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<br /> sheetmetalplus.com<br /> VOLUME 17 – NO.6<br /> JUL/AUG 2015<br /> Focus on Tube<br /> FIND US<br /> ONLINE<br /> @ismrmagazine<br /> + New welding initiatives<br /> + CAD/CAM and control technologies<br /> PRINT | ONLINE | SOCIAL<br /> + Fibre laser cutting THE GLOBAL SHEET METAL FORMING AND FABRICATION JOURNAL<br /> <br /> JULY/AUGUST 2015<br /> WELCOME<br /> DIARY OF<br /> MetalForm China 2015<br /> 16-19 September 2015<br /> Shanghai, China<br /> www.chinaexhibition.com/<br /> trade_events/6774-<br /> MetalForm_China_2015.html<br /> EMO Milano<br /> 5-10 October 2015<br /> Milan, Italy<br /> www.emo-milano.com/<br /> en/home<br /> METALEX Vietnam<br /> 8-10 October 2015<br /> Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam<br /> www.metalexvietnam.com<br /> Manufacturing<br /> Myanmar 2015<br /> 15-17 October 2015<br /> Yangon, Myanmar (Burma)<br /> www.manufacturingmyanma<br /> r.com/about/the-main-event<b<a title="ISMR July/Aug 2015 page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/5d0b0126?page=1"> sheetmetalplus.com VOLUME 17 – NO.6 JUL/</a> <a title="ISMR July/Aug 2015 page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/5d0b0126?page=2"> </a> <a title="ISMR July/Aug 2015 page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/5d0b0126?page=3"> JULY/AUGUST 2015 WELCOME DIARY OF MetalForm </a> <a title="ISMR July/Aug 2015 page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/5d0b0126?page=4"> JULY/AUGUST 2015 CONTENTS Regulars 03 Welcom</a> <a title="ISMR July/Aug 2015 page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/5d0b0126?page=5"> </a> <a title="ISMR July/Aug 2015 page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/5d0b0126?page=6"> GENERAL NEWS AgustaWestland expands capacity wit</a> <a title="ISMR July/Aug 2015 page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/5d0b0126?page=7"> GENERAL NEWS Hasmak Construction installs 5-axis</a> <a title="ISMR July/Aug 2015 page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/5d0b0126?page=8"> An eye on Poland </a> <a title="ISMR July/Aug 2015 page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/5d0b0126?page=9"> Challenges in lightweight construction MANY JOINI</a> <a title="ISMR July/Aug 2015 page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/5d0b0126?page=10"> PEOPLE WATCH New MD at TRUMPF Limited EFFEC</a> <a title="ISMR July/Aug 2015 page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/5d0b0126?page=11"> </a> <a title="ISMR July/Aug 2015 page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/5d0b0126?page=12"> INDUSTRY NEWS Alcoa invests in aerospace technol</a> <a title="ISMR July/Aug 2015 page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/5d0b0126?page=13"> INDUSTRY NEWS UK remains top investment destinat</a> <a title="ISMR July/Aug 2015 page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/5d0b0126?page=14"> Strong showing at BEC Visitors at this year's </a> <a title="ISMR July/Aug 2015 page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/5d0b0126?page=15"> INDUSTRY NEWS An eye on surface inspection THE ZE</a> <a title="ISMR July/Aug 2015 page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/5d0b0126?page=16"> FIXING ON THE FUTURE David Landon, the American W</a> <a title="ISMR July/Aug 2015 page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/5d0b0126?page=17"> FACE TO FACE Our latest statistics indicate that,</a> <a title="ISMR July/Aug 2015 page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/5d0b0126?page=18"> FACE TO FACE AWS Benefits </a> <a title="ISMR July/Aug 2015 page 19" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/5d0b0126?page=19"> An eye on FABTECH AWS partners with the Society o</a> <a title="ISMR July/Aug 2015 page 20" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/5d0b0126?page=20"> </a> <a title="ISMR July/Aug 2015 page 21" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/5d0b0126?page=21"> REGIONAL REPORT “Mexico has consolidated i</a> <a title="ISMR July/Aug 2015 page 22" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/5d0b0126?page=22"> FOCAL POINT Subcontractors and job shops have qui</a> <a title="ISMR July/Aug 2015 page 23" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/5d0b0126?page=23"> Above, right and below: BLM's new Adige LC5 laser</a> <a title="ISMR