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March/ April 2/2019

NEWS A rich content of important news about events, exhibitions, people and companies from the whole world of wood and woodworking industry.

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MARKETS Wood technology: what’s happening on the glo- bal markets? Last February, Acimall, the Italian woodworking machinery and tools manufacturers’ Association, organized a seminar to provide in- depth information about foreign market analysis and forecasts. on page 8

COMPANY REVIEW Alpi, Biesse, Blum, Borgonovo, Finiture, Grotefeld, Ims, Leitz, Pizzi by Pgs, Scm...are just some of the companies featured in this issue with articles specifically devoted to them.

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FOCUS LIGNA & INTERZUM A preview with articles and product sheets devo- ted to the German exhibitions to be held in May 2019: Interzum (Cologne, 21-24 May) and Ligna (Hannover, 27-31 May). from page 12

DISCOVER SMART&HUMAN FAACCCTTTOORRYY USEFUL ADDRESSES... For our readers, a “who’s who” we have never AATTTLIGNA2019 LIGNA 2019 - HALL HAALL 13 promoted as it deserved. Now we are casting a SCM introduces a production model in which digital and automation systems are spotlight in this issue. A way to be found and to find partners... always at your side enabling advanced human-machine interaction. on page 22 Flexible, modular machinery, easy to reconfigure, making mass customisation possible with far less waste and optimising your workflow.

EXHIBITION CALENDAR Another very popular section of our magazine: the upcoming industry exhibitions! scmwood.com on page 23 10,00 CONTIENE I.P. ISSN 1125-7458 “Poste Italiane s.p.a. – Spedizione in Abbonamento Postale 70% - LO/MI” Cepra Centro direzionale Milanofiori 1a Strada Palazzo F3 I-20090 Assago (MI) € 10,00 CONTIENE I.P. Xylon_INT_02_2019.qxp_Mastro_Tabloid 02/05/19 19:10 Pagina 2

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CONTENTS Xylon International is edited by Cepra srl Unipersonale. MARCH/APRIL 2019

Here we are, once again, caught between the big Milan showcase and a month of Editor: Dario Corbetta May packed with technology and supplies Editorial consultant: Luca Rossetti ([email protected]) for the furniture industry. Editorial staff and layout: Rossana Fossa ([email protected]) These two worlds cannot find a common Contributors: Renata D’Antoni, Roberta De Ciechi, exhibition platform: they are separate, they Riccardo Ferrari, Stefano Frignani, Attilio Griner speak different languages, they address dif- Editorial secretariat: Paola Gandini ([email protected])

ferent audiences, they have different "intelli- gence". Administration and editorial office We are not so naïve to think that you can put Cepra srl Unipersonale Centro direzionale Milanofiori - 1a Strada - Palazzo F3 together apples and oranges, but we are I-20090 Assago (Milan) amazed that there is not a single point of phone +39 02 89210200 - fax +39 02 8259009 contact, that among thousands of events, Advertising representatives occasions, meetings in the Milan April, we Technology Sector, tools, equipments; fairs and events never come across something that reminds Wood supplies, components and semi-finished products in this issue... the tribes of the design capital that, behind Italy and abroad the scene, there are machines, materials, Rancati Advertising - phone +39 02 70300088 hardware, adhesives, glues… fax +39 02 70300074 Andrea Rancati ([email protected]), It's a pity, but probably our belief that this in- FOCUS LIGNA & INTERZUM Claudio Sanfilippo ([email protected]) 12 dustry lives on essential links that should support each other, our desire to see this Acimall Members 12 Ligna 2019: 1,500 thousand in Hanover sector more united, closer, has no solid foun- Paola Gandini - phone +39 02 89210282 fax +39 02 8259009 13 Scm, a successful open house dation. (gandini @xylon.it) 14 Alpi: customization for sustainability 14 Robatech: hot melt solutions for mattresses Caught between April and impeding May, Graphic design: Alberi & Case - Arese (Milan) 15 Finiture, ad-hoc solutions we said. And it's Germany's turn now, with Printed by: Reggiani srl - Brezzo di Bedero (Varese) the amazing duo Interzum-Ligna. 16 Borgonovo Renzo: “Borgore 800/Iti” Registration 16 Blum: “Moving ideas” for and with customers We will all be there, of course, to celebrate at Tribunale di Milano, n.606 of 04 december 1995.

16 Imal-Pal: at Ligna present with its Panel Alliance this ancient rite to which we have already dedicated a significant portion of this issue Subscription: 17 Biesse: 50 years of innovation on stage at Ligna 2019 € 75 per year; one copy € 10,00. 18 Pizzi by Pgs: solutions for gluing of our magazine.

19 Leitz: high-performance tools And allow us to dedicate these few introduc- © All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be 19 Grotefeld: drill spindle unit “Dbe 24” produced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or 20 Intorex: brand new products at Ligna 2019 tory lines for the March-April issue to our by any means electronic, mechanical, photo-copying, recording or 20 Omga-Dierregi: the new “Optima 240” feelings about the Furniture Exhibition in otherwise without prior permission of Cepra srl Unipersonale. 20 Pessa Impianti: flaking and chipping machines Milan, less and less of an exhibition that is ISSN 1125-7458 20 Salice: hinges for a perfect closing action transforming into something that probably 20 Mvm: the new sanding machine “Sm500” industry operators are starting to be disap- 20 Saomad 2: “Woodpecker 15” working center pointed with. 21 Freud: new brand identity and innovation The value in terms of culture, politics, sceno- 21 Imas Aeromeccanica: safety at the forefront graphy, trade, presentations, hints and media is clear to everyone, but we feel that the News for underlay materials "good old business" that was at home at the 05 for laminate floorings Saloni is now a bit lost before booths that ADVERTISERS look like real castles, with armed soldiers ready to stand in your way and push you Catas celebrates the 50th anniversary 06 back. We had never seen such a "closed" Acimall 20 Salone, where you cannot look around to Biesse back cover catch trends and flairs… isn't that the opposite Italian woodworking machinery Cma Robotics 11 import-export: very positive 2018 of an exhibition? 07 Comec 13 In my opinion, it is, but if the new people of Ddx 15 Wood technology: what’s happening new furniture strategies want it that way, let De Stefani 10 08 on the global markets? them have their cake. More and more people, we know for sure, Eumabois 16 Record 2018 for capital goods; no longer feel part of this invincible army, Finiture manchette 09 slowdown expected in 2019 but they are really few to cause serious Freud 9 worries and they are literally overwhelmed Giardina 7 by hundreds of thousands of people who Ica 3 09 Recycling is value really enjoy this big party, instead! Ims 21 Koelnmesse Interzum 5 Lesta 17 Happy birthday, Ims! 10 Ormamacchine 18 Pneumax 19 11 Made expo 2019: from wood to wonders Scm front cover Twt 6 Vitap 14 Swissbau calls Italy 11 Xylexpo 4 SUBSCRIPTION 03 News 22 Contacts XYLON INTERNATIONAL yearly subscription (6 issues) - Italy € 60,00 yearly subscription (6 issues) - Abroad € 75,00 23 Fairs For further information: www.xylon.it - [email protected] phone: +39 02 89210200 - fax +39 02 8259009

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NEWS

BIESSE GROUP ACQUISITIONS EXHIBITIONS Approved business plan 2019-2021 Yaskawa acquires ZF Italia BU A new logo for Xylexpo

Yaskawa Europe GmbH, headquartered in Desire for change and progress is in the air at Eschborn, Germany, acquires the Factory Xylexpo: after the decision to bring the exhibition Automation business unit of ZF Italia srl in timeframe to four days (from Tuesday 26 to Assago (Milan). The parties agreed not to di- Friday 29 May 2020), a new logo has been So, as of 2020, a new age is opening with a sclose the purchase price. ZF Italia srl, the launched officially, twenty years after the rebranding visual symbol that represents the mission of the Italian branch of the international ZF Friedri- from Interbimall to Xylexpo and the introduction event, i.e. tools to process wood and wood- chshafen AG Group, and Yaskawa Europe, of the logo that has characterized the international based materials, while adding a modern, con- European subsidiary of the Japanese techno- exhibition until the latest edition in 2018. temporary, clean and linear style. On 26 February 2019 the Board of Directors of logy corporation Yaskawa Electric, have been “We decided to “clean up” the old log and Biesse spa approved its 2019-2021 three-year strategically associated for 25 years in the create an easy-to-read, stronger image that rep- business plan. Despite the international political areas of automation technology component resents our identity: a practical, modern event and economic uncertainties, the Board of Directors sales in Italy. With this now concluded ac- where exhibitors and visitors can recognize is intent on maintaining its strict focus on inve- quisition, Yaskawa is set to continue the suc- each other immediately and easily, staying fo- stments in innovation, service and after sales cessful collaboration in a new format and cused on their business, namely the demand care, without ignoring marketing/distribution efforts. strengthen its presence on the Italian market, and supply of innovation”, said the exhibition 2018 consolidated revenues rose 7.3 pecent which is the second-largest in Europe. ■ manager Dario Corbetta. ■ compared to the previous financial year with gross operating profit (Ebitda) exceeding Euro 92 million. The main strategies on which the three-year plan is based are the increase in the offer, the search for new solutions for clients and an increase in digitalisation, the latter focal point of global competition in the field of technology for wood and beyond. All this should lead to extremely positive economic results. First of all, a three- year revenue growth of 6 percent and a significant increase in profitability as measured by Ebitda, which should rise by more than seven percentage points. Therefore, important results for a unique Italian company, with almost 4,400 employees, the coverage of over 100 international markets and boasting a turnover that ranks Biesse Group among the top five companies of mechanics at a national level. ■

COMPANIES Suspended activity at Novolegno

During a meeting at Confindustria in Avellino on 9 March last, the council member of Nov- olegno spa, Mr.Giorgio Barzazi, confirmed to Unions delegates and to the works committee, the suffered decision to cease the production of the plant. The industrial initiative of Novolegno spa (a subsidiary of Fantoni spa), founded 39 years ago and currently employing 117 people, is specialized in the production of Mdf panels for packaging fruit and vegetables, but currently no longer has the economic and market requirements to continue its business. After a progressive but inexorable change of distribution modes, in particular by the large- scale retailers, the economic conditions that had led to the decision to settle in Irpinia, have been missing for years… In fact, local timber is been diverted to incentive biomass energy plants. Not just for the environment The important investments made then to diffe- rentiate production and for using more com- Bio-innovation is nowvery much a reality with petitive raw materials, such as recycled wood, our water-based coatings for wood made up of have not given the expected results due to bio-resins coming from waste vegetable raw the progressive deterioration of the market of materials. Our coatings drastically cut CO₂ and packaging, where other materials were pre- VOC emissions as well as setting new standards ferred, such as cardboard and plastic. While understanding the seriousness of the in quality and performance for the industry. impact that this decision determines for their Here is the bio-revolution. employees, for their families and for the many external collaborators, during the course of the meeting was expressed the impossibility of procrastinating further this decision in light of the irreversibility of the market situation. ■

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FOCUS

EVENTS ACQUISITIONS “Scm Austria” opening in Ansfelden (Linz) Wintersteiger acquires German machine builder Serra

A genuine break- Wintersteiger AG has pur- completely or largely over- through: a direct line chased Serra Maschinen- looked to date, but in which and an increasingly bau GmbH in Rimsting am Wintersteiger has devel- more efficient servi- Chiemsee, Germany, with oped a mature sales struc- ce, aimed directly retroactive effect to January ture – such as the USA. and exclusively at 1, 2019. Serra employs On the other hand, Winter- the client, even on roughly 40 people and de- steiger can use the existing after-sales aspects. velops, manufactures, and sales of Serra sawmills to The new Scm branch distributes machines and Photocredit: ©reschfoto.at not only grow sales of can also rely on an saw blades for mobile and band-saw blades in par- exceptional Techno- stationary sawmills. Roughly 60 percent of its ticular, but also thin-cutting sawing machines,” logy Center, another wares are exported to over 80 countries. In 2018 explains Dr.Florestan von Boxberg, Ceo of captivating attraction the firm posted increased revenues of 6.4 million Wintersteiger AG. during these four euros. Like Wintersteiger, Serra is also a specialist Johann Fritz, Managing partner of Serra adds: opening days. market leader in a niche sector. “Wintersteiger and Serra have already enjoyed On this occasion, The mobile and stationary sawmills complement a successful relationship stretching back for 15 Scm has further confirmed and strengthened clients had an opportunity to directly test the the Wintersteiger product portfolio in the Woodtech years; a relationship which will now be further its presence in Austria with the opening of various solutions and observe a technical de- business field (thin-cutting sawing machines, saw nurtured and intensified. In addition to the com- its first branch in this transalpine country. monstration in real time both of software ap- blades, automation solutions, and timber repair plementary nature of each firm’s products, we The inauguration was held from 13 to 16 plications as well as specific machining work systems). The acquisition of Serra has allowed both share a similar corporate philosophy. After March at the headquarters in Ansfelden that the individual models are capable of car- the business field to add further services in the 20 years at the helm I am unfortunately having (Linz), with an open house that gave the rying out. woodworking value-added chain. Logs with a to stand down for personal reasons, but I know entire sales network and companies in the “The Austrian market is one of the most strate- diameter of up to 160 cm are split with Serra that in Wintersteiger I am leaving the company sector a chance to take a closer look at all gic for our international growth plan, where sawmills before the wood can be further processed in the safest hands“. the key aspects on offer, designed by Scm Europe continues to absorb half of our turnover on Wintersteiger thin-cutting sawing machines. The Serra brand and the Rimsting site will continue for the Austrian market: the most extensive – highlighted Luigi De Vito, Scm Dvision di- “With this acquisition, Wintersteiger is pursuing under Wintersteiger. Serra’s current Managing di- international range of solutions for wood and rector, at the official inauguration ceremony a two-pronged approach to growth. On the one rector, Christian Mayer, will be joined by Andreas a team of technicians and sales engineers, organised on 14 March. “With the opening of hand there is the potential to boost sales of Doubrava, Authorized officer of Wintersteiger AG, highly specialised in the different technologies. this new branch, Scm, is increasingly focused Serra products in markets that have either been to form Serra’s new management team. ■ Exclusive solutions and services that aim to on becoming an important point of reference accompany the clients at all times, providing for its clients, guaranteeing a solid, highly all the support, consulting and training re- professional presence throughout the Country COMPANIES quired to optimise their production processes, as well as ensuring the best skills dedicated Complemented the Weinig Management Board as well as help them continually improve to all technologies linked to the panel and plant efficiency. solid wood process”. ■ bach as Director of Technology Management in Tool Technology. After that Dr.Kordt worked as Managing Director at awetis engineering+manufacturing GmbH. He thus has outstanding technical expertise and ex- perience in mechanical engineering. In the Weinig Group, Kordt has been responsible for From left to right: Gregor Baumbusch, Weinig Dimter, LuxScan and Raimann as Ma- Thomas Bach, Mario Kordt and Gerald Schmidt. naging Director since 2015. In his new function Photo Weinig. as a member of the Management Board, he will continue to assume his previous responsi- Michael Weinig AG, the leading technology bility as Managing director of these companies provider for the solid wood and panel proces- for the time being. “We are happy to have sing industry and small operations, has com- found a colleague and board member in Dr. plemented its Management Board. Following Kordt who combines technical proficiency with the appointment of Gregor Baumbusch as personal qualities. Dr. Kordt has proven himself Ceo as of 1 January 2019, the Supervisory excellently within the Weinig Group in recent Board appointed 46-year-old Dr.Mario Kordt years. He enjoys great recognition amongst as Chief technology officer (Cto) at its meeting his colleagues due to his professional expertise on 12 March 2019. Dr.Kordt is in charge since and team spirit. He therefore combines the 15 March 2019 and, together with Chief ideal qualities not simply to maintain the financial officer Gerald Schmidt, will comple- leading position of the Weinig Group in the ment the Management board which nowthen world, despite the ever-increasing pressure of consist of three members again. Dr.Kordt com- international competitors, but to expand it”, pleted his mechanical engineering studies at said Thomas Bach. At the same meeting, the the production technology faculty of Rwth Aa- Supervisory Board was also presented with chen University with a degree in manufacturing the main elements of the new “viaWeinig” engineering. His professional career took him strategy, which was confirmed by the supervi- to the Fraunhofer Institute for Production te- sory board. The implementation of this strategy chnology Ipt (Aachen) where he worked as a means a clear orientation towards customers research assistant in the Laser Technology and markets. This is made possible by cen- Working Group and later to Freudenberg An- tralizing the sales organization of the Weinig lagen und Werkzeugtechnik (Faw) in Lauden- Group with regional market units. ■

