DMG MORI will be presenting 14 CNC machines from its high-tech portfolio on its 850-m² exhibition area at this year’s BI-MU in Milan that is to take place from 4th to 8th October 2016. The focus of the trade fair will be on GILDEMEISTER Italiana as a competence site for production turning and the DMU 90 P duoBLOCK®.

GILDEMEISTER Italiana S.p.A. – Competence in production turning

As the sole manufacturer of metal cutting machine tools in Italy GILDEMEISTER Italiana has gathered extensive expertise in the development and production of automatic turning centers and production turning centers over the past decades. So where this topic is concerned the site has developed to become the largest centre of competence within the global DMG MORI network. In addition, the NLX 2500 for the European market is assembled at the recently modernised site in Brembate die Sopra where the application technology for the WASINO models is also developed.

For many years, GILDEMEISTER Italiana has enhanced the high-end portfolio of DMG MORI with SPRINT turning centers equipped with several turrets and the SWISSTYPEkit for short and long turning. Added to these are the multi-spindle machines of the GM series and the CNC-controlled GMC series. GILDEMEISTER Italiana covers workpiece diameters of between 2 and 90 mm with this machine programme, thus ensuring there is an ideal solution available for virtually every application required in production turning.

In addition, GILDEMEISTER Italiana plays a key role in Europe within the global network of the machine tool manufacturer. Mutual use of the global production facilities within the cooperation between the German DMG MORI AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT and Japanese DMG MORI COMPANY LIMITED enables a significant reduction in transport costs and shorter delivery times. Currency crises and customs duties no longer present any great obstacles, either. So where Italian production is concerned the manufacture of the NLX 2500 has also been established in Brembate di Sopra. The universal turning center has expanded both the technological range of performance of GILDEMEISTER Italiana and the application technology for WASINO turning centers. GILDEMEISTER Italiana manufactures up to 700 turning centers a year with its available production capacity.

Within DMG MORI GILDEMEISTER Italiana in Brembate di Sopra is the centre of competence for automatic turning centers and production turning centers.

DMU 90 P duoBLOCK® – Heavy-duty machining with an attractive package price

5-axis machining of the highest level is also the trademark of the fourth generation of the successful duoBLOCK® series. Outstanding features here include the highly stable design of the universal machines, long-term accuracy and highest precision with up to 4 μm positioning accuracy even in the standard version. With its DMU 90 P duoBLOCK®, DMG MORI now presents a machine that will continue the triumphal march of the machining centres. This latest model is designed as a package machine with a high-performance motor spindle, space for 60 SK50 tools and IKZ coolant unit and guarantees an economical entry into heavy-duty machining.

Applications in tool and mould making as well as in general mechanical engineering call for investment in reliable, high-performance production equipment. DMG MORI has now expanded its range to include the attractively priced DMU 90 P duoBLOCK® geared especially towards the universal machining typical for tool and mould making and mechanical engineering. With an X-axis travel of 900 mm and workpiece weight of 1,800 kg, it outperforms the smaller DMU 80 P duoBLOCK®. Where its technical equipment is concerned, DMG MORI has concentrated on heavy-duty machining and offers the DMU 90 P duoBLOCK® as an appropriately equipped package machine. The first class equipment package of the DMU 90 P duoBLOCK® includes a vertical chain magazine with space for 60 SK50 tools and a powerful 52-kW motor spindle. With a speed of 12,000 rpm and a torque of 430 Nm, it can handle even demanding machining tasks. A spindle growth sensor, machine protection control and a 600-liter IKZ coolant unit with 40 bar and 23 l/min complete the basic machine.
The DMU 90 P duoBLOCK® allows an economical entry into heavy-duty machining.

DMG MORI will be presenting 14 CNC machines from its high-tech portfolio on its 850-m² exhibition area at this year’s BI-MU in Milan that is to take place from 4th to 8th October 2016. The focus of the trade fair will be on GILDEMEISTER Italiana as a competence site for production turning and the DMU 90 P duoBLOCK®.

GILDEMEISTER Italiana S.p.A. – Competence in production turning

As the sole manufacturer of metal cutting machine tools in Italy GILDEMEISTER Italiana has gathered extensive expertise in the development and production of automatic turning centers and production turning centers over the past decades. So where this topic is concerned the site has developed to become the largest centre of competence within the global DMG MORI network. In addition, the NLX 2500 for the European market is assembled at the recently modernised site in Brembate die Sopra where the application technology for the WASINO models is also developed.

