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AFTER LIGNAGood smell in the air. Our rich “after Ligna”report indicates that this is a good period formany companies in the wood technology andfurniture industry. And most of all, it is a period ofdeep changes for a mature technology, ready tobecome really and completely “digital”, both forlarge and small-medium companies.
from page 8
THE INTERNATIONAL SCENARIOOF WOODWORKING TECHNOLOGYWhat is happening in the business of machineryand plant for wood and wood-based materialsprocessing? This is a question we try to answerevery day, a mission supported by the publicationof reports by industry actors like the AcimallStudies Office about global trade flows in 2014.
on page 13
SEE YOU IN POZNAN AND ISTANBUL!We will meet at the next editions of Drema(Poznan, Poland, 6 to 9 October) and Wood Pro-cessing Machinery Technology-Intermob (Istan-bul, Turkey, 10 to 14 October), where Xylon Inter-national will be distributed to exhibitors and visi-tors.
from page 4
USEFUL ADDRESSES...A new feature for our readers, a “who’s who” wehave never promoted as it deserved. Now we arecasting a spotlight in this “summer” issue. A wayto be found and to find partners...
on page 14
EXHIBITION CALENDARAnother appreciated section of our publications:upcoming industry exhibitions...
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CONTENTS
Hello.Just a few lines to wish you happy holidaysin our own way, i.e. presenting the articlespublished in this issue of Xylon Internatio-nal. Yes, of course, the summer break is dedi-cated to resting, relaxing, spending timewith friends and family, in the mountainsor at the seaside.
But if you should feel a bit of nostalgia,you can take your copy of Xylon Interna-tional and read it in peace.
What are you going to find in this issue?After the news that we want to submit toyour attention (we remind you that youcan visit our online channel www.xylon.itto find such news in real time), we havededicated pages for Drema (Poznan, Po-land, 6 to 9 October) and Wood Pro-cessing Machinery Technology-Inter-mob (Istanbul, Turkey, 10 to 14 October). Two opportunities to look at two marketsthat have given and are giving great sati-sfaction to the European woodworkingtechnology industry, always providing very“interesting” signals...
And then a lot of space to our “afterLigna” report, which is much richer thanin the past, so we had to fight with availablespace. As you will read, this was a good editionfor the biennial German exhibition. Satisfaction is tangible, with positive resultsduring the first days and for everyone. An awaited, important signal.Someone confessed they had expectedmore, but opinions inevitably change fromcompany to company, from area to area,from product to product.
And it is also inevitable that post-exhibitionreports might be richer or poorer, butresults − we repeat it − were significantand they seem to announce a morepositive season.
So, enjoy your reading.
We wish you a peaceful, corroboratingand funny summer break. See you in September, of course.
Luca Rossetti
this month Xylon International - Italianwoodtech is edited by Cepra spa.
05 DDX:”EasyWood”, the innovationto shape the future
05 Ica Group at Drema exhibition
FOCUS TURKEY ▼▼06
06 Wood Processing Machineryand Intermob: a platform for Turkey and Eurasia
07 InterviewsItaly addressing the high end
07 Ims loves quality
Paolo Fantoni president of Epf07
Usetec supported by Resale took place atMesse Karlsruhe from 13 to 15 April 2015. The world trade fair for used technology attracteda total of 313 exhibitors and 5,142 visitorsfrom 92 countries and featured machines forevery sector of industry. The trade fair’s return toits “traditional” home and date at the same timeas Hannover Messe were welcomed by the par-ticipants. More than 80 percent of visitors weresatisfied with their stay. Over half either purchasedequipment during the fair or are planning to doso later. Usetec 2016 will be held from 25 to 27 April. ■
FAIRSUsetec 2015 in Karlsruhe
FAIRSBauma: high demand for space
Following the March 2015 deadline for applicationsto exhibit at the next Bauma, it is clear thatdemand for exhibition space is again very high.The upcoming edition (April 11 to 17, 2016) ofthe World’s leading trade fair for construction ma-chinery, building material machines, mining ma-chines, construction vehicles and constructionequipment, will take up all the available space, atotal of 605,000 square meters of space, at theMesse München exhibition center in Munich.Again the event is set to be very diverse and in-ternational: already almost 3,000 exhibitors fromover 50 countries have applied to take part.Further information: www.bauma.de. ■
CEI-BOISAntonicoli new Secretary General
Marc Michielsen, Chairman of Cei-Bois, hasthe pleasure to announce that Patrizio Antonicolihas been appointed Secretary General of Cei-Bois and took up this function on Monday, 11May 2015. Mr. Antonicoli is an experienced andrespected Public Affairs Management Director inBrussels who started his career within the BusinessDevelopment Unit of a leading IT company beforejoining the Woodworking sector, backing for manyyears the interests of several national and Europeanorganisations (Federlegno, Confemadera-Feder-mueble, Siel, amongst others). His knowledgeand lobbying competencies will be key successfactors in leading the Confederation, shaping itsone voice messages and defending the interestsof the Woodworking Industry. Marc Michielsen furthermore confirms that he willbe candidate for re-election to ensure continuitytogether with the current strong holders of Cei-Bois Board of Directors. ■
From 15 to 18 September 2015 at Fiera di Por-denone will be back Samulegno, 19th biennialexhibition of machines and technologies for wo-odworking. The event is aimed at its traditionaltarget of potential exhibitors, producers and di-stributors of machines and technologies for thefurniture industry, surface finishing, robotics, au-tomation and industrial logistics.Samulegno 2015 offers added value in most itsexhibitors: the contemporary event "Happy Busi-ness to You", the international fair dedicated tothe Contract Made in Italy, facilitate investigations,meetings and B2B relationships with architects,planners and designers to better present the te-chnological innovations dedicated to this type ofproduction. ■
FAIRSSamulegno back in September
EUMABOISDaniel Schrenk is the new President of Eumabois Toolgroup
Daniel Schrenk,Managing Directorfor Sales and Mar-keting with the Ger-man Leuco AG isthe new Presidentfor the EumaboisToolgroup. He is successor toPaul Oertli of OertliWerkzeuge AG,Switzerland, whowas President forfour years. “I am re-
ally looking forward to this new task. The Eu-ropean tooling industry will be facing manychallenges in the next few years: speediertransformation from suppliers to service
providers with an extensive range,” saysSchrenk. Users in the wood and furniture in-dustry benefit significantly from the toolmakers’procedural expertise. This is an area the in-dustry must develop further to be preparedfor the future. “This is the field we would liketo actively participate in as the Europeanrepresentative for companies. I would es-pecially like to thank my predecessor forhis commitment and dedication to developingsafety standards and to making the industryknown to the public,” Schrenk continues.The Eumabois Toolgroup represents the inte-rests of the approximately 250 precision toolmanufacturers within the European umbrellaassociation for woodworking machinery pro-ducers (Eumabois). ■
Service development is a top priority for toolmakers
NEWS
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GRIGGIOInnovation Award at Ligna
Griggio spa during Ligna 2015 won the BestAward for Innovation for the revolutionary new“Unica-Safe”. The prestigious award was grantedaccording to the evaluation by three importantexperts members of "20th Novelty Symposium":Andreas Heinzmann (Schuler Consulting), UweM.Schreiner (Drw-Verlag Weinbrenner), FriederScholz (Hochschule Rosenheim).This machine has a security system able to en-sures the carpenter against injuries caused byaccidents of cut with the blade.The hand, in fact,in contact with the blade does not undergo anycutting. Griggio, with its new panel saw “Unica-Safe”, offers to all workers in the industry the op-portunity to enter a secure machine in the lab ofevery carpenter or industry. The blade of themachine has a speed of retraction of 2 millise-conds. Once activated the security system, itwill automatically reset and the machine willreturn to operating in two minutes. ■
CEFLA GROUP2014, positive results and trends
The 2014 consolidated financial statements werepresented during the Shareholders Meeting, sho-wing the best revenues in the company's history,totalling over 415 million Euro with a net worthof over 214 million Euro and a positive net financialposition. Numbers that make them look positivelytowards 2015. In 2014 Cefla has completed anumber of important high-value projects that in-volved the entire company, first and foremostamong them the Expo Milan 2015 project. PlantSolutions was called upon to design and implementthe general systems within the Expo buildings.The Dental Solutions business unit presented anumber of important new products at IDS fair inCologne.The Finishing Solutions business unitwas engaged in the completion of the sprinklersand robotics platform, as well as in the consolidationof the “Fusion”+“Inert Coating Technology” intro-duced in Ligna exhibition. The Shopfitting Solutionsintroduced many new products in the 2014 Euro-shop Fair in Düsseldorf. At Expo, together withtwo other Group companies – Elca Techonologiesand Zenith Shop Design – the business unit pro-vided innovative solutions for the Supermarket ofthe Future. Cefla also worked extensively on itsinternal corporate structure, launching a reviewproject that examined its organisational model,allocating a lot of space and placing great im-portance on Corporate Innovation and on BusinessDevelopment. A new element within this contextof growth is the strategic choice to create CeflaInternational, the new strategic business area fo-cused on developing Cefla in the Usa, Chinaand Russia markets. ■Imas Aeromeccanica srl turns forty. It's a com-
pany specializing in the design, construction andinstallation of dust extraction and air cleaningfrom pollutants produced at the workplace, beforetheir release into the atmosphere. Founded fortyyears ago from the collaboration of the brothersClaudio and Tiziano Paravidino, has seen, overthe decades, the development of filters andpurifiers that have helped to improve the livingconditions in the workplace, the quality of the airintroduced into the atmosphere and the perfor-mance of the machines.In recent years, charac-terized by a deep crisis in the sector, Imas Aero-meccanica invested, firstly, in a new building ofabout 2500 square meters used as a shippingwarehouse. They continued to invest in R&D, de-signing and putting into production latest generationfilters, which reduce in an important way the en-vironmental impact and increase the level of fil-tration. In addition, it has specialized in the con-struction of biomass plants (turning what oncewere considered production waste, into raw ma-terials for cogeneration), coalescing filters, andso on. Imas considers this important anniversaryas a starting point and not as a goal. ■
EVENTSThe forty years of Imas
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DESTINATION: POLAND
FOCUS poland
The Polish market is still attractive for Italian te-chnology vendors, with good expansion prospectsfor the coming years. At the upcoming “Drema”in Poznan, the international exhibition of machineryand tools for the furniture and wood industry,made-in-Italy will have an edge over competitors,German companies above all, as a result of theflexibility and quality of finished products.