MARKETS Global timber and wood products market update

China had another record year of softwood log up from 30 percent just three years earlier, ac- imports in 2018, when over 40 million m3 of logs cording to the “Wood Resource Quarterly”. landed at Chinese ports. This was the third con- The biggest decline in market share has been secutive year of yearover-year-increases, with that of Russia, which has fallen from 36 to 18 2018 volumes being up 37 percent from 2015. percent in the past three years. Over the past five years, import volumes have The only other major change the past few years declined from the key supplying regions of Russia has been an increase in pine log shipments from and Canada, while they have increased from Uruguay. These have increased from just afew New Zealand and Australia. New Zealand conti- thousand m3 in 2016 to almost 2.5 million m3 in nues to expand its market share, supplying 44 2018, making the country the fifthlargest log sup- percent of the total import volume in the 4Q/18, plier to China last year. ■

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STANDARDS

NEWS FOR UNDERLAY MATERIALS FOR LAMINATE FLOORING

Following the publication of the En 16354 standard, The higher the “Cs” value, the better the under- the Eplf association has updated the technical layment will protect the joining system and coun- bulletin: "Underlay Materials under Laminate teract the formation and opening-up of any cracks. Floor Coverings –Test Standards and Perfor- Based on practical experience, the system needs mance Indicators". to have a compressive strength of at least 10 kPa The document provides instructions and assistance (0.5 mm). For higher requirements, the “Cs” value with selecting the right underlay for laminate must be at least 60 kPa. flooring for different forms of use. What do you need to be aware of when laying la- Unlike impact sound (the noise which is heard in minate on heated or cooled floors? the room below or next door), walking sound is What properties must an underlay display to wi- understood as the noise that is heard when the thstand various loads such as heavy furniture, laminate floor covering inside the room itself. office chairs with castors or impact from objects? On the basis of En 16205 a test method has What is the minimum reduction in footstep sound been developed that can reflect the "perceived that an underlay should offer? The Eplf technical loudness" of a laminate floor covering with the bulletin provides producers, suppliers, planners, “Rws” value (Radiated walking sound reduction). tradespersons, the trade and potential end users New 2019 edition: free quick information is included in the Eplf technical bulletin ". The lower the “Rws” value of an underlay, the with the information they need. As usual, it aims Underlay Materials under Laminate Floor Coverings –Test Standards and Performance Indicators". better it will reduce the emission of walking noise. to make the "Laminate flooring system" even Photo: Eplf. In the En 16354 standard, these aspects are all safer, better and more comfortable. taken into consideration through the selection of As a rule, the entire flooring system, i.e. the com- This provides clear criteria for selecting the right cellent sound impact behavior”. However, scientific suitable testing methods. bination of laminate floor covering and underlay, underlay materials for floating laminate floors. investigations have shown that these generaliza- needs to meet the user's requirements, whether Specific recommendations are provided on the tions do not always apply. For example, an un- The Eplf technical bulletin describes the corre- it is fitted at home or in commercial areas. basis of minimum values and values for more derlayment made from material “A” that is less sponding requirements for underlay materials. The structural characteristics of the building and stringent requirements. dense may be considerably more pressure-resi- The document has an annex with a table that the existing underfloor construction play just as Guidelines highlighted in color provide practical stant than an underlayment made from material sums up underlay requirements. important a role as how the flooring is used or the help for the assessment. “B” that is considerably denser. An effective tool for the selection of the most acoustic requirements. In most cases, the thicker the underlayment, the suitable underlay material to optimize your laminate The technical bulletin shows the common symbols PARAMETERS TO BE COMPLIED WITH softer it is. Severe deformations could cause irre- flooring system and extend its life. used, explains what the technical abbreviations In the past, values such as density and thickness parable damage to the joining system and/or the mean and lists the key technical data with which were generalized and used for quality assessment, Hdf core layer. The capacity of the joining system the performance and strength of an underlay can for example as in “High density = Excellent me- to support these types of loads is expressed be assessed. chanical properties” and “Good thickness = Ex- using the “Cs” value (Compressive strength). www.eplf.com

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EVENTS CATAS CELEBRATES THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY

Catas, the most important to producers, the participation in Italian and in- testing institute in the wood ternational authorities that write the rules to create and furniture industry in Italy a "good product", a "good material": that's what and Europe, is celebrating Catas wants to celebrate with one year of events its first fifty years of his- and initiatives, presented during a press tour tory. A major milestone in that started in Milan, in the FederlegnoArredo a story characterized by headquarters, then moved to Udine – hosted by constant growth ever since the Chamber of Commerce of Pordenone- 1969, when it was realized Udine, the major stakeholder of the laboratory – that it was necessary to and ended up in Lissone, in the premises of create a laboratory to pro- Catas Brianza. vide services to companies, The host in Udine was the president of the Cham- initially in the Italian territory, ber of Commerce, Giovanni Da Pozzo, who un- and then all over the world. derlined “…the growing importance of an orga- nization like Catas year after year, now an es- This story, the determination tablished reference worldwide and an ace in and capacity to stand close the whole of the region's business excellence”.

The next speaker was Bernardino Ceccarelli, Catas president since 2014, who reviewed the story and evolution of the laboratory, the long progress since 1969, when the Chamber of Com- merce created a special company to manage Catas, center for technical support to companies in the wooden chair industry. A rich and intensive story, turning the Friuli-based organization into a big player of testing, certification, training and standardization on a global scale, now with a se- cond site, Catas Brianza, in the world's most fa- mous furniture district. On the whole, about 10 thousand square meters of laboratories with more than 15 highly qualified engineers and revenues in excess of seven million euro, two thousand customers in 55 countries across four continents that, in 2018, applied to Catas to execute 48 thousand tests.

Franco Bulian, deputy director at Catas, illustrated many initiatives planned in 2019, starting from the upgrade of the website catas.com, where a specific section has been added for the 50th an- niversary, together with a dedicated logo, an in- tensive calendar of in-depth seminars and a “special issue” by National Geographic, as well as a series of activities in the regions where Catas has its offices.

Andrea Giavon, director of Catas, announced the inauguration of the new furniture laboratory, that will be held in October 2019. It's a hyper te- chnological structure, a “laboratory 4.0” with over 4,300 square meters – built to replace the structure destroyed by a fire in December 2016 – that will also include new areas for the more and more in- tensive training activity of “Catas Academy”. This building will give a boost to the "core business" of the center, namely the testing of components, materials, finished products for interior decorations, to safeguard the health and comfort of future users, and it will also provide support to manu- facturers who will have the opportunity to know and possibly improve the quality of their work. Five departments (materials, surfaces, finished products, chemistry-biology and fire) cover a wide range of tests and inspections on materials and finished products. For each material and product, Catas can certify the actual conformity to customer specifications, as well as conformity to legal requirements and standards, through the verification of performance, safety and product duration. (l.r.)

www.catas.it

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MARKETS

ITALIAN WOODWORKING MACHINERY IMPORT-EXPORT: VERY POSITIVE 2018

Istat has published the end-of-year figures for fo- In the extra-Eu region, Switzerland is at number percent. The growth of industrial production stination worth 37.2 million euro, decreasing by reign trade. So, analysts can draw a final balance three with 25.4 million euro and Belarus at 23.8 amounted to 6.2 percent, down by 0.4 percent almost 5 percent. The export value is obviously of 2018 for each market. Also for the woodworking million with a strong growth in 2018. compared to 2017. mainly driven by Australia's performance with technology business, it is useful to analyze, sum Moving on to Africa, sales volumes are marginal As to the first two months 2019, the National 32 million euro. up and process what has been just "sentiment" compared to the other continents. In detail, in Bureau of Statistic (Nbs) published a report about So, we have given out numbers once again, with so far, and now is hard figures. 2018, Italy exported machinery for 39.7 million the country's economic situation last March 14, plenty of figures that illustrate the health of Italian In 2018, Italy exported machinery for 1,620 euro, down by 10.5 percent. The most important describing it as "overall stable" based on the export and reveal a propensity to invest with sub- million euro, up by 8.2 percent compared to markets are Algeria with 8.3 million and South trend of some economic indexes. stantial import. 2017. It's a significant performance that once Africa with 7 million euro. The service sector is expanding constantly. The 2019 trends are changing the overall picture again confirmed how the year just ended was Shifting the focus on North America, the Italian In the Far East we also mention Vietnam, a and industry players expect substantial stability overall positive, and it will inevitably have an industry achieved export flow for 262 million market that is recording significant growth rates rather than growth. Nevertheless, we think that, impact on 2019 results, also due to the current euro, up by 21.8 percent. Of course, the most si- and expanding strongly, especially in the wood after three years of powerful expansion, one year trends. The economy develops in cycles and the gnificant market is the United States, with over industry. of wait-and-see mood is acceptable, it is a natural results must be interpreted correctly. 2018 was 200 million euro of technology purchases and a Other noteworthy markets in the Far East are trend of economic cycles, and most of all, demand the best year in the past decade and the current 25.8 percent increase. India with 27.2 million (plus 49 percent), South levels cannot grow indefinitely, just like production period of uncertainty cannot change opinions In South America, instead, the market situation Korea with 11.4 million (plus 17.9 percent) and cycles. based on hard figures. has been difficult for several quarters. In 2018, Taiwan with 12.7 million (plus 85.5 percent). The by Carlo Alberto Strada As to the distribution of Italian export by continent, Italy exported machinery for 50 million euro, review of continents closes with Oceania, a de- Acimall Studies Office once again the Eu is the most important and down by 6.8 percent. biggest output market. More than 830 million The most apparent element is the small scale of euro Italian machinery was exported to nearby business compared to the potential of the region. Eu market, with a positive variation by 8.7 percent. Argentina and Brazil definitely have huge con- FINISHING SOLUTIONS 1972 Germany is the biggest market with 112 million sumption potential, but both have been experience euro, slightly down by 4.6 percent, an inevitable severe crisis from which they have not recovered giardinagroup decrease after the high level of orders recorded yet. In 2018, especially Brazil recorded only one in 2017. percent Gdp growth, with very low levels of infra- The second largest destination within the European structure investments. Furthermore, the country's www.giardinagroup.comNEW Union is Poland, which purchased Italian products economic growth cannot absorb increasing in- worth over 107 million euro, recording a slight in- flation, normally around 3.5 percent. crease by two percent. This is one of the most in- Looking at woodworking machinery specifically, teresting countries in Europe: since Warsaw Italian manufacturers export 15.5 million euro of joined the European union in 2004, Poland's Gdp machinery to Brazil, down by 13.1 percent, while has more than doubled, export more than tripled, Argentina reached 11.1 million euro with a signi- and direct investments from abroad have increased ficant increase that, however, followed a very di- from 45 to almost 200 billion euro. Until 2020, Po- sappointing result in 2017. land will also have approximately 80 billion euro Another area that is suffering is the Middle East. available from European cohesion funds, plus Italian manufacturers sold products for 38.5 million the funds for rural development and other com- euro, with a 16 percent decrease. Such trend munity loans "for a total amount in excess of 100 was mainly driven by the Arab Emirates (minus billion euro", according to estimates by the Ministry 16.3 percent) and most of all Iran, which took of Economy. According to the Eu Commission, only 1.7 million euro of Italian products, down by this year the Polish Gdp will increase by 3.7 per- 70 percent. cent, after closing 2017 up by 3.6 percent. Talking about Iran, according to Imf estimates, Another strategic market is France, where Italian nominal Gdp should exceed 470 billion dollar by equipment manufacturers exported 105 million 2022 with growth rates that, after a sudden slow- euro with a slight increase by 3.4 percent. The down during the years of heavy sanctions (2011- paintinG the future! top-5 ranking is completed by Spain and the 2013), were expected by national authorities to United Kingdom, respectively at 81 million (up increase by an average 4.5/5 percent annually. by 37.4 percent) e 66 million euro (up by 5.3 per- Recent developments in the international scenario cent). and, most of all, Washington's cancellation of the Looking at extra-Eu Europe, the performance nuclear agreement and reintroduction of sanctions by Italian manufacturers is positive, as in 2018 have changed the picture. The consequent ad- they sold machinery for 168 million euro with a justments, according to forecasts, might cause 6.8 percent increase. economic recession starting from this year. The top destination is Russia with 41.9 million Moving on to the Far East, Italian companies euro, down by 19 percent from 2017. The historical exported machinery for almost 190 million euro, trend of the Eastern giant has been suffering up by 6 percent. The biggest market is China since 2014, due to the ruble depreciation that with over 75 million, slightly decreasing compared impacted on the accessibility of foreign products. to 2017. Stagnation continued over the years especially The growth rate of Chinese economy in 2018 for secondary woodworking technology, an in- was 6.6 percent, the lowest since the years of dustry segment where Italy excels. the global financial crisis. Breaking down the fi- via V. Necchi, 63 | I-22060 Figino Serenza (CO) The second most significant market is Turkey, gures, we can see that in the fourth quarter the phone +39 031 7830801 | [email protected] | www.giardinagroup.com which in 2018 showed a decrease by 8.1 percent, primary sector increased by 3.5 percent, the se- down to 25.7 million euro. condary by 5.8 and the tertiary (services) by 7

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WOOD TECHNOLOGY: WHAT’S HAPPENING ON THE GLOBAL MARKETS?

