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In Coburg the name says it all: ‘University of Applied Sciences’. Those responsible at the Institute for Prototypes and Model Technology (IPM) have internalised this philosophy. They combine theory and practice and see themselves as development service providers for industry and craft sectors.

The name Mecaplex comes up whenever it is about transparencies. Almost all gliders manufactured in Europe, but also business and military jets, are provided with their panes. The Swiss company is specialised in the three-dimensional forming of acrylic glass without optical distortion and their knowhow is met with world-wide appreciation.

Being an important machine supplier for the number one in piano manufacturing adds to Reichenbacher’s reputation. A relationship that was established as early as in the last century, when the Deutsche Piano Union Leipzig placed its first order with them in 1982. Additional orders followed, as this first line was working without any problems.

A bold theory? Definitely not, says plant manager André Leipold, because the ECO-8126-A CNC system marked the start of a whole new era in production at Brüninghoff in Heiden, North Rhine-Westphalia: the thinking in terms of processes and machining strategies.

Juhan Viise, Managing Director of the Aru Grupp, set himself the goal in 2021 of developing his company into the most modern, fully automated staircase plant in the whole of Europe over the next few years. Currently, they operate a log house and a glulam component plant but also produce high-quality products from solid wood, which they export on a global scale.

The Chiemgau-based company Regnauer Fertigbau GmbH produces house walls and ceilings. The highly efficient ECO-3313-A continuous production line was smoothly integrated into the existing production line in 2021 and has since been a central component in the overall process.

Many impulses for new methods of application or materials have their origins in research laboratories. This also applies to the Laboratory for Digital Product Development and Manufacturing (LDPF) at Trier University of Applied Sciences, which is intensely concerned with questions of sustainability and mobility of the future. A CNC machining centre from our company is the core of the actual implementation in prototype and mould construction.

The Swiss timber construction company Renggli in Schötz specializes in energy-efficient timber house construction and is one of the pioneers of Minergie standards. Now the company is setting new standards with its new production plant, which opened at the beginning of March and is one of the most efficient of its kind in Europe.