CEFLAAndrzej Saus, Area Sales Manager
“Drema” is essen-tial for us, some ofour big customershave production si-tes in Poland orconsider it theirmost importantmarket. Italian te-chnology for high-quality finishing
is a reference for the entire furniture industry.Cefla supplies machinery for processing, coatingand drying, covering all production requirements,designing complete cycles and ensuring the bestpossible efficiency. In our laboratory in Imola, wecan simulate and design lines for all needs,helping customers test each working phasedirectly on their products.
www.ceflafinishinggroup.com
ORMAMACCHINEMaurizio Bonassi, area manager for Poland
Poland keeps growing, a trend that drives industrialinvestments and demand for new technology.The wood industry benefits from strong demand,especially from abroad, for its capacity to producehigh product volumes with excellent quality-price
ratio. We have beenworking for many ye-ars in this industry,supplying machinesfor small companiesand plants for bigPolish manufactu-rers, from panel andfurniture part linesto presses andplants for parquet and solid wood. Thanks to our sales partner (Teknika), Ormamac-chine presses are highly requested as idealequipment for the current high technology stan-dards of the Polish market.
www.ormamacchine.it
SCMAndrea Santi, branch manager at SCM Group Polska
Scm Group is exhi-biting at “Drema” witha stand packed ofnew solutions for theentire wood industry,from machinery forbig furniture man-ufacturers, includingsanding machines,panel saws, working
centers and edgebanders, up to conventionalmachines by Scm. With a subsidiary since 993and an extensive sales network, the Polish marketis a major contributor to our growth in Europe. Wewill present an effective and integrated flow of in-novation, with leading-edge software, designedto make the difference in the current productionscenario where the best choice is to have onequalified partner like Scm Group.
www.scmgroup.com
SALVADORChristian Salvador, general manager, sales and marketing manager
We have been wor-king in Poland forten years and made-in-Italy has broughtan added value,also in terms of men-tal attitude. Polandis the top market inthe specific busi-ness of furnitureand upholstery,with a propensity to replace old machines. Todaythe country imports a lot to cover its needs, andwhen the domestic market explodes, we willfurther expand our scope of action. We aim at in-creasing the target of our products, althoughcompetition is pushing on lower and lower prices.We see “Drema" is getting smaller, but it is still amajor event for business and procurement.www.salvadormachines.com
COSTA LEVIGATRICIMario Moretti, area manager for Eastern Europe and Baltic countries
We have been exhi-biting at “Drema” fortwenty years, and inour opinion it remainsa leading event in ourindustry. We have al-ways approached thePolish market throughan agency that hasgrown concurrently
with our business in the country, and this isessential to keep our position in such an important
If we should draw a list of exhibitions that havebrought satisfaction to Italian wood technologycompanies in recent years, Drema would definitelybe counted in. The event in Poland − Poznan,from 6 to 9 October 2015 − is the mirror of a lively,focused market, willing and ready to invest.The exhibition, supported by Eumabois, will host525 exhibitors over a surface of 23 thousandsquare meters in seven halls. According to forecasts, organizers are expectingmore than 20 thousand visitors, who will take acloser look at the portfolio of all global leadingmanufacturers.Needless to say, the Italian group will be numerousas usual, side by side with European manufacturerswho have always monitored this market − one ofthe most active in recent years − to look for newopportunities in an industry that has strongly ac-
celerated in the past twenty years. Poland is oneof the most dynamic markets in Europe: in2014, gross domestic product increased by 3.3percent, higher than the Eurozone growth rate. Pro capita Gdp exceeds 14 thousand dollar andseems to have significant growth margins (it iscurrently less than half of Italy’s). Inflation should rally in 2016, when prices will beback up by over one percent, according to Inter-national Monetary Fund estimates.The country also shows a dynamic trend in foreigntrade: both import and export increased in 2014,by 9 percent and 6 percent respectively. As to woodworking machinery, in 2014 Italy ex-ported to the Polish territory technology for a totalvalue of 85 million euro, achieving a 35 percentincrease. ■
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market. Polish customers prefer made-in-Italy te-chnology rather than German competitors mostlybecause of our greater flexibility in sales anddirect personal contact. We will be at Drema together with our resellersand agents.
www.costalev.com
GIARDINAStefano Tibè, sales manager
Italian technology has a 70 percent share in thewood and furniture coating industry in Poland, asthe local market is verykeen on innovation de-veloped in Italy. The Po-lish market offers goodprospects and signifi-cant potential as a resultof strong propensityto investments, so weare monitoring it closelyin the next few years. Unlike German compe-titors, our technology enhances the visual look ofproducts, we don’t see coating as just a protectivelayer. We address a production industry that has deve-loped its own design and sales organization overthe years.
www.giardinagroup.com
by Olivia Rabbi ■
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FOCUSpoland in
ICAICA GROUP AT DREMA EXHIBITION
At Drema Ica Group will present new colors andeffects, grouping them into themed areas: mate-rial-like effects, luxury furnishings and con-tract. Ica, then, has come up with technical solu-tions and creative ideas targeted at these typesof furniture, ranging from top coats that arebeautiful to look at and to touch, through captivatingspecial effects, all the way to coating cycles thatguarantee the compliance of the coated piecewith the main fire-retardancy regulations.Ica has been developing wood-coating productswith low levels of environmental impact for morethan two decades, and so can leverage a greatdeal of practical experience, allowing it to selectthe most appropriate raw materials and formulationsfor the intended use. About this theme at Drema the group presentsthe “Supercare” range, which is composed oftop coats with high levels of chemical-physicalresistance and extremely low Voc content. Thetechnologically advanced “Supercare” range,which encompasses both transparent and pig-mented coatings, is available in various configu-rations: water-based bicomponent, water-basedUv and high solid content Uv. The range hasbeen designed to meet an array of different re-quirements, even taking in different applicationtechnologies, since the range contains productsfor spray and roller application.
