FSRM is located at the crossroad of microtechnology and aims to promote microtechnology and its applications. It was founded in 1978 by the Swiss government, cantons, cities, professional associations as well as companies. It organizes a lot of training throughout Switzerland in French and also in Europe in English. . New courses available for this fall 30-01.10.2010: Labs-on-Chip Technologies: Basics and Applications, Barcelona (ES) 07-08.10.2010: Microsystems in Biomedical Engineering (…)

Founded in 2006, easyDec is a SME housing about 30 high-end production machines, mainly Deco single spindle automatic lathes as well as Miyano machines. In a few years, the company has grown as close partner to high-end Swiss watch industry brands. At easyDec’s, everything has been created to guarantee Swiss Made quality and precision. Working conditions in a clear and neat environment are also important. Step in its planned growth, easyDec is willing to expand its customer base in (…)

Braunform is focusing on the current trend in tool and die technology for the K2010, concentrating primarily on tools for medical and multi-component technology. Braunform will be displaying a 32+32 rotary mould with a rotary table. Because of its slim design, the robust and fast rotary tables from the series 540 to the series 1400 (turning plate diameter 500mm to 1,360 mm) in accordance with EUROMAP, are going to be a highlight at the booth of the company out of Bahlingen. As a pioneer of (…)

The new design of the reliable Werth ScopeCheck® CMM increases the standard of performance for shop floor measurement. The solid design of the column-type machine on a granite base provides the lowest measuring uncertainties and highest dynamics in CNC mode. Werth ScopeCheck® 400x200x200 3D-CNC Covered guideways and scales allow for use under rough manufacturing conditions as well. The measuring capacity of this economical range of products extends up to 400 mm in X axis and 200mm in Y (…)

September 13 to 16, 2010 do not miss the assembly, handling technology and automation, plus industrial bonding technology event of the year MOTEK = assembly technology and more, BONDexpo = bonding technology and more: with this trade fair duo, private trade fair company P. E. Schall GmbH & Co. KG seamlessly pursues its successful series of fairs for the complementary process chain issues of production and assembly automation, joining and bonding technology, being set to provide another (…)

On behalf of the innovation promotion agency CTI, Mr Nolte, head of CTI Medtech initiative cordially invites people to the CTI Medtech Event 2010. This one day meeting brings together nearly 400 representatives from the R&D sector, the Swiss industry, the financial sector and various funding agencies. . The event has become one of the most important networking and innovation promotion events in the field. This year partakers will meet the new President and the new Director of the CTI (…)

It is quite rare in the area of service for a small company to be ISO 9001:2008 certified. A SME located in Glovelier (Switzerland) and active throughout Europe in the field of spare parts and services mainly for ENC and Deco machines from Tornos just achieved it. Meeting with M. Frein, Managing director of the company. During a brief ceremony in the presence of the employees of the company, the press, representatives of the external company that coached R. Frein CNC Service SARL during the (…)

In July 2010, Dr. Ludwig Pierkes has taken over as head of HASCO’s Hot Runner Division. HASCO is a leading international manufacturer of standard mould units and a specialist for hot runner technology. The company is based in Lüdenscheid/Germany. Ludwig Pierkes studied electrical engineering at RWTH Aachen University and then worked as a scientific assistant at the IKV (Institute of Plastics Processing), before being awarded his doctorate in mechanical engineering. He collected practical (…)

Ionbond announced today the successful ISO 13485:2003 certification of its UK service centre. It is the first Ionbond centre globally to be awarded the certification and also the first Physical Vapour Deposition (PVD) surface engineers in the UK to achieve ISO 13485:2003 certification. Artificial knee joint coated with a ‘Medthin’ coating from Ionbond that prevents corrosion, minimizes wear and greatly reduces metallic ion concentrations. “ISO 13485:2003 defines the role and (…)

A number of Delcam programs, including PowerMILL, PowerSHAPE and FeatureCAM, have been selected as the Designated CADCAM Software for the finals of the fourth China National Numerical Control Skills Competition to be held in Guangzhou later this year. The choice of Delcam software was unanimously approved by the technical experts organizing the Competition. They believed that the systems will provide an excellent teaching platform to train the students. Large numbers of Chinese students are (…)