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COMPANY REVIEWBarberàn, Biesse, Casadei Busellato, Cefla,Finiture, Homag Group, Scm Group, Weinig,Wintersteiger... are just some of the companiesfeatured in this issue with articles specificallydevoted to them.

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NEWSA rich content of important news about events,exhibitions, people and companies from thewhole world of wood and woodworking industry.

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USEFUL ADDRESSES...For our readers, a “who’s who” we have neverpromoted as it deserved. Now we are casting aspotlight in this issue. A way to be found and tofind partners...

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EXHIBITION CALENDARAnother very popular section of our magazines:the upcoming industry exhibitions!

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FOCUS ON TOOLSTool manufacturers are the protagonists of thisspecial focus, including some interviews and ar-ticles by companies Aliprandi, Ceratizit, Ims,Leitz, Sistemi, Twt.

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FOCUS ON POLAND On occasion of next Drema exhibition in Poznan,to be held from 12 to 15 September 2017, aspecial focus on Poland is featured in this issue,with interviews and market data.

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XYLON INTERNATIONAL 2 July-August 2017

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4 Drema 2017: see you in Poznan!

4-5 Heading for PolandInterviews by Elisa Maranzana

The open house of Casadei Busellato06

The Italian export of woodworking machinery05

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12 Collaborate, invent and solve.The golden rules of tool manufacturersInterviews by Elisa Maranzana

13 Aliprandi: “Keep investing!”13 Ceratizit, a season of news!13 Leitz: “We are shaping the future”13 Sistemi: “KleinDia” and “Tornado”13 Twt: The “4Life” system13 Ims: continuous affirmation

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Interzum’s (announced) success07

Acimall: general assembly06

No, we are not thinking about holidays. Oneof the effects of events in the past decade isthat, for many of us, the barrier betweenworking time and leisure time has blurredout. A conquest? From a certain point ofview, a defeat: you can hardly manage yourtime to enjoy different colors and perfumes…

A large number of individuals have made aclear choice, a sort of “constant surveillance”,they are “always on” to react promptly in aworld that presents a new or different situationevery day.

You cannot take the plug off for four weekslike it used to be, or at least, it’s more andmore difficult to do so: there are plenty ofmarkets, many more contacts, and if youhave an important role, you have duties andresponsibilities, so it’s not easy to “unplug”.

So, let’s stay awake, but ready to enjoy theflavor of a different period, a softer breakthat brings us closer to friends and families,the pleasure of taking your eyes away fromthe watch and the mailbox…

In these pages you will find a few interestinglines to read.Well, we don’t expect you to bring our ma-gazine under a beach umbrella or take it outof your backpack in some art city or mountainhut, but you might be curious about thingshappening in this crazy industry.

Needless to say, we like to offer a magazinefor reading, with rich contents. We foundplenty of contents and suggestions in recentweeks, and you will find our own point ofview in these pages. It’s not a “summer is-sue”: it’s not full of drawings to color or cros-swords, it’s packed with information, thoughts,suggestions, meetings, interviews, technicalspecifications.

So, enjoy your reading and have nice holidays,whatever that means for you…

P.s.: by the way, if you feel more comfortable,you can use your mobile devices and takea look at xylon.it, it’s all new!

FOCUS ON POLAND▼ 12 FOCUS ON TOOLS▼

Biesse is entirely “4.0”!09

Innovations is at home at Cefla09

10 Homag: another year to remember

Finiture: new systemfor horizontal spraying10

“W4.0” is Weinig ‘s motto 10

Jowat: “Service Unites”!07

Vauth Sagel: a “MAXXimum” of innovativeness07

08 The technology business is satisfied with Ligna

Searching for innovations at Ligna08

Wintersteiger: new thin-cutting band saw “Dsb Singlehead NG XM”10

Barberàn: “Inert Coat System”10

A great success for Scm Group11

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NEWS

COMPANIESSalvador: “You wood like it”!

The new slogan of the Italian company spe-cialized in the design and production of "in-telligent optimisers", has been presentedduring the last Ligna. An edition most certainlysuccessful…"We've hit the bull's-eye! Notonly by having our visitors play the game ofdarts available in our booth: it has been agreat Ligna edition, which has allowed usto meet many long-standing customers, butabove all, it has generated the interest ofnew companies that have decided to movecloser to the technologies Salvador, as theresult of the hard work spent on defining astronger sales network". With these wordsChristian Salvador has summed up the at-mosphere of the five days spent in Hannover,made of business, of course, but most im-

portantly, of the desire to always put people inthe foreground, a "vocation" which has always di-stinguished the Italian company. Ligna has beenthe perfect occasion to launch the new marketingtools of the Italian company: a new slogan "Sal-vador, you wood like it” along with the firstissue of the magazine that tells some of the manyworldwide Salvador optimisers stories of success.Excellent hospitality for the machineries exhibited:from "Superangle 600 ALL IN-1", which has al-ready won numerous awards due to the benefitsoffered by having joined the possibility of angularcutting to drilling operations, and made evenmore powerful and flexible through the software"Salvawood", to "Supercut 500" in the "Superfast" version able to perform a full cutting cyclein few hundredths of second. A lot of attentionhas focused on "Superpush 200" in the "Window"version and for an even more powerful and fastversion of "Superpush 250". ■

COMPANIESExcellent debut for Giardina Group

“We are very satisfied with our debut as GiardinaGroup: we showed up at Ligna with a new logothat will be progressively extended to our entireportfolio and with a new image, but most of allwith our expertise in technology development -from conventional to advanced solutions - thathas been really appreciated”, said GiampieroMauri, the entrepreneur who, for a few weeksnow, has been guiding the new organization thathas united a few historical successful brands ofthe finishing industry, including Giardina Finishing,Mauri Macchine, Ventilazione Italiana and MMStore. “Ultimately, Ligna has given the feedbackwe expected”, Mauri added. “We built our par-ticipation around our new identity, a huge standcovering over 400 square meters dedicated tomeetings and discussion with partners and cus-tomers....The feedback we had was overall pos-itive, suggesting that the 20 million euro revenuetarget might be achieved sooner than expect-ed…”. “Very interesting visits, solid contacts,focused on planned investments”, said StefanoTibè, sales manager. “Unlike the previous edition,this year we could really feel the necessity ofbusiness owners to renovate their plants. Wemet a few historical customers from the UnitedStates, Canada, Turkey, Asian countries, theMiddle East, who came to discuss projects tobe finalized shortly; and we also met manypeople for the first time, coming from marketsthat were quite “far” from our business in pastyears. This is a signal of a new season for thewood and furniture industry, as well as an indexof increasing confidence in the new age of Gia-rdina Group...” ■

EXHIBITIONSNews about IFFS 2018

International Furniture Fair Singapore (IFFS 2018)will be held co-located with the Asean Furniture Showand Nook Asia and will take place at the SingaporeExpo from 8 to 11 March. 2018 edition expects tohouse a comprehensive portfolio of quality internationalexhibitors from over 30 countries, and features adiverse range of design-rich pieces across the entirefurniture ecosystem that will attract over 20,000 tradeprofessionals across the globe. To enhance its positionas the region’s international benchmark for furnituretrade exhibitions and to embrace a transformativeapproach based on digital technology, IFFS 2018 willbe the first furniture trade exhibition within the regionto launch the augmented reality (AR) zone. Threebrand new national pavilions – Portugal, Spain andTurkey – will also be making their inaugural debuts toengage visitors with chic, contemporary showcasesof an intriguing array of furniture, interior lighting,finished home textiles and decorative accessories. ■

EVENTSWoodtech Egypt 2018

After the success of the 1st Woodtech Forumin Damietta, Medexpo Egypt JSC decided toexpand its activities to Cairo.Woodtech Egypt will be held from 16th to18th of February 2018, in the largest andmost developed international exhibition centrein Egypt and has the support of Egyptian di-stinguished wood and furniture trade asso-ciations. Woodtech Egypt is the internationalmeeting point for wood and furniture specialistswho aim to contact business to business mee-tings for timber, design, furniture fittings andwoodworking machineries. The event will con-sist of a 5.000 square meters exhibition andeducational seminars. In parallel to WoodtechEgypt, Epf (European panel federation), willarrange the "Epf for Africa" event. ■

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DREMA 2017: SEE YOU IN POZNAN!

