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Fagor Arrasate achieves a great success during its open doors week — last modified 31-01-2012 10:12 AM

During the week from 23rd to 27th of January, Fagor Arrasate organized an open doors week that was really successful because more than one hundred experts and top directors visited us. Visitors from the main car makers and stampers, the Minister of Industry of the Basque Government, managers of Professional Associations, members of the main suppliers of FAGOR as well as specialists of several European Research and Development Centers.

Lantek contributes to the rail industry’s progress in China — last modified 30-01-2012 04:54 PM

The company’s cutting and punching solution, Lantek Expert, is used by the Chinese firm Sifang Locomotive & Rolling Stock to produce a train that can travel at up to 500 kilometres an hour.

Fagor Automation will face 2012 with a growth of 10% — last modified 30-01-2012 04:26 PM

Fagor Automation will face 2012 with the intention to increase its share of global share, for which it has set a target to grow 10%. Their new CNC families and developments of CNC and absolute encoders (field in which it holds the world leader in long encoders) will play an important role in this plan.

TMI manufacturers for ALESTIS an automatic riveting machine — last modified 30-01-2012 05:45 PM

TMI, former Talleres Muñoz and a company which provides customers global solutions, has designed and manufactured for the aeronautical supplier ALESTIS, for its plant in Brasil, an automatic riveting machine with fixed gantry which provides 7 motion controlled axes with a various diameter rivets dispenser for riveting on curved surfaces and edges and in difficult access areas.

SHUTON wins a runner-up prize in the "European Environment Awards" in the Basque Country — last modified 30-01-2012 05:26 PM

20 December was the date of the prize-giving ceremony in Bilbao for the 2011-2012 European Environment Awards in the Basque Country, and the company SHUTON won a runner-up prize.

IZAR confirms its growth in 2011, focusing on export — last modified 30-01-2012 05:08 PM

The company, based in Vizcaya province, is set to invest 1.5 million euros and will continue creating jobs, strengthening the “Made in Spain” concept in 2012

Ideko-IK4 celebrated its 25th anniversary — last modified 23-12-2011 02:47 PM

The Prime Minister of the Basque Government Patxi López presided over the ceremony attended by a significant representation of the current political, economic and business world of the Basque Country.

AFM and AMT join forces to strengthen their association — last modified 26-01-2012 05:05 PM

JOSÉ IGNACIO TORRECILLA is the new president of the Machine Tool, Accessory, Component and Tool Manufacturers’ Association.

Fagor Automation and the electric car of TECNUN university — last modified 15-12-2011 05:56 PM

Fagor Automation has collaborated with students from the School of Engineering of San Sebastian TECNUN to develop an electric car.

Lantek closes its 2011 international trade fair calendar attending to 4 new events — last modified 15-12-2011 05:14 PM

Lantek, is a worldwide leading company in the development and commercialisation of comprehensive CAD/CAM/MES/ERP software solutions for the metal industry. It continues to bank on trade fairs and events relating to the metal transformation and machine-tools industry, as a part of its strategy for consolidating and strengthening its global market leadership.

An important order from Renault to Fagor Arrasate — last modified 15-12-2011 12:27 PM

French car maker RENAULT has awarded FAGOR ARRASATE with an important order to supply two cut-to-length lines with roto-oscillating shear .

SMI-Herluce, from the Metalúrgica Marina industrial group, provides equipment for the GTC (Gran Telescopio Canarias) — last modified 14-12-2011 02:50 PM

Delivery of the system developed by Marina-Herluce’s R&D&i Department is scheduled for the end of this year.

FASyS, towards excellence in occupational health and safety — last modified 14-12-2011 03:20 PM

On 2 November last, the FASyS consortium presented the results achieved during its second year of operation to the CDTI.

Lazpiur in PRODUCTRONICA Exhibition 2011 — last modified 05-12-2011 05:25 PM

José Lazpiur SA., a Basque firm that includes the manufacture of machinery, equipment and installations for the electronics sector amongst its activities, was present, as usual, at the Productronica Fair which was held from 15 to 18 November in the German city of Munich.

Volkswagen orders a servoblanking press from Fagor — last modified 29-11-2011 05:08 PM

German Car maker VOLKSWAGEN has ordered a servoblanking press from FAGOR ARRASATE to be installed at its factory in Kassel, Germany.

Lantek at the Metal Working and CNC Machine Tool Show (MWCS) 2011 — last modified 29-11-2011 04:00 PM

Lantek managed the new 5-axis water-jet cutting machine which was well received by customers and visitors.

AGME launches its new corporative channel in YouTube — last modified 28-11-2011 12:21 PM

AGME has launched its new corporative channel in YouTube AGMEINDUSTRIES with the purpose of showing all AGME novelties and news in an audiovisual format.

Martin Kapp becomes new President of the European Association of the Machine Tool Industry — last modified 28-11-2011 11:51 AM

The CECIMO Fall General Assembly which met on 12 November 2011 in Zurich elected Mr. Martin Kapp as new President of CECIMO for a period of two years. He has been entrusted the responsibility of leading the European Association which represents 33% of the world machine tool production.

SORALUCE invests 6 million Euros extending its German delegation — last modified 16-11-2011 05:32 PM

SORALUCE, which specialises in the design and manufacture of milling-boring machines and milling centres, is to invest 6 million Euros strengthening its BIMATEC-SORALUCE delegation, in Limburg, Germany, with the aim of reinforcing its presence in the country, extending its installations and projecting an image to the world of its success in that country. Soraluce is part of the DANOBATGROUP, the machine tool division of MONDRAGON Corporation.

NICOLAS CORREA GROUP, the first company at international level to obtain environmental product declaration in its range of milling machines — last modified 07-11-2011 05:50 PM

Nicolás Correa Group, through its subsidiary GNG Manufacturing SA has developed environmental product declarations (EPD) in its family of milling machines according to the international EPD ® System.