July/Aug 2015 page 24" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/5d0b0126?page=24"> FOCUS ON FIBRE LASERS As a part of the New</a> <a title="ISMR July/Aug 2015 page 25" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/5d0b0126?page=25"> </a> <a title="ISMR July/Aug 2015 page 26" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/5d0b0126?page=26"> ISMR SAYS: “Successful defence companies are br</a> <a title="ISMR July/Aug 2015 page 27" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/5d0b0126?page=27"> desirable workers from sectors that have come to </a> <a title="ISMR July/Aug 2015 page 28" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/5d0b0126?page=28"> ISMR SAYS: “The company's requirement was unusual</a> <a title="ISMR July/Aug 2015 page 29" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/5d0b0126?page=29"> FOCUS ON TUBE Another factor that simplifi</a> <a title="ISMR July/Aug 2015 page 30" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/5d0b0126?page=30"> The move to smaller batch sizes has sparked more</a> <a title="ISMR July/Aug 2015 page 31" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/5d0b0126?page=31"> FOCUS ON PRESS BRAKES Lee Warren Architectural M</a> <a title="ISMR July/Aug 2015 page 32" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/5d0b0126?page=32"> SafanDarley e-Brakes at Fife Fabrications, who al</a> <a title="ISMR July/Aug 2015 page 33" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/5d0b0126?page=33"> </a> <a title="ISMR July/Aug 2015 page 34" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/5d0b0126?page=34"> ISMR SAYS: “More than 1,500 exhibitors and over 4</a> <a title="ISMR July/Aug 2015 page 35" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/5d0b0126?page=35"> EVENT PREVIEW “Attendees were impressed w</a> <a title="ISMR July/Aug 2015 page 36" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/5d0b0126?page=36"> INTEGRATED OPERATIONS Heinrich Weber, Director of</a> <a title="ISMR July/Aug 2015 page 37" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/5d0b0126?page=37"> FOCUS ON ROLLFORMING In this way unaccepta</a> <a title="ISMR July/Aug 2015 page 38" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/5d0b0126?page=38"> FOCUS ON ROLLFORMING transformed quickly into </a> <a title="ISMR July/Aug 2015 page 39" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/5d0b0126?page=39"> </a> <a title="ISMR July/Aug 2015 page 40" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/5d0b0126?page=40"> ISMR SAYS: “Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) </a> <a title="ISMR July/Aug 2015 page 41" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/5d0b0126?page=41"> FOCUS ON CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES and update prosp</a> <a title="ISMR July/Aug 2015 page 42" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/5d0b0126?page=42"> ISMR SAYS: “With 115,000 m2 of exhibition space </a> <a title="ISMR July/Aug 2015 page 43" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/5d0b0126?page=43"> EVENT PREVIEW updated public transport service</a> <a title="ISMR July/Aug 2015 page 44" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/5d0b0126?page=44"> PRODUCT REVIEWS ISMR REVIEWS THE LATEST INDUS</a> <a title="ISMR July/Aug 2015 page 45" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/5d0b0126?page=45"> PRODUCT REVIEWS 25th anniversary of Eckert at I</a> <a title="ISMR July/Aug 2015 page 46" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/5d0b0126?page=46"> Triple action presses TAIWANESE PRESS SPECIALIST,</a> <a title="ISMR July/Aug 2015 page 47" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/5d0b0126?page=47"> </a> <a title="ISMR July/Aug 2015 page 48" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/5d0b0126?page=48"> 3D scanning solution AGT ROBOTICS, a manufacture</a> <a title="ISMR July/Aug 2015 page 49" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/5d0b0126?page=49"> </a> <a title="ISMR July/Aug 2015 page 50" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/5d0b0126?page=50"> Digital process chain AUTOFORM ENGINEERING GMBH, </a> <a title="ISMR July/Aug 2015 page 51" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/5d0b0126?page=51"> </a> <a title="ISMR July/Aug 2015 page 52" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/5d0b0126?page=52"> </a>