After many years of sporadic collaboration, Tornos and the Haute Ecole Suisse Arc Ingénierie [Engineering High School] in St-Imier, Switzerland, have decided to strengthen their already close collaboration by creating the Tornos Research Center. This strategic collaboration between HE-Arc and Tornos will take shape in the Technological Park premises in St-Imier, some thirty kilometres away from the Tornos Headquarters in Moutier. M. Philippe Jacot, CEO of Tornos and Ms. Brigitte Bachelard, (…)

Stephan Nell, Chairman of the Studer AG management board, has changed to the management board of Körber Schleifring GmbH with effect from February 1st, 2011. He will take on responsibility for sales, marketing and service for the whole division. His successor as chairman of the Studer management board will be Michael Horn, who has already been a member of this board since 2007. Peter Weber, Managing Director of Schaudt Mikrosa GmbH, will also take on responsibility for sales and service at (…)

MISUMI Europa GmbH is constantly adding to its range of linear units. The LX Series now offers a greater choice of standard lengths and two single-axis linear units with parallel mounted motors. The new unit lengths can be used to tap into new markets. The motor assembly also requires less installation space in a longitudinal direction. MISUMI has expanded its LX-Series product range to include a greater choice of standard lengths: The LX20 now comes in installation lengths of 80, 250 and (…)

LPKF Application Center expands production range. The new clean room in Erlangen, Germany started operations at the end of 2010. LPKF LaserWelding uses it for welding-process evaluations, especially for particularly sensitive plastic products. Microfluidic systems are tiny magic boxes used to carry out complex analysis or processes in a minimal amount of space. It is also obvious that tiny dust particles can cause serious problems with channels and welding seams only a few micrometers wide. (…)

Be it that your company has already established a presence in that region or be it that you have plans to enter this growing and promising market: Medtech Switzerland and its co-organizer Ernst & Young have put together an attractive program that will give you a good overview on recent developments, the opportunities as well as the challenges of this market. Expert presentations, first-hand experience from Swiss entrepreneurs and networking opportunities characterize the program (…)

Following the brief information published by the company on February 11 [(see here)->http://eurotec-online.com/2011/02/1..., we were able to gather a few more… even if it is really early to speak about that. Will this artist picture come true? A surface treatment machine close to the one that produces the parts? The company bought the know-how and new patents of the system for about CHF 4 million. In fact Tornos bought the start-up company the inventors are launching to produce this new (…)

For over 25 years, Robert Renaud SA (Bevaix - Switzerland) develops and produces high quality spindles. Their precision, performance and quality reputation goes far beyond the borders of the country. The company offers a wide product range of standard spindles and also develops tailor-made solutions. The new spindle and its carbon body (optional) impresses by its finishing degree and the quality and power impression it creates. For instance the new HFCC 210580, HSK 63 A. Power 42 kW, (…)

Schneider mc SA in Chavornay celebrates its 20-year anniversary this year. For this reason the well-known Swiss machine tool dealer invites all interested visitors on March 24 and 25 to its in-house exhibition in Chavornay. Under the theme "20 years - Schneider mc SA" visitors will be able to discover the Brother TC S2D O, TC-R2B and TC 32 BN QT models as well as the Miyano BNA 42S. Schneider mc SA - 20 years successfully on the Swiss market Schneider mc SA was founded in 1991 by Peter (…)

This morning Tornos Holding announced officially that the company will propose a new concept/machine for surface treatments. We don’t have any technical information yet… and also no calendar for market introduction. Tornos Holding S.A. is acquiring the patents and know-how for a new machine concept that will enable to surface-treat machined parts. The acquisition responds to a major market need by enabling Tornos Group customers to increase their own share of the value-added chain, shorten (…)

Fritz Schiess AG carries out complex parts by fineblanking using leading-edge technologies. It is equipped with new presses in order to increase its manufacturing performance. Thanks to intelligent solutions implemented to address the issues of design and tooling, the company is now able to increase its production rates. Characteristics Fritz Schiess AG produces gears and many small precision parts and assemblies using a method of fine blanking enabling a considerable reduction of (…)