FOCUS on Poland

Drema, the exhibition dedicated to woodworkingtechnology, accessories and semifinished materialsfor the furniture industry, is an established date inthe European trade fair scenario. Among all exhibitions in Eastern Europe, Russiaapart, it has been recording constant growthrates in recent years, in terms of exhibitors, visitorsand area. These are the key parameters that ensure thesuccess of an exhibition and, at the same time,indicate the health of local supply chains.

The 2017 edition will take place in Poznan from12 to 15 September at the Poznan InternationalFair; preliminary figures communicated by the or-ganizers can be considered reliable; approximately,the exhibition surface should reach 23,000 squaremeters with 500 exhibitors, and 23,000 visitorsare expected.

All figures are higher than in 2016. The major wo-odworking machinery importers will attend, asthe Polish market can fully absorb the offer of te-chnology in all price ranges, thanks to a hugenumber of companies committed to wood pro-cessing, from handicraft businesses to big enter-prises.

ECONOMIC NOTEAmong the countries of the former Communistbloc, Poland has been able to achieve the bestintegration into Western economy, leveraging anindustrial organization that, even before joiningthe European Union, already boasted advancedmanufacturing standards.In recent years, the country has grown and deve-loped at constant rates; living standards have im-proved accordingly, with economic performancebetter than many European Union countries; all

key indicators point to a very positive situation.Just think that, in the past three years, Gdp hasgrown by an average 3.6 percent.Such positive context will benefit the wood industryin Poland, supported by a progressive expansionof finished product demand. The local furniture industry, now totally private,has invested massively in recent years in new te-chnology from Western suppliers, resulting intoan improvement of the quality standards of finishedproducts. Almost all brands producing and sellingwoodworking technology on the local market,from traditional equipment to sophisticated solu-tions, are foreign actors relying on a network ofaggressive and well-organized local resellers.Italy and Germany are the top competitors in thewoodworking machinery business in Poland: ap-proximately 85 percent of imported machines aremade in Italy or Germany.

In 2016, Italian companies achieved 84 millioneuro sales. According to estimates, in 2015 localfurniture production amounted to 8 billion euroapproximately, with a 70 percent export sharethat place Poland at number four in the globalranking of exporting countries, after China, Ger-many and Italy. Recent statistics show that Poland has achievedthe sixth place in the world and the third place inEurope in terms of production value. The industryis comprised of some 24,000 companies. Among these, one hundred are big companieswith more than 250 employees; 350 are me-dium-sized enterprises and about 1,550 are smallbusinesses. The rest are handicraft workshops.

www.drema.pl

interviews

COSTA LEVIGATRICI: KEEP GOING!Selling directly at first andthen also through TeknikaS.A., Costa Levigatrici hasbeen operating in Polandfor over three decades. “Theprofitable collaboration wehave established and de-veloped over time with ourlocal agent”, explains MarioMoretti, area manager forEastern Europe, “has helped us achieve leader-ship in the Polish market in terms of installedsanding and calibrating machines”. A very satisfactory result, with some industries of-fering a bigger contribution than others, as itoften happens. “Despite market crisis, Polandhas always maintained good development levels,and recently the wooden flooring and furnituresegments seem to be improving further, alsoas a result of several factories related to IkeaGroup, both direct subsidiaries and contractors”.But there’s more...“We have seen the rise ofmany medium and large industrial companiesspecializing in furniture and flooring production,and we have succeeded in establishing activecollaboration with them, focusing on productionand quality. Such collaboration is the key driverof our growth on the Polish market, which iscommitted to meeting ever-growing domesticdemand, as well as successfully turning to ex-port”. So, the market is really lively, accordingto Mario Moretti, and this is particularly visible atDrema. “The exhibition in Poznan has alwaysbeen a reference for us, that’s why we have al-ways attended in the past twenty years. Onceagain, our machines can be found at the Teknika

booth”. Collaboration with the Polish agent is notlimited to Drema: a universal model by Costa Le-vigatrici for test runs is also exhibited in Teknika’spermanent showroom. “With a machine in Warsawavailable for customers, we can respond fasterto specific requests by local producers andconsequently expand our footprint in Poland”.Forecasts for the future? “We believe that thegrowth of our industry in Poland will continuefor a long time, both because local producershave not saturated domestic demand, yet, andbecause they are addressing foreign marketswith a highly competitive approach”.

www.costalev.com

SCM: TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITYIf you think about a globalorganization specializing inwoodworking technologywith an established busi-ness in Poland, the mindgoes to Scm: first office inWarsaw in the Nineties, thenthey moved out to Poznanuntil 2005, when the current2,000-square-meter site was built on a 10,000-square-meter plot.“The Polish market has been growing for a fewyears and has become a European leader infurniture and window production”, explains An-drea Santi, general manager at Scm GroupPolska.“In the short term it will surely becomemore important also in wood constructions.Scm Polska is achieving significant results and

HEADING FOR POLAND

Mario Moretti.

Andrea Santi.



ITALIAN EXPORT OF WOODWORKING MACHINERYAcimall, the Italian association of woodworkingmachinery and tools manufacturers, looks backto a year 2016 that was quite satisfactory on theexport side. Approximately 75 percent of rev-enues come from abroad, so accurate trendanalysis is essential to understand where andhow business is going. The favorite destination ofour products has always been the EuropeanUnion, and also this year there is no big surprise:729 million euro and 52 percent share are the fi-gures for 2016, achieving 8 percent growth fromthe previous year. The mature markets of Franceand Germany were stable, exceeding 90 millioneuro each, and also purchase from Belgium re-mained at high levels. Poland maintained a fastgrowing trend. Looking at other countries, Spaindeserves special mention. The Spanish marketsuffered the most during the crisis years, losingapproximately 60 percent of its turnover. In thepast two years, Italian companies have foundfertile land again, with 53 million euro machineryexported in 2016. Another “surprise” in the yearunder scrutiny was the United Kingdom. DespiteBrexit looming and currency uncertainties for thecoming years, in 2016 Italian manufacturers soldover 100 million euro products to the UK. To com-plete the EU review, we consider worth mentioningthe Balkan region. Croatia and Slovenia are si-gnificant markets, and if you add Serbia-Monte-negro and Bosnia-Herzegovina, the total value ofthis area in terms of export reaches 38 millioneuro. Moving outside the European Union, Russiadefinitely needs some consideration. The Euro-Asian subcontinent was strongly affected by po-litical tension. 34 million euro, despite 8 percentgrowth, is a poor result compared to pre-crisis le-vels, which had gone up to 100 million euro.

