machines and systems competitive. Inverters must be taken out of the switching cabinet and placed in the direct vicinity of the machine. This allows configurable modules to become mechatronic units that can be easily connected, which considerably reduces the delivery times, installation space and commissioning times. The ACOPOSmulti65 inverter for applications where the drive is mounted (…)

Head of R&D, Quality and Regulatory Affairs manager, General managers, Marketing and Sales directors, Reimbursement manager, Product and project managers, Engineers, you might be interested by Implant’s high-level conferences! The organizers have gathered worldwide speakers from major orthopaedic companies to discuss advanced topics such as sterilization, coatings, reimbursement, quality, R&D or manufacturing, to give a really high-level to those conferences, so you could have the (…)

“Medtech market insights: USA” organized by Medtech Switzerland and Oslo Medtech in Winterthur (March 29/30), Lausanne (March 31/April, 2011) and Oslo (April 4th – 5th, 2011), is designed to give you first-hand insights into the biggest medical technology goods market in the world. To evaluate market opportunities and to be aware of the challenges of the U.S.-market the organizers designed a program tailored to medtech manufacturers, suppliers and service providers. Be it that your company (…)