Bystronic: Best choice.
Cutting | Bending | Automation

Nowadays, digital solutions and agile processes are success factors – also in the sheet metal processing industry. Thanks to its own high level of digital maturity, Bystronic is able to apply its targeted consulting services to rapidly advance the digital transformation of its customers towards the smart factory. In the “Swiss Export Journal”, Norbert Seo explains how this is being achieved in the ASEAN region.

Thanks to its investment in a Bending Cell (consisting of an Xpert Pro press brake combined with a bending robot), the Swiss job shop Stoppani will soon also be able to produce during the night – completely autonomously.

Creaholic has ingenuity in its DNA: In the 1980s, the company’s founders were involved in the invention of the Swatch watch. Today, the innovative minds from Switzerland’s watch metropolis Biel develop new products and services in collaboration with other companies. What are the key factors in product and service development? And is there a formula for the development of innovations? An interview with the co-founder Marcel Aeschlimann.

In response to the corona crisis, many entrepreneurs reacted quickly and promptly reorganized their production processes – among them Tony Haddad from Lebanon. A story about a successful mechanical engineering entrepreneur who wants to give something back to his country – and about a Bystar laser that patiently pushes through night shifts.

Compressed air management, waste heat recovery, and energy-efficient machines – Brand Metallbau has optimized its energy efficiency and thus reduced its power consumption by half. With the nitrogen generator for laser cutting offers Bystronic a solution for in-house production.

In order for the latest super-versatile jet PC-24 of the Pilatus family to take off, over 10,000 different individual parts have to be assembled at the competence center for structure assembly operations. A customized storage system from Bystronic helps to master this logistical challenge in an efficient manner.

The world’s largest car manufacturer is getting ready for the future. Over the next few years, Volkswagen will make a radical transition to e-mobility, and the Volkswagen plant in Zwickau, Germany, will play a key role in this process. With the ID.3 model, the blueprint for the new generation of electric cars is being created here. The bending experts from Bystronic are also on board.

How energy is generated is the subject of extensive debate. But how it is used is hardly ever discussed. Yet efficiency measures are indispensable in achieving the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energies. The German efficiency researcher Alexander Sauer knows how industry can make its contribution.

The German trade magazine “MaschinenMarkt” put this question to industry experts and asked them about the criteria, materials, opportunities, and limits of automation. What is their advice to the industry? The magazine interviewed specialists from a number of suppliers. Thomas Dörig, Head of Solution Center, was given the opportunity to present Bystronic’s point of view.

Automation and industrial image processing are two fields of strategic importance for Bystronic. The combination of the two technologies is crucial for the optimization of the manufacturing processes of sheet metal processing companies. With its investment in the startup LIP Automation, Bystronic is positioning itself to play an active role in shaping key technologies of the future.

The future belongs to networked manufacturing. For Bystronic, however, the frequently quoted smart factory is just the beginning. The goal is to create an ecosystem that networks sheet metal processing companies with customers, suppliers, and shipping companies. The benefit for everyone involved: greater transparency and efficiency along the entire supply chain.