For many years, GILDEMEISTER Italiana has enhanced the high-end portfolio of DMG MORI with SPRINT turning centers equipped with several turrets and the SWISSTYPEkit for short and long turning. Added to these are the multi-spindle machines of the GM series and the CNC-controlled GMC series. GILDEMEISTER Italiana covers workpiece diameters of between 2 and 90 mm with this machine programme, thus ensuring there is an ideal solution available for virtually every application required in production turning.

In addition, GILDEMEISTER Italiana plays a key role in Europe within the global network of the machine tool manufacturer. Mutual use of the global production facilities within the cooperation between the German DMG MORI AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT and Japanese DMG MORI COMPANY LIMITED enables a significant reduction in transport costs and shorter delivery times. Currency crises and customs duties no longer present any great obstacles, either. So where Italian production is concerned the manufacture of the NLX 2500 has also been established in Brembate di Sopra. The universal turning center has expanded both the technological range of performance of GILDEMEISTER Italiana and the application technology for WASINO turning centers. GILDEMEISTER Italiana manufactures up to 700 turning centers a year with its available production capacity.

Within DMG MORI GILDEMEISTER Italiana in Brembate di Sopra is the centre of competence for automatic turning centers and production turning centers.

DMU 90 P duoBLOCK® – Heavy-duty machining with an attractive package price

5-axis machining of the highest level is also the trademark of the fourth generation of the successful duoBLOCK® series. Outstanding features here include the highly stable design of the universal machines, long-term accuracy and highest precision with up to 4 μm positioning accuracy even in the standard version. With its DMU 90 P duoBLOCK®, DMG MORI now presents a machine that will continue the triumphal march of the machining centres. This latest model is designed as a package machine with a high-performance motor spindle, space for 60 SK50 tools and IKZ coolant unit and guarantees an economical entry into heavy-duty machining.

Applications in tool and mould making as well as in general mechanical engineering call for investment in reliable, high-performance production equipment. DMG MORI has now expanded its range to include the attractively priced DMU 90 P duoBLOCK® geared especially towards the universal machining typical for tool and mould making and mechanical engineering. With an X-axis travel of 900 mm and workpiece weight of 1,800 kg, it outperforms the smaller DMU 80 P duoBLOCK®. Where its technical equipment is concerned, DMG MORI has concentrated on heavy-duty machining and offers the DMU 90 P duoBLOCK® as an appropriately equipped package machine. The first class equipment package of the DMU 90 P duoBLOCK® includes a vertical chain magazine with space for 60 SK50 tools and a powerful 52-kW motor spindle. With a speed of 12,000 rpm and a torque of 430 Nm, it can handle even demanding machining tasks. A spindle growth sensor, machine protection control and a 600-liter IKZ coolant unit with 40 bar and 23 l/min complete the basic machine.
CELOS® and Industry 4.0 – Products and solutions for the digital transformation

The topic “Industry 4.0” is dominating the discussion of the future like no other, even in the sector of machine tool construction. As the leading manufacturer of metal removing machine tools worldwide, DMG MORI supports its customers on their way to digital transformation with the app-based CELOS® system and other intelligent software solutions like the DMG MORI process chain and Technology Cycles from DMG MORI.

Thanks to its open architecture, CELOS® allows the exchange of information with higher–level structures in addition to its effects in the shop floor area. So CELOS® offers customers complete integration of their machines in the company organisation while simultaneously creating today the interface of metal cutting production in the cyber-physical production system of the future. The benefits in day-to-day operation are convincing: a 30 percent time saving in tooling times and 50 percent lower time and effort for the calculation of technology values or the search for important information are just a few of the effects that can be achieved with CELOS®.

The DMG MORI process chain is a prime example of a successful digital transformation and a practical link from the virtual to the real world. Based on different kind of modules, the DMG MORI Process Chain provides programming and simulation software solutions. Thus allowing perfect planning, effective prevention of collisions and a reduction of setup time to an absolute minimum. For example, the importance of the DMG MORI Virtual Machine is comparable to that of the racing simulator for the pilots. It enables a 1:1 simulation under real conditions – including machine kinematics and control. The result is a high degree of safety and speed in the (exciting) real world.