Among European countries we can include Turkey,which is going through a turbulent political period,but is maintaining high levels of industrial activity.In 2016, Italian manufacturers exported over 40million euro equipment. Let’s move on to theAfrican continent. The share on Italian export is2.8 percent and for sure, Morocco and Algeriacurrently offer more stability for business. Lookingat North America, it is worth commenting uponthe US market trend, currently the top destinationon a global scale with more than 150 million euro.In the wake of the United States, Canada alsogained twenty percent points, reaching 24 millioneuro. On the opposite, South America is expe-riencing its worst phase. Brazil, traditionally thebiggest destination market in the continent, lostover 70 percent, dropping to an all-time low of11.6 million euro. Let’s go to the opposite side ofthe world and take a look at Eastern markets. TheMiddle East acquired 49 million euro equipment,with a 3.5 percent share. The top-two markets inthis region are the United Arab Emirates andIsrael, with 14.7 and 12.8 million euro respectively.Moving to the Far East, China is the mostimportant country by far. This region recordedvery interesting growth rates in 2016, equal to33.3 percent. Also India recorded a significantresult. 24 million euro and 40 percent growth aresignificant figures, but uncertainty still remainsfor 2017. South-East Asia is still a “land of op-portunity”: Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailandand Vietnam together reached 40 million euroturnover, with a slight increase from 2015. Thefinal stage of our review is Oceania: in 2016,Italian machinery export passed the 30 millioneuro threshold, almost twice as much as in 2015.

www.acimall.com

ECONOMY

in recent years we have more than doubled ourturnover and market footprint, developing anetwork with 18 engineers, 23 salespeople, 5product area managers and 15 employees inaccounting, management, service and spareparts. The Polish market is a synonym for pro-fessional skills and qualified staff, the countryhas excellent professional schools and univer-sities which prepare students for their workinglife”. Today Scm in Poland is mainly focused on edge-banding, panel saws and working centers, aswell as traditional equipment and solid wood pro-cessing, especially for doors and windows. In recent years, the Polish market is experiencinga real surge: many companies are growing intogiants that can produce both for local customersand for export. Which are their current requirements? “More andmore advanced technologies are adopted andthere is increasing demand for quick and qual-ified support. As a result, Scm has invested inits technical and sales staff in recent years. Wehave more than doubled our staff of engineersand salespeople, focusing on the quality ofservices and reaction time”. According to tradition, Scm will be back to Dremawith a 800-square-meter stand, several socialresponsibility initiatives and a few new products:the edgebanding center “Morbidelli P200”, thenew range of edgebanding machines including“Stefani XD” with “Air Fusion”, the boring machines“Morbidelli UX100” and “CX100”, the MorbidelliCnc nesting unit “N100”, the Gabbiani panel saw,the Dmc sanding solutions and a wide range ofclassical machines. “Some of our machines will be up and runningin the "factory", where we will produce furniturethat will be donated to senior retirement homes.We did something similar last year; the productionwas entirely managed by the students of thewood technology department in the PoznanUniversity, who made several bedroom setsand donated them to orphanages”.

www.scmgroup.com

“BARDZO DOBRZE” FORSALVADOR“My first trip to Polanddates back to November2005”, says Christian Sal-vador, managing directorof the company that bearshis name. “Since then wehave been growing con-stantly and today this coun-try is a major destination for our production: 22percent of our revenues come from here".Why Poland? "As Machiavelli said, 50 percent isVirtue, the other half is Fortune. But it was alsoa personal challenge, because my father wasagainst such expansion. I still decided to followmy instinct and facts proved me right: aftermuch negotiation, we closed a good agreementwith Teknika S.A, which is now our dealer in thePolish market”.So things are going well…“Bardzo dobrze (verywell, editor’s note)! Today we are number one inoptimizing machines, even before German com-petitors”.How has the Polish market evolved? “Everythinghas changed in Poland in recent years. Startingfrom logistics… there we almost no roads before!Up to facilities and infrastructures. Factories have massively improved their tech-nology levels: as local labor cost increased,companies invested in technology and finishedproducts are now more sophisticated”.Obviously, this trend also had a direct impact onmachinery manufacturers: "General interest forautomated and optimized cutting has increasedin Poland, both for the overall expansion of pro-duction volumes in the country, and for the type

of wood used in production, which is often verypoor quality. Another factor, especially in thepast two-three years, has been the availabilityof labor (even unskilled)”.Poland is the world’s second producer of couchesand sofas, after China. But also the furnitureindustry in general seems to work well, as well aspallets which are recording positive results.Will you be at Drema in Poznan next September?“Yes, you will find us at the Teknika stand. Wehave been exhibiting there since 2006 and wewill be back again this year with “Supercut500”, our fastest machine for high productionvolumes, and “Superpush 200”, our pusher op-timizing crosscut saw with electronic selectorfor increased flexibility and precision”.

www.salvadormachines.com

VISCAT FULGOR:GROWING FOR 25 YEARS"We have been doingbusiness in Poland since1992 through a distributor,but in 2013 we openedanother service center”,says Alessandro Catta-neo, co-owner of the re-

nowned manufacturer of tool manufacturing andmaintenance machines Viscat Fulgor. “It’s agood market for us, and especially in recenttimes, we have recorded significant annualgrowth rates. Talking about wood, the key driversare furniture and doors and windows”. In recent years, the Polish market has changedradically, with significant year-on-year growthrates. “The biggest challenge for a machinerymanufacturer working in Poland today is offeringhigh-tech machines while keeping reasonablecosts. The industrial landscape in Poland consistsof big companies but also smaller businesseswhich cannot afford huge investments even ifthey need high technology”.So are Polish companies ready to invest? “Defi-nitely, yes, I think they have the strongestpropensity to invest all over Europe. Poland isfull of small companies willing to invest and im-prove and their technological culture is high”.Should the Polish government be praised forthis? “Just partially. It’s mostly self-propellinggrowth driven by the increasing turnover ofmany companies year after year. Businessescan switch from smaller equipment to bigger,more advanced machinery, and they can planinvestments accurately”.Like every year since 2008, Viscat Fulgor willexhibit at Drema in Poznan in a dedicated stand.“We have great expectations. Also this year wewill have an excellent opportunity to meet ourcustomers and find new prospects. In the pastfour years we have seen a remarkable flow ofvisitors also from neighbor countries like Belarus,Ukraine and the Baltic States. We will bring thelatest products by Viscat Fulgor, including “Fw600 P, “Bhfe DF”, “Kg 850 DF”, because wehave noticed that the market is highly receptivein this respect”.

www.viscatfulgor.com

by Elisa Maranzana

Christian Salvador.

Alessandro Cattaneo.



ACIMALL: GENERAL ASSEMBLYLorenzo Primultini –born 1967, a mechanicalengineer with a masterin Business Administra-tion from the Universityof Chicago Booth Schoolof Business, president ofPrimultini in Marano Vi-centino (Vicenza) – wasre-elected President ofAcimall, the Confindustriamember association representing Italian wood-working technology manufacturers, by unanimousvote. The election was held during the general assemblyon Saturday, June 24. The assembly also assigneda mandate to the new Vice Presidents nominatedby Primultini: Luigi De Vito and Raphael Prati.

Luigi De Vito – born October 1973, married withthree children, a degree in Economics and Trade,Industrial Management – is the director of theWood Machinery Division at Scm Group, afterlongstanding experience in Unilever and Biesse;since September 2016 he has served as VicePresident at Eumabois, the European federationof national associations of wood technology com-panies.

Raphael Prati – Corporate Marketing & Comuni-cations Director at Biesse Group – is an aerospaceengineer. Born 1970, he is a French-Italian national,married with two children. His professional career includes jobs at Decathlon,Augusta/Finmeccanica, Airbus and Scm Group;his current scope of action is the definition anddeployment of strategic marketing and integratedcommunication plans as competitive factors. “Iam very satisfied with the team we have created”,President Primultini said. “Now Acimall is evenstronger and united, guided by a board that re-flects an industry where big industrial groupsstand side-by-side with small and medium en-terprises, typical expression of the industriallandscape of this and other made-in-Italy seg-ments. Such collaboration and confrontationhave always been in strumental in the successof our companies”.

