The development of new products can sometimes become a puzzle for SMEs. Engineering related to product, process or documentation is great resources consuming and sometimes small businesses who have good ideas can simply not implement them. Mecatis, the Valais’ (French-speaking Switzerland) company offers the dose of oxygen they need. Meeting with Samuel Vuadens founding associate. Affolter technologies pre-assembled machine (by Mecatis) ready to be shipped. Isérables is a small mountain (…)

MAM2011 - Equipment for Microproducts. 2nd Edition. January 16-18, 2011, Villars-sur-Ollon. Following in the success of the first edition, The Micronarc Alpine Meeting 2011 will continue its focus on equipment for manufacturing microproducts. The MAM 2011 program is now on-line. Registration is open - EARLYBIRD PRICE ENDS IN 2 DAYS In order to benefit from the reduced price, you should register on or before Friday December 3, 2010. You may go here for more information and to register. (…)

In the field of tooling for Micro-technology, users face technical challenges day after day. Accordingly, manufacturers of tools must be as close as possible to their customers to give them answers quickly and efficiently. DIXI Polytool (Le Locle, Switzerland) has perfectly understood this. A network of qualified salesmen reinforced by application technicians is constantly in search of solutions for its customers. 40% of the production of DIXI consist of special tools. Mr Schuler says: " (…)

There are less than 2 weeks left to register to attend the 3rd annual AMS India conference on 6-9 December 2010 at Le Royal Méridien in Chennai. The conference will bring together domestic, transplant and JV carmakers, the principal tier suppliers, and the providers of all the technologies essential for vehicle manufacture and assembly. Please register now if you don’t want to miss out on this high-end event, places are limited as registration numbers are soaring. There is a special price (…)

…for a dispenser with the new Hasco Multi Shot Z10440/... for side gating. At this year’s Euromold in Frankfurt, Hasco, the leading manufacturer of standard mould units and the specialist in all aspects of hot runner technology, will present the latest enhancements of standard mould units created half a century ago to an audience of experts. In 1960, Rolf Hasenclever submitted a patent to facilitate the production of injection molding tools by using standardized elements. This meant (…)

Hertfordshire-based Electrox, which is part of the 600 Group, has appointed The Minelli Corporation as sole distributor to the Swiss market, meaning Electrox now exports lasers to more than 20 countries worldwide. Peter Ramsden, Sales Director of Electrox is pictured with Reto Minelli, managing director of The Minelli Corporation, which has been appointed as the sole distributor of Electrox lasers in Swizerland. The Minelli Corporation, which designs and engineers the MIRA range of high (…)

When Restormel Machine Ltd was faced with the predicament of insufficient capacity and lack of financing options from the banks during the height of the recession, it appeared that the company had very few available avenues. However, a visit to the Tornos UK stand at MACH 2010 changed the situation for the Cornish company. Jim Underwood re-setting the Tornos Delta. Result: An improved productivity of 30%! Restormel’s Managing Director, Mr Jim Underwood visited MACH to review new (…)

For automatic lathes operators, it is essential to have quality tooling to hand. For example, when starting a machine a special collet or, more generally, standard tools may be missing. With Wibemo, specialists know that they can rely on a company with passionate employees who will support them, thanks to its two specialist areas: resale of tools, accessories and standard equipment as well as the design and manufacture of special custom-made tools and accessories. How are these two (…)

Held in October at the Ricoh Arena, Coventry, TCT Live and its co-located show MM Live are the leading events dedicated to the markets of rapid product development and additive manufacturing and micro manufacturing. The combined event provides a vital platform to share products and knowledge within the UK manufacturing community. More than 3,600 attendees visited the two shows which is a increase on 2009, however it was the quality of the visitors that really stood out with exhibitors (…)

Swisstech in Basel has once again confirmed its role as Europe’s central fair for the supplier industry. Over the four days of the exhibition, the 556 exhibitors from 20 countries had everything on show to make a buyer’s heart beat faster. The full range of steps in the value-added chain was on display, from raw materials, via nanotechnology, right through to complete systems. This time too, the high-grade accompanying events attracted a high level of interest amongst the 24,360 visitors, (…)