Workshop-oriented programming is still of great importance especially in single item production and the production of small and medium-sized quantities – and it will remain just as important for a long time to come. Whereby working with cycles is now state-of-the-art and standard cycles for turning, milling and drilling have long been included in the performance range of modern controls. Based on its decades of application experience DMG MORI has gone far beyond the standard and currently has 24 exclusive DMG MORI Technology Cycles for the fields of turning / turning-milling or rather milling / milling-turning in its portfolio. These enable the operator in the shopfloor to programme complex machining up to 80 % faster by directly using the parameterised context menus in the dialog of the control.

The topic “Industry 4.0” is dominating the discussion of the future like no other, even in the sector of machine tool construction. As the leading manufacturer of metal removing machine tools worldwide, DMG MORI supports its customers on their way to digital transformation with the app-based CELOS® system and other intelligent software solutions like the DMG MORI process chain and Technology Cycles from DMG MORI.

Thanks to its open architecture, CELOS® allows the exchange of information with higher–level structures in addition to its effects in the shop floor area. So CELOS® offers customers complete integration of their machines in the company organisation while simultaneously creating today the interface of metal cutting production in the cyber-physical production system of the future. The benefits in day-to-day operation are convincing: a 30 percent time saving in tooling times and 50 percent lower time and effort for the calculation of technology values or the search for important information are just a few of the effects that can be achieved with CELOS®.

The DMG MORI process chain is a prime example of a successful digital transformation and a practical link from the virtual to the real world. Based on different kind of modules, the DMG MORI Process Chain provides programming and simulation software solutions. Thus allowing perfect planning, effective prevention of collisions and a reduction of setup time to an absolute minimum. For example, the importance of the DMG MORI Virtual Machine is comparable to that of the racing simulator for the pilots. It enables a 1:1 simulation under real conditions – including machine kinematics and control. The result is a high degree of safety and speed in the (exciting) real world.

Workshop-oriented programming is still of great importance especially in single item production and the production of small and medium-sized quantities – and it will remain just as important for a long time to come. Whereby working with cycles is now state-of-the-art and standard cycles for turning, milling and drilling have long been included in the performance range of modern controls. Based on its decades of application experience DMG MORI has gone far beyond the standard and currently has 24 exclusive DMG MORI Technology Cycles for the fields of turning / turning-milling or rather milling / milling-turning in its portfolio. These enable the operator in the shopfloor to programme complex machining up to 80 % faster by directly using the parameterised context menus in the dialog of the control.

30.BI-MU (fieramilano, 4-8 October 2016) confirms to be the ideal exhibition to talk about advanced production processing and in particular, about additive technologies applied to the manufacturing industry.

Thanks to the initiative “Additive Technologies Club” promoted by AITA-ASSOCIAZIONE ITALIANA TECNOLOGIE ADDITIVE with the support of UCIMU Foundation, the member companies will take advantage of a privileged stage to meet customers and potential partners, exhibiting their products in appropriate stands or in the showcases of the special dedicated area.

Therefore, visitors will have the opportunity to see first-hand the achievements of this fascinating and innovative solution, while examining its possible applications by a direct exchange of views with the exhibitors.

In addition, the conference session of “Quality Bridge” will host an event aimed at highlighting the connections between the machine tool world and that of Additive Technologies, with the support of important exponents of both sectors.

So far, the members of AITA-ASSOCIAZIONE ITALIANA TECNOLOGIE ADDITIVE who will exhibit at 30.BI-MU are: 3DZ, ALTAIR, CMF Marelli, CREO, DB INFORMATION, EFESTO LAB, ENERGY GROUP, EOS, INDUSTRIE ADDITIVE, ISTITUTO ITALIANO della SALDATURA, LOSMA, MARPOSS, PUBLITEC, RENISHAW, R.F. CELADA, RIDIX, SELLTEK, SIEMENS, SISMA, SPRING, TEC EUROLAB, TIPS, ZARE.

30.BI-MU confirms to be the ideal exhibition to talk about advanced production processing and in particular, about additive technologies applied to the manufacturing industry.