At this year's Drema, Ica will also showcase thebrand new selection of colors and effects of the“Glass Paint” range, composed of transparentand hiding water-based paints that have beendesigned to offer innovative opportunities to glas-smakers and furniture manufacturers that useglass as a decorative element.
www.icaspa.com
are available withina click. Like all DDXproducts, it can beused on several Cncmachining centresand manages everystage of the woodworking: from design and importof pieces to management of tools and machinings,disposition of pieces and underpieces on thebench, 3D automatic collision detection with si-mulation, machining optimization and programgeneration.Among the main functions of “EasyWood”, importof standard formats such as Dxf, Iges, Step,Rhino and Stl, optimization of machining anddrilling paths, 3D model of the Cnc centre of the
To stand the rising competition and to becomethe leader in the market it is necessary for a com-pany to distinguish itself improving its productsand its production processes. Long term investments and future orientation arekeywords in the politics of many companies whichoperates in the woodworking sector.DDX develops excellence solutions specific forthe woodworking field since years and ensuresits customers the latest technology in term ofquality and saving. For panel and woodworkingthe solution is “EasyWood”, the Cad/Cam softwareextremely flexible specific for 3, 4 and 5 axis ma-chinings. With “EasyWood” realizing a project isreally within everybody’s reach: the software issimple and user-friendly, since all the functions
DDX“EASYWOOD”: THE INNOVATION TO SHAPE THE FUTURE
customer are worth amention.Thanks to itsmodular structure, it canbe tailored accordingto the customer’s requi-rements: automatic col-lision detection, nesting,
3D simulation and automatic Cam processingare some of the most required modules. 3D collision detection allows you to reduce wasteand check if the working cycles are correct andoptimized in order to increase productiveness,avoid wrong machinings and damages on themachine. A company that invests in DDX software becomesdifferent from competitors thanks to the promptresponse to market evolution.
www.ddxgroup.com
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FOCUS turkey
WOOD PROCESSING MACHINERY AND INTERMOB: A PLATFORM FOR TURKEY AND EURASIATogether with Poland, Turkey is one of the mostpromising markets in recent times, with grossdomestic product growth rates constantly above3 percent and inflation at 8 percent, which indicatea strong and structural expansion process. On the international trade side, it should be addedthat, besides decreasing import, in 2014 there
was an increase of export flows by 5.5 percent.Coming closer to our industry, woodworking ma-chinery have become a mature business, with te-chnology demand in all segments. Just one figure: in 2014 Italy exported over 40million euro technology to Turkey, basically in linewith 2013.
So, an important marketplace, an entrance doorto Eurasia, with a major event scheduled next 10to 14 October, namely the 28th edition of WoodProcessing Machinery (woodworking technology)and the 18th Intermob (supplies and semifinishedmaterials), both at the Tuyap exhibition and con-gress center in Istanbul.
In 2014 there were 860 exhibiting companiesfrom approximately 30 countries, as directexhibitors or represented by their import channelpartners, who have always managed the flow oftechnology coming in from across the border.This figure, if we are not wrong, is a record. And another record was established with 60,046visitors (a bit more than 50 thousand in 2013),coming to Istanbul from 102 countries, as a resultof intensive promotion activity by the organizersin many foreign markets, as witnessed by 23 na-tional delegations invited by Tuyap.
As we are going to print, we still don't have officialfigures for the next edition, but the information wehave collected indicate that 2014 results will berepeated or even exceeded. ■
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ITALY ADDRESSING THE HIGH END
turkey in
Amid lights and shadows, with Chinese competitorslooming and upcoming local competitors mainlyfocused on entry-level products, the Turkishmarket is still a major land of opportunity forhigh-quality made-in-Italy technology, aiming atexpanding sales opportunities to increase itsexport share. A useful opportunity to achieve thisgoal is the dual date in Istanbul with “Wood pro-cessing machinery” and “Intermob”, respectivelydedicated to technology and supplies for the fur-niture industry.
BIESSERoberto Vitri – Regional sales manager for Turkey and Africa
Besides offering high technological standards,“made-in-Italy” is alsohighly reliable, bringingthe unique design thatonly Italian productshave. Biesse offer a ran-ge of products that per-fectly match the de-mand of the Turkishmarket, which requiresmedium-high volumescombined with great flexibility. Biesse machinescan achieve zero setup time and ensure highproduction volumes with excellent product finishing
quality. Ideal solutions for this market include in-line edgebanding and squaring-edgebandingmachines of the “Stream” series (equipped withAir Force System), panel cutting centers series“Selco WNT” (equipped with xFeeder loading sy-stem and second pushing bar), “Eko” verticaldrilling machines and horizontal models Insiderwith hardware inserting units, Viet calibrating/san-ding machines “Opera R” (equipped with internalrobot to change tools according to the requiredoperation) and loading/unloading cells “Winstore”integrated with Rover nesting cells.
www.biesse.com
SAOMAD Alfonso Zamper,sales manager
As a company with so-lid business in the win-dow industry, we arenot working much withTurkey, as the marketis turning to pvc ratherthan wood, but still wehave interesting dealsunder way. Anyway, this country is coming upstrong and we will attend the exhibition with ourresellers. What bothers us is the ability of local
actors to copy made-in-Italy technology and,quite frankly, they are really good. But this is onlytrue for entry-level products, while there is nocompetition at the high end.
www.saomad.com
VITAPFabrizio Montanelli,sales and marketing man-ager
We want to keep upwith times and standout in an increasinglycompetitive globalmarket by developingnew NC machines forsmall-medium business and big industries. At“Ligna”, Vitap displayed some leading-edge pro-
IMSIMS LOVES QUALITY...
Ims, the leading brand in the field oftool holders for Cnc machines for iron-working, woodworking, and marbleworking was founded in 1969 nearCuneo (Sommariva del bosco) – Italy,thanks to the initiative of the entrepre-neur Giuseppe Aprà. The entrepre-neurial attitude of Ims, leaded todayby Alberto Aprà, generates a conti-nuous propulsive boost towards newand ever more important businessscenarios. Besides the opening of thenew american branch in the 2009 (lo-cated in Wilmington, North Carolina)in order to promote a foreign trade de-
velop-m e n tand guaranteeoverseas custo-mer satisfaction,really importantstructural inve-stments are sche-duled for the nextthree years: a newmachinery stockthat provides aleading-edge pro-duction; a newheadquarter; anda sales executive
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network development to gua-rantee a real service quality.The production is focused onmilling tools and is characte-rized by experience, techno-logy, innovation and quality:the wide product’s catalogue,that includes more than 20,000codes, besides a varied rangeof standard tools, comprendsspecial design tools that,thanks to the continuous andcareful listening at the everysingle client’s needs, are ableto satisfy all “tailor made” re-quests.The Ims’s forty years expe-
rience with the “Made in Italy” can be found inthe quality of every single tool holder made. Pro-duct’s quality, but customer-service quality aswell: the real and deep customer-satisfaction gua-rantees to Ims the leadership positioning that de-serves today.
www.ims.eu
ducts that are recording good feedback on aglobal level and can be interesting also for theTurkish market. These include “Point K2”, a pa-tented machine with dual gripper driven by aspecial algorithm, “Point Acoustic” for the pro-cessing of acoustic panels, the new edgeban-ding-trimming machine “Eclipse” and the inlinedrilling machine “Sigma CN” with NC-driven Zaxis.
