Charmilles promotes 'win-win-win' strategy.If The Agie Charmilles Group casts about for a new corporate slogan in the future, it might consider "Got ya covered." Key executives from the Swiss-based Agie Charmilles, the manufacturing technology group of the Georg Fisher Corp, told reporters at IMTS IMTS International Manufacturing Technology Show IMTS Improved Mobile Telephone Service IMTS International Machine Tool Show IMTS International Merchandise Trade Statistics IMTS Improved Moving Target Simulator IMTS Information Management Technical Specialist 2000 in Chicago, IL, last month that the group wants to throw a wide net in applying its corporate philosophy of connecting people with the technologies of high speed machining (HSM (1) (Hierarchical Storage Management) The automatic movement of files from hard disk to slower, less-expensive storage media. The typical hierarchy is from magnetic disk to optical disc to tape. ) and electrical discharge machining Electrical discharge machining (or EDM) is a machining method primarily used for hard metals or those that would be impossible to machine with traditional techniques. One critical limitation, however, is that EDM only works with materials that are electrically conductive. (EDM (Engineering Data Management) An information system that maintains the details of all engineering data while the product is in the design and concept phase. This includes geometry and changes to geometry. See PLM. EDM - Electronic Data Management ). Very simply, Agie Charmilles CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Kurt E Stirnemann declared: "We want to be the market and technology leader for the tool and moldmaking industry." That intention became clear in August when Agie Charmilles, already a recognized leader in EDM, took over Mikron mi·kron n. Variant of micron. Technology Group's machining business. Also a Swiss company, Mikron offers such machines as the HSM 700 for high speed cutting. Agie Charmilles is preserving the brand and adding to its existing range, the executives said. Integrated into that mix is the Bostomatic Corp. HSM and EDM are complementing each other to an ever-increasing degree at various stages of production, leading to the creation of a common customer base, the executives said. "The addition of Mikron to the Agie Charmilles Group will prove advantageous not only to Mikron, but to our customers as well," said Michael Hauser, Mikron president. "Now customers have a competent partner for all their moldmaking needs, including EDM and high speed machining. "It's a win-win-win situation," he declared. |
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