Thanks to the initiative “Additive Technologies Club” promoted by AITA-ASSOCIAZIONE ITALIANA TECNOLOGIE ADDITIVE with the support of UCIMU Foundation, the member companies will take advantage of a privileged stage to meet customers and potential partners, exhibiting their products in appropriate stands or in the showcases of the special dedicated area.

Therefore, visitors will have the opportunity to see first-hand the achievements of this fascinating and innovative solution, while examining its possible applications by a direct exchange of views with the exhibitors.

In addition, the conference session of “Quality Bridge” will host an event aimed at highlighting the connections between the machine tool world and that of Additive Technologies, with the support of important exponents of both sectors.

So far, the members of AITA-ASSOCIAZIONE ITALIANA TECNOLOGIE ADDITIVE who will exhibit at 30.BI-MU are: 3DZ, CMF Marelli, CREO, DB INFORMATION, EFESTO LAB, ENERGY GROUP, EOS, INDUSTRIE ADDITIVE, ISTITUTO ITALIANO della SALDATURA, LOSMA, MARPOSS, MECCATRONICORE, PUBLITEC, RENISHAW, R.F. CELADA, RIDIX, SELLTEK, SIEMENS, SISMA, SPRING, TEC EUROLAB, TIPS, ZARE.

Since the preparation for the most awaited exhibition Bi-Mu is on full swing, tell us more about this edition of the show (number of participants, country participating, area covered, etc)?
Third in the international exporters ranking and fourth in the manufacturers ranking, Italy can boast BI-MU as one of the historical and most qualified international events dedicated to the Italian industry of machine tools, robots, production systems and auxiliary technologies. Promoted by UCIMU-SISTEMI PER PRODURRE, the association of Italian manufacturers of machine tools, robots and automation systems, BI-MU is organised by EFIM-ENTE FIERE ITALIANE MACCHINE.

After the extraordinary success of EMO MILANO 2015, Italy returns to the spotlight, in the schedule of the worldwide sector operators, with 30.BI-MU. On scene in October 2016 at fieramilano, the biennial machine tool exhibition is ready to reap the benefits of the upswing of the Italian and international markets, which, since the end of 2013, are experiencing a steady growth with regard to production and demand.

The applications to exhibit at 30.BI-MU have increased by 30% compared with the trend of applications in the same period of the past edition. This really considerable growth follows the positive trend of Italian consumption of machine tools, which reached 3,595 million euro (corresponding to a 31.3% rise versus the previous year).

What are the new things visitors/exhibitors will observe during this edition of Bi-Mu?
A novelty of the 2016 edition of 30.BI-MU is the special area called “FLUID POWER”, dedicated to oil-hydraulic and pneumatic systems.

The only exhibition area officially promoted by ASSOFLUID, the Italian Association of Manufacturing and Trading Companies in Fluid Power Equipment and Components, “POTENZA FLUIDA/FLUID POWER” will show the best of the sector, which is, by its nature, complementary to the machine tool industry and also shares its technological evolution and its user sectors.

Exactly the possibility of sharing common customers between the machine tool sector and the oil-hydraulic and pneumatic ones makes BI-MU an unmissable event for the enterprises that will exhibit in the” POTENZA FLUIDA/FLUID POWER” area. At their disposal there will be the wide and heterogeneous public, which usually visits the biennial exhibition, representing the whole manufacturing world, but there will also be machine tool manufacturers, who are among the main users of power systems, capable of improving efficiency, profitability and eco-sustainability in the achieved solutions.

Also created in response to the interest shown by a part of the public involved in BI-MU, the “POTENZA FLUIDA/FLUID POWER” area will be completed with workshops, conferences and events of “technological matching”.

In order to meet the needs of a rapidly evolving market, from this year on BI-MU will take place together with SFORTEC INDUSTRY, the new interpretation of SFORTEC, which dissolves its exclusive connection with the machine tool sector by expanding its technological repertoire to the whole manufacturing industry, gaining the title of “INDUSTRY”. Besides its new product range, the exhibition proposes itself in an unprecedented format: 3 exhibition days, from Thursday to Saturday, and a new, entirely and specially dedicated hall.

In this way, the organizers of the biennial machine tool exhibition intend to offer the widest range of products to the public visiting the trade show, who will be able to choose between two parallel visit routes: the “Make” of BI-MU, for those who design and build, and the “Buy” of SFORTEC INDUSTRY, for those who buy services, outsourcing a part of their business.