During the assembly – which also approved theAcimall accounts – President Primultini thanked

the outgoing Vice PresidentFranco Paviotti, not onlyfor his great contributionto the Board’s activity, butalso for several decadesof commitment and dedi-cation to the associationand all its members.

www.acimall.comFrom left: Raphael Prati, Lorenzo Primultiniand Luigi De Vito.

APPLICATIONS START COMING IN FOR 2018. WEINIG SECURES LARGER EXHIBITION AREA

ACIMALL

XYLEXPO

A really positive moodis characterizing theinitial stage of activitiesleading up to the nextXylexpo, the biennialinternational exhibitionof woodworking te-chnology and furnitureindustry supplies, to be held in the Fieramilano-Rho fairgrounds from Tuesday 8 to Saturday12 May 2018. Talks with exhibitors around the world are showinga clear trend: the 50-year edition – the firstXylexpo was held in 1968 – will see a furtherconsolidation of the event.This is the evidence of early bookings, withlarger exhibition areas compared to the previousedition. The first one was the German corporationWeinig, which has already secured a much

larger booth thanin 2016.“Our mission is tobuild a new, sig-nificant edition ofXylexpo”, said ma-nager Dario Cor-

betta. “We want to create a “big exhibition”not only in terms of square meters, but also forthe quality of visitors we will attract, for the ef-fectiveness of the exhibition layout, for the in-teraction we will promote between supply anddemand. It is good to see that many of thosewho are already finalizing their registration atXylexpo 2018 are going to expand the sizeand scope of their participation”.

www.xylexpo.com

CASADEI BUSELLATOFrom 15 to 17 June, Casadei Busellato hostedtheir annual open house event. It was a showcaseof the latest innovations by the Vicenza-basedcompany, born in 2008 from the merger of two hi-storical brands in the woodworking technologylandscape. We were hosted by Massimo Bobba,business unit manager, who summed up the pur-pose of the event, “…addressed to global cus-tomers – especially from Africa, Eastern Europe,Cis, Turkey, Europe and France – but also toItalian companies who want to have a deeperinsight of our technology. With the open-houseformula, we can focus on the specific require-ments of each customer and offer dedicated“demos” presented by our staff...”. At “TechnoHighlights Thiene 2017” there was a desk wherecustomers could check and analyze their proposalsand issues in detail. In the large showroom and inthe factory areas set up for the event, CasadeiBusellato exhibited plenty of solutions, althoughthe biggest highlight was definitely the new nu-merical control machining center for panels andwindows “Jet Master 35”, featuring a worktable,vacuum cup and clamp positioning system basedon a floating aggregate supported by a powerspindle. More news included the new edgebandingmachine with controlled axes “Flexa 47XE”,equipped with a hot-air gluing system “Air JetPackage”; the popular rounding unit “A2 Super”,installed on the “Flexa 207” and “Flexa 307” ed-gebanders; and the machining center “Jet OptimaS 20” for windows. Over two hundred visitorsalso had the opportunity to see the benefits ofbrushless motors on the “Axo” panel saws, aswell as the new ledge compensation frame installedon many classical machines or the optionaldevices available on the “Xenia” squaring machi-nes. After the welcome speech by MassimoBobba, the day opened with a greeting by PaoloMarucci, chief financial officer, who illustratedthe Casadei Busellato’s positive trend and goodresults. “It’s a positive period: since 2016 wehave been growing consistently... We havereached a turning point, these are important

years, with many European markets – as wellas the United States, the Persian Gulf and theMiddle East – offering new opportunities…“.“We are very happy with the results of our openhouse”, Massimo Bobba added. “We came backfrom Ligna with a very positive balance. Here inThiene, we met operators from countries thatdo not normally travel to Hannover, and alsothose who wanted to have a closer look at ourmachines...“We showed our new solutions withdedicated demos, creating the best context forcustomers to experience the benefits of ournew machining centers or the adoption of con-trolled axes in edgebanding, as well as hot-airedge application. The “customer care” servicewas really appreciated, with Mirco Bergantinifor Casadei and Pietro Graziani for Busellatoon stage. We introduced our service staff, sothat customers and prospects could see theface of the people who are ready to supportthem every day…”, Bobba added. So, the finalbalance is largely positive, not only for the Thienedays. This year, Casadei Busellato will close withrevenues around 18 million euro“,…a satis-factory result, although there are regions thatare not keeping the promise for 2017, such asGreat Britain and Turkey”, Bobba said. “Encour-aging signs are coming from Russia, Spain andFrance, also thanks to a new organizationcreated in collaboration with MPI France, a re-seller that manages our business exclusivelybeyond the Alps. Satisfaction also extends tothe technology we can offer:..Through constanttechnical innovation, we have reviewed andupdated many solutions, and next year we willalso revamp the Busellato range of machiningcenters, previewing new models at the nextXylexpo in Milan!.” (l.r.)

www.casadeibusellato.com

The new “Annual Report” is available: the tra-ditional statistic document edited every yearby Acimall’s Studies Office presents the figuresfor the previous twelve months. Published onthe website of the Italian association of woodtechnology manufacturers (www.acimall.com),the Annual Report provides industry operatorswith a comprehensive and in-depth vision ofthe wood technology business, offering an agileand detailed reference to analyze and under-stand the industry status. The document illu-strates the association’s lobbying activity on anational and international level and lists the162 member companies of the Confindustriaassociation. A set of data and information about Italian andglobal economy opens the statistic part of thereport which, after outlining the trend of themechanical engineering industry, analyzes thekey indicators of Italian wood technology in2016 (production, export, import, apparent con-sumption etc.).

ACIMALL: THE ANNUAL REPORT 2016IS AVAILABLE ONLINE

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INTERZUM’S SUCCESS

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EXHIBITIONS

We could cut it short in few lines, writing that Interzumhas no equals. But that wouldn’t be respectful for thenever-ending success of the biennial exhibition ofsupplies, materials, components and hardware forthe furniture industry, which deserves some “cele-brations”…

…so, once again with some fixed and commonplaceexpressions, here is our report, knowing that you willhardly be surprised by what we are going to tell you.We will jump the part where we say that, since the“big” German brands decided to stand togetheraround “their own” exhibition that was clearly in crisismany years ago, the situation has turned upsidedown and today Interzum is sailing with a strong in-ternational wind in the sails. There is no doubt: anyoneinvolved in the industries represented at this wonderfulexhibition was here.

There were as many as 1,732 exhibitors, 79 percentof them from sixty countries, which guaranteed thesuccess of this edition (consider that in 2015 therewere “only” 1,537, so we had 195 booths more tovisit!). To be accurate, we can add that German exhi-bitors were 368 (372 in 2015), while internationalcompanies reached up to 1,364 from 1,165 in 2015,as evidence of an increasing appeal abroad, althoughthis is a well-known and established event, so this in-crease was quite surprising, to be honest…There were 69 thousand visitors, 19 percent morethan in 2015, with a 74 percent share from 152 coun-tries, almost the entire United Nations… In 2015, forour “accurate readers”, there had been 58 thousandvisitors, 71 percent from 143 nations.Europe is still the main region of origin, with significantgrowth rates from the Netherlands (plus 26 percent),Spain (plus 25 percent) and Eastern Europe (plus 46percent). Positive trend also for visitors from Polandand the United Kingdom, but a real boom wasrecorded from Asia, with visits up by 53 percentcompared to 2015, from the Middle East (plus 25percent), from Africa (plus 17 percent), from Oceania(31 percent), from North America (26 percent) andfrom India (41 percent).The exhibition surface increase by 15 percent, as an-nounced in our pre-show articles: 187 thousandsquare meters, versus 163 thousand in the previousedition.

