Machining
The Schüco AF 510 CNC machine is particularly flexible when it comes to machining aluminium window, door, façade and special profiles.
Company
Heinrich Georg has pooled all its service-related activities, which had so far been spread over three different divisions, within the new “Service” business unit.
Industry
Thanks to the boost provided by favourable conditions in the world economy, German thermo process equipment manufacturers experienced two years of growth in succession.
Incoming orders for large-scale plant construction rose in 2018 for the first time in five years. Orders are expected to rise in the current year. The volatility of the sales markets and the high competitive pressure will continue.
SMS group is going to focus its trade fair presence on digitization and on the momentum Industrie 4.0 and digitization have on the aluminium industry.
Extrusion
Estral Spa in Manerbio, Italy, has awarded SMS group a contract to supply a HybrEx28. This extrusion press is the second press the company has ordered from SMS group and the first one of the new HybrEx series for the Italian aluminium market. It extrudes aluminium billets with a maximum force of 28 MN and a top speed of 20 mm per second.
SMS group looks back to a business year 2017, which was characterized by a slightly increased order intake and slightly decreased sales. The company intends to adapt to the globally low market volume in metallurgical plant construction by cutting back on personnel, reducing overcapacities and implementing efficiency-boosting measures, thus positioning itself more competitively.