How many countries are participating and what would be the number of country pavilions in the show?
In 2014, the last edition of BI-MU/SFORTEC, the biennial machine tool, robotics and automation exhibition, had proposed the product ranges offered by 1,060 exhibiting companies, of which 47% from abroad, coming from Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, South Korea, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Japan, Great Britain, India, Israel, Holland, Poland, Portugal, Principality of Monaco, Czech Republic, San Marino, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Taiwan, Turkey, USA.

29.BIMU had covered a total area of 90,000 square metres and had registered 61,926 visits. 4% of the visits were by foreign operators, representing 75 countries.

I think that this year, also following the positive wave of EMO MILANO 2015 and thanks to the new economic-political leading position regained by Milan with EXPO 2015, 30.BI-MU will be able to achieve much higher figures than those mentioned above.

How many participants are there from India and what’s the plan to attract more Indian visitors?
The data regarding the applications are not available yet, but we know that for several years India has been among the represented countries, with regard to exhibitors as well as to visitors.

In order to attract foreign visitors to BI-MU, according to tradition, the organizers of the exhibition are planning a well-structured activity aimed at welcoming the foreign delegations.  Qualified delegations of foreign users coming from the countries that show the highest growth and development rates will be invited to visit the exhibition. Organized in co-operation with ITA-Italian Trade Agency, the initiative aims at expanding the spectrum of operators visiting BI-MU, also including end users from emerging countries, besides the users who usually participate in the event. The presence of qualified buyers meets the need to support exhibitors in the activity they are already carrying out autonomously, thus increasing the number of contacts they may activate in the five exhibition days.

How can this event help Indian companies enhance their business in European market and vice versa?
India is the eleventh destination market of the Italian exports in the sector; in particular, according to the last survey referred to the period January-December 2015, the Indian country bought machine tools from Italy for an amount of 79 million euro. The Indian market is particularly interesting for the Italian enterprises of the sector. Today India is considered as one of the leading manufacturing industries worldwide, but nevertheless it still has unexpressed large potentials which can and must be developed, also in cooperation with Italy. The Indian machine tool production has adequate standards for many types of machining, especially for machines having medium-level technology. We, the Italians, can and must propose ourselves more and more to work in the Indian market and foster its development and growth. Between India and Italy there is a continuous collaboration aimed at improving the mutual market advantages and at establishing a sharing of intents with a long-term view.

What’s the role of Bi-Mu in the Italian Machine tool industry? Over the period how has it helped the Italian companies in business?
BI-MU has been the privileged stage for sixty years to understand the future developments of the sector. At every edition it is reinvented, always showing a state-of-the art overview of products, defined by entering the new areas of the Italian industry of the sector and the relevant fields of application, with the purpose of interpreting the needs and the opportunities connected with the last industrial innovations.   

Talking about Italian and European machine tool industry. What are the current trends in the Italian machine tool industry?
Well, the sector of production systems is continuously evolving, since it is, by its nature, an innovative sector. Much is discussed about “collaborative robots”; for many years the association has been studying how additive technologies affect the manufacturing industry. Consistent with this view and encouraged by UCIMU, in 2014 AITA-Italian Association of Additive Technologies was established with scientific, cultural and knowledge-sharing intent.

Another very important issue is that of the “smart factory”, as we have been calling it in Italy for many years, which is practically “Industry 4.0” to say it with a more popular and modern term. “Industry 4.0” is intended as the application of the “Industry of the Things” (IoT) to industrial production. In practice, it implies applying to the industry all that is made possible through the Internet, i.e. the possibility of connecting parts of the physical world with the net. The Internet changed the way of living and of interacting because it enables to eliminate distances almost completely. The spread of ICT in daily life is evident, as well as the effects brought about by the common use of smartphones that allow us to remain always connected and reachable. Today, and not only from today, this principle can be applied to the factory, which, in the Industry 4.0 concept, becomes a system of parts, areas, processes interconnected with one another and of automated systems that can partially replace human labour.

Can you please provide us some data about the Italian machine tool industry like production, consumption, import, export, etc
The Italian machine tool, automation and robotics sector is in third place in the international ranking for exports and in fourth place for production. In 2015, the Italian production exceeded 5.4 billion euro (+12.2%), of which 64% was sold abroad. Imports reached 1.7 million euro, growing by 44.5% and thus proving that Italy is again a receptive country.