www.vitap.it
by Olivia Rabbi ■
NEWS
The president of Assopannelli Paolo Fantoni was unanimously elected president of theEuropean Panel Federation (first Italian since its foundation in 1999), the European federationgathering the associations from 25 countries and representing more than 5 thousand companiesof the Old Continent. The industry of wood-based panels in Europe employs about 100 thousandpeople, with an annual turnover of over 22 billion euro."I am particularly happy and honored to take over from Ladislaus Döry who, for over a decadehas done an excellent job in strengthening the leading role of the association in our industry- said the new president Paolo Fantoni at the time of his election - I believe there are excellentopportunities to represent Europe in the potential of the whole sector of wood-based panels,giving a new face of the industry, more oriented to sustainability, recyclability and use of theproduct in green building ".At the outset time, Fantoni stressed the objectives of his presidency, besides in terms ofexploitation of biomass more attentive to the needs of industry panels, also on the followingpoints: implementation of the European legislative system and for each country Member with alaw requiring the compliance of the standard E1 (low formaldehyde) also in the import and tradeof panels; disclosure of the excellence of the sustainability of the panel in the "circular economy"linked to the recycling of raw materials and low energy consumption; major policy of theFederation towards the use of Osb and plywood panels in green building; Business developmentin the African continent through forms of involvement training on European standards andproducts skills of use.Brettenthaler Martin, Ceo of Pavatex, was elected vice president at the same time.In the European activity Fantoni will be joined by general manager Clive Pinnington, head of thenew structure of Brussels. ■
APPONTMENTSPaolo Fantoni elected president of European panel federation
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FOCUS after ligna
GREAT SATISFACTION FOR SCM GROUP
A SUCCESSFUL LIGNAFOR GREDA
"It has been a very important event for us. Notjust because we received a great deal of interestfrom visitors from across the globe, but alsobecause we were able to demonstrate our truenature and what Scm Group is capable of".This is how Andrea Aureli, Scm Group's Ceo,described his satisfaction with the Group's suc-cessful participation at the large biennial eventdedicated to woodworking technologies."With the large "Streaming Innovation" instal-lation, which contributed to strengthening ourpresence in the exhibition area, we wanted toshow who we are”, Aureli continued. “In otherwords a large group of specialists that is ableto create a flow of technological innovationswhich are perfectly integrated with each other...just like the various types of wood that come to-gether and create a large access portal to the
group's innovative technologies at Ligna 2015."Ligna was successful. It was a good edition, withplenty of contacts and opportunities to finalize orstart tangible business. "For our Group Ligna 2015 was one of the mostsuccessful trade fairs of recent years, in linewith a period of significant results. In 2014 theGroup's consolidated financial statement reached466 million Euro of revenue, up 4.3 percentcompared to the previous year and with a goodfinancial stability", continued Andrea Aureli. "Wehave also approved an ambitious three yearplan of investments and achieved excellent en-dorsements from the market in the initial monthsof the year, such as the important order worth15 million Euro from a prestigious Chineseclient, followed by the order of a large plant inthe United Kingdom for a value of 6 million
Euro. A confirmation of our leadershipalso in the creation of advanced andcomplex production systems".Scm Group exhibited a lineup of newand upgraded technology over 4 thou-sand square meters divided into “in-dustry-specific booths”, with industrialtechnology in hall 25, handicraft solu-tions in hall 11, wood constructionequipment (Routech) in hall 15 andfinishing systems (Dmc and Superfici)in hall 16: more than 60 machines, three systemsof integrated and intelligent production cells, over300 specialists ready to answer all questions andrequirements. The "Smart Manufacturing Cells",systems consisting of integrated cells, were astrong feature of Scm Group's presence at Ligna2015, together with numerous presentations ofthe latest developments and products: from thefurniture machining centers ("Morbidelli PlanetP800", "Morbidelli Powerflex S", "Morbidelli Cyflexhp") to a veritable revolution in edgebanding te-chnologies featured in the "Stefani EdgebandingHub"; from the interesting sanding features withstructured effect by Dmc to the new Scm “Accord
25 fx”, a door and window frame machiningcenter with significant machining potential. Allthe latest creations for finishing technology bySuperfici and Dmc were displayed in hall 16,while all those interested in building with woodheaded for hall 15 for the presentation of Routech's“Oikos” machining center with six interpolatingaxes, a first for Hannover.Hall 11 featured a large area dedicated to stan-dalone machines and this area also hosted “500Kube", a Fiat 500 L car from 1969 covered with5,000 cubes made of 200 different types of woodby artist Luciano Molinari.
www.scmgroup.com
This year, once again Greda went back to Ligna,the big wood technology exhibition in Hanover,which the company from Mariano Comense(Como, Italy) has been attending for more thantwenty years.
“In Hanover we met importers, agents and re-sellers from all over the world, as well as oldand new customers. It was an opportunity toshow new solutions and upgrades to our equip-ment, a key moment to illustrate the develop-ments of our technology", said Marianna Das-chini, co-owner of the company together withher brother Piero.Among the machines at Ligna 2015, Greda pre-sented “Diva", a five-axis working center that canmachine chair elements at high speed, as well asany other operation, from bed components toskateboards! Ligna also hosted the preview of “Mitika”, aworking center that has brought great satisfactionto Greda, ideal to achieve excellent quality andproductivity results in specific applications, suchas table legs and turned cylindrical elements, itowes its effectiveness to the combination of routingand turning in one machine. “Poker” is a three-axis working centers with ad-ditional workpiece rotation, with tens of possibleconfigurations to meet more and more specificcustomer requirements. Among the exhibited ma-chines, “Spirit Cn” is a small two-axis center,very popular among producers of cabinet doorsmade of wood, being particularly effective in ope-rations for the 45-degree jointing of crosspiecesand uprights.We could also see a multimedia presentation of“Venus”, the latest creation by Greda, as the firstmodel of the new multi-axis working center forchair, table and sofa legs machining, capable ofprocessing four parts simultaneously, is alreadyup and running in the factory of the customer.Venus is a high-productivity solution that, in fewminutes, can deliver four finished parts, up to1,200 millimeter long, ready to be assembled orpainted.
www.greda.it
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Big news at Ligna fair from Casadei Busellato:brand new machines, redesigned machines withnew look and better ergonomics and new acces-sories and options.First of all, the “Team Work”, the working cellwhich allows to integrate a beam saw, a “Flexa”edgebander and a working centre. Starting fromthe furniture drawing, created with a commercial3D software, it is possible to generate cut lists,drilling programs and edge banding programs. To mention also the flexibility and productivitywith the new loading/unloading system for “EasyJet”, Cnc working center with fixed table. The sy-
stem includes a panel clearing device, suctioncups for panel loading, panel in-feeding and out-feeding belt. As regards to Cnc working centers,the new Busellato range is equipped with a newprotection cabinet which allows to load panelswith Y dimensions of 1700 mm for “Jet OptimaC” and of 1900 mm for “Jet Optima P”, “Jet Op-tima S”, “Jet Master 20” and “Jet Master 25”.No need to use a panel saw to cut the panels:this assures higher flexibility and productivity. TheCnc working center “Jet Optima T5” is flexibleand reliable and allows working on panels andsolid woods, now with the possibility to load 1900
mm panels in Y. The versatility offered by 5-axismakes it ideal for the modern artisan that requiredifferent and fast working process combined withhigh quality. Casadei also proposes the new widebelt sander “Libra 65”, designed for the the in-dustry. The 2,620 mm belt length allows anefficient cooling and extended life of the abrasivebelt. Two different types of electronic segmentedplaten, divided in 23 or 46 segment, allows pro-cessing of any type of panels with different geo-metrical shapes. Regarding edgebanders, Ca-sadei proposes “Flexa 27” and “Flexa 47”. Thefirst – conceived for craftsman and small to
medium industry looking for reliability and flexibility– is equipped with pre-milling unit and roundingunit A/1, while the second one is a top machinein the Casadei range. The machine can apply upto 6 mm solid wood edging on panels with max.thickness 60 mm. Always about edgebanders,the new “Ala 10” can edge any type of panel. Finally, another news from Casadei Busellato isthe “Sc20”, the new circular saw with tilting bladeand sliding table 1600 mm. A compact machinebut with high level performances granting excellentresults in every working conditions.
www.casadeibusellato.com
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Ligna 2015 was a key moment for meeting, eva-luation and in-depth analysis, to think about thereal meaning of the word “innovation” in the nearfuture …
Cefla Finishing Group invited companies andindustry people at Ligna 2015 inn Hanover tolaunch an open discussion about future projects,an invitation that – according to the informationdistributed at the end of the big internationalevent by the press office of the Italian Emilia-based group – was enthusiastically accepted bya huge number of customers and prospects. The five German days scored a big record ofcontacts, a huge international audience thatvisited both Cefla booths to experience the bestportfolio of coating and finishing technology.
“After Ligna 2013 we must admit that our ex-pectations for this edition were quite high”, saidAlberto Maestri, Managing Director of Cefla Fi-nishing Group. “Now I am happy to say that re-sults have exceeded our greatest expectations,with a 10 percent increase in the number ofcontacts and orders. We have seen a substantial growth of interna-tional customers, so that we could evaluate thehigh level of interest from our major traditionalmarkets and renewed enthusiasm from marketsthat we still considered lazy, while they are ac-tually awakening.”