Last February 14, Acimall, the Italian woodworking of the Acimall study and some specific domains machinery and tools manufacturers’ Association, MAIN EXPORTERS IN EUROPE where the association will focus its promotion ac- organized a seminar to provide in-depth information tivity, a forecast analysis has been made, trying about foreign market analysis and forecasts. This to understand how the market will develop in the is a key topic in the current economic situation coming years. In this respect, Acimall has made that causes some worry. As a result of recent a clear choice: it will not focus promotion on new economic crises, industry players have become markets, but it has selected situations where more sensitive even to minor market trends, crea- market potential is high and the position of the ting a new demand for up-to-date specific market Italian industry is weaker than its main competitors. data. Data are the asset of the future, a critical Acimall selected the United States, Canada, success factor for competition. With fresh and re- Scandinavia, the Baltic countries, China and Au- liable data, you can anticipate moves, take action stralia. But how will these markets evolve? before the others, seize the few opportunities Do they offer real opportunities? The forecast that the economic scenario offers in this period. model, besides estimating machinery export to For this reason, the Italian association decided to the country under scrutiny, uses some macroe- dedicate an entire day to its member companies, conomic indexes like Gdp, per capita Gdp and presenting a detailed analysis of international share of investments on Gdp. Estonia, Lithuania markets. In this article, we offer some figures and and Latvia offer great opportunities for the Italian hints emerging from the document drafted by the industry. On one hand, there is a wide gap with Acimall studies office. the performance of the German industry, which Let's start from the concept that the woodworking means competitive capacity, market share and technology industry is a niche of the manufac- high potential. On the other hand, the macroeco- turing industry, and consequently, analysts have nomic trends indicate Gdp growth rates around access to few sources with a level of detail that 3 percent, largely above the European average, does not provide an accurate picture of market with no panic to the 2009 and 2012 crises, remai- growing powerfully until last year, when currency and the Italian rate of course. This adds up to per size and scope. Historically, the most used para- ning at very high levels. The same is true for oscillations started to have a negative impact. 70 capita Gdp estimates that, by 2023, should climb meter is buy-and-sell transactions identified by France, which is also a mature market. Historical million machines sold by big manufacturers and up to Italian levels, i.e. above 35,000 dollar. A po- specific customs codes for wood technology. trends show that even the most troubled periods a domestic market exceeding 100 million euro werful leap forward that should increasing pur- These codes do not cover the entire range of wo- had a marginal impact on the development of the are significant figures. chasing capacity. The picture is completed by a odworking machinery, but most of them. Then French market. The situation of Poland is totally The last country we want to mention in Asia in 25 percent investment share, much higher than there are international customs, often inaccurate different, as the country has recorded booming India, also exceeding a value of 70 million euro, the Italian average of 20 percent. Such trend is in some countries, and triangular operations, im- growth since 2012. Constant access to European offering a lively domestic market and several pro- also found in Scandinavia with minor variations. possible to identify when you analyze customs loans, a strong distribution network, political and duction sites of European companies. Furniture Gdp growth in these countries will be smaller, in transactions. Having clarified this, the Acimall currency stability are the key drivers of such production is increasing rapidly and is currently line with European rates, while per capita Gdp studies office considered that the best parameter growth. The United Kingdom also recorded a the fifth largest on a global scale. will achieve average values above 45,000 dollar to measure market size is machinery export by different trend, experiencing "golden years" from Let's close our continent-specific analysis with a year; so, in these regions with solid political si- the to-six manufacturing countries, namely Ger- 2013 and 2016 and then stabilizing in the past Americas, where the total market value is higher tuations, growing and mature economies, Italian many, Italy, China, Taiwan, Austria and the two years, although market levels are still very than 1,600 million euro. Two special mentions in companies have to focus on customers, and Aci- US. These account for approximately 80 percent high. The top-5 in Europe is completed by Russia this case: the United States, of course, are the mall will try to spread the concept that the asso- of global business. The first interesting analysis which, after the 2009/2012 crises from which it biggest market with over one thousand million ciation and its member companies are a synonym refers to continent-specific trade flows. When you has never been able to recover completely, has euro, recording constant growth for several years for quality, technology, service and innovation. talk about new markets or emerging regions, the been further hit by the ruble crisis in 2014; today, and representing a real thermometer of the global According to forecasts, the United States and analysis of trends should be referred to the current the value of the Russian market is still less than industry. Looking at big producers, China and Canada might show signs of slowdown in the size and potential of each market. In Africa, for 50 percent of pre-crisis levels. Taiwan are in the lead, mainly as a result of coming years. Especially the US will be charac- instance, the top-six equipment exporters achieve Moving to Asia, we can see that market dimensions export of semi-professional and hobbyist machines. terized by Gdp growth below two percent, while an export value just above 100 million euro, a re- are relevant, but less than in the European area. Germany is at number three, with deeper roots the investment share should never exceed 25 latively low volume that may arouse doubts about The "Big 6" export value is over 1,300 million in the United States compared to Italian vendors. percent until 2023. However, by virtue of the size the actual possibility of significant Roi. In this euro, whereby the top sellers are Germany and The United States are followed by Canada, and scope of market demand, all big players context, China is the top exporter to Africa with a China. Italy is at number four behind Taiwan. Mexico and Brazil; the latter has been going need to be there. Everyone agrees that the eco- 40 percent share, followed by Italy with 35 percebt. Looking at individual markets, China is by far the through difficult years with no real recovery. nomic trend ahead will be driven by the trend of Inside the continent, South Africa and Algeria biggest destination with 500 million euro of pur- Currency crisis, customs duties, local production emerging countries, and China is one of the are the only markets exceeding the 15 million chased machinery; at the same time, it is probably and decreasing domestic demand have caused strongest drivers. Growth will slow down, from 9 euro threshold. Europe still represents the most the most difficult market offering an unlimited in- a negative trend from 2011 until today, generating percent Gdp growth rates in the golden years to important market for woodworking machinery ex- ternal consumption potential, very hard to estimate. a negative impact on export and discouraging "just" six percent in the coming years. China is porters. With almost 2,800 million euro, Europe is It is difficult for European companies to export to foreign investments. At present, the market value one of the world's locomotives, as suggested by the favorite destination for export sales; Germany China, and often they are forced to serve that is about 60 million euro. an investment/Gdp share that will remain largely (39.7 percent) and Italy (29.5 percent) are the region through a production or sales subsidiary, These figures result from several factors, events, above 40 percent in the next few years. "best sellers" inside their own territory. Looking at to be more competitive. trends; you cannot generalize with trends, each So, all we need to do is wait for developments in individual markets, the top-five positions are taken Vietnam is another very interesting market in context has its moments, and obviously, in some the coming years, knowing that the scenarios will by Germany (400 million), France (300 million), Asia with a potential of 200 million euro approxi- cases there are mutual influences, but the analysis keep changing and that the markets are variegated Poland (250 million), the UK (230 million) and mately. In detail, analysts see Vietnam as a great of international markets is a difficult process, it re- and difficult: only in-depth analysis, on-field ex- Russia (180 million). Specifically, Germany also opportunity for the coming years; furniture pro- quires attention and knowledge, and you cannot perience and targeted action can deliver tangible has a huge domestic market, worth approximately duction has been relaunched and diversified from afford making approximate estimates that might and reliable results. 800 million euro by the industry association Vdma; the past: not just rattan, but also panels, Mdf and lead to erroneous interpretation and, afterwards, by Carlo Alberto Strada historically, this market reacted positively and solid wood. Turkey is another country in becoming, to wrong business decisions. Within the framework Acimall Studies Office

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ECONOMY

RECORD 2018 FOR CAPITAL GOODS; SLOWDOWN EXPECTED IN 2019

the sector of wood and wood-based materials te- the Italian territory for 16.4 billion euro, 10.3 might close with moderate slowdown, approxi- chnology. percent more than the previous year. mately 0.7 percent, with a total value at 49.1 The entire machinery universe closed 2018 with Positive trend also for import, up by 9.6 percent billion euro. 49.4 billion euro revenues, 6 percent higher to 10.1 billion euro. We will be "back to old habits", i.e. the Italian than in 2017, maintaining the positive trend that The export trend was also excellent, amounting supply of technology will find greater satisfaction the “macro sector” has been recording since to 33 billion euro, 3.9 percent more than in 2017. from international companies (export should in- 2014. Growth was significant and made 2018 a In the first nine months of the year, the most inte- crease to 33.2 billion, a small 0.6 percent growth new “record year” for all key indicators, climbing resting markets seem to be Germany (plus 4.7 compared to last year), while domestic demand up to unprecedented levels. percent), the United States (plus 22.6 percent), will fall to 15.9 billion, 3.3 percent less than in The result was ensured by the excellent trend of France (plus 3.7 percent), China (however down 2018. the domestic market (26.5 billion, plus 10 per- by 6.1 percent) and Spain (plus 17.6 percent). On the whole, the domestic market of machinery The preliminary end-of-year figures published by cent), driven by a demand of investment goods So, a bed of roses, but the party will not last long: and capital goods should shrink by 2.5 percent, Federmacchine – the federation that gather "stimulated" by super and hyper amortization just like the wood technology sector, in 2019 also with a value of 25.8 billion euro. (l.r.) twelve Italian associations representing the pro- measures. the "macro industry" of Federmacchine should ducers of capital goods for different industries – A significant portion of such demand was covered interrupt its growth after five years. According to confirm the trends and “feelings” experienced in by Italian manufacturers, who sold equipment on the federation's statistics group, the current year www.federmacchine.it

RECYCLING IS VALUE Post-consumer wood: in Italy it is worth 1.4 billion euro approximately, it offers six thousand jobs and it reducing carbon footprint significantly. Ri- legno and Federlegno Arredo organized a meeting last February to present a study by the Milan Polytechnic. Another virtual result of post- consumer wood recycling operations is a reduction of CO2 consumption by one million tons. The Ri- legno consortium is the promoter of virtuous post- consumer initiatives: from wooden crates to pallets, up to design furniture, wood lives a second life. Rilegno is based on four hundred private collection platforms spread all over Italy, fourteen recycling plants, 4,400 associated municipalities. Every year, the Consortium recycles about two million tons of wood from packaging (pallets, vegetable boxes, crates, cages, wire coils) and from urban waste. This system is analyzed and illustrated in the report “The circular system of the wood supply chain for a new economy” by the Milan Polytechnic, presented at the meeting “The future, today”. Giovanni Azzone, dean of the Milan Po- lytechnic from 2010 to 2016, illustrated the results of the survey: the report analyzed all the economic players "coordinated" by Rilegno and the process that in 2017 enabled them to collect over 2.5 million tons of wood. Unlike other countries, where post-consumer wood is mostly "fired" to produce energy, the Rilegno system has ensured the re- generation and reuse of almost thirty percent of recovered packaging and the recycling of the rest, making wood-based panels for furniture wi- thout "consuming" virgin wood. For the environment, this means almost one million tons of CO2 "saved", approximately two percent of all carbon dioxide production in Italy. Using accurate data from Ri- legno companies and economic-statistic models, the report estimated the overall impact on Italian economy, considering three elements: direct impact on companies in the post-consumer wood recycling chain; indirect impact generated by production orders to the supply chain of these companies; and related impact generated by the additional consumption supported by wages. On the whole, the economic impact of post-consumer wood operations on the Italian production is esti- mated at 1.4 billion euro, with almost six thousand jobs in Italy. The wood-furniture industry represented by FederlegnoArredo has made much progresso on the way to sustainability. Companies are already moving into two different directions. The first one involves design and engineering, with a focus on eco-friendly products, the use and re- search of recycled and recyclable materials that offer the lowest environmental impact. The second one involves companies and their production sta- ges: many companies are already sustainable Come to see our wide range of within their production chain, as they have improved their working quality, using renewable energy PREMIUM CUTTING TOOLS HALL 11 and disposing of waste with suitable methods to BOOTH D32 support recycling. (r.d.c.) www.freud.it www.federlegno.com

