Yesterday I discussed briefly with Olivier Saenger co-founder of the show and even if he was quite occupied, he took time to speak with me. He didn’t give me exact figures (this will come later), but told me that the show lived its best ever first day in term of attendance and that the second day was even better. At the end of the day the get-together of the Jura-Région exhibitors took place. This area presents 62 exhibitors (about 10% of the show). At that occasion, the minister in charge (...)
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EPHJ – EPMT – SMT: it is now!
The show opens this morning for the first time in Geneva with more than 650 exhibitors in 3 main fields of activity: watch industry (EPHJ), sub-contracting (EPMT) and medical (SMT). The EPHJ – EPMT – SMT offer unique synergies of three shows in one. With more than 650 exhibitors, this year’s figures break all records and the organizers expect more than 13,000 visitors. EPHJ - watchmaking Since its inception in 2002, EPHJ continues to grow. Now installed at Palexpo-Geneva, EPHJ brings (...)
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Lausannetec refocusing on watchmaking
The Lausannetec trade fair is closing its doors today. And MCH Beaulieu Lausanne is already drawing its initial conclusions from this first edition: as of 2013, the fair will be responding to the wishes expressed by the players on the market and refocusing on suppliers to the watch and jewellery industry. Following its inauguration on 22 May 2012, the Lausannetec trade fair will be closing its doors this evening, after a "highly promising" first edition, in the words of Béat Kunz, CEO of (...)
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A promising start...
Lausannetec closed its second day and I had a great discussion with Pierre-Yves Schmid, director of Lausannetec and René Zürcher member of the general management of MCH Beaulieu Lausanne about the first two days ...and the future. The first feeling about the shows are very positive among its management, both exhibitors and visitors emphasizes the very high quality of the environment and services. It’s a good start. What about visitors ? Let’s call a spade a spade, the first day was a very (...)
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Jura SMEs present at the Lausannetec show
Ten companies of the Jura region participate at the Lausannetec show this week. The economic promotion of the Jura canton supports these companies by organising a joint stand. For its first edition, Lausannetec will bring together under the same roof three sectors of the subcontracting industry of products both in high precision and microtechnology. Numerous visitors awaited The main national and international decision-makers of watchmaking and jewellery, medical technology as well as (...)
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13th SIAMS just opened by Federal Counselor Johann Schneider Amman
The Siams is a trade show that takes place in the regional soil of microtechnology and as said Mr. Francis Koller at the opening speech it is the emanation of a whole industry. One that is highly efficient as soon as we speak about “small and precise”. The area may be a peripheral one, its know-how is at the center of the Swiss quality and precision. Andreas Rickenbacher, State Counselor, Berne, Johann Schneider Amman, Federal Counselor, Francis Koller, President of Siams, Michel Probst, (...)
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Top performance on all fronts
“All the right topics, a further rise in participation from abroad and highly satisfied exhibitors – this year’s Hannover Messe added up to a complete success,” commented Dr. Wolfram von Fritsch, Chairman of the Managing Board of Deutsche Messe, at the press conference on the last day of the show. “Hannover Messe 2012 has triggered a new wave of business for industrial enterprises. The show’s 5,000 exhibitors will now have their work cut out for them.” The Swiss exhibitors have worked well too. (...)
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27e BIEMH: welcome to Spain
85% of the manufacturers in Spain are based in the Basque Country and Bilbao Exhibition Centre is its natural showcase. Visiting BIEMH, International Machine-Tool Exhibition, will not be just attending a trade fair: scheduled to take place from May 28 to June 2, it will be the best chance to get close to Spanish companies, which are specialised in high-performance and customised machinery. A reliable reference 26 editions of experience and an ongoing technology research and development in (...)
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What direction is metal working taking?
PTW Innovation Tour on Future Production Trends will bring visitors at AMB 2012 right up to date. The Institute of Production Management, Technology and Machine Tools (PTW) at Darmstadt Technical University has resolved to inform visitors at AMB 2012 about the state of the art in metal working as compactly and efficiently as possible. A study conducted by the Institute has revealed that a visitor spends an average of one day at the exhibition. This will also be the case at AMB 2012, (...)
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Simodec’s trophies just awarded
At the end of its first day the Simodec lived a nice moment with its own “Oscars”. And guess what? It’s great; two of the winners were largely presented by Eurotec in our latest issue. This morning’s opening celebration at Simodec. The organisers received 32 files and the jury spent quite a lot of time to analyse them and discuss and debate and think… the categories were: High precision turning machines Other machines Tooling and cutting material Control and measuring devices Equipment (...)