Everyone expect such optimism to turn into aneven stronger propensity to purchase new te-chnology, “...a new drive that will enable Ceflato leverage significant investments in productdevelopment and continuous innovation”, Maestriadded. “More than ever we are committed toresponding to our customers’ requests forflexible production and lower process costs”.
www.ceflafinishinggroup.com
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Turned off the spotlights on the German exhibition,attention is now focused on the five paintinglines, a big plant in Kuwait City signed by GiardinaFinishing and Maurimacchine.“The finishing plant that will be commissionedin the coming weeks is the biggest in Kuwaitand, most probably, in the entire Middle East!We are talking about five painting lines, some30 containers of machines and solutions shippedfrom the Giardina Finishing and Maurimacchinefactories to Kuwait City”. Giampiero Mauri, pre-sident of Giardina and Maurimacchine, commentedthe 2.5 million Euro order acquired by the twocompanies. Evidence that this collaboration cango far…Five lines have been installed: a sprayingline, specifically designed for shaped doors anddirect gloss finishing; a roller line, ideal to paintflat doors at high speed; a line to paint profile
(door profiles and frames) up to 300 millimeterwidth; a painting line for wood edges in coils upto 200 millimeter width, which are then cut andapplied to the four edges of doors to achieve thesame identical finishing and quality as surfaces.There is also a backup line, so as to guaranteethe maximum reliability and safety for the entireplant. The configuration includes loading and un-loading equipment, tilting systems, vertical ovens,roller conveyors, handling systems to maximizethe efficiency of the department. “The goal of ourcustomer – says Filippo Germanò, Sales AreaManager – is to produce more than one thousanddoors per eight-hour shift. The doors can bemade of solid wood, coated with veneer ormelamine paper, painted with solvent-basedlacquers and finished by polyurethane, Uv, poly-ester or water-based coatings”.
The doors have different shapes, destinations,design and dimensions (up to big gates with 2.5meter height and 1.2 meter width). The challenge was to design and build a groupof flexible, fast and reliable lines, to execute anyfinishing cycle on any material with no problem,giving customers the assurance of top quality.
GIARDINA AND MAURIMACCHINE IN KUWAIT CITY Hassan Habul Group, the customer, is one ofthe most active construction companies in thePersian Gulf: over 2,000 employees and tens ofbuilding sites, from skyscrapers to departmentstores, from luxury villas to shopping malls. Tomeet their commitments and ensure quality tothe smallest detail, this organization has decidedto set up factories to produce several constructionelements in-house, from glazing to ceramics,from bathroom fixtures to doors.The final decision was made after several testswith different conditions and coating products,which proved the effectiveness and versatility ofGiardina’s technology. Such rigor and carefulnessare essential if you consider the group’s productionvolumes, with a showroom comprised of fivefloors where hundreds of doors are exhibited inthousands of different finishes.
www.giardinagroup.comwww.maurimacchine.com
DEBUT: PRIMULTINIAND BONGIOANNI
For the first time,Primultini andBongioann iexhibited toge-ther at Ligna inHanover. Bignews for the pri-mary operation
industry, following the acquisition of the historicalbrand, part of Pezzolato SpA since 2001, by thegroup based in Marano Vicentino. So, primaryoperation professionals had the opportunity to“touch and see" the results of this partnership. “At the exhibition we have proposed technologyby Primultini and technology by Bongioanni”,says Lorenzo Primultini, group president. “Wewant to make it clear that a priority of our acqui-sition is the business continuity of Bongioanni,the preservation of their story and competence,while optimizing operations and leveraging allsynergies. Ligna has been an opportunity toprove my statements: this acquisition strengthensour leadership and now we can supply turnkeysawmill plants, developed with strong expertiseand experience in every processing stage forlogs (cutting, debarking, measuring, sorting,handling and orienting) and boards (cutting,trimming, sorting, stacking, strapping, packag-ing...). Together, Primultini, Bongioanni and Pribomake up a player with unparalleled excellenceand knowledge”. “Just three months since theagreement was signed, we are having verypositive feedback in terms of sales, both forPrimultini and for Bongioanni products”, saysGaetano De Lai, sales manager. “In severalmarkets – mainly Germany, France, Austria andCroatia – results confirm the effectiveness ofour project and the value of solutions that inte-grate the best of both companies”. Ligna wasthe “debutante ball” for Primultini and Bongioanni,meeting the big audience of the sawmill and pri-mary operation industry. It’s been a great oppor-tunity to present a lineup of products in a 200-square-meter stand, including a variable axiscarriage by Bongioanni, a shaping debarkingmachine by Pribo, a two-spindle multiple rip-saw model “MSA” by Primultini and a numer-ical control leveling machine for wood bandsaw blades type “Mecomat” (useful to restorethe perfect planarity and efficiency of saw blades)produced by Mec-Legno, another company be-longing to the “Primultini galaxy”.Another exhibitat Ligna was the tilted saw headrig by Primultiniwith 1600 millimeter flywheel diameter, equippedwith canter and variable axis carriage, equallytilted, designed by Bongioanni.
www.primultini.comwww.bongioanni.com
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“THINK4WARD”: BIESSE AT LIGNA 2015“Think forward”, imagine the future and built itto achieve “Industry 4.0”, i.e. highly automatedindustry with software that can integrate alloperations.“Those who visited our stand at Ligna havecertainly noticed our motto”, said RaphaëlPrati, marketing and communications manager.“Think4ward” was the concept that animatedour team from the very beginning of the proj-ect. A big challenge for our group: we havealmost doubled our exhibition area from theprevious edition, deciding to display thelatest technology both for large industrialplants and for smaller companies, togetherwith a full portfolio of software. As our generalmanager Stefano Porcellini said, we achievedunprecedented results for an exhibition, with63 percent more orders than in 2013. We are
very proud and satisfied because we haveshown that, with our technology, software andautomation, we can really support the competi-tiveness of our customers in the age of thefourth industrial revolution”. The message was very clear, and maybe for thisreason, as underlined by the Pesaro-based group,visits at the Ligna stand increased by 20 percentcompared to the 2013 edition, with more visitorscoming especially from Germany, Eastern Europe,Northern Europe, Russia and the United States.A 3,700 square meter stand, about thirty machinesand cells, 120 square meters dedicated to thepresentation of software made in Biesse.“In this exhibition we wanted to give tangibleevidence of what we believe in and what wecan offer to contribute to the fourth industrialrevolution”, Prati said. “We want to be leading
actors with the big integrated plants we deliverto the world’s furniture giants, but also with au-tomation systems for small and medium wood-working companies, solutions that can multiplymachinery and plant performance and the offerflexibility in production to make custom productswith short lead time and profitably”.
Three new solutions were presented in this specificsegment: the single-side squaring-edgebandingmachine “Stream B MDS”, ideal for small batchesby virtue of its total flexibility; the flexible panelsaw “NextStep”, basically a double router forperfect squaring that aroused great attention atthe fair, “..a solution that did not exist and thatsets new productivity standards, also for the te-chnological solutions we have identified”, Pratiobserved.