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EVENTS The Ims site in Sommariva Bosco (Cuneo). HAPPY BIRTHDAY, IMS! The Piedmont-based company specializing in our business. This acceleration was substantially the production of toolholders for milling equipment driven by the shutdown of many Italian customers dedicated to numerical control technology is ce- after 2008, when the crisis hit many companies lebrating its fiftieth anniversary. and forced us to shift our focus even more It's a major milestone for the company based in outside Italy, significantly increasing our export Sommariva Bosco, near Cuneo, a reference in share that had been around 25 percent until the design and construction of toolholders, i.e. then. A successful decision, because it helped the units that provide an interface between tools us grow and achieve new, significant results: in and the machines where they are installed. It the marble and wood industry, for instance, we and the machine, guaranteeing process quality, might seem a trivial specialty, but as we visited are recognized as one of the best brands world- safety, speed, effectiveness…". the company, we discovered a world we did not wide; we are equally competitive in the sector know: it the machine-tool combination works, this of precision engineering, despite many com- Which sector offers the best satisfaction, which is is largely due to the toolholder. petitors. Also in the wood industry, competition the most "innovative" in your opinion? is quite strong: there are expanding markets “As I said, we work in the wood, metal and “Fifty years is a major milestone”, said Emanuele like China where there is room for growth, but stone business. All three sectors are advanced Porro, marketing manager of Ims, including the competitors are many and we have to face also and share a specific industrial approach: the United States branch. “The company was founded the German and US offer". Industry 4.0 concepts have been implemented in 1969, a mechanical engineering workshop on a large scale and control and management not far from the current site, by Giuseppe Aprà, You are celebrating this process with your fiftieth One of the latest proposals “made in Ims”. systems with increasing levels of automation the father of our current Ceo Alberto Aprà”. anniversary… and "intelligence" are our daily business. We “Over the years, we have been going through “We are proud of this milestone and we will cel- and achieving greater accuracy, and as we see some "excitement" in the wood industry, the inevitable transformation of any company ebrate it with several initiatives throughout the provide the interface between the electric motor probably due to the awareness that wood is a that closely follows the evolution of markets, year, while maintaining out focus on product and the tool that processes the material, we are renewable material and can be a protagonist in specializing in the production of toolholders for development. We will also launch new sales ini- deeply involved in these "new" needs. a sustainable economy that adds value. I would numerical control machines, in the wake of the tiatives, we will promote this event with several Furthermore, we are requested to provide very say that wood and marble are the two areas increasing popularity of this technology in the tools, but most of all, it will be the occasion to high customization levels. Our customers often where we are achieving the best results…". wood, metal and marble industries. restyle some of the most significant products of demand special solutions for tools to execute Our transformation was driven by an industry our company". specific operations: our task is to design, test We talked about continuous innovation: where increasingly focused on machining centers: we and produce the best solution. do you get most hints from? From yourself, the have become a reference partner for several Forgive our ignorance, but we have always seen I have no idea how much time we dedicate to machinery manufacturer or the end user? Italian leaders in the wood and stone processing toolholders as "simple" units, even "banal"… discussions with our partners, to identify the “It's hard to tell. Sometimes the customer requests business. We have signed significant commercial “At first sight it might seem so, but if you look best solution together so as to execute specific a special toolholder for which we need to study agreements, also abroad starting from the closer, you find out that we keep doing the operations at certain speeds. These skills we new clamping systems, and so we create some- Nineties: also in foreign markets we have record- same thing in a different way, for an industry have in the design, creation and testing of new thing new. It may also happen that we watch ed constant growth and, in recent years, we that has new requirements. Just think about solutions are our greatest asset". the market and identify requirements that need have promoted the creation of Ims-branded “Industry 4.0”: you have to deal with control a more efficient solution… and of course we sales hubs in the most important markets for cycles, managing a huge flow of information Who are your partners? have several proven products, standard products “Equipment manufacturers, tool manufacturers, from catalog. This implies price differences, so resellers… very often even machine users who we offer solutions ranging from few tens of want to change the way they work or need to euros up to a few thousands". optimize certain solutions and procedures… maybe they want a specific type of clutch, a In fifty years, you have gone a long way… tool-holding cone with peculiar features, or the “Absolutely. Today, our company is a market

6IA-06IRGILIO  4EL  need to have a fully stable tool that ensure the reference, we have achieved this position thanks "IRONEDI'IUSSANO-) )TALY &AX  maximum precision of the machine and the to the daily work of our employees, who help us WWWDESTEFANIMACCHINECOM % MAILINFO DESTEFANIMACCHINECOM management systems. Putting it simple, I might deliver high-quality toolholders to the global say it is our duty to arrange things so that the market. We keep a constant focus on the market, machine, the toolholder and the tool work in not only for product development, but also for perfect harmony, with full compatibility and new opportunities: we are also closely monitoring ensuring maximum operator safety. We develop some emerging regions, first of all Africa, that the initial tooling, collaborating with the machinery will be the arena of future competition. manufacturer to provide their customer with We are also effectively improving our digital equipment ready to be switched on and used, communications, this is another way to celebrate but quite often we are also involved when the our fiftieth anniversary. Besides expanding our toolholder must be replaced, succeeding in fur- activity on social media and web portals, we ther improving performance. have a rich website that will be entirely restyled We often collaborate with tool makers and OEMs, in the coming months, and we also have an ex- because our work is based on a combination of tensive newsletter service In 2017 the company experience and strict compliance with interna- moved out into a state-of-the-art facility not far tional construction standards, and both qualities from the original site, built to meet our expansion FORUSTHESHAPEISALL are recognized by industry leaders. In this sce- and modernization requirements. This was an- $%34%&!.)3-!#().%3 nario, I repeat, our mission is to provide the other big investment to adapt our offices and best possible "connection" between the tool production departments to market demand, which remains at significant levels. We now A few operations made by Ims engineers. have facilities where we can develop our business in ways that were not possible in our historical premises. A good portion of our work is carried out at the customer site, with sales staff and en- gineer teams spending most of their time with customers to understand their needs and collect useful inputs to do more and better! For us, facing the crisis meant not only looking for new markets, but also becoming more and more attentive, proactive and fast: this is in my opinion the key to our fiftieth anniversary. We are in the thick of a season of transformation and renovation, strengthening, strong focus on innovation. These are definitely the most beautiful candles for our birthday cake…".

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EXHIBITIONS MADE EXPO 2019. FROM WOOD TO WONDERS

visitor figures and final results. It's not More figures, and significant ones, for the con- just figures, it's a measure of the value of ference program: two hundred and fifty meetings MADE EXPO DEFEATED VAIA the event, the feedback of professional for technical and cultural education, with authori- Few months have passed since cyclone trade, designers, companies, installers tative testimonials in different disciplines, involving Vaia destroyed the Friuli forests. At Made and resellers.Quality of living, urban re- an audience of 14 thousand. expo, rebirth was represented by a small generation and infrastructures for con- tree in a wooden pot made from the logs temporary living, declined into comfort, CONNECTED MADE EXPO felled by the storm. Called “Foresta Viva security, sustainability, innovation in con- Connectivity was the key topic of this edition in Fvg” the project was created by the struction, with the goal of strengthening three areas: human, digital and production quality. Arredo/Casa Cluster in collaboration with the interconnections of the system to re- Despite the reduction of exhibition areas, due to the Friuli Venezia Giulia region and in launch the construction business and lower exhibitor attendance, connectivity was still synergy with other partners from the territory: That was the payoff of an exhibitor in the wood promote a "joint effort" of the industry towards the strong: sustainability, a target that seems to have it was the distinctive symbol of more than section, probably the best attended for the quality markets and towards the institutions, so as to been reached, integrates with the big topics 20 companies from Fvg scattered around of contents and proposals, at the recent Made restart a strategic sector for Italian economy. under the "smart" concept. However, there was the exhibition halls. And it also represented expo. And actually, wood mixed with daring in- These were the goals on the eve of the show. some perplexity for confusion between the con- the appreciation by companies from the novative technologies promises and allows to At the end of it, figures report nine hundred ex- cepts of "sustainable innovation" (evergreen) and region that you could find around the halls, work wonders. At Made expo, the announced hibitors, twenty percent of them from abroad, di- "smart". Amazon's Alexa could be seen in many for the first time united at Made by a symbol trends translated into real industry proposals: na- stributed in eight halls at Fiera Milano Rho and booths, a symbol of the new frontiers of home of identity and territory. tural finishes; a crescendo for engineered wood four exhibitions (Made Constructions and Materials, comfort. And augmented reality, with a headset The region's forest assets, severely dam- applied to envelopes, covers and screens; so- Made Building Envelope and Windows, Made In- that projected you into a fantastic world made of aged, are now recovering thanks to the phisticated treatments for external closures, interior teriors and Finishes, Made Software, Technologies almost-real pointers and contexts (and a bit of synergetic action of public and private ac- doors and panelings. Small numbers but high and Services) over 47,500 square meters of net dizziness), simulated the visual perception of the tors: the wood of felled trees, coming from quality for woodworking machinery manufacturers, exhibition area, and 90 thousand visitors with a built environment with great attention to details, Pefc certified forests with the brand "Legno who hold the keys to industry innovation. One ten percent share of international operators. A so great that virtual reality was even more attractive solidale Pefc - Vaia 2018" is coming back conference, within the Wood International Forum, thousand b2b meetings with one hundred and than the real world. Under the "connection" topic, to life in different domains of the wood but very interesting "How wood influences archi- eighty designers, contractors and buyers from the Salone showed the real values of the industry: economy. tecture", involving many companies: constructions, more than 20 countries. the effort (and cost) of innovation, the risk of un- contract, semifinished materials, soundproofing Despite the positive signals detected by the Ance dertaking a virtuous process of investments that panels, flooring, "finished" doors and windows, observatory on the construction business, achieving might never turn into a number of supplies/con- distributed across the different topics of the exhi- 1.5 percent revenue growth (128 billion euro) in struction sites big enough to justify it, the effort to bition. 2017, the discussion that spanned the four days attach real meaning to the word sustainability be- and involved all industry actors stressed the im- yond a range of products, extending it to an all- MADE EXPO: A FINAL BALANCE... portance of reopening construction sites to support round commitment to production, distribution, At the end of the Milan review for architecture, the economy and stimulate interest, putting this design and application. The pot that symbolize the “Foresta Viva Fvg”project. design and construction, it is mandatory to report topic back to the top of the political agenda. www.madeexpo.it SWISSBAU CALLS ITALY

There is an exhibition plat- about fifty companies that present form that might hold great their innovative solutions in this surprises for many Italian fast-changing business, while companies in the wood sup- “Swissbau Focus” is a real plat- ply chain. It's Swissbau, form of events and networking: the biennial trade fair for the 70 meetings, 300 speakers, 7 construction and real estate thousand participants and over industry, scheduled in Basel, 30 partners including associa- Switzerland, next February tions, institutions, research, trai- 14-18, 2020. ning and vocational education. The event is the only con- “We believe there are excellent struction exhibition in Swit- opportunities for Italian com- zerland and gathers exhibi- panies, that so far have been tors and visitors from Ger- participating through importers many, Austria and France, and resellers”, said Davide Galli, plus significant interest from Swissbau representative in Italy. Italian companies. “This is a unique event that calls the entire construction industry to Basel, Launched in 1974, today Swissbau covers a from designers to architects, presenting a wide gross area of approximately 120 thousand square range of product categories. meters and – according to Rudolf Pfander, the In Hall 2, for instance, you will find all types of exhibition manager who met Italian media in surface finishing solutions, with a display where Milan to present the next edition – attracts over products are not exhibited with a "standalone" 100 thousand visitors, 80 percent “professionals” approach, but fitted into their natural, visual and 20 percent so-called “consumers”, people and functional context. In some areas, especially interested in constructions as well as specific ro- those dedicated to bathroom and kitchen, you oms – bathroom and kitchen first – that are ex- normally find top quality booths that rival with tensively represented in this event. the installations you see at the Furniture Show “At the previous edition – Pfander said – Basel in Milan. hosted 1,056 exhibitors, 22 pe cent from neigh- The Swiss market is not huge, but we all know bor countries, namely Germany, Austria, France its business potential, and most of all, it needs and Italy. This exhibition offers a wide spectrum to act on a construction heritage, both public of products, and for some time now, it is no and private, that must be renovated, modernized longer just a "trade" event, but also an opportunity and refurbished. for in-depth analysis and update, with dedicated That's why we believe there are significant op- workshops and conferences". portunities for Italian companies in the segments of bathrooms, lighting fixtures, kitchen, doors Hall 1, for instance, offers a review construction and windows: the entire wood supply chain and IT solutions, combined with the il “Swissbau can benefit from this event". (l.r.) Innovation Lab” focused on business transfor- mation; not far, the “Innovation Village” hosts www.swissbau.ch

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FOCUS Ligna & interzum 1,500 THOUSAND IN HANOVER