Which country imports most from Italy? And tell us more about the machine tool trade between India and Italy?
With 389 million euro of machines sold, the USA is the first destination market for Italian production. For this reason, UCIMU organized the convention “Impact. Innovate. Integrate” in Chicago. Organized in cooperation with the Ministry of Economic Development, ICE-Italian Trade Agency and Confidustria, the conference saw the participation of Italian manufacturers who presented development trends, specific solutions and challenges for the near future, implemented by the Italian industry for the US market.

The presentation, which was attended, among others, by the Italian Prime Minister, Matteo Renzi, the Italian Vice-Minister of Economic Development, Ivan Scalfarotto, and the President of UCIMU, Luigi Galdabini, hosted over 200 guests representing institutions, media and users of the main sectors, from the automotive to the aerospace industry, from the energy to the oil & gas fields.

The second destination market for the “Made in Italy” production of the sector is Germany (372 million euro) followed by China (339) and France (181).

53% of Italian sales to India concern metal-cutting machines: grinding machines account for 13%, lathes for 9.2%, TNC machines for 6.6%. With regard to metal-forming technologies (covering 47% of the total amount exported by Italy to India), the most important machines are: hammers and forging machines (10.7% of the total export), traditional cutting machines (12.1%), folding and bending machines (7.6%).

What are the initiatives taken by UCIMU and IMTMA to improve the business cooperation between these two countries?
The cooperation between the two associations has always been very efficient and well-organized and it could not be otherwise, considering that Italy is for India the second European supplier country of machine tools and the fifth worldwide. At the same time, for several years India has been among the “top 20” supplier countries of production systems to Italy and it represents an industry with very wide prospects.

The bilateral initiatives organized by UCIMU and IMTMA, aimed at fostering the trade exchange between the two countries, include collective groups and institutional exhibition stands, – which UCIMU organizes within the Indian IMTEX TOOL and IMTEX FORMING trade shows and which IMTMA organizes within the Italian BI-MU, LAMIERA and EMO MILANO exhibitions, – as well as planned missions of delegations and scheduled B2B meetings among manufacturers and users of the two countries.

In the previous years Italy and overall Europe faced some economic downturn. How is the situation now?
The recession, which has hit Europe from 2009 on, has caused a freeze of investments in Italy for several years, including those in machine tools. However, today the general economic situation has improved, both in Italy and abroad.

This first observation, which is obviously a relief for those who operate in this sector, is followed by another, even more important point: in the last year and a half, it was the Italian market that showed more willingness and inclination to invest in machine tools.

Supported by the decrease of money price practised by the ECB and by several provisions of industrial policy implemented by the Italian Government authorities who have been giving new energy to the demand for production systems, the consumption of machine tools is growing again in Italy and even more remarkably than in the rest of Europe.

How do you see the Indian market? What can be done to improve the trade between India and Italy?
The Indian machine tool production has adequate standards for many types of machining, especially for machines having medium-level technology. We, the Italians, can and must propose ourselves more and more to work in the Indian market and encourage its development and growth. Between India and Italy there is a continuous collaboration aimed at improving the mutual market advantages and at establishing a sharing of intents with a long-term view. As the Italian machine tool Manufacturers’ Association, we are present, along with ASSOCOMAPLAST, in the Indian territory, carrying out important initiatives, such as that of the “Italian Technology Center”. The promotion centre for the “Made in Italy” of the sector, with offices in Pune, promotes ITC brand and the brands of eleven Italian enterprises. These companies are manufacturers of capital goods and cooperate to develop new relationships with the Indian institutions and the culture and industry worlds: this is really necessary to support the internationalization of Italian enterprises in the area.  Besides the Technology Centre, another project by UCIMU is PIATTAFORMA INDIA, a real hub, capable of providing assistance and advice to the companies interested in working in the area. The aim of the initiative is to support the companies in their internationalization activity. For this purpose, “Piattaforma India” can rely on the collaboration of an Indian officer, acting as a facilitator directly on site.