Last but not least, “Insider M”, a boring machinethat can process all panel faced in one pass,handling panels of different size with no interrup-tions. Great attention for the latest creation byViet, the robot-driven sanding machine “OperaR” (“R” stands for robot) which replaces abrasivebelts with a sanding arm, clearly a technology in-spired to numerical control machining centers.At Ligna, Biesse officially presented “bProcess”,the brand new line supervisor that promises ex-cellent performance.
www.biesse.com
One machine that caught the eye at Ligna wasthe “Hps 320 flexTec”, a world first from Holzma.It completely redefines the cutting process and,in particular, the parts flow in customized pro-duction. What's so special about the new cuttingcell for single panels? At the heart of the saw isan industrial robot that takes over the task of han-dling parts and strips during the cutting process.It is highly flexible, fully automatic and significantlymore efficient than many conventional solutions.The robot also impresses with its extremely highlevel of availability. Overall, the cutting cell savesa great deal of energy, material and time comparedto conventional solutions. The most important be-nefits at a glance: unlimited recuts for highlyefficient batch size 1 production; significantlyhigher utilization of materials and maximumflexibility in cutting pattern layout; automaticlabeling of components; automatic handling ofoffcuts; fully automatic rip cuts and cross cutswith one saw; ideal for trade and industry with upto 1500 parts per shift. Holzma also presentedthe “Hpp 130”, a new panel saw that makes iteasier than ever for aspiring trade enterprises toenter the world of precision production. The inno-vative compact saw comes equipped with every-thing that customers need for cutting single panelsand small series. . The 2 series from Holzma haslong been synonymous with precision and highperformance in a compact space. The “Hpp200” is the new basic model in this performanceclass and an innovation that is setting new stan-dards in terms of flexibility and upgrade options.“CombiTec” from Holzma provides a special re-cutting option for batch size 1 production. Thisinnovation enables recuts to be performed im-mediately during the cutting process. This savestime and money. As of Ligna 2015, it is also avai-lable for the single saws (Hpp/Hpl) in the 3 and 4series. The redesigned 5 series from Holzma seta new standard for superior panel saws at Ligna.Whether “Hpp”, “Hpl” or “Hkl”, these top-of-the-range models have long impressed in series pro-duction with their stability, precision and perfor-mance. The new models go one step further, de-livering impressive design innovations in the ex-traction system and a significant increase in theease of maintenance and service.
www.holzma.com
HOLZMANEW SAWS. NEW TECHNOLOGY. NEW PERSPECTIVES
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GIANCARLO FANTACCI
Giancarlo Fantacci, founder of G3 in Poggibonsi,a well-known tool manufacturer, was taken awayby an aggressive disease. Born in 1940, Fantaccispent his life among tools as long as he could:though seriously affected by his disease, he didnot miss any opportunity to go to work, with thedetermination, passion and love for work that isshared by many people who have made thehistory of our industry. And even in the last fewweeks, when he needed someone to help himmove, he still went to his company, just to breathe"the smell of the workshop", as he loved to say.Giancarlo Fantacci started his own business verysoon. Several years later, in 1995, he created G3,an important decision, as Giancarlo gathered allhis family around him: his children Gianluca andGloriana accepted the challenge, supporting theirfather in the new adventure.“For him, the company was the natural extensionof the family”, says daughter Gloriana. “All ofus, myself, my brother and mum, stood by hisside. He was a real entrepreneur, who lovedchallenges and could not even imagine not towin all of them! This approach drove him to up-date, to be always up to customer expectationsand in line with market needs and trends”.
LIDIA RAMBELLI BENUZZIOn 12 May2015, LidiaRambelli Be-nuzzi passedaway at 91.She was oneof the few wo-men who pla-yed a leadingrole in the wo-o d w o r k i n gmachinery industry. Born in Bologna, in 1947 sheand her husband, who had married one year be-fore, founded “Gino Benuzzi snc”, a mechanicalcompany that soon specialized in woodworkingmachinery, earning the appreciation of local, thenregional, national and international customers.The Sixties were a turning point, with the rise ofparticleboard and the search of solutions for this"new" material, first of all to cut it. And so, GinoBenuzzi – a curious and capable man, sensitiveto industry developments – invented the panelsaw we still use today, with pressure bar and mo-ving blade. So, Giben Impianti spa was establi-shed, with Benuzzi as the key driver, supportedby his wife Lidia, who stayed by his side day afterday, untiringly. She was in charge for management,accounting and sales, she did not skip one singleexhibition, she often went on business travel withhis husband... She was known to everyone forher skills and strength, for her determination toput the company in the first place, above everythingelse. In 2009, president Ambrogio Delachi (withher in the picture) awarded her as “Benemeritadi Acimall” (meritorious), with the following ex-planation: “A woman of strong character in anindustry dominated by men, she has contributedto the decisions that have allowed her familybusiness to understand that specialization is anecessary and successful strategy. Such aware-ness has driven the transition from the productionof general-purpose woodworking machines tothe creation of a globally renowned brand inthe panel cutting business”.
EXCELLENT RESULTSFOR WEINIG GROUP
Ligna 2015 was a success for Weinig. Duringfive days, the stand of the German company re-ceived a constant flow of visitors, and what’smost, several orders were signed: as many as190 for solid wood technology, up by 21 percentcompared to the previous edition of the biennialGerman exhibition, Weinig subsidiary Holz-Herwas also successful: the panel specialist recordeda 5 percent increase in order inflow, selling some75 machines in Hanover.Such results rewarded the group’s commitmentto the event: a stand measuring almost 4,500square meters, a big machine lineup, thousandsof visitors from 91 countries.“In a generally good investment climate, wewere able to impress with our innovations”,commented Ceo Wolfgang Pöschl with sati-sfaction. In the press conference at Ligna, Pöschlreaffirmed that the group is experiencing a positiveperiod, indicating that the 2014 fiscal year closedwith 6.3 percent growth and that the trend in2015, at least at the beginning of the year, hasbeen surprising, largely above expectations.
TECHNOLOGY LINEUPIn the Xylon International May/June issue, wepreviewed Weinig’s new products presented atLigna. We will now take a look at Holz-Her, the fa-mous panel processing brand part of the Weinigfamily. For edgebanding, Holz-Her presented aseries of high-performance solutions also perfectlysuitable for handicraft and small-medium busi-nesses.The “Lumina” series offers a unique com-bination for processing panels, two systems forperfectly invisible joints: the “GluJet” glue appli-cation system for standard use of Pur glue andthe “Ltronic”, a new laser edging unit that canprocess all current co-extruded and subsequentlycoated edging using a newly developed NIR mo-dule (Near Infrared Radiation). As our readersknow, this is the new frontier, or one of the newfrontiers, of edgebanding. It is a “third option”,besides laser and hot air - to achieve comparableresults using a source with lower operating costs.Switching from one technology to another, fromone aggregate to another, takes little time (fiveminutes), with a simple and clean process, thanksto a “Hsk” connection coming from numericalcontrol technology, which allows to recognize theinstalled gluing unit immediately. The “LTronic” starts immediately, requires nostartup or heating or compressed air, and makesno noise: just push a button and it’s done. Thebeam generated by the unit is very similar to alaser diode in terms of intensity, with lower energyconsumption and optimized operation, as it avoidsenergy waste.
www.holzher.com www.weinig.com
“”Lumina” edgebanding machine.
MAKOR GROUPSALES NETWORKING MEETING AT LIGNA
Makor Group has just successfully completedthe lastt edition of Ligna fair in Hanover.Remarkable was the success achieved at Ligna2015 by Makor Group Sales Network meetingto which about 150 people attended and wherecompany strategy, new products and new serviceshave been presented and discussed with all theMakor worldwide teamThe exhibition has been winning beyond expec-tations. There has been a positive response inthe attendance and a strong interest in the technicalsolutions displayed. This year Ligna has been the opportunity to showto all the finishing world, the last Makor andTecnolegno innovative products and processes.
www.makor.it
SALVADORTHE NEW LOGO PRESENTED AT LIGNA
What better opportunity than the world's mostimportant exhibition to show Salvador's consistentapproach to their identity, their story and theirfuture vision, represented by a new logo? Lignahosted the debut of the new corporate image ofthe Veneto-based company: a big “S” split intotwo sections by a well-visible cut (Salvador’s mis-sion), that recalls the morphology, the ductilityand the texture of wood, and at the same timethe first letter of the company name, and otherkeywords like “success”, “strength” and "sapere”,the Italian equivalent of know-how. The name, Salvador, remains in the forefront: itcould not be otherwise for a family-owned companywith deep roots and a rich technical and culturalheritage. And there is also an explicit referenceto the industry, with the words “woodworking ma-chinery” coming right after a proud “tricolore”,the colors of the national banner that remind of"made in Italy" and the history of the company,established back in 1982.
www.salvadormachines.com
LIGNA FOR HOMAG GROUP
The German group made their best, exhibitingtens of machines and large plants to show their“lively” innovation capacity.
