Closure between years

EMO Follow UP

Okamoto’s participation at the 2017 EMO in Hannover proved to be our most successful yet. With an exhibition stand of over 220 square metres and 3 open sides, we were able to exhibit the latest and largest machines from our programme. See full report here: Newsletter-October 2017.pdf

EMO in Hannover

Wichtigste Messe für Okamoto wird die diesjährige EMO in Hannover vom 18.09. bis 23.09.2017 sein.
Sie können den großen Messestand von Okamoto in der Halle 11 Stand C69 finden. Dort werden ca. 6 unserer Hochpräzisions-Schleifmaschinen ausgestellt werden.

Ultra-high-strength materials are highly popular not only in aircraft and automobile manufacturing, but also in the mechanical engineering sector, because they are often comparatively light and at the same time very sturdy. Machine tools, however, not infrequently come up against their physical limits when processing these materials. This can be remedied by using structural parts for machinery that are made of lightweight fibre-reinforced materials. This entails mastering some serious obstacles, as evidenced by an as-yet-uncompleted research project at the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology (IPT) in Aachen which will also be on show at the EMO Hannover.

Foto: PTW

Moulding Expo in Stuttgart

30.05.2017 – 02.06.2017
Welcome to the new trade fair Moulding Expo. A high-tech region such as the Stuttgart region where the automobile was invented and the mechanical engineering industry is domiciled needs a trade fair for tool, pattern and mould making.

International Engineering Fair in Nitra (Slowakei)

May 23. to May 27. 2017

International Engineering Fair is an engineering exhibition in the International Exhibition Center Agrokomplex in Nitra (Slovakia). It consists of five subexhibitions: Eurowelding (welding technology), Cast-Ex (foundry technology), Chemplast (plastics engineering and chemistry), EMA (electrotechnics and automation technologies) and Stavmech (building technology). Numerous national and international exhibitors present the latest machinery, tools, equipment and technologies, allowing insights into the innovations and trends of the industry.

AMB IRAN in Teheran

23 May – 26 May 2017 Exhibition for metal working
AMB Iran – an opportunity to be grabbed!

Following the lifting of economic sanctions, Iran is currently considered to be one of the world’s most attractive investment markets. The backlog of requirements relating to the modernisation of its industrial infrastructure is exceptionally great in Iran. In addition to modernising the oil industry, it is primarily the automobile construction, the chemical industry and the health sector that offer enormous market potential in terms of machine and plant engineering.

AMB Follow-Up and Briefing of our experience

AMB is getting more international
Approximately 90,000 visitors were attracted this year by the international fair for metalworking AMB, one of the top 5 trade fairs worldwide for metal handling and processing. Every second year the AMB Trade Fair is hosted in the Hightech-Region of Stuttgart. This year again more than 1.450 exhibitors from 33 countries showcased together with Okamoto the latest development in machine tools.
According to the Fair Organiser the number of international visitors increased by 3 percent compared with the fair from 2 years ago. Approximated 15 percent of the visitors come from 80 different countries. Most of the foreign guests came from neighbouring countries like Austria and Switzerland, closely followed by Italy, Scandinavia and France. Most foreign exhibitors came from Switzerland, followed by Italy, Spain, Austria, Japan and Taiwan. The percentage of foreign companies increased also this year to a total of more than 1/4th or 26 percent of all exhibitors.

Chances and Risks
All machine manufacturers are closely watching the current global well known hot spots with a cautious eye and see both chances as well as high risks for their further business development. In Eastern Europe the development in Hungary, Poland and the Baltic stats look promising – while the business with Russia, Iran and central Asia are still slow – partly due to the political sanctions as well as to the unclear future development in these countries.

Many companies visited Okamoto
The number of visitors that were interested in high class products of Okamoto increased again! Okamoto had showcased 3 new grinding machines and the new rising start the AeroLap machine for easy lapping for various shapes and surfaces. Visitors were especially impressed with the first class quality of our proverbial high precision machines and low running costs!