By Nishant Kashyap

Plus 30% subscriptions to 30.BI-MU, the Italian machine tool biennial exhibition scheduled at fieramilano Rho from Tuesday 4th through to Saturday 8th October 2016, as against those registered in the same period at the last edition.

A decidedly substantial increase in step with the favourable trend in Italian machine tool consumption, standing at 3,595 million Euro (plus 31.3% as against the previous year). The revival in demand for production systems has rewarded both the deliveries by domestic manufacturers with 1,920 million Euro, as much as +21% against the previous year, as well as imports, with a +45.5% for a value worth 1,675 million.

Promoted by UCIMU-SISTEMI PER PRODURRE, the Italian machine tool, robot and automation manufacturers’ association, and organized by EFIM-ENTE FIERE ITALIANE MACCHINE, 30.BI-MU is ready to grasp the results of a recovery in the market, resuming investments in production systems both in Italy and abroad, as demonstrated by the data drawn up by Centro Studi UCIMU.

In the wake of the excellent performance at EMO MILANO, the Italian edition of the worldwide machine tool trade fair, an event marking up record figures under all aspects in 2015, Italy takes to the centre of the sector stage again with 30.BI-MU, not only advantaged by a recovery in the domestic and international market, but which will also benefit by the important industrial policy measures implemented by the country.

In fact, after the New Sabatini Law which has done well and will do much towards Italy’s main manufacturing sectors’ consumption, the recently adopted 2016 Stability Law has introduced an extremely important tax benefit for companies, consisting in a maximum of 140% amortization on the cost of purchased capital goods.

Basically, this “Super-amortization” rules that companies may rely on a 140% depreciation of the value of capital goods purchased from 15 October to 31 December 2016.

Such measures will give some breathing space to demands put forward by Italian machine tool users to whom BI-MU will be presenting numerous novelties: from the special FLUID POWER area, promoted by ASSOFLUID, presenting the best of this compartment which is, by its very nature, closely connected with machine tools; up to the SFORTEC INDUSTRY parallel event, the new interpretation of SFORTEC, freeing its exclusive ties with the machine tool sector and extending its technological repertoire to the entire industry.

The intention of the machine tool biennial organizers in holding 30.BI-MU and SFORTEC INDUSTRY events (this last event concentrated into 3 days, from Thursday 6th to Saturday 8th October) contemporarily  is to propose the widest range of offers possible to the public visiting the exhibition, which will have the faculty to choose between two parallel itineraries: the Make of BI-MU for those who design and build and the Buy of SFORTEC INDUSTRY for those who purchase technical sub-supplies and services for industry, outsourcing a part of their business.

Following tradition, alongside the wide range of technologies on display, BI-MU will also be holding a series of side events with the idea of exploiting the presence of operators at the exhibition to the best: from inviting foreign user delegations coming from roughly fifteen countries, typically with the highest growth and development rates, to Quality Bridge, the well-known conference review, to theme areas such as IL MONDO DELLA FINITURA DELLE SUPERFICI (World of Surface Finishing) and the Additive Technologies Club, a space for developers, producers and customers in this emergent compartment to meet and compare notes (organized together with the AITA-ITALIAN ADDITIVE TECHNOLOGIES ASSOCIATION), up to PIANETA GIOVANI (THE PLANET OF THE YOUNG), an important venue between school and working world, with guided visits for the students to the exhibition to those exhibitor companies participant to the project.

Italy will host the 2015 edition of EMO, the world machine tool exhibition promoted by CECIMO, European Association of the Machine Tool Industries.

EMO MILANO 2015 will take place from the 5th to the 10th of October at the prestigious exhibition centre of fieramilano, thus happening at the same time as the last stage of EXPO Milano, the universal exhibition due to attract 20 million visitors to Milan.

Metal cutting, metal forming, welding, heat and surface treatments, robots and automation, mechatronics, tools, parts, components and accessories, metrology and quality control, safety and environment, services.

Machines to build the future, cutting-edge solutions that give the possibility of achieving what mankind has imagined, and technologies on which the improvement of the quality of life depends: this and much more will be EMO MILANO 2015. The spotlight will be on the wide offer of machine tools available, capable of attracting users from all the main sectors that use metal working systems.

Thanks to its machines “for building the future”, as stated in the exhibition’s slogan, EMO MILANO 2015 will be the biggest factory situated in an exhibition center whose pavilions will host the best innovations coming from the world market-related industry.