Homag Group looked really fit and sound. Itreally looks like the Duerr acquisition by theGerman giant (that's what it is) had a positive im-pact, as clearly stated by Ceo Ralph Heuwingwho mentioned the transaction that added 915million euro revenues by Homag Group in 2014to almost 2.5 billion by Duerr Group. The mergerinto the automotive giant will generate synergiesworth tens of million euros as a result of the inte-gration of some processes, procurement, financialand technological management.Homag Group exceeded their own limits to provethey are up to the challenge, achieving excellentresults in fiscal year 2014, with orders up by 9percent (from 734 million euro in 2013 to 803 in2014), sales up by 16 percent (from 789 to 915million), Ebidta up by an excellent 23 percent(from 76 to 93 million euro), with a significant in-crease of margins by more than 3 percent (from
18 to 19 million). The situation looksgood also in 2015, though we haveto consider that the Stile acquisitionis driving all parameters upwards:according to figures given by Heu-wing, in the first four months of thisyear orders reached 287 million ver-sus 260 in the same period in 2014(plus 11 percent), sales amountedto 254 million (plus 24 percent versus205 last year), Ebitda improved by51 percent (from 15.0 to 22.6 million)
and profits by 66 percent (4.1 from 2.5 million).If everything goes as it should, 2015 should closewith an order value close to 960 million euro,sales between 950 and 970 million, Ebitda veryclose to 100 million euro and net profits somewherebetween 31 and 33 million. Nothing to say...
Juergen Koeppel, board member and sales,service and marketing manager, is in charge tokeep a close eye on the market: “The globalwoodworking technology business is worth ap-proximately 3 billion euro”, Koeppel said. “We have a 29.8 percent market share (it was28 percent in 2011), with 1.4 percent growth in2014 alone”.Koeppel then underlined that the best ordertrend was recorded in Asia/Pacifico (from 20percent of total group orders in 2013 to 24 percentin 2014), in North America (from 9 to 12 percent)and from Central Europe (from 22 to 24 percent).Decreasing shares in Western Europe (from 19 to18 percent), Eastern Europe (from 26 to 20percent) and South America (from 4 to 2 per-cent).
Koeppel highlighted the new opportunities thatthe acquisition of the historical importer/resellerof the German group Stile will bring in NorthAmerica, with even more positive outlook for newplant developments, machine sales and a newstronger organization to consolidate the leadershipon that big market.
www.homag.com
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INTERNATIONAL SCENARIO OF WOODWORKING TECHNOLOGYWe are back to the question that periodicallycomes out in the agenda of the Studies Office ofAcimall, the Italian woodworking machinery andtools manufacturers' association. The question isvery important: what is happening in the woodand wood-based materials processing industryworldwide? Who are the major competitors andwhat’s their export trend? To update the situation− thus having a clear view of the trends of globaltechnology markets in our industry − Acimallanalysts have processed the latest availablefigures, as usual, drawing a detailed map ofmajor “global flows” in the January-December2014 timeframe.
The first evidence is that last year, as shown inthe table below, five top competitors − Germany,Italy, China, Taiwan and Austria in decreasingorder − recorded a positive trend. Only the United States closed 2014 with a ne-gative result, minus 0.7 percent, which howevershould be considered a sign of substantial stabilityand stronger attention to the domestic market,which in the past two years was the liveliest on aglobal scale. The first place in the ranking ofglobal exporters is still held by Germany, a lea-dership that can be hardly challenged. Germanyclosed the year with much better results thancould be expected after the first six months of theyear: after plus 0.44 percent in the January-Juneperiod, a much stronger 2.3 percent increaseover 2013 was achieved in the second half, withan export value close to 1.8 billion euro.
Italy remains the runner-up, proving its capacitynot only to face all the global markets, but also tooffer high-level technology in all application do-mains. Made-in-Italy export amounted to 1,169.8million euro, which means a final result of plus 5.3percent compared to 2013. Unfortunately, the an-nual growth rate was not in line with the more po-sitive 7 percent result achieved in the first half of2014, which means that Italian export in thesecond half was less “lively”.
The third place by value was taken by China,with 964 million euro export and 22 percentgrowth over 2013. These are actually estimates,as economic data from this country are not alwaysconsistent and comparable. Notice that that thingswent better for Chinese technology in the secondhalf than in the first one. In the January-June period, export amounted to376 million euro, 13.6 percent more than in thefirst six months of 2013.When we presented our six-month report, wepointed out that the growth rate of Chinese exportwas virtually twice bigger than Italy’s, and nowthe proportion has changed further to 4:1 (plus22 percent for China, plus 2.3 percent for Italy).In absolute value, the gap has shrunk to just 200million euro approximately (1,169 versus 964 mil-lion). However, “made in Italy” can be satisfiedwith an export growth rate in 2014 that wasdouble than its German competitors.
Taiwan, at number four in the ranking with 517million euro, recorded a satisfactory 13.5 percentgrowth compared to 2013 export; place numberfive went to Austria, close to 400 million (plus11.9 percent from the previous year). The last position in the ranking was taken by theUnited States, with an export value of 281.7million euro, as the only competitor that lost sharesfrom 2013, as already mentioned.
More generally, it can be stated that the healthconditions of wood and wood-based materialsprocessing are not arousing worries on a globallevel, with widespread export expansion that −despite all caution − suggests a constant growthof global demand.
About import United States are the world’s big-gest market: in 2014 they purchased woodworkingtechnology from abroad for a total value justbelow one billion euro (987.6 million), up by 18.1percent from 2013. The runner-up has not changed either: despitethe well-known economic and political troubles,Russia closed 2014 at plus 4.5 percent, withimport worth 554.3 million euro.Germany remains the third biggest "consumercountry" (401.3 million, plus 5.8 percent), followedby China (331.6 million euro), with imports downby 6.2 percent from 2013. Slight decrease (minus 0.14 percent) also forCanada, which bought fo reign technology for249.7 million euro. France is growing (247 million,
plus 9.1 percent) and Belarus even more, scoringan amazing 143.2 percent growth with a totalvalue slightly below 221 million euro.In decreasing order of value, the ranking continueswith the United Kingdom, Poland, Austria, Malaysia,Turkey, Switzerland and − at number fourteen −Italy, with 126.3 million euro import, i.e. 13.2percent less than in 2013. The vast majoritycomes from Germany and China, with the formeraddressing the medium-high end of the Italianmarket, and the latter focused on "facilities", equip-ment with low-tech content. ■
January-December 2014 (million euro)Exporting country Value % 14/13
* Estimated.Source: Acimall’s Studies Office based on
International Trade Center data, May 2015.
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PRODUCTION SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGIES
Primary processing
Machinery and services for plywood and slicedveneer production. Peeling lines, dryers,presses and finishing lines; horizontal, vertical and rotary slicers, press dryers andclipping lines.
The Biesse product line includes cnc work centres, manual and automatic edgebanders,squaring/edgebanding machines, panel sizingcentres, calibrating and sanding machines, rou-ters, throughfeed boring and inserting machi-nes, material handling equipment and turnkeyplants.
For over 30 years, De Stefani designs andmanufactures sanding machine for panelsedges and profiles. Single or double sidededge sanding machines equipped to sand flat and shaped edges on raw or lacquered panels.Combined machines for panel edges foiling.Edge Buffing and polishing machines for HighGloss finishing panels. Profile sanding –denibbing machines equipped with abrasivebelt or wheel to sand raw or laqueredmouldings. Angle profile gluing andassembling machines for door frames.Doubleend profile cutting machines.
DE STEFANI VALERIO & C sncVia M.P. Virgilio, 16I-20833 Birone di Giussano (MB)phone +39 0362 310914 - fax +39 0362 [email protected]
Cursal is the best specialized company thatoffers a vast range of wood cross-cut saws –accessories for small and medium to largecross cutting sections. Cursal designs, buildsand installs machines selecting the bestmaterials available in the market. Automaticoptimizing saw lines, accessorized manualsand automations: There are standard turnkeyplant solutions as well as customized solutions,result of a constant cooperation with the bestpartners of the industry. True specialists fromthe industry with over thirty years’ experienceare ready to help the customer ensure the bestprice-quality ratio.Stop looking for!
Manual and automatic vertical panel saws forcutting wooden panels, plastic and acmproducts. Welded steel frames, to grantrigidity and precision. Special applicationsallowing the possibility to make also groovingon sandwich panels for folding. Automatichorizontal beam saws with many differentconfigurations accordingly to the panel sizesand thickness requirements.