This will be the number of exhibitors at the next “The next Ligna will be inevitably focused on Ligna, the exhibition of woodworking technology EXHIBITION SECTORS digitization”, Dirr concluded. “A clear trend has to be held in Hanover next May 27 to 31. The exhibition layout is the same as in the past edition, when the Ligna map emerged whereby major woodworking machinery The big international show was presented in Milan was completely changed from the past. manufacturers and their customers all over the during the traditional meeting with the Italian world are adopting digital platforms to streamline trade press. The host was Andreas Züge, general product management and improve the networking manager of the Deutsche Messe subsidiary in of machines and tools. In this respect, Vdma Italy, who welcomed the audience and introduced and the European association Eumabois have the speakers around the table, then took the op- launched an initiative to develop a standard portunity to stress the importance of Ligna for the based on “Opc Ua” (Open Platform Communi- Italian industry: this year there will be 300 Italian cations Unified Architecture). Such standard, companies in Hanover, covering a surface of 34 arising from the collaboration of leading inter- thousand square meters. These are respectable national players who decided to work together, figures, one of the best results ever, probably an might lead to increased efficiency in communi- all-time record, reaffirming on one side the undi- cation between machines and process man- sputed appeal of the German event, and on the agement systems; in turn, this will support the other the meaning and the role of "made in Italy" latest woodworking approaches in an industry technology for the processing of wood and wood- with several segments in the lead of technological based materials on the global scenario. development. We are not talking about big plants, but also the possibility for smaller units CHRISTIAN PFEIFFER to be integrated into a network, turning into Then the Ligna manager took the word, to illustrate highly flexible, smart mini-factories". figures and contents of the upcoming edition. Starting from 1,500 exhibitors who will give a THE TESTIMONIAL comprehensive overview of all woodworking seg- According to tradition, also this year the Milan ments, from forest clothing to advanced “Industry humans are supported by cyber-physical assi- pacity limits, with lead time exceeding twelve press conference hosted a testimonial. The meeting 4.0” management systems. In the “top ten”, stance systems (collaborative robots, automated months in some cases. Even if the trend should was closed by the speech by Stefano Tibè, Italy comes immediately after Germany, it has al- guided vehicles and smart worker support te- weaken on some markets - China, Asean coun- sales manager of Giardina Group in Figino Serenza ways been one of the strongest global competitors chnologies). The trend is thus towards hybrid hu- tries and Europe among others - we expect to (Como), who underlined the importance of Ligna and in Hanover it is always the second largest man-machine production systems in which the achieve a similar level also in 2019”. for the sales strategies of his company, illustrating country by number of exhibitors. Italy is followed product is inextricably linked to organization and the technology focus of the coating specialist in by Austria, Spain, Turkey, China, Denmark, the services. Ligna will also cast a spotlight onto In the first three months of 2018, the value of Hanover: “Ligna, together with Xylexpo in Milan, Netherlands, Switzerland and Taiwan. “Smart Surface Technology” for the production export by German manufacturers grew by 4 is the exhibition where we put our strongest The net exhibition surface, according to the figures of haptic, matte or reflective surfaces, in line with percent compared to the previous year, amounting commitment, paying great attention to the quality given at the press briefing in Milan, is 130 thousand the latest trends, without forgetting the more and to 1.7 billion euro. Europe took the lion's share, of results it enables us to achieve in a climate of square meters. There, Pfeiffer said, "exhibitors more sophisticated digital printing and decorative absorbing 58 percent of German export sales, collaboration and real partnership with our from more than fifty countries will present tech- gravure printing systems, inspection systems, for a total value of 980 million euro, 5 percent friends of Deutsche Messe. This year we are nological solutions, applications and ideas for the latest generation of spray coating machines more than in the same period of 2017. Major de- back to Ligna with a booth of more than 340 the entire cluster of forestry and wood. With where robots are the stars (halls 16 and 17). stinations include Asia (with a decreasing flow square meters, presenting some of the most most leading manufacturers attending, Hanover There will also be room for primary wood proces- down to 348 million, minun 7 percent) and North significant machines of our portfolio, first of all is the industry's global hotspot, with an interna- sing with the third edition of the “Wood Industry America (273 million euro, plus 20 percent). “Gst ZeroGloss”, our interpretation of the excimer tional profile that keeps growing relentlessly". Summit” in hall 26, a combination of forum, The United States are the most important customer technology we have been providing for a long “Also in 2019, Ligna is the innovation hub for lounge and exhibition area, focused on accessibility for German woodworking technology, with 252 time to the laboratories of the most important the industry, as many exhibitors synchronize of resources, protecting forests from biotic and million euro expenditure, 20 percent more than in coating producers first, and then to a few inter- their development cycles with the exhibition fre- abiotic damage, climate and environmentally the first nine months of 2017. China comes second national leaders of the furniture industry”. quency. As a result, visitors can really see and friendly harvesting processes. And the future of (241 million euro, plus 7 percent), Poland third experience the dizzying development of inte- the forest and wood industry will be another key (115 million euro, plus 25 percent), followed by “LET'S SAVE STRADIVARI'S WOOD” grated production and the related benefits", topic, with strong attention to the digitization of Frances (77 million euro, minus 30 percent) and The final act of the meeting was Hannover Fairs Pfeiffer added. forest economy. Austria (70 million euro, plus 2 percent). International announcing its participation in the “With the excellent trend of the Italian market crowdfunding campaign launched by Enrico Hanover will feature plenty of news in all segments: BERNHARD DIRR in 2018, foreign suppliers had an exceptional Ciresa srl, globally renowned for the quality of from forest technique to furniture manufacturing, The next on stage was Bernhard Dirr, manager year”, Dirr added. “According to our estimates, their wood for violin making from the Fiemme from window production to tools, up to surface fi- of Vdma in Frankfurt, the association of German export to Italy reportedly increased by 30 percent, valley, struck by a massive storm last October nishing. All over the place, you will find live demos manufacturers of woodworking technologies, who reaching up to 216 million euro, very close to that felled millions of trees. The mission is to of plants, IoT platforms, research projects and presented a set of preliminary end-of-year figures our record of 217 million in 2008!”. finance the "saving" of high quality wood, recove- networking opportunities. for 2018, a year when German production should Italy is at number eight in the ranking of German ring, storing and seasoning wood collected from This edition will have three key topics: “Integrated have reached 3.4 billion euro, with an 8 percent machinery importers and, according to the figures the ground. Woodworking - Customized Solutions”, i.e. increase over the previous year. So, in five years, presented in Milan, Germany stands at number increased efficiency of production plants through from 2014 to 2018, production increased from one among Italy's top-ten suppliers (49 percent “IoT” applications such as “Condition Monitoring” 2.4 to 3.4 billion, a growth that, according to Dirr of total import), followed by Austria (14 percent) www.ligna.de or “Predictive Maintenance”, a scenario where “…brought many companies close to their ca- and China (10 percent).

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Ligna & interzum FOCUS SCM, SUCCESSFUL OPEN HOUSE

The Scm Technology Center in Rimini hosted It sounds like a different world… centers, when we radically changed the basic over 2,500 operators from all around the world “…and that's based on flexible working cells, concepts of this technology? Now we have for the "Smart&Human Factory" event from Ja- each having a specialized function! We will made the same with our “Nexting”, merging nuary 31 to February 2. It was an opportunity to have “flexible cutting cells”, “flexible edgeband- the words “next” and “nesting” to stress our talk about the new technology "visions" of the ing cells” and so on, where these systems will vision that the principles of this process can group, as well as smart factories and the future be supported and managed by robotic sys- represent the future of the furniture industry”. of the wood industry. tems: collaborative robots will be in charge for ”We have shifted gear, approaching the market Many people in Rimini, even more than the record critical assembling operations, which are still with a different purpose, i.e. to understand what audience at the 2018 open house. You can see “human intensive” but might be transformed kind of answers our customers are looking for they have gone big at Scm, and it is also clear into a semi-automatic process with limited in- and offer them something more. We started by that they have many strings to their bow and are vestments. All of this will be done using machines resuming the “all-in-one” concept we had ap- past years with our software platforms has en- ready to push on the accelerator towards the that can be considered standard and shuttles plied to our machining centers, showing that abled us to "spend less" for this new idea. The new frontiers of the digital and smart factory. that can be easily found in the market, because we can deliver complete, exhaustive and "af- results are clear, with 200 percent growth rates the challenge will be elsewhere, namely in the fordable" solutions in terms of investments and suggesting that we will make great achievements BRUNO TOMMASINI control system for such a complex organism, in technology.We have developed a "Morbidelli and the upcoming Ligna will confirm this!". Our guide was Bruno Tommasini, Engineering the intelligence that we have developed from for nesting", a machine that can cut out the re- And in Hanover we will see an even more advanced director of the group: we relied on him to get the our 65-year experience in the wood industry! quired elements and also perform horizontal demo of the "Smart&Human Factory" made in key message of the three days in Rimini, and As I said, working as if we were handling with drilling. It's a sort of "out-of-standard" solution Scm. more generally of the evolution of group strate- mass production and then customizing at the that solves one of the traditional issues of Hall 13, stand C56. gies.”In the past ten years, the market has end of the cycle, that's our challenge, and we nesting, namely the handling of the bleeder by Luca Rossetti moved from furniture for all to a piece of furniture want to win with a comprehensive and effective board: as you cannot do without this element, for each person: the old rule was more or less industrial offer: we start with panels picked we have decided to make it transparent, so identical furniture, with minor variations, available from stock and sent to the cutting or nesting that it does not cause any interference, even CAMPUS” BY SCM GROUP in few colors at competitive prices, but in recent cells by a high-level system that manages during the most critical machining stages...”. On the eve of the "Smart&Human Factory" years the situation has changed and consumers orders, defines the sequences of parts to be open house, the Scm Group Campus was want unique products, fashionable, environ- processed according to color, thickness and What's the difference between the two models? inaugurated at Villa Veucchio, launched with mental-friendly, made of different materials, de- size, making this phase as efficient and cost- “Basically they have different dimensions to clear objectives: first of all, coordinate and livered very quickly and still at competitive effective as possible. The cut parts are trans- cover all panel sizes: “x200” has a 1,200x2,400 promote all activities for developing the pro- prices. The e-commerce share is increasing ferred to edgebanding, which is also controlled millimeter worktable, while the bigger sister fessional, technical, operating and manage- by 20 percent annually: anyone can configure by the system that "knows" how many sides “x400” reaches up to 4,300x2,200. Now we ment skills of the 4,000 people currently work- a piece of furniture from the sofa, maybe on should be edgebanded and how, delivering can meet the requirements of any user, although ing for the group at the three large production Sunday… these instructions to the edgebanding units nesting is appreciated especially in the Anglo- centers in Italy and the more than twenty for- The real challenge is actually not production and then to the dowel-inserting aggregates. Saxon markets. Nevertheless, we see growing eign branches, but also extend some training capacity, but rather managing flexibility and lo- The last step is assembling, where the shuttles interest in other countries, Spain, Italy and Ger- courses to dealers and end customers. But gistics, two key pillars for any business that deliver the racks with each order, so that the many above all. We really believe we will find there's more: this center is a reference point wants to generate margins and profits. It's a operator, supported by collaborative robots, great opportunities in China soon...Nesting is for Secondary schools, Universities, the various new, different industrial method, requiring shorter can assemble the bases, glue the case walls, experiencing an expanding trend and, on a Professional training bodies and Business lead times, optimization of resources and ma- mount the door… and so everything is managed global scale, this product category has exceeded Schools with which Scm Group already works terials, reduction of handling operations. It's a like a "stretched flow", where all the complexity the value of bar machines: that's why we have in Italy and abroad. “Campus” is spread over world of “mass customization”, where you is concentrated at the end of the chain..". decided to act quickly, presenting a product a total area of 1,300 square meters, with 9 have to be able to produce different items as if range that has no equals”. classrooms, offices and a Training Centre set they were part of series production, minimizing ABOUT NESTING… BRUNO DI NAPOLI up with Scm machines, dedicated to training any interference and pushing customization, Another topic that seemed quite "hot" in Rimini This is further evidence that Scm is going through support technicians. During 2019, 500 courses the creation of an order for a specific person, was nesting, a process that is largely adopted a season of change… will be provided, amounting to 52 thousand family or customer to the final stages of pro- in other markets and the is finding more and “We have been able to change our perspective, hours of training and involving around 3,200 duction, when the elements processed by smart more supporters in advanced markets. For this looking at the market, listening to operators, participants and over 50 trainers. Priority systems and machines are gathered and as- reason the Rimini-based group has previewed understanding their needs and turning them subjects will be digital developments in man- sembled to be shipped. To achieve this, pro- the new range of nesting solutions, namely “mor- into real, effective, reliable solutions that don't ufacturing and Industry 4.0 and the training duction must be based on new concepts, with bidelli x200” and “morbidelli x400”. This chapter require prohibitive investments. We have revisited of support technicians. logistics prevailing over productivity, driven by of the story was illustrated by Bruno Di Napoli, many Scm machine, not only to offer new solu- articulated or collaborative robots that deliver BU Manager for Scm machining centers. “The tions, but mostly to promote the key concept of operators from competitive, heavy and "dirty" machines of this new range are a concentrate the new season: providing customers with a tasks, while creating automated connections of innovation, perfect for most industrial and different and more effective solution to streamline and links between the different cells that execute handicraft businesses that produce furniture. their production operations and increase margins. the necessary operations". Do you remember our "R-evolution" of machining Let me add that the giant steps we made in the www.scmwood.com Xylon_INT_02_2019.qxp_Mastro_Tabloid 02/05/19 19:10 Pagina 14

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ALPI surfaces and finished products, the Alpi collec- effect and the possibility to combine edges made CUSTOMIZATION FOR SUSTAINABILITY tionsare available in the following versions."Alpi- of the same wood species. “Alpi-kord” prefinished Lignum" veneer: it can reproduce the color and panel: supported and treated with state-of-the- Alpi is a historical Italian company that has grain of natural wood or create patterns with art coatings to highlight its natural look and feel, it become an international excellence in the pro- unique color schemes for top creativity. The Alpi is a large-size wood panel ready to be applied duction of composite wood decorative surfaces. veneer can be applied to any surface or product, on any surface, offering quicker processing, Ninety wood species from stock, to be applied to in different thickness according to its final desti- coating and installation time. It is available in all kinds of surfaces and finished products, and nation. It can also be supplied in the Alpiform va- several finishes: “Groove” (five gloss), where “Alpi Sottsass” by Ettore Sottsass. the capacity to design an endless range of riant, combined with unwoven fabric, particularly wood is brushed to bring out its grain and texture; bespoke solutions, make the company a profes- suitable for softforming. Alpiform can be bent to “Wax” (five gloss), a matte coating that lends the sional partner for leaders in the luxury, automotive very narrow radii, with minimum working scrap delicate look of wax and oil treatments; “Light “Alpi-tav” solid wood; solid wood version available and shipbuilding segments, as well as for leading and easy coating, so it is ideal to cover curved Gloss” (fifteen gloss), featuring delicate brightness; on demand for all Alpi wood species and “Alpi- brands in furniture, product design, interior de- surfaces and edges. “Bright Gloss” (forty gloss), a very bright and decos” edges complementing the portfolio of corations and contract, from hotels to multi-apar- "Alpi-On" panel: this collection includes twelve glossy finish. “Alpi-robur” high-resistance prefi- decorative surface. tments, from retail to public venues. Meeting the panels of selected species from the Alpi portfolio, nished panel: veneer is subjected to a special Hall 06.1, stand D048-E049. strictest international standards, Alpi woods can laminated on both faces with Alpi wood and fea- finish to meet the demands of products with high be made to order in a ZeroF version (formaldehy- turing a brushed or smooth painted surface ac- surface resistance. An flameproof version is avai- de-free). Highly versatile and applicable onto cording to the selected species, with a natural lable on demand with several finishes. www.alpi.it

ROBATECH HOT MELT SOLUTIONS FOR MATTRESSES

Robatech presents itself for the first time at Interzum in Cologne, Germany. The leading supplier of hot melt solutions in the mattress industry will be presenting its su- stainable and modular systems for automatic and manual adhesive application at its own stand. This underlines its gluing expertise from pocket spring cores to finished mattresses. Robatech will demonstrates live with “Ax” spray heads, how adhesive is applied to pocket spring cores in a resource-conserving manner. The proven “Ax” and “Sx” spray heads are a reliable solution when it comes to intermittent bead application and optimum application gaps. he spray application for final mattress assembly can also be seen live. Furthermore Robatech will be exhibiting its robust jetting heads with multiple nozzles. These are used for an optimum bead appli- cation in the automatic frame and felt bonding of mattresses. People and processes at the workplace are the focus of manual gluing. Robatech shows how “ErgoStar” and “EasyS- tar” hand guns together with a “Concept” melting unit – both equipped with the energy- efficient “CoolTouch” insulation – form an er- gonomic workstation with a high level of ope- rator safety. Robatech has developed an automatic filling system for adhesive granulate so that un- planned production stops are a thing of the past. Extremely worthwhile, because the “RobaFeed 3” granulate feeder with “GlueFill” granulate container relieves the workload and also protects the operating personnel. “Concept” machines can be retrofitted quickly and easily. Hall 10.1, stand F018.