Before such figures and positive trends also in termsof percentages, there is nothing to add. So, all wehave to do is give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, just likeKatharina Hamma, Koelnmesse Ceo, did: “Thisyear we offered a unique event to our industry,setting new records in terms of exhibitors, visitorsand square meters, and most of all for the varietyand quality of exhibited products”.

We fully acknowledge this analysis. We must admitthat we have been attending the event on the Rhinefor many years, but this year more than ever, we hadthe feeling that everything was exactly as we had ex-pected. (l.r.)

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VAUTH SAGELA “MAXXIMUM” OF INNOVATIVENESS

JOWAT“SERVICE UNITES”!

Vauth-Sagel has completely reinventeditself and launched its new logo, imageand brand strategy at the interzum 2017:"Vauth-Sagel creates system solutionsfor all living spaces. And for everyone."The new corner unit system “CornerstoneMaxx” is one of the company's producthighlights. The innovative system bringsthe contents of two tray-like shelves com-pletely in front of the unit. The often badlyor even completely unused space in thecorner unit is therefore made usable in acomfortable way. “Cornerstone Maxx”does not obstruct the adjacent units as itswings out as the shelves come to restfully in front of their own unit. The softopen and soft close interior fittings featurean automatic mechanism that supportsthe movement sequence when they arepulled out and pushed in. Thanks to itsgraceful design, the fixing system isalmost invisible yet achieves a load bea-

ring capacity of up to 25 kilograms per shelf.The shelves themselves are of a modern lineardesign and, in contrast to the competitor pro-ducts on the market, they make do without un-necessary and annoying indentations; the sto-rage space is therefore utilised to the “Maxx”as they can be used to their full extent. The sy-stem consists of only three parts and makesdo with just one mounting point – a singlefixing pole ensures a “MAXXimum” of stabilityand makes the height easy to adjust even afterit has been fitted. Vauth-Sagel also achievesall of this with less screws and less drilling –which not only saves time but also valuablestorage space.

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This year’s trade fair motto of Jowat highlightsthe benefits from a complete service for innovativesolutions for adhesive processors. Close customersupport, technical advisory service and qualitycontrol, as well as the transfer of know-how. Jowatpresented at interzum powerful Pur hot meltsfrom the “Jowatherm-Reaktant®” product groupfor superior bonding results. The reactive hotmelts are characterised by higher yield comparedto other systems and better adhesion on the dif-ferent substrates used in the assembly of foammattresses with an increasing number of layers.Innovative primers developed by Jowat ensurean optimum adhesion of adhesives on materialswhich are difficult to bond and require a surfacetreatment. The Pur hot melt “Jowatherm Reaktant®608.00” meets the highest standards with regardto a superior appearance of the bondline due tosubstantially reduced application amounts andthe transparent adhesive film. In addition, theadhesive is also characterised by a wide rangeof adhesion, excellent thermal stability and highgreen strength.

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TECHNOLOGY BUSINESSSATISFIED WITH LIGNA

EXHIBITIONS TECHNOLOGY

Five days packed with meeting, dates, presen-tations, in-depth analysis, and most of all, visitsto many stand to see thousands of machines ondisplay. The Ligna 2017 diaries might end withthis statement: an event that has made everyonesatisfied, with the “big brands” located in theirown “buffer zones”, each surrounded by their“court”. But also the non-starring actors, the tier-two companies (not because of their quality)that make up the backbone of the wood and fur-niture technology industry had their own space,their own visibility. The decision to change theexhibition layout, eliminating the classical divisionbetween “industry” and “handicraft” (actuallyoutdated…) had a good rationale, although wedon’t believe these are the real factors for thesuccess of an exhibition. It’s rather about contents,quantity and quality of exhibitors and visitorsthat matter, and nothing was missing in Hannover.In this industry, it is not so easy to invent, weknow that, but manufacturers have a strongfocus on the levels of performance and “integra-tion” of their machines. The standardization ofproduction operations, whether you like it or not,is spreading out massively; you might as wellget the most benefits, select machines that caninteract and execute all necessary operationswithout the contribution of human beings. This isthe meaning of the big 4.0 debate: it’s not abouttechnologies talking to each other but technologiesthat don’t talk with anybody else: once they havereceived operating instructions and once theyknow where materials should be picked, they’lldo the job! Having said this, the exhibition hasbeen clearly successful, reaffirming its role ofmajor event for this huge and diversified universe:

1,500 exhibitors, 900 of them from abroad, filledup 129 thousand square meters of net exhibitionarea, with booths of much higher quality comparedto the past. As usual, plenty of visitors, therewere 93 thousand, 42 thousand coming to Ger-many from over 100 countries. According to thefigures given by organizers, visitor flows have in-creased from all regions, especially Asia, NorthAmerica and Europe. Among the top-ten countriesof origin, France came first, followed by Austria,the USA, Sweden, Belgium, Spain, China andPoland. Italy was “just” at number nine (thinkabout it, people) and Russia at number ten.Let’s close with a statement by Luigi De Vito –Acimall and Eumabois Vice President, and directorof the Wood Machinery Division at Scm Group –who attended the closing press conference ofLigna 2017. “We are very satisfied with this editionand we signed many contracts in these days”,he commented. “We achieved our targets in avery positive atmosphere: in the first three months,we have recorded a 20 percent increase inorders, and we expect this trend to grow furtherafter the exhibition”. De Vito said this will be anedition “to remember”, as it confirms the strongrally of the industry. And he added: “We havestarted a virtuous circle driven by innovation ca-pacity on one side and by strong attention tocustomer and market needs on the other”, andconcluded: “…Ligna has reaffirmed the highstandards achieved by the woodworking industryand its technologies, which are now at the samelevel as any other industry: wood is no longer thepoorer cousin”. Quite clear, we would say…

(l.r.)www.ligna.de

Matteo Simonetta, technical office managerat Acimall − the Confindustria member asso-ciation that represents Italian wood technologymanufacturers − walked through the halls ofLigna in Hannover looking for new solutionspresented by wood technology companies.This is the report of his exploration…