Woodworking machinery: the widest range ofproducts.
The product range is wide in the sector oftraditional woodworking machines:thicknessing planers, surface planers,combined surface-thicknessing planers, circularsaws, spindle moulders, combined saw-spindlemoulder, universal combined machines, band-saws.
Cefla Finishing Group worldwide leader in thefinishing of wooden, plastic and non-ferrousmaterial products designs and manufacturesturnkey painting and wrapping lines for thewood, glass, metal and plastic industries,tailored on customer needs and requirements.
Lacquering and printing lines for furniturepanels, hardboard, mdf or chipboard panels,doors or parquet flooring with roller or curtaincoating technology and uv or hot air dryingsystems. Automatic and robotic spray lineswith vertical dryers, flat or uv dryers.Lacquering and printing on coils.
Finishing plants for the furniture andconstruction industry with application byspray, by roller coaters and curtain coaters anddrying by Uv dryers, vertical dryers, lineardryers with microwaves technology. Completefinishing plants for doors and windows. Spraybooths.
Industrial painting machines as: dry paintingbooth, water painting booths, pressurisingpainting system and suspended transport lines.
TECNOAZZURRA srlVia del Tesoro, 210 I-47827 Verucchio Fraz. Villa Verucchio (RN)phone +39 0541 678225-678078fax +39 0541 671144www.tecnoazzurra.it - [email protected]
Complete cycle for brushed bright glossypaints “mirror effect”. Complete range ofsanding machines for wood and paints withthe highest quality standard of finishingwithout shadings and undulations.Complete lines for brushed bright glossypaints with the highest performances of oursanding machines and new concept brushingand polishing machines.
From over 40 years we propose integratedsolutions in material handling and industrialautomation sector. Highly personalisable and specific systems for furniture assembling, theautomatic storage and the handling.Automatic warehouses, lazer guided vehiculs(lgv), robotized islands, conveyors, sortersystems, assembling lines, tilting units,management softwares.
CASSIOLI srlPlace Guardavalle, 63 I-53049 Torrita Di Siena (SI)phone +39 0577 684511- fax +39 0577 686084www.cassioli.com - [email protected]
Epistolio srl – Painting Robot Division, with a20 years experience in developing andconstructing anthropomorphic and cartesianrobots, offers a comprehensive range ofcomplete solutions for automated industrialpainting applications in the woodworkingindustry.
Cn milling machines; anuba machines;cn working centers; lines of production and specialmachines for doors and frames;automatic screwing of locks andcounterplates; wide range of accessories and solutions.
Tools for wood-alu and plastic material working.Tools for automatic boring machines and routerbits for cnc router machines. M.Conti measuringdevices for the woodworking industry.Specialdevices for door and windows manufacturers.
Specialists in diamond and mechanical fixingtooling. For 40 years we design and manufacturetools for wood, aluminium and pvc. Customizedsolutions thanks to integrated engineering, pro-duction, control and sharpening service with fastdelivery terms.
Lacquers
A new definition of Italian quality.
ICA spaDivision ITALIAN COATINGSVia Alcide De Gasperi, 73I-36060 Romano D'Ezzelino (VI)phone +39 0424 8386 - fax +39 0424 [email protected]
Polyurethane coatings, water-based coatingsfor interiors and exteriors, uv-curing coatings,acrylic coatings, polyester coatings, nitrocoatings, fire-retardant coatings andpigmented coatings. Products for parquetfloors, special effects, stains, impregnatingagents, glues and tintometric color systems.
Since 2004 our company has started here inItaly the production of 3-layer wood elementsfor window and door building. We have beengaining a lot of experience during these yearsand we can now offer them in several woodspecies, such as: Okoumé, Ozigo, SlavonjanOak, Tulipier and Lime. All elements are gluedemploying a vinylic glue pvac - d4 - en 205only.
DDX develops Cad/Cam/Cim softwaresolutions: “EasyWOOD” for panel and solidwood machining using 3, 4 and 5 axis;“EasyBEAM” for structures, houses, walls,beams, rooves, gazebo, etc.;“PowerSTAIRS” forstaircases design and manufacturing;“PowerWIN” for any kind of windows, frenchdoors, internal doors, entry doors andshutters.
Surplex buys & sells machinery, plants,equipment and further industrial goods in 150countries worldwide. Surplex organizesinternational online auctions, clears and turnsentire factories into immediate liquidity.
19-22 August TECNO MUEBLE INT.www.tecnomueble.com.mx• Guadalajara (Mexico)Woodworking technologies
21-24 August WOODTECH INDIAwwwwoodtechindia.in• Chennai (India)Woodworking technologies
2-4 September WOOD & BIOENERGYwww.jklfairs.fi• Jyvaskyla (Finland)Woodworking technologies
6-9 September SPOGA+GAFAwww.spoga-cologne.com• Cologne (Germany)Furniture
8-11 September EXPODREVwww.krasfair.ru• Krasnoyarsk (Russia)Woodworking technologies
8-12 September CIFFwww.ciff.fairwindow.com• Shanghai (China)Furniture
9-12 September BIFE TIMBwww.bife.ro• Bucarest (Romania)Furniture
9-12 September FMC CHINAwww.fmcchina.com.cn• Shanghai (China)Furniture
9-13 September HABITAREwww.habitare.fi• Helsinki (Finland)Furniture
15-18 September SAMULEGNOwww.samulegno.it• Pordenone (Italy)Woodworking technologies
19-23 September BIFE-SIMwww.bife-sim.ro• Bucarest (Romania)Woodworking technologies
25-27 September TEKNO-LEGNOwww.teknowood.it• Lanciano (Italia)Woodworking technologies
30 September-3OctoberTEKHNODREV NORTH WESTwww.restec.ru/tekhnodrev• S. Petersburg (Russia)Woodworking technologies
6-9 October WOODEX SIBERIAwww.woodex-siberia.ru• Novosibirsk (Russia)Furniture
10-14 OctoberWOOD PROCESSING MACHINERYwww.tuyap.com.tr• Istanbul (Turkey)Woodworking technologies
10-14 October INTERMOBwww.tuyap.com.tr• Istanbul (Turkey)Furniture
12-15 October FURNITURE CLUBwww.crocus-expo.ru/exhibition• Moscow (Russia)Furniture
14-16 October FORMARwww.feiraformar.com.br• S. Paulo (Brazil)Woodworking technologies
14-17 October WOODSHOWwww.indonesiawoodshow.com• Jakarta (Indonesia)Woodworking technologies
14-17 October SAIEwww.saie.bolognafiere.it• Bologna (Italy)Constructing & architecture
14-18 October AMBIENTAwww.zv.hr/?id=1353• Zagreb (Kroatia)Furniture
15-18 October INDEX INDARCHwww.ubmindexfairs.com• Mumbai (India)Constructing & architecture
20-23 October WOOD-TECwww.bvv.cz/wood-tec• Brno (Czech Republic))Woodworking technologies
28-31 October KOMAFwww.komaf.merebo.com• Seoul (Korea)Woodworking technologies
5-8 November MYANMARWOODwww.chanchao.com.tw• Yangoon (Birmania)Woodworking technologies
10-15 November FURNITURE FAIRwww.sajam.co.rs• Beograd (Serbia)Furniture
20-26 November THE NORTH OF ENGLAND WOODWORKING SHOWwww.nelton.co.uk• Harrogate (UK)Woodworking technologies
23-26 November THE BIG 5 SHOWwww.thebig5.ae• Dubai (Uae)Constructing and architecture
12-14 December THE HOME SHOWwww.homeshow-oman.com• Muscat (Oman)Furniture
15-17 December FURNITURE ASIAwww.furnitureasia.com.pk• Karachi (Pakistan)Woodworking technologies
FAIRS the complete calendar on www.xylon.it
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AUTHOR M400THE ULTIMATE IN FLAT TABLE CNC MACHINING CENTRESThe Morbidelli Author M400 is designed with a heavy duty structure available in various aluminium table sizes and can be equipped for a full nesting cell and with handling systems.The Author M400 is available with a 3, 4 or 5 axis router, with 16/24 position tool changer and with various drilling units for customized applications.
Find out more at AWFS, booth #8600,Las Vegas, 22-25 July 2015
