The company announced this morning the appointment of Mr. Luc Philippe Widmer as the future CFO of the Tornos Group. He will join the company after concluding his professional obligations with his present employer. For the past seven years, Mr. Widmer was Chief Financial Officer and Member of the Group Executive Management (Deputy of CEO) at the forteq Group (prior Mikron Plastics Technology). Before that, he was Director Finance/Controlling of the Gas-Segment Manufacturing at Alstom (…)

Despite the uncertain global economic situation, Schaublin Machines SA has decided to bet on the future by opting for the construction of a new plant. This new building will be erected in Bevilard, the historical city where the first Schaublin plant was built in 1926 (the company is still there). Rolf Muster, CEO of the company during his presentation that took place where the new plant will be built. Friday February 3, by minus 15 degrees, a ceremony reunited the authorities, the Board (…)

Stephan Nell is set to become the new Chairman of the Management Board of Körber Schleifring on January 1st, 2012. In this position he is succeeding Richard Bauer, who in future will be concentrating fully on his responsibilities as Chairman of the Executive Board of Körber AG. Körber Schleifring, the holding company of the Machine Tool Division, is also being relocated to Switzerland. This means the holding company is being moved to the direct vicinity of the operating business (…)

Christian Thönes to become deputy member of Executive Board. http://eurotec-online.com/wp-conten...On December 13 at the meeting of the Supervisory Board of Gildemeister Aktiengesellschaft Christian Thönes (39) was appointed as deputy member of the Executive Board effective as of 1 January 2012. This takes account of the growing internationalisation in the areas of products, product development and technology. In his new appointment he will be responsible for the future direction of (…)

In my recent customers’ visits I had the chance to discover 4 (!) new logos from companies active in high precision and microtechnology in Switzerland. For some it is too early to communicate, but two machine manufacturers have already agreed we present their evolution to Eurotec’s blog readers. In both cases the companies are not only changing their logos, but also the colours of machines and are moving into new premises. Pemamo SA (previously known as Phosa SA) was founded in 1988 as a (…)

The canton of Obwalden’s largest employer can look back on half a century of history: 50 years of maxon motor ag means 50 years of innovation, quality and continuity. It therefore stands to reason that maxon drives are used wherever they need to work in extreme conditions: from the earth’s interior all the way to Mars. 50 years of success separate these two pictures of the headquarter of the company. Originally planned as a production site of the Braun GmbH electrical group in Frankfurt in (…)

High precision turning company located in Bienne, Polidec realizes micro turned parts mainly dedicated to automotive and electronic industries. The team need to be complemented by a quality and management system manager. What is needed Trained on quality system (TQ3 or equivalent) Experience in the automotive sector Good knowledge /training in microtechnology/mechanics English mandatory (and French on the working place) Your skills Organized, you can methodically acts and are able (…)

One of the challenges which the watch industry is facing today is the traceability of all operations, not only machining but also mounting, whether automatic or manual. Lécureux SA, which celebrates this year its 50th anniversary to the service of watchmaking and microtechnology, proposes tools and machines perfectly meeting this need. Interview with the executives of the company in Bienne. Lécureux SA management team, from left to right: Moritz Messer, CEO, Alessandro Celi, responsible (…)

Mid-1980s, Patrick Fleury, founder of DOP Gestion SA, was working as a Logistics Manager with a machine tools company. During this period he developed the vision of an industrial management system able to combine applied techniques of "MRP" production management and "PERT" projects that would be both easy to use and to understand. This product now exists! Why consider this challenger in the market? Meeting with Mr. Patrick Fleury, passionate visionary and happy CEO. An innovative concept (…)

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 (…)