Pier Luigi Streparava, General Commisioner of EMO MILANO 2015, said “the enhancement of world economy alongside with the increased consumption of machines foreseen by Oxford Economics for Europe and Italy will give an additional boost to EMO MILANO 2015, facilitating those who will attend the exhibition in October 2015”.

In particular, global consumption is due to reach 59.4 billion € in 2014 (+ 3.8%), 64.3 billion in 2015 (+8,3%), 69.6 billion € in 2016 (+8,2%) and eventually 75 billion in 2017 (+8.3%). In Europe, the increase in demand will be marked by a constant, though less impressive positive trend. Italy will register a remarkable increase in machine tool consumption, with growth rates above the European average. In particular, consumption will go up 2.5% in 2014, 5.6% in 2015, 7.3% in 2016, and 8.3% in 2017.

The organisation of EMO MILANO 2015 has been entrusted by CECIMO to the operating structures of UCIMU-SISTEMI PER PRODURRE, the association of Italian manufacturers of machine tools, robots, and automation systems. Competence, enthusiasm and dynamicity are the distinguishing factors that make the EMOteam capable of assisting exhibitors, visitors, journalists, and all those that will take part in EMO MILANO 2015, and of ensuring that the event will fully meet expectations.

With an experience spanning over many decades, thanks to the organization of the five previous editions of this world travelling show: 1979, 1987, 1995, 2003, 2009: and of BI-MU, the main event of even years with a heritage spanning over half a century, the team is working in the definition and in the organization of all those initiatives that will contribute to making EMO MILANO 2015 a one of its kind event.

More than 125,000 visitors attended the last edition of the exhibition in Milan (EMO MILANO 2009), with 51,500 foreign visitors coming from 99 countries: Europe (60%), Asia (26.5%), America (9.5%) Africa (3.1%) and Oceania (1%). More than 400 journalists were granted access to the event that hosted 1,404 exhibitors, with a 65% share of them coming from 39 foreign countries.

Up-to-date information, ad hoc services for exhibitors and visitors, the video spot created to promote the event and one song of EMOTION 2015, the Italian music CD realized to celebrate EMO MILANO 2015, are available at www.emo-milan.com.

The recently concluded 29.BI-MU/SFORTEC from September 30th to October 4th presented the most qualified offer in terms of machine tools for metal cutting & metal forming, robots, automation system. Sponsored by UCIF, the union of manufacturers and finishing Systems, the event is organised by EFIM-ENTE FIERE ITALIANE MACCHINE.

The opening ceremony took place in Sala Martini, Centro Congressi Stella Polare, Centro Servizi Fiera with the opening conference introduce by: Luigi Galdabini, President, UCIMU-SISTEMI PER PRODURRE; Roberto Moroni, President, Regione Lombardia; Michele Perini, President, Fiera Milano; Benito Benedini, President, Fondazione Fiera Milano.

The event witnessed over 1060 exhibitors latest showcasing technologies in 90,000 sq mt area. 47% of the exhibiting companies are from outside Itlay, confirming the international nature of the event. They represented the total of 30 countries: Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Holland, India, Israel, Japan, Manoco, Poland, Portugal, San Marino, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, S Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Taiwan, Turkey, USA. The value of around 3,000 machines on exhibition is estimated to be 450 million Euros. These numbers confirm the position of BI-MU at the top of the list in terms of national sector event.

During the 2014 edition, the exhibition introduced many new features. In addition to traditional offer on show, the two-yearly machine tool event presents: CIS-RP&3D area, dedicated to the new manufacturing of 3D printing and Additive Manufacturing Systems, and Focus MECHA-TRONIKA, the “Spin-off” of the event with the same name, showcasing “intelligent solutions capable of optimising the management of machines and industrial processes”.

Following the tradition the recent edition of the event again promoted made by Italian sector. Driven by the ministry of Economic Development, ICE and UCIMU-SISTEMI PER PRODURRE, the action was to entail a number of meeting between Italian exhibitors and approximately 50 important end users of some of the most dynamic market like China, India, Mexico, Russia, United States, Turkey. The end users invited had chance to see the live demo of Italian machines. UCIMU had also organised some b2b meetings with Italian companies during the show with the delegation from. various countries.