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Ligna & interzum FOCUS FINITURE, AD-HOC SOLUTIONS Finiture is a nice place. We must admit we were area equipped with a vertical and horizontal surprised by their team spirit, the feeling that flow coating plant, robot, spraying booth, drying everyone knows what needs to be done at any tunnel, so that they can really "touch" what we time, the sharing attitude we found at Saonara, offer them. We devote the same care and atten- few kilometers away from Padua. We went there tion to after-sales operations: our engineers to have a chat with Giovanni Sedino, owner and know the customer project in detail, they attend managing director, and to know better this com- the test, train the operators, provide remote as- pany specializing in the design, production and sistance". installation of "tailor-made" finishing plants designed to customer specifications. Whether you have to Mr. Sedino, you mentioned export… Giovanni Sedino. paint load-bearing elements for timber construc- “Our export share has increased significantly in tions, doors, windows or furniture, here you will the past decade, although we have been selling panels in our lines to speed up the paint falling other production processes for reasons you find the best-matching solution in terms of te- abroad for more than forty years, in former Yu- into the collection tanks, and we were also can easily guess, although safer and greener chnology and investment. Such competence goslavia first, then in France, which has always quicker than others to solve the color changeover coatings, applied with less and less invasive has been extended to other sectors beyond been a reference market for us. Then, little by challenge when large production batches dis- systems, might certainly support closer inte- wood, the original business of the company little, we have expanded our scope, especially appeared. We put the same passion for inno- gration. There are production lines where the which is now an established brand also for after the 2008 crisis, and today we make business vation into robots, experimenting and developing coating section is "in line", thanks to booths plastics, composite materials and metals. all over the world, in all developed markets, new concepts, we have even mounted a recip- with improved performance. Finiture has de- “Competence is our secret”, Sedino said with from Europe to the United States, up to Australia rocator onto a carriage and created a single- signed a spraying booth where 90 percent of no hesitation. “At Finiture we have designers, and Asia. China account for approximately 10 gun Cartesian robot with three axes first and air is recycled. All of this would result into a engineers, carpenters, installers who know their percent of our turnover. I cannot deny that then four axes. The transition to articulated real "Line 4.0", where each phase is fully inte- job perfectly and realize they are part of an ex- export can be a hard challenge for a company robots was a real revolution..". grated and managed. A very intensive future tensive and articulated process: the plants we of our size, but we have learned to seize each awaits us, where it will be essential to transfer deliver to our customers are entirely manu- opportunity, coping with different standards, Evolution is necessary… advanced controls and sophisticated systems factured in house; we master the necessary regulations and habits. We have decided to ad- “Definitely. We keep experimenting, searching from high-end lines to simpler plants. techniques, starting from carpentry, so that we dress a specific category, businessmen who better ways to do the same things or applying At Ligna 2019 we are exhibiting a vertical plant can develop the best solution from all points of consider results and not only prices. If the value proven techniques to different operations. This with articulated robot to paint hanging elements view, governing each step, checking each of our projects is not recognized,then we are evolution has helped us attach more value to and a horizontal impregnating plant for profiles: components that is installed, each welding, not interested". our machinery and work, preserving or ex- we will present real examples to show how each detail, everything that relates to the pro- panding our revenues.. And now we are facing Finiture solves future needs!”. gramming of the working cycle. Knowing your Let's come to technology… the “Industry 4.0”, although it has already Hall 17, Stand B32. job very well, knowing how to build what we “Finiture is definitely a reference for window been possible for a while to control and manage by Luca Rossetti have designed, putting all our experience and vertical coating, but as I said before, we have plants using applications that will become more creativity into it, means creating top-quality so- longstanding experience in different domains, and more simple and integrated. The general lutions, offering "global expertise" that often because our knowledge enables us to diversify trend is to keep coating separate from the www.finiture.it allows us to solve complex problems or to face our portfolio, from single pressurized plants to different challenges. You see, we have always complete coating solutions, both vertical and been dealing with window coating: that's our horizontal, for companies of any size. core business. We are talking about vertical Let me add that the market is rediscovering coating, specific design and technology choices vertical coating and the benefits it offers, first that often become the foundation to build new of all the possibility to have products perfectly opportunities. I can mention a big plant to paint painted on all sides, avoiding multiple steps kitchen cabinet doors we have built in China, a and handling... Looking at recent developments, vertical plant totally different from conventional we have to mention the success of articulated horizontal coating solutions that we normally robots in the window business: our first appli- provide for similar applications. In Austria we cation dates back to 2010. We studied benefits coat and handle very large Clt boards; in and limits in depth and, once we had fully un- Canada we have installed a plant to paint fiber- derstood the concept, we began to use it in our glass entrance doors where we have designed, lines: today we have approximately 120 robots built and installed both the paint application installed, almost all in small-medium companies technology and all the conveyor and drying and abroad. The "painter", a qualified and skilled systems”. operator, is hard to find, and this also applies to joiners. And don't forget that coating operations You have developed such experience... are located in uncomfortable environments, in “That’s true. Finiture is a family business created spite of the huge progress we have made, so in the Fifties, always committed to preserving robots have become a solution to be considered an ideal size for the type of product we offer. with greater attention. Not only: paint is an es- Today we have some thirty employees and rev- sential element for the quality and durability of enues close to 6 million euro, with an export windows and paint producers have developed share exceeding 90 percent. We believe this is excellent formulations, offering solid warranties our "balance point", an organization and potential if they are applied correctly. So, applying coatings suitable for a product that is always "customized". with specific automated systems that ensure Any plant, big or small, is designed and built continuity and consistency with their advanced for a specific cus- technology has become a necessity; today, you tomer, to execute often see highly automated plants where the coating with the pro- operator who used to handle a spraying gun all cess he considers day long now is busy with different tasks. We suitable… this is often don't talk about coating lines anymore, but real a constraint for our coating centers. We have focused on this de- engineering, but we velopment, starting in 2000 with the introduction have learned to cope of automated application by means of recipro- with these limitations. cators, that were actually the robots of those We provide our cus- times. Ten years later, robots were mature and tomers with a test the batch-one challenge was solved also in the painting business. For Finiture, just like any other vendor of leading-edge wood technology, it was time to boost flexibility, to use software that can handle the sequences of pieces to be painted, to use line supervisory systems"....“Keep- ing up with the times, pursuing constant inno- vation is our greatest challenge”, Giovanni Sedino continues. “We pioneered the use of chilled

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BORGONOVO RENZO BLUM EMBOSSING MACHINE “BORGORE 800/ITI” “MOVING IDEAS” FOR AND WITH CUSTOMERS AROUND THE GLOBE

Since its foundation in 1961, company Renzo Blum unveils new brand promise at interzum Borgonovo srl is one of the leading manufacturer 2019 with innovative products and solutions. Au- of niche surface finishing machineries serving strian manufacturer of fittings, Blum aspires to the sector of mouldings, parquet flooring, picture develop innovative ideas and enable customers frames, cabinets, doors, and wall panels. In the to implement theirs by working in partnership to upcoming show of Ligna 2019, the company meet challenges and needs. will have at its stand one of its best selling On more than 1,300 metres of newly designed model of its hot embossing machine series, the exhibition space, Blum will unveil its new brand “Borgore 800/Iti”, featuring the embossing This said, the company will have plenty of op- promise and present new products and inspirations roller’s heating system by electric lamps. portunities to dedicate its time showing the for greater quality of living. This unit, with an embossing width capability of new development of its other products, may The company will also take part in interzum’s 450 mm., will be operational, and embossing these be its Anti-Corrosive Spraying Machines special exhibition “Tiny Spaces - Living in Com- As a partner of the furniture industry, Blum will di- tests will be performed throughout the duration or its Hot Foiling Head Units. pact Homes”. What are the furniture trends of the splay its latest solutions in the field of lift, of the show, to underline the capability and po- Hall 16, stand D21. future? Can new ideas be implemented? hinge and pull-out systems and present inno- tential of this very versatile top surface finishing And what is more important, what will customers vative assembly devices and services. Visitors machine. The main point that Renzo Borgonovo get out of these ideas? These are the questions can also look forward to a new product in the Srl would like to highlight during Ligna 2019 is that manufacturer of fittings, Blum is interested field of special solutions. thus the efficiency and new safety standard of in. Starting from customers’ needs, the long-esta- How to create bespoke furniture, make optimal the fully electric hot embossing machines. www.borgonovo.com blished company works closely together with its use of small and large living areas and inspire customers to develop new ideas and solutions customers with surprising solutions: these are for greater quality of living. Blum observes global the questions that the Austrian company will trends, conducts its own research and passes answer at the trade show. on findings to its customers, for new insights pro- Hall 7.1, stand A020/C021. vide furniture makers with inspiration and ideas. Blum will make the most of interzum in Cologne from 21 to 24 May 2019 to present unique products which underpin its new brand promise of “moving ideas”. www.blum.com

IMAL-PAL GROUP AT LIGNA 2019 IN HANOVER PRESENT WITH ITS PANEL ALLIANCE PARTNERS

The Imal-Pal Group will be present at the most stainless steel) and laminated chips. Thanks to important wood tradeshow of the year with its this evolution, we are able to produce Mdf panels Panel Alliance partners. Panel Alliance has starting from recycled wood with a very high ef- been created by Imal, Pal, Globus, Vyncke, ficiency. It will be possible to see the high Trasmec and Recalor to form a team that can pressure resination system for Pb, Mdf and Osb supply all the technology required for Pb, Mdf lines, installed to reduce resin addition by between and Osb production lines. The group today is 10 percent and 20 percent. The “Dynasteam”, able to supply a complete production line, a system which injects dry steam into the mat starting from the log yard through to the production prior to pressing to increase production rates by of the finished panel. For the first time the “Asr”, up to 20 percent, will also be showcased. the “Automatic sharpening room” will be Imal will be presenting a new gauge for the on- showcased totally in operation, a unique fully line control of mat weight distribution, which automatic knife sharpening system for knife ring operates with millimetre wave technology. These flakers, equipped with a 6-axis robot that is able waves possess equivalent material penetration to carry out all the sharpening operations within properties to X-rays but without the side effects e 60 minutes. or any other X-ray related drawbacks. A mini Globus will also be showcasing the “Sdg30.300” production line will be created to demonstrate the Strander Disc equipped with latest techno- the full operational potential of the innovative Woodworking Technology Made in Europe logical features adapted to produce not only “Fbc200” blow detector. Osb board. The “Fbc200” is the only system in the world Pal will present the “Stepper Screen” a new that can detect blisters or blown areas over the self-cleaning roller screen that can solve the entire surface of the board. Lastly, you may also problem of wrapping around the roll in recy view the full range of laboratory equipment, in- wood that contain textile, ropes, etc. thanks to cluding the new “Smc100” for the laboratory his alternate movement. The continued focus can prepare any kind of board sample for the on innovation and development has led to the subsequent laboratory tests and will be shown creation of the “new cleaning tower”, able to in full operation. remove all pollutants from the material, exploiting The Group will showcase new and modern sy- height and gravity in order to reduce the number stems for the production of pallet blocks and of conveyors required to convey the material pressed pallets, ideal for valorising recycled from one machine to the other. The new evolution wood for the manufacture of wood-based pro- of “Cyclops” type “all in one”, an optical selector ducts with an elevated added value. For the based on Nir technology detection and ejection pellet sector will be exhibited “DynaPelletPress”. by air compressed nozzles; this version could This press machine can reach be integrated with metal detector, blower and X- 12 tons/hour with softwood and eUMABOIS ray and it is utilized to clean the wood flow from a die diameter up to 1,200 mm. all kinds of pollutants such as plastic (including Hall 26, stand D62-E57. European Federation of Woodworking Machinery Manufacturers black one), rubber, foam, stone, metals (including www.imalpal.com