Our industry is mature, therefore innovation isincremental, consisting of small constant im-provements, and momentous change does nothappen every year. Nevertheless, I found a fewlittle interesting things and I present them here.Actually, they are not so little, as they supportthe work of users on one hand, and they arebased on ideas, developments, tests and com-mitment typical of Italian manufacturers. “Industry4.0” has exploded. The topic has been aroundfor some time, sure, but this year it took muchmore space, probably also as a result of thefiscal incentives offered by many Europeangovernments. Especially in the largest booths,that concept was in the forefront; each groupdeclined it in a different way, and maybe namedit with a registered trademark: for Homag it’s“tapio”, for Scm “Lean Cell 4.0”, for Weinig-Holz-Her “W 4.0 digital”, for Biesse just “Industria4.0”. Also small and medium businesses areready to deliver 4.0 plants and “4.0 ready” ma-chines, though investing less in marketing. Thesecond major trend, already established andconsolidating year after year, is the smart man-agement of lines and individual machines for“Batch 1” production, and total flexibility frombatch 1 to high volume.Primultini presented a very simple ready-to-use program for log optimization: on a back-ground picture of the log head, the log sawcontrol monitor displays rectangles representingthe cross sections of the boards that will be ob-tained. The software, compared to the previousreleases, not only suggests a cutting programthat can be accepted or rejected, but alsoallows the operator to adjust and improve thecutting scheme, based on the log defects visiblein the picture: with few intuitive click-and-dragoperations, you can move and rearrange boardsinside the log, as well as adjust their thicknessand width. Italpresse introduced a robot thatindependently makes up parquet stacks to bepressed to glue three or more layers for eachboard. The press automatically adjusts the pres-sure of each cylinder, according to the informationacquired by photocells at the infeed, so as tolaminate cut-to-size panels loaded at random,without having to make up a uniform surface orwait for more pieces.. Company Paul exhibitedan automatic Hsk locking system for the bladeshaft with faster changing cycle, significantlyreducing setup time. Leitz, in collaboration withHomag, has developed a grooving blade withdynamic regulation and real-time width adjust-ment without stopping production: the systemconsists of two blades paired by means of asystem that can adjust their relative distance.Leitz also launched the new “ProfilCut Q Dia-mond”, featuring simplified knife change, cuttingedges that can be re-sharpened up to fivetimes, 20x longer tool life compared to inter-changeable carbide knives, lower weight thanksto the aluminum body, and cutting speed up to120 m/s. Leuco showed the new tool concept“Airface”, designed with a focus on the owl-wing-shaped technical surface, without cuttingedge support (nose) on the body, which reducesnoise by up to 2 decibels. Big brands alwayspresent plenty of new solutions, but many ofthese are just new models or enhancements toportions of process, and it’s not worth reportingall of them. Homag impressed me with “Module45”, a patented tilted blade unit (with variableangle) mounted on the left side of the horizontalpanel saw (an area that is not used normally) toexecute edge cutting at 0° to 46° angle, withhigh accuracy and greater safety and ergonom-

ics than a squaring machine. It avoids damagingthe workpiece while it’s being transferred to asquaring machine for inclined cutting. At Ima-Schelling, they showed me the first result ofthe merger in terms of technology: “Profil.cut1”combines the horizontal panel saw by Schellingwith an inline Ima routing machine downstream,whereby the former cuts raw panels into stripesand the latter immediately executes cross cutswith routing bits, achieving cycle time optimizationlevels ideal for small batches.Weinig, among several new products, exhibitedthe “PPL B” press that can glue solid woodboards to make up a bar up to 160 mm height(instead of 60 mm currently achievable), usefulfor window production. The solution featuresautomatic pressure adjustment, up to very highvalues to guarantee the best gluing quality.Weinig also presented “Variostroke”, a newblade lifting technology that minimizes noiseand improves cutting quality. Another historicalbrand of the group, Holz-her, exhibited thethree-axis nesting center “NexTec 7707”, fea-turing innovative software installed on the ma-chining center that, starting from the furnitureelement 3D model, automatically creates thenesting and cutting program. Scm has patented“He-Pod, “the third dimension of the worktable”:a system of “pop-up” vacuum cups that lift thepiece as soon as it has been cut according tothe nesting scheme, allowing to complete alloperations, even below and around the edge,including edgebanding, without removing thesurrounding parts. Altendorf introduced “Magis”,an application that can be installed on a tabletconnected to the squaring machine control toguide the operator visually, performing thecutting sequence step-by-step and showingthe next operation to be executed and the nextpiece to be processed. Kuper presented “FLI1000”, a splicing machine for veneer from 0.25to 5.0 mm thickness, featuring horizontal-mountglue disk, accurate glue dispensing with nosmear, maintenance-free and lubricated for life.I asked Nicola Fantozzi of Makor for moredetails about a device I found interesting, alsobecause it’s a patent: the paint recycling andbelt cleaning system of the “Performer” sprayingmachine feature hard metal (Widia) scrapers,really indestructible unlike conventional rubberscrapers, mounted on shock absorbers to avoiddamaging the belt. This systems saves a lot ofmaterial, whether it’s water or solvent, consuming20 liters per working shift instead of 50-60 withconventional systems. Valter Lanzoni at Ceflashowed me the new vertical oven “Omnidry”, apatented system that can automatically adjustthe loading height between the trays accordingto the pieces coming in from the spraying robot,based on real-time information provided by therobot itself.. A good example of an “intelligent”machine that supports another machine installeddownstream along the same line. GiampieroMauri has recently defined a new organizationfor Giardina Group and, at Ligna, presented aline with a paint drying system that combinesmicrowave “Mos” (patented) with Uv technology.Buerkle exhibited two new solutions: a rotaryspraying machine where paint is fed into therotor at 3-4 bar pressure, then the compressorintegrated into the rotor increases pressure upto 60-80 bar. This dramatically reduces repaircosts… and the spraying machine is equippedwith air conditioning. Superfici-Elmag presented“Led-up”, a led system for cold lacquer dryingwith different Uv wavelengths, offering energysaving and preventing yellowing. Tonelli exhibiteda through-feed polishing machine for narrowsurfaces (edges), offering width adjustment andthe possibility to create filleted profiles.The next world apointment with industry inno-vations will be at Xylexpo, to be held at Fierami-lano-Rho from 8 to 12 May 2018.

by Matteo Simonetta Acimall technical office manager

SEARCHING FOR INNOVATIONS AT LIGNA



SCENARIOS

INNOVATION IS AT HOME IN CEFLAExcellent results for Cefla,which closed the 2016 ba-lance sheet with a new re-cord in the long story of the“cooperative group”. Tur-nover amounted to 468 mil-lion with 5.5 percent increa-se, as mentioned in thecontents, plus over 200 newemployees in the past threeyears (today, the staff of the Finishing, MedicalEquipment, Shopfitting and Plant Solutions exceeds1,900), with net profits close to 17.5 million euro,up by 9.4 percent from the previous year. So, the2015 record has been exceeded and the growthtrend of the past five years maintained, withexport consistently around 70 percent of produc-tion. “We are proud to present a record balancesheet in the 85th anniversary of our foundation,being aware that, starting from tomorrow, we willhave to meet the tough challenge of keepingand improving the current performance”, saidCefla president Gianmaria Balducci. “Cefla is acompany with an important history behind and adynamic and future-oriented approach ahead,driven by strong commitment to innovation and avirtuous attitude to share know-how and researchacross all business units”. Cefla’s growth hasbeen driven by Cefla Medical Equipment, andalso the new business unit in the led industryachieved significant results. On the whole, theglobal business of industrial activities accountsfor 70 percent of Cefla Group’s revenues, as evi-dence of the international scope of the Imola-based cooperative.These results were the topic of one of severalstories told by Cefla Finishing at the recent Ligna,where the huge 1,400-square-meter stand wascrowded with machines and technology, as wellas with visitors, as usual. “This Ligna edition –said Alberto Maestri, managing director of CeflaFinishing – has gone beyond expectations, evenbetter than the previous one. The growth trend isconsistent with the positive market climate, withserious and competent customers. The exhibitionhas generated significant contacts also with Asianmarkets, ready to invest to improve their productionoperations through innovation”.Great interest was aroused by “J-Print 3D”, abrand new “invention” of the group engineersthat allows to decorate panels with 3D effectssynchronized with digital printing. It was the worldpremiere of a process called “My texture”, resultingfrom the combination of two digital machines: adigital printer “designs” the surface and then aclear layer is applied, glossy or matte, onto which

another printer appliesa special corrosive inkthat partially removesthe upper layer, gene-rating an amazing 3Deffect. The system, com-prised of two printersby Jet-Set, a companyrecently acquired by thegroup, can handle very

