At this year's AMB exhibition in Stuttgart, GROB, the machine manufacturer from the Allgäu in Bavaria will present its newest innovation in Hall 10, Booth B12 from September 10 to 14: Machining center G920F5 for mega and giga castings is celebrating its exhibition premiere, promising to revolutionize the world of machining technologies. "With the G920F5, we set new standards in machining technology and…

The GROHE Design Studio Apart from quality and technology, GROHE attaches top priority to design in the development of new faucets, showers and WC flushing systems. This is why crucial contributions to product development come from the team at the GROHE Design Studio under the direction of Paul Flowers, Senior Vice President Design of Grohe AG. Product design is key in appealing to potential buyers and…

also available in DIE CASTING IN HIGH-TECH QUALITY Gruber & Kaja is a specialist in die casting. In every task we face, it is our approach to find a complete solution to a problem; the die cast itself and optimum processing of the die cast are just one part of the technical and industrial requirements. In the case of development of parts, components and subassemblies, our experts in production and process…

GT Restructuring, the restructuring unit of Greenberg Traurig in Germany, is advising tool maker Heck + Becker located in Dautphetal near Marburg, in its debtor-in-possession proceedings. Gordon Geiser, who was appointed as Chief Restructuring Officer at Heck + Becker, stated that he is confident that the company will be successfully restructured by spring 2021 despite the general crisis in the automotive…

Almost 200 participants had come together again for the GTK Colloquium at the University of Kassel for the welcoming addresses by Prof. Dr.-Ing. M. Fehlbier, and two intensive days resulted in an interesting and varied exchange of information and an excellent networking forum. The main topics were the transformation in die casting and sand casting, digitalization, large casting molds and giant castings in…

The UK's Gauge and Toolmakers Association (GTMA) said it has selected Geoff Highley as its new president. Highely, who has been involved with the GTMA for the past 12 years, was approved as president at the association's Annual General Meeting. Said to be well-known to many of the members, he will retain the office of president for at least the next two years. Commenting on the appointment, Highley said: “I…

The State of Qatar is making preparations to host the first Gulf Aluminium Casthouse Conference "GulfCast", a three-day event dedicated to highlighting successive and continuous developments of the aluminium industry; centred upon casthouse operations and with distinguished international guest speakers, the event is scheduled for the 2nd - 4th March 2015 at the Sharq Village & SPA in Doha and is organized…

With gratitude and great appreciation for his international achievements for CEMAFON, we have the sad task to say goodbye to our former President Gabriele Galante. He was the founder of IFF and put a lot of effort into all things CEMAFON. His hospitality was always appreciated. Today we mourn the loss of a great personality and a true friend. To his family and friends we would like to extend our sincere…

Tonight the Italian businessman Gabriele Galante died after a short disease at the age of 76 years. With his IMF Group he became a symbol of Italy`s machinery industry in the world. Galante was born on 16 March 1942 in a business family, he studied at the Technical Institute OMAR of Novara and then he took over the family business instead of his father. Married with Luisa since 1967 he also leaves the…

It weighs in at 8,000 tonnes and grows over 70 metres high in its steel shell: thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG is setting new standards with its new hot-dip galvanising line in Dortmund. In the future, one million tonnes of steel strips will be hot-dip galvanised here per year together with the existing plant at the Westfalenhütte. The easy-to-process and durable sheets are in demand above all from car…