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BIESSE: 50 YEARS OF INNOVATION ON STAGE AT LIGNA 2019

also be present, offe- stantly improve every aspect of support and ser- Biesse Deutschland. "We are providing 1,600 ring different levels of vice and of the machinery offered throughout the square meters in floor space, on which we will customization, modu- world. In keeping with this approach, the new not only have a number of our innovative ma- larity and flexibility, Biesse Deutschland branch has been expanded chines and facilities for wood, glass, stone and fundamental require- a few weeks before Ligna 2019, inaugurating the advanced materials, but also our software and ments for contempo- new "Ulm Campus" in Nersingen, near Ulm. IoT solutions". rary production. Biesse Deutschland has grown continually since In order to constantly its foundation in 1997: while in the early years In building the new branch, the Biesse Group make the factory more most efforts were focused in Southern Germany, has invested further in its worldwide branches, efficient, Biesse pairs then the company opened a branch office in and at the same time, expanded its international robotization and digi- Löhne (North Rhine-Westphalia) in 2001 and leading position on an ongoing basis. talization with the de- started to spread its operations across Germany. "Our investment in this project is evidence of velopment of new The integration of Intermac Deutschland in 2002 our commitment to support our worldwide branch- software and conti- and Diamut Deutschland in 2006 are additional es in developing for the future”, added Federico nues the innovative milestones in Biesse Deutschland's history. Broccoli. “Biesse Technologies are presented journey that started As the site of the southern German subsidiary in in the best possible way through the optimal with “Sophia”, the IoT Elchingen was bursting at the seams due to framework conditions”. The Hanover event will be one of the most service platform, expanding its functionality to these developments, management looked out important dates this year to celebrate the first embrace predictability, which will greatly improve for a suitable building site that met all the requi- The new building was inaugurated after the new fiftieth anniversary of the Pesaro-based giant. the customized interaction with the customer rements for the future branch office in terms of sites in Brianza and in Sydney (Australia). As we wrote in the previous issue, this year when it comes to the machine and will significantly size and location. The ideal solution was found “We believe in the future and in the work of the Biesse is celebrating its fiftieth anniversary. One reduce the time required for assistance. Visitors in the newly opened industrial park in Nersingen, people who, over these 50 years, have provided of the highlights in the rich celebration agenda is to Ligna will be able to experience the cutting- not far from Elchingen: the new site, up and crucial support for the international growth of the participation in the next Ligna, the biennial edge technological innovation that characterizes running as of last March, lies in a strategic Biesse. Which is why we wish to dedicated the exhibition of wood and wood-based material te- Biesse, test the tools that enable customers to position at the crossing of two highways on a 50 years of Biesse to the Future and to those chnology in Hanover, Germany. obtain greater value from machines, and see 6,000-square-meter area. The building will not who have made Biesse the Group it is today”, The Biesse stand will cover more than six thousand how "Sophia" can revolutionize and simplify eve- only display "made in Biesse" technology and stated Raphaël Prati, Corporate Marketing Com- square meters, “highlighting robotization and ryday work. services, but it will offer many educational, training munications Director. digitalization in technology”, according to the and exhibition options, hence the decision to Hall 11 press release announcing the event. So, fifty years after its foundation, Biesse is ready call it "Ulm Campus". So, it's going to be an "Industry 4.0" Ligna, and it to face the next fifty years looking at the future could not be otherwise, because Biesse is eager and focusing on the customer: this approach is "By moving into this new building, we will more to seize all the opportunities offered by the based on constant investments in innovation, au- than double the area of our company premises”, exhibition to show the countless options related tomation and customer services. said Jacek Pigorsch, managing director of www.biesse.com to robotization and the benefits offered by new “Our objective is always to achieve customer technology. satisfaction and loyalty”, said Federico Broccoli, Thanks to years of investments in services and Wood Division/Sales Director and Subsidiaries technology designed to help develop digital fac- Division Director. "That's why, thanks to the new tories, Biesse is framing its new business strategy technology and services we offer, we are able by placing people at the center of its approach to to create a solid and functional bond between designing machines. Guided by the "Automaction" "human&robot", thanks to the privileged position concept, a guiding principle that fully describes occupied by people, who are at the center of the tangible impact of Biesse solutions on auto- our business strategy. Biesse accompanies the mated and interconnected production, at Ligna customer through every phase of day to day Biesse confirms and further strengthens the bond work, starting with the dissemination of the au- PAPAINTING R TOBO S & SYSTEM INTEGRATATOR between man and robot, not just by presenting a tomated digital factory in the world of manufac- greater number of solutions that make use of turing and providing necessary tools for efficient he full range of arrticulated and cartesian robotts for every painting need! robots on the stand, but also by demonstrating production". how people can benefit from them, validating eBot A5-A6: 5 and 6 axis articulated robot with self-learning, point to point and 3D offline their work and making production more efficient. THE SERVICE programming, availaable also with bridge cranes, rails and carousel configurations. The use of robotic systems in factories guarantees The tools Biesse offers to customers also include maximum production efficiency and helps simplify services, envisioned as an opportunity for close processes. collaboration with the company, its professionalism and its skills. That's how “One Service” came to INSIDE THE STAND be, aiming to reorganize Biesse Service and The Biesse stand at Ligna will present three outline approaches to work that remain constant process solutions that have been automated from throughout the world, to work more effectively the raw material to the finished product. Several and efficiently. A confirmation of the importance LeBot C5: 5 axis carrtesian robot with Lesta scanning systems for shape acquisition. integrated lines and several robotized cells will of services was the creation of the "Biesse Acade- my", a training center for the entire Biesse Service network, which includes specialists at the Pesaro HQ, branch offices and those who work for retailers as well as our customers' operators/main- tenance workers, with the objective of creating skills and empowering the next generation.

BIESSE DEUTSCHLAND LeBot IA6: articulateed 6-axis industrial robots with joointed-armkinematics for all Over its fifty years Biesse Group has never point-to-point and continuous-path tasks, controlled by our eCRob K-Manager software. stopped growing and expanding geographically, LeBot IA6 robots ccan work with Lesta scanning systtems for shape acquisition. to strengthen its international standing and con-

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PIZZI BY PGS: SOLUTIONS FOR GLUING

idea soon turned into real business and over the India, but our key destination markets are Europe decades it became the specialty of Pizzi by Pgs. and North America; we have a wide portfolio “In the furniture industry, gluing and dowel in- of solutions, from manual glue-spreading ma- serting have always been bottlenecks”, says chines to real numerical control "drilling, glue- Umberto Pizzi, sales manager. “Many other spreading and dowel-inserting centers". We col- stages have made significant progress, just laborate with small window manufacturers and think about edgebanding or drilling, but when it big companies with mass production volumes, comes to glues and adhesives, problems in- providing each of them with the best-fitting so- evitably arise, as you have to take into account lution. We have hundreds of different customers reaction times, the specific properties of a chem- all over the world and each of them has offered ical product that – according to its composition a bit of experience, with each of them we have – requires specific rules. So, it is almost manda- identified the best gluing method. ..“We always tory that gluing operations are not an integral do, as I mentioned, we make ad-hoc heads, Umberto Pizzi. part of a machine or technology, but in most gluing units and nozzles for each application: cases they are an "external" system, a separate think about finger-jointing or any profile a furniture Also this year Pizzi by Pgs, specialized in gluing complement to the production cycle. Since the or window machine can make. Basically, we systems and technologies for woodworking, will first concept, we have made much progress make a counter-template of aluminum, brass, be exhibiting at Ligna in Hannover and we are and today we can say we areleaders in this stainless steel, thermoplastic composites, and glad to publish here the article made after our market niche, offering an all-round spectrum of we spray the right quantity of glue into it, at the last meeting we had with them. solutions for cold gluing with vinyl, polyurethane right pressure and with the necessary methods. Using glue has always been a critical element in and neoprene glues. We are specialized in solv- I could tell you and your Xylon International the processing of wood and wood-based materials, ing this specific challenge in any process: our readers hundreds of case notes, from dovetails for all kinds of application. However, there are so- customers submit samples of their parts, tell us to profiles, from window joints to cigar boxes, lutions to solve or minimize this problem, both for which problems they face and their needs, and from furniture doors to strips of any shape and furniture and for windows. Pizzi by Pgs – based we deliver a "full package". It's virtually an size…". in Borgosesia, near Vercelli – has long faced the endless range of possibilities, as there are many challenge of handling glues and adhesives. A factors to be taken into account to achieve the Let's talk about windows. few decades ago, the Piedmont-based company best result. For instance, glue application under “Windows are definitely a big part of our business. also had its own furniture production, and in that vacuum in the timber beam and construction The classical “tenon-mortise” joint is still im- pense glue dots very close to each other even area they realized they needs effective tools to industry, hygro-reactive glues that crosslink even portant today, although we believe that a signif- onto the contact surfaces of uprights and cross- reduce gluing issues. So they developed early with air moisture only…". icant portion of windows, say 60 to 70 percent, piece, so as to improve the bond and "seal" the solutions using pumps that delivered glue to “We are a small business, with about ten em- has switched to "dowels". For "traditional joints", joint, further increasing the quality of the finished spreading nozzles provided with different dispen- ployees and constantly expanding revenues. our catalogs offer glue-spreading machines for product and ensuring increased tightness. With sers, according to the element to be glued. This We export all over the world, from Russia to windows with two, three or four operating heads, a modular system of extensions, we can also very easy to use, consisting of a base (which execute operations on large components, such incorporates the glue tank), a flatbed and nozzles as uprights and crosspieces of wings and of any shape and size requested by the customer, frames. This can also be done for very complex to glue tenons and joints from three to ten cen- profiles, for which we have developed a working timeter depth. We have followed the evolution system to avoid any interference between the A storyy of construction techniques to develop our “Easy aggregates that process the crosspiece or the Win”, a real “numerical control glue-spreading upright”. center” designed and manufactured to drill and Hall 11, stand F27. by Luca Rossetti insert glue and dowels simultaneously. Let me fllfffull of futuurree say that market feedback has been very positive, because our solutions can execute all operations on a part in one pass, with shorter cycle time and with an investment that is much more af- fordable than other machines offering basically www.pizziofficine.com the same functionality. It's a perfect machine to make doors, windows, construction elements, that can be used by handicraft as well as in- dustrial companies handling big volumes; it's a THE COMPANY flexible, compact working island that requires For over forty years, Pizzi by Pgs has been no specific skills and is ideal both for series designing and manufacturing machines and and for custom production. With three axes systems for glue and adhesive application, driven by brushless motors and the software, it acquiring experience and skills that make is really very effective and easy to use; further- them a reference in an industry requiring more it is designed to be configured according high specialization. It's a flexible company to customer requirements. It can machine the that can provide quick solutions to any glue piece both at the ends and on the sides, and it spreading need, with a comprehensive port- can also execute drilling or gluing/dowel inserting folio and the capacity to design and build operations separately…". ad-hoc solutions to be integrated into all types of manufacturing operations. Product Is this machine suitable for all types of windows? lines include manual glue spreaders and “Sure: you know better than me that there is no pneumatic dispensers, up to glue-spreading standard in this industry and that each manu- machines that can be combined with the facturer has specific habits or complies with most advanced and performing production Founded at the end of the sixties Ormamacchine SpA has the traditions of his territory... We have always systems. Today, accurate and professional been manufacturing for more than fifty years hydraulic presses primarily for the woodworking industries. A long made and still make different nozzles and heads gluing is more and more critical to achieve journey that has led the company to become a leader for any tenon or mortise; the same applies to the requested standards of resistance and on the national and international market. In the last 20 our "Easy Win", which can assemble as many durability. A dynamic company, with an 85 years the company has diversified its production of units as necessary and can be configured to percent export share on total revenues, sup- hydraulic presses by applying its know-how also in other process the upright or crosspiece indifferently, ported by an effective sales strategy: in col- fields: composite materials, polyurethane panels and DESIGN AND PRODUCTION executing separate operations for drilling, glue laboration with two historical customers, Pizzi plastic materials (Solid Surface). Accurate quality control, OF PRESSES AND PRESSING PLANTS innovative spirit , attentattentiontiontothecustomerandtheir to the customer and their spreading plus dowel inserting, or glue spreading by Pgs has recently opened two warehouses: needs, great competitiveness, make Ormamacchine the only, according to the customer's production Lucena, Cordoba, Spain and in Wloclawek, ideal partner for all companies from the smallest to the needs: you load the wood piece and the machine Poland, and has authorized dealers in the largestt and most complex. locks it down, drills it, eliminates all residues Americas, Russia, China, the Middle East, with an air blower, injects the glue and inserts Japan and South Korea. A≠nother warehouse the dowel. We are the only ones who, using a will be opened in Baltimore, Maryland, United special multi-point application system, can dis- States.

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LEITZ: HIGH-PERFORMANCE TOOLS

Versatility and flexibility of use, increased pro- This tool has been designed to minimize sound ductivity: the friendly tools from Leitz face chal- compression. lenges with "Solutions in new dimensions". A further innovation is the swiveling bevel cut- At Ligna 2019 Leitz is introducing a wide and va- terhead with exchangeable cutting systems. riegated range of products. Designed for increased Due to the increasing variety of materials used in flexibility and versatile applications, the Leitz so- the construction of buildings and interiors, the lutions meet the modern requirements of frequent tools are subject to high stresses. This can be material changes in the production of components, seen above all in an excessively large variety of use of recycled wood and machining of parts tools required, fast wearing cutting edges and through a pioneering approach and future-proof obtained by reading the serial number, getting where decors have already been applied. correspondingly low cutting quality. The new Leitz solutions in the areas of digitization and networ- detailed information about the tools via the app “ProfilCut Q Plus” and “ProfilCut Q Premium solution offers several options to identify optimal king. In this way, information can be provided to the Plus” with resharpenable knife across the diameter tool requirements. Changing the cutting concept application and to the user, quickly and in a tar- and constant profile, new entries of the “Profilcut” according to the processed material (“HeliCut”car- INTEGRATION AND DIGITAL SERVICE geted way. range, are ideal for window manufacturers and bide cutters and “WhisperCut” diamond cutters) With the “LeitzXPert” concept Leitz integrates With the “Leitz app”, information about mainte- processors of solid wood, plastic or Mdf panels. and the possibility to replace single cutters as proven technologies and technical applications nance intervals and lifecycle are sent directly to Characterized by high productivity resulting from they wear out make production much more flexible. with new concepts. This resulted in a complete the user. In combination with an appropriate tool high rotation speed, it can process huge quantities The high quality of edges, free of chipping defects package that makes the digital workflow and management model like “Leitz Flatrate” or the of materials with a quick and clean cycle. Another even with sensitive decors, is another great benefit thus the possible advantages of Industry 4.0 “Complete Care” service, the entire tool logistics benefit is high system efficiency, which greatly of this tooling system provided with a new head available to both, industrial customers and cu- can be further streamlined. reduces the diameter accuracy after sharpening, for bevel cuts, which eliminates adjustments that stomers from small and medium-sized craft busi- Additional benefits include higher availability, in- significantly cutting setup time. cause longer setting time. nesses. The “Leitz App” stands for more efficiency ventory reduction, increased process reliability, The next-generation of compact hoggers for Another benefit for flexibility is that, while preserving and productivity in production and absolute flexi- development of process know-how or simplified “batch 1” production, as well as large volumes, the capability of endless angle variation, the most bility and transparency of upstream and dow- commissioning of tools after sharpening. in the furniture business meets the requirements frequent machining angles can be set quickly nstream processes. Connecting to additional platform like the new of quantity variation, increasing variety of furniture using preset stopping positions, with no additional Components of “LeitzXPert” are solutions that Leitz homepage through an integrated system surface decors and increasing use of recycled accessories. partly already exist in their original form as proven that finds a “Leitz Lexikon” product or catalog, wood in panel production, which poses bigger The Leitz Innovations program at Ligna 2019 will "individual solution". users will be able to ideally integrate their operations and bigger challenges to manufacturers. The be focused on customer benefits and added What is new is the creation of a uniform, digital and production planning in the future. new compact hogger from Leitz increases pro- value for users. Under the motto "solutions in service concept that provides the user with a They can also get immediately in touch with a ductivity through extended life and increased ef- new dimensions", the engineers from Oberkochen compact and clear platform: Leitz process expert or go through a reference ficiency, offering a constant cutting width. In ad- have set new standards in terms of increased Intelligent tool systems increase productivity contact in charge for the product. dition, the resharpenability is also a great advantage productivity, efficiency, flexibility, as well as su- and efficiency: starting from the 1990's, products Hall 15, stand F16. from an economic point of view and the optimized stainability and quality of the final products of equipped with data chips or Datamatrix codes chip collection increases productivity due to their customers. have been a proven part of Leitz tool programs shorter machine downtimes, reduces dirt on the At the exhibition, the global market leader will di- and have become a standard for many Leitz pro- plate and extends tool life. splay a full range of services that set new standards ducts. The unique identification of each tool is www.leitz.org