different products, from cabinet doors to flooring,according to the features of the selected paints.Many visitors focused their attention onto thenew range of “Omnidry” ovens, offering highproductivity and great flexibility and the capacityto handle flat and curved panels of differentthickness, thanks to the possibility to automati-cally adjust the distance between trays. Another highlight was the articulated robot“iGiottoApp X2”, launched and awarded atthe latest Xylexpo, equipped with two “arms”that can work in synch or independently, con-trolled by specific anti-collision software. Butthe application that drew most attention wasdefinitely the virtual reality experience offeredto all visitors. Wearing a pair of goggles, eve-ryone could be projected into a real factory, in-teracting with all the equipment and devicesaround. “This is a very advanced and powerfulapproach to share a plant project with a cus-tomer and simulate each and every detail, tosuch an extent that you can virtually “use” theplant as if it was real”. This is the mission ac-cording to Roberto Bolognini, sales managerat Cefla Finishing, who guided us on a tour ofthe stand. “The progress of this technology,integrated with our experience and skills,enable us to literally “experience” a plant, nomatter how complex. Full integration with allour systems, line supervisory software andsingle machines allow the wearers of thesespecial glasses to activate, control and testeach phase of the finishing cycle, monitoringall parameters and detecting possible errorsor bottlenecks that might affect the efficiencyof the entire line”.With the same system you can clearly show tothe user, to the machine operator, what he hasto do and how to restore maximum operatingefficiency. And if you make a mistake or youdon’t stick to instructions, you get a little “shock”to warn you that you are on the wrong track…So, the best expertise of the most efficient andspecialized engineer readily available all overthe world. (l.r.)

www.ceflafinishing.com

FINISHING

BIESSE IS ENTIRELY “4.0”!Recent decisions and the Hannover experienceprove that Biesse has adopted “Industry 4.0” asthe most important tool for the current successfulseason.“The 2017 edition of the Ligna trade show inHanover was a special time for Biesse. Thegreat number of visitors from all over the worldwho came to the over 5,000 square meter standand the positive feedback received from cus-tomers, partners and the press were a significantand gratifying response. They are the fruit ofthe company's investments toward providingincreasingly efficient services, offering innovativeproducts and strengthening its presence inmarkets throughout the world.”. This is the opening of the press release distributedby Biesse a few days after the Hannover expe-rience. To be honest, there were few doubts, be-cause the Ligna days clearly showed that thegroup from Pesaro is going through a very positive

period: one of the largest booths at the event,plenty of machines for those who were lookingeven for special solutions, the right accent on te-chnology 4.0, over 300 specialists ready to informcustomers and prospects about solutions pre-sented from Pesaro to the world.“We were particularly proud of the innovationsBiesse presented at this edition”, stated FedericoBroccoli, Division Director Wood/Sales & BranchDivision Director, who repeated a concept hehad already expressed in Hannover: “The layoutof our stand was entirely based on the 4.0 con-cept, with interconnected technologies thatoffer customers the significant benefit of reducingproduction times and creating efficiency. Welike to refer to these solutions as IoB-Internetof Biesse”. According to the group’s pressoffice, over the 5-day trade show 4,500 visitorsfrom all around the world visited the Biessestand. The event was really business-focused,

generating 45 million euros worth of incomingorders, a significant share of Biesse’s 620 millionannual revenues. More than 40 solutions wereexhibited and operating, selected to illustrateBiesse’s capacity to meet all requirements fromsmall and medium businesses to retail giants.Machines for wood, but also for composites, pla-stics and metals. Service has developed indepth and in multiple directions. This concept iswinning over and arousing the curiosity of manymore operators and engineers than we expected,and we found clear evidence at Ligna, withmassive visitor flows in the area where Biessepresented the digital project “MKC-Machine Kno-wledge Center” and the “Parts” portal, offeringcustomers the opportunity to get more value frommachinery via a direct connection to the vendorcompany and its professional skills and resources. Much attention – and it could not be otherwisefollowing the recent acquisition of Uniteam –was paid to the debut of wood construction te-chnology at Ligna, and in general to the entire“Housing”, turnkey machines and lines for theproduction of doors and windows.We appreciated the decision to create and launch“Biesse Collection”, a line of branded clothingand merchandising that surprised many (includingus), but after initial perplexity has turned out tobe an initiative that deserves proper attention.What we liked most is that the launch at Lignawas associated to a charity initiative, supporting

Fondazione Francesca Rava NPH Italia for thereconstruction of a school in Cascia; then, ofcourse, it’s a matter of “brand awareness”…

“Biesse is the company with the biggest capitalstock in the industry – Broccoli said – an achieve-ment that resulted from the hard work of oursales, marketing and production departments.At this Ligna we are presenting many innovativeproducts, reaffirming our focus on Industry 4.0,as witnessed by the recent acquisition of oursupplier Avant, specializing in machinery inte-gration and supervisory systems, now a pillarof our production process design and controlexpertise”.

SOME ECONOMIC FIGURESSo, full wind in the sails of the group that came toLigna with a remarkable result in the January-March 2017 quarter: 37.3 percent increase inconsolidated turnover, over 14 percent rise inorders received and as much as 199.4 percentincrease in net income (9.4 million euro). Wood is still predominant (71 percent of Biesse’sbusiness), with glass/stone up to 15.5 percentand mechatronics at 15.9. The company’s com-mitment and response to the market of advancedmaterials is growing, “…in line with our three-year plan”, they say in Pesaro. So, it’s worthtaking a look at the regions where Biesse operates,starting from the fact that the domestic marketaccounts for 14.2 percent of Biesse turnover.Well, the world expanded by 37.3 percent: ex-cellent trend in Europe, Italy included, where thegroup generated 44.7 percent of turnover (42.9in the same period in 2016) and achieved 43percent growth. Plus 35.5 percent was the result in Eastern Europe(13.1 percent of Biesse turnover); plus 32.2 inNorth America (19.4 percent share) and 40.5percent in Asia Pacific (20.1 percent share). (l.r.)

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BARBERAN: “INERT COAT SYSTEM”The “Inert Coat” systemfrom Barberàn, presen-ted at Ligna 2017, wasparticularly noticeabledue to the high-qualityresults which is able toachieve. This systemaroused great interestamong the visitors at thebooth in Hanover.The “Inert Coat” systemis a high-performance process for finishing panelsapplying a layer of UV varnish which is immediatelysmoothed and dried. This method also includesan unwound transparent film which is placed onthe surface after topcoat application, so that thislayer can be smoothed and dried afterwards.The result: a surface of exceptional properties,which really convinces optically as well as me-chanically. An ideal solution for finishing surfacesin those cases where highest quality is required.Among the innovations that Barberàn presentedin Hanover within the High Gloss systems wasalso, in a prominent position, the new “CompactLine HG”, a laminating machine for finished panels(varnished or printed) that enhances the impressionor the varnish by applying a transparent foil,which gives the final product greater abrasion

and scratches resi-stance. This new hotmelt glue laminatingmachine also applydirectly high gloss foil.In profile wrappingarea, undoubtedly, themost popular systemof this Ligna editionwas the automaticwrapping and postfor-

ming machinery for edges such as the “J-shaped”integrated handle, rounded or angled edges of30º or 45º. Even working with high grammage rollmaterial or High Gloss foil.And coinciding with the 10th Anniversary of thepresentation in Ligna of the first Barberàn singlepass digital printer, the company showed a com-plete line of printing and finishing for wood with aprint width of 1,260 mm, with full digital applicationwith ten printing groups.The “Jetmaster” line aroused great interest andhighlighted the innovation capacity of the Spanishmanufacturer that already has more than 30 linesof printing single pass installed around the world.

www.barberan.com www.jetmasterseries.com

FINITURE: NEW SYSTEM FOR HORIZONTAL SPRAYING

NEW WINTERSTEIGER THIN-CUTTING BAND SAW

Finiture presented a new product for its paintingsystem at the 22th edition of Ligna in Hannover., ,as well. In order to further expand its systemmade by bi-rail, overhead conveyor with Power &Technology and anthropomorphic “Ras” robot,Finiture added an automated support for horizontalspraying. This new element was developed inorder to optimize the spraying phase time: therobot can paint the pieces horizontally laid on theautomated support while the pieces verticallyhanging from the bar are transferred in/out of thespray booth.

This is possible thanks to the “Winpaint” softwareof Finiture, which enables the robot to spray bothvertically hanging and horizontally laying pieces.

www.finiture.it

Wintersteiger AG presents the new "Dsb Sin-glehead NG XM" thin-cutting band saw. Withthis new product, the thin-cutting specialist fromUpper Austria has set its sights on flexibility andefficiency – this band saw can be extended toup to 6 machines connected in-line. Flexibility and efficiency are the two main sellingpoints of the new “Dsb Singlehead NG XM”thin-cutting band saw. The machine was deve-loped with changing customer requirements fortimber cutting in mind, irrespective of timbersand applications. The result? The machineexcels at both wet and dry cutting, with a cuttingwidth of up to 350 mm and a maximum blockheight of 165 mm. It enables extremely thin la-mellas from 1.3 mm to be produced with a kerfstarting at 1.1 mm. The robust design and Wintersteiger's years ofexperience in thin-cutting guarantee maximummachine availability while making this new ma-chine extremely efficient.This thin-cutting band saw incorporates a numberof technical refinements designed to optimize

timber cutting, such as the feed system forrobust block guidance: driven feed rollers topand bottom guarantee continuous block feeding,even when faced with irregular workpiece cha-racteristics. The specially rubberized feed rollers and theinnovative down pressure system guaranteeoptimum grip as well as minimum friction forwet or dry material.The high-tech saw control is another pluspoint. Thanks to the smooth saw blade entrysystem, the saw makes contact with the woodblock at a reduced speed and only acceleratesonce it has fully entered the block. This reducesdeflection, which protects the saw and improvesthe quality of the lamella. The machine also fea-tures a sensor-controlled saw blade monitoringsystem. Sensors monitor the saw blade andstop the saw if it starts to drift. This protects the saw blade and machine, whilereducing tool costs and waste.

www.wintersteiger.com

HOMAG: ANOTHERYEAR TO REMEMBERAs usual, Ligna was an opportunity for HomagGroup to present new solutions in a huge stand.We had further evidence that Homag is a referencefor the entire industry. While the gap with compe-titors has narrowed, it is also true that what wehave seen and heard during the Hannover daysindicates that the Schopfloch-based group is de-termined to preserve its leadership. This wasclear from the figures presented during the pressconference in the early exhibition days, whenPekka Paasivaara, Homag ceo, gave an im-pressive list of data, starting from the first quarterof this year, closing with incoming orders at 401million euro, 31 percent more than 306 million inQ1 2016. “It’s an all-time record”, said Paasivaara,with an order book at 520 million (373 in January-March 2015). Strong expansion also for sales(296 million from 260, plus 14 percent) and em-ployees, from 5,946 to 6,083. “These figures –Paasivaara said – support our optimism for2017, together with a number of innovative so-lutions we have developed and launched atLigna, including “tapio”, our digital platform forthe wood and furniture industry that representsa development of Industry 4.0 concepts, a“second stage” that clearly indicates our deter-mination to be leaders in the digital future…”.So, an excellent first quarter, following just as po-sitive results in 2016, when revenues reached1,165 million euro, up by 10 percent from 1,058in 2015. Then Paasivaara showed a slide with themain destination markets: last year, 32 percent oforders came from Central and Southern Europe(31 percent in 2015), 23 percent from Easternand Northern Europe (25 percent in 2015), 23percent from North America (22 percent in 2015),21 percent from Asia-Pacific and the Middle East(one percent below 2015). “The key to oursuccess – added the managing director of HomagGroup – is our role of one-stop supplier offering

advanced experiences in all industry segments.We have complemented our mission by ex-panding our collaboration network with Dau insoftware, Serva in logistics and infrastructures,Leadermac in solid wood processing, Duerr,Barberan and Makor in surface finishing”. Thefocus of the press conference and the Lignabooth was “tapio”, Homag’s digital platform forthe woodworking industry, presented as a sort of“ultimate solution”, a collection of software anddigital tools to manage the process across theentire supply chain, interacting with thousandsof different machines from different vendors, pro-cessing different materials with different tools. Vi-sitors interested in “tapio” were really amazed bythe possibility to monitor the operation of amachine or line via their smartphone, from anylocation around the world. So, Ligna worked wellalso for the German giant: according to the groupmanagement, expectations have been largelyexceeded, with contacts and business dealsabove any previous edition. In the large five-thousand-square-meter booth, more than fifty“Industry 4.0 ready” machines or solutions werepresented, representing the latest technologicaldevelopments in the respective application fields,from software to manage orders in points of saleand send bills of materials to production, up topackaging lines for finished furniture, ready tobe shipped back to the store where the processbegan. All over Ligna, and at the Homag booth,there was strong attention for software, as that’sthe real challenge for future production. Over 5,500 visitors were admitted into the “Inno-vationCenter”, where they could get a preview ofthe most advanced projects being developed bythe German group. (l.r.)

www.homag.com

TECHNOLOGY

“W4.0”, WEINIG’S MOTTO

We know, you are tired of reading about Industry4.0. It looks as if there is nothing else to say orpursue in this period. Of course, we know that’strue, and we had further evidence from Weinig,which has been tuning on this topic for sometime. Since the HolzHer acquisition several yearsago, meeting Weinig Group has been a moreand more involving experience, not only for theexpansion of the product portfolio, but for theclear feeling that, having opened up the doors topanel processing operations, the solid wood spe-cialist has completed and expanded its skills,approach and business models. This was apparentalso at Ligna, where both worlds reached the topof their expression from every point of view, fromtechnology to booth size, from overall image tospecific innovations. So, it’s not mere chancethat the final balance is enthusiastic: during theexhibition days, orders were closed for over 47million euro in the four-thousand-square-meterbooth where – under the motto “Think Weinig” –Weinig’s solid wood portfolio and HolzHer’smultiple panel solutions were presented side-by-side for the first time. As mentioned, the spotlightswere mainly cast onto “W4.0”, the name adoptedby the group for the platform of tools that providethe “networking” of their technologies; Weinighas been working for a long time on these skills,but they were presented for the first time under

this “heading”. It’s a strong, successful and currenttopic, which clearly had an impact on the exhibitionresults, which closed with record visitor attendancefrom 90 countries, including 8 percent new “high-level” visitors, that’s how they called them. “Thefocus is clear: production organized to make thebest of resources, meaning raw materials andenergy, but most and foremost lead time, processefficiency and methods, combined with predictivemaintenance…”, said Gregor Baumbusch, salesand marketing manager. “Our approach to “In-dustry 4.0” has always been focused on findingan answer to these two key concepts, which areessential for the entire wood supply chain, withoutoverlooking an easy access to our servicesthrough the new Weinig Service App, which is areal “control panel” to manage our machinesfrom anywhere around the globe”. Ligna hasalso offered the opportunity to inform the wood-working community about the positive resultsachieved by Weinig Group in 2016, with 16 per-cent order increase over the previous year and atrend that has continued in the first part of thisyear. At the end of April, orders were recordinganother plus 17