DRILL SPINDLE UNIT “DBE 24” BY GROTEFELD at 50 mm. The maximum rotational speed is 8,600 1/min. In order to digitalise power units like the “Dbe 24”, various sensors for diverse para- meters are required in and on the power unit. For this purpose, various recording channels will also be drilled into the bearing housing as a serial feature in the future and then the sensors will be positioned or fixed. The complete wiring will be carried out on the power unit itself so that only a few wires need to lead away from the unit. By doing so, the assembly group can be exchanged more swiftly as only one plug has to be removed in order to decouple the sensor technology. Thanks to the wiring, it is also possible to place the “Spc” (Stored program control) outside of the power unit, for instance in a separate control cabinet. On the one hand, the “Spc” acts as a collecting point for the sensor data and, on the other, as a gateway. The various measured values of the operating condition of the “Dbe 24” are initially scaled, then converted into logic values, packed into data packages and uploaded to a Cloud. The Cloud makes it possible to access At the forthcoming leading trade show “Ligna the power units at any time and from any location, 2019”, Grotefeld will be presenting its concepts to call up their current status, to have the real- and products for Industry 4.0 with innovative de- time values displayed in various graphic repre- velopments and will be setting trends in digital sentations, and even to derive value trends the- power unit technology going far beyond the refrom. Here, several sensors of the same type lumber and furniture industry. With its drill spindle are compared with each other and it is possible unit “Dbe 24” the power unit pioneer from East to identify the behaviour of the individual power Westphalia will be showcasing a first-time product units. The algorithms compare various sensor that collects data itself for predictive maintenance data with each other, create logical connections and feeds it into the IT systems of a manufacturing and attempt to draw conclusions on the condition company in real time. Drill spindle units of the of the power unit. In this way, it is possible to “Dbe 24” series are intended for programme- make accurate, cost-saving predictions as to controlled application in Cnc machines. Virtually when the next maintenance work is really necessary any drill patterns can be realised: various vertical or which individual parts need to drill spindles can be combined with horizontal be exchanged during such work. drill spindles and vertical drilling gears with drilling Hall 12, stand D72. distances from 16 mm. The individual spindles are optionally freely accessible and are preadapted www.grotefeld.com

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OMGA-DIERREGI SALICE INTOREX THE NEW OPTIMIZING SAW “OPTIMA 240” PESSA IMPIANTI HINGES FOR A PERFECT CLOSING ACTION BRAND NEW PRODUCTS AT LIGNA 2019 FLAKING AND CHIPPING MACHINES Omga-Dierregi will be exhibiting at the upcoming Technological development, innovation and ex- Ligna 2019 in Hannover, Germany with its main cellent performance incorporated into a single line of products. Among the many models this hinge, for use on all kinds of door and in all appli- year, one of the highlights will be the new high- cations. end optimizing saw, model “Optima 240”. “Silentia+” by Salice, the most advanced dece- It consists of an automatic high-speed crosscut, leration system available, delivers a consistently defecting and optimizing saw system. The system perfect closing action across a truly comprehensive is equipped with a cnc precision programmable range of hinges for doors of all sizes, weights pusher, to accurately position the board to selected and applications: “Series 100” for light thin doors, lengths. Depending on its configuration, the “Series 200” for thicker doors, “Series 300” with a system is capable of cutting material up to 100 compact 45 millimetres operating profile and “Se- Intorex will be showing at Ligna 2019 its mm thick and 300 mm wide and has a maximum ries 700” for doors with a minimum thickness of range of Cnc machining centres in which se- feed speed of 240 meters per minute. It is available 16 millimetres. veral technical innovations have been incor- in four or six meter useable infeed lengths. The Consistent with the aesthetics of the first generation porated. It will be launched the brand new onboard Pc with touch screen monitor can perform of “Silentia”, with identical dimensions and shape, “Tk-1000”. A 4-axis machining centre with seven different work cycles of optimized and the decelerating effect is now powered by twin the capability of turning, shaping, sanding defect cutting, providing constant updates and More than 50 years experience in wood flaking silicone-oil dampers, housed in the hinge cup. (turned and shaped profiles) and drilling in statistical data on the status of the program being and chipping lines, Pessa Impianti designs Moreover “Silentia+” is equipped with a discreet fully automatic loading & unloading. It will processed. The “Optima 240” is suitable for any and manufactures machinery and plants for switch to adjust the deceleration mechanism. also be launched the brand new “Crm-100”. application where defecting, optimizing and high the particle size reduction in flakes and chips. The switch enables the closing speed of any size It will be the first and unique Cnc rotary lathe precision cutting is required. The system can cut The wide range of flaking and chipping or shape of door to be perfectly adjusted. in the market for turning and sanding. Very and handle up to three different grades within the machines is mainly used in Wbp, Mdf, Osb Hall 8.1, stand A028-C021. suitable for high and low runs of orders thanks same cutting list. Omga has numerous installations industry and, thanks to its flexibility, also in of its versatility and quick change over times. of optimizing and defecting saws throughout the wood composite products production, wo- It will be on display the very well-known “Tmc- world in the kitchen cabinet door odwastes recycling and energy plants (bio- 1500” with ten axes, which includes the market, as well as other segments mass, pellets, briquettes, wood flour, etc.). sanding unit for the turned profiles. And also, of the woodworking industry. Particular attention is given to the chipping www.salice.com the “Tkc-1500” which was launched last Ligna Hall 27, stand K59. lines, since they represent the alternative to show. Intorex will also display the very suc- www.omga.it a poor availability of the raw materials; they cessful Cnc lathe model “Ckx-1600” in its allow the recovery of wooden wastes that "Plus" version capable of tur- can be reintroduced in the production of va- ning and sanding at the same lue-added composite materials in form of time. fiber and micro particles or used as alternative Hall 27, stand H60. source of energy. Pessa Impianti is a reliable The new high-end partner also for: realization of new lines; up- www.intorex.com optimizing saw “Optima 240”. grading of existing plants (meeting changing production needs); supplying of wide range of systems and equipment with complementary functions for working improvements and full automation of the lines; reconditioning service (complete machines and parts subjects to heavy wear as cutterheads, rotors and im- pellers) Hall26, stand G07.

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MVM SAOMAD 2 THE NEW SANDING MACHINE “SM500” “WOODPECKER 15” WOODWORKING CENTER

On occasion of Ligna Also this year the company Saomad 2 srl will 2019, from 27 to 31 May participate at the Ligna 2019 in Hannover and Mvm will showcase the will present the innovative "Woodpecker 15” new sanding machine Cnc woodworking center, a robotic cell for the “Sm500”. This grinder machining of standard and special doors and performs surface san- windows. It is a perfect solution for medium- ding of the disc body to sized industries that need to work in a flexible clean it from oxidation, and automatic way. Fully automatic productive resin, incrustations, thermal treatment stains and cycle and dimensional control of all pieces thereby polishing it, bringing it back to its original before machining, “Woodpecker 15” works thickness without alterations.This ensures superior avoiding the operator's continue presence. mounting of the disc during normal use or re- “Total real time” concept allows more daily grinding, and improves the aesthetics of the shifts maintaining unchanged reliability and worked disc. It is not necessary to fix the blade executive quality. Low tooling times guarantee on the table, simply position the blade to be ma- high performance and minimize any downtime. chined on the rotating table coated with rubber, Saomad 2 studies the ideal solution to satisfy which is sufficient to create the friction necessary any production requirement. to hold the blade during machining. The “Sm500” Hall 27 – Stand H50. can be used alongside the model “La500” for blade cleaning prior to re-grinding. Mvm will take advantage of the fair to celebrate www.saomad.com the 60th year of activity in the grinding sector. The company was in fact founded in 1959 and since then three generations have followed in a crescendo of success, between innovation and technology. Hall 27, stand B55.

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FREUD: NEW BRAND IDENTITY AND INNOVATION

Freud, worldwi- 60-year experience. The know-how and deep te- knowledge about the major worldwide window de specialist in chnological expertise, from an engineering and a design and construction details, Freud has engi- premium tool ma- manufacturing point of view, allows freud to neered also standard Casement systems available nufacturing, will produce a complete range of supreme quality in multiple configurations in terms of style & ae- present at Ligna Circular Saw Blades dedicated to joinery com- sthetics and performance. Since 1980 Freud is “Lsb X” on panel sizing machine. its new logo and panies – from kitchen manufacturers to panel the only company in the world that produce in- corporate image, transformers – that need to perform serious panel ternally its “TiCo” Carbide, a mixture of tungsten, consolidated at processing and demand high quality cutting tools titanium and cobalt, specifically selected for their a global level. to reach unmatched productivity levels. properties of toughness, corrosion and impact With passion for For the window tooling industry, Freud offering resistance. Special Hw grades are mixed based wood, attention includes innovative systems for next-generation on tool’s specific application needs and checked High Speed “Isoprofil” system to details and Cnc machines that allow to achieve exceptional according to strict quality criteria. for next generation cnc machine. strong vocation productivity levels, as well as efficient systems Summing up: a successful for- for innovation, the suitable for traditional spindle moulders, profiling mula that delivers longer life and company distinguishes itself as a worldwide ma- and Cnc machines that guarantee the greatest greater efficiency tools. nufacturer of premium tools for woodworking, versatility. Leveraging engineering and manufac- Hall 11, stand D32. plastic, ferrous and non-ferrous metals, with nearly turing know-how, as well as a comprehensive www.freud.it Freud “TiCo” Carbide is in-house manufactured.

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The products suitable for air filtration and de- puration realized by Imas Aeromeccanica are quality guarantees. Direct or indirect evidences on quality products are findable in the final customer feedbacks and in several plants all over the world. Imas Aero- meccanica invests heavily in security systems, confirming that the huge funds spent in the field of research and development, are addressed and aimed at improving the quality of life in the workplaces (dust and pollutants produced by various processes) and to prevent fires acting, with different technical means, to minimize the TWISTER SAAWWBLADE possibility that a spark to take its course. SERIES HOLDERS Much of its resources has been invested in the development of technical solutions that can meet From May the needs from small to medium factories, daily 27th to 31st engaged in a series of processes that require visit our high efficiency, small size at low cost. booth at The installation of energy recovery thermal plant LIGNA, from wood waste is now an established practice HANNOVER by both small and large factories.    Padiglione 11, stand A78. IMS in HALL 15 SPINDLE SPINDLE SPINDLE ADAPTER HSK ADAPTER ASA ADAPTER SK BOOTH F80 www.imas.it

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COSTRUZIONI MECCANICHE Via Irlanda, 1 I-53036 Poggibonsi (SI) phone + 39 0577 90311 - fax + 39 0577 979335 MODESTO NINO srl www.putschmeniconi.com Via Ciro Di Pers 68 [email protected] I-33030 Majano (UD) phone +39 0432 959036 Manual and automatic vertical panel saws for fax +39 0432 959036 cutting wooden panels, plastic and acm www.modesto.it - [email protected] products. Welded steel frames, to grant TECNOAZZURRA srl rigidity and precision. Special applications Our production of woodworking Via del Tesoro, 210 I-47827 Verucchio allowing the possibility to make also grooving machines: edger, cross-cutter. CEFLA FINISHING GROUP Fraz. Villa Verucchio (RN) on sandwich panels for folding. Automatic Via Bicocca 14/c - I-40026 Imola (BO) phone +39 0541 678225-678078 horizontal beam saws with many different phone +39 0541 653441 - fax +39 0542 653444 fax +39 0541 671144 configurations accordingly to the panel sizes www.ceflafinishinggroup.com www.tecnoazzurra.it - [email protected] and thickness requirements. [email protected] Industrial painting machines as: dry painting Cefla Finishing Group worldwide leader in the booth, water painting booths, pressurising finishing of wooden, plastic and non-ferrous painting system and suspended transport lines. COMEC GROUP srl material products designs and manufactures Via Cascina Rinaldi,, 39 turnkey painting and wrapping lines for the I-33048 S. Giovanni al Natisone (UD) wood, glass, metal and plastic industries, phone +39 0432 756282 - fax +39 0432 757591 tailored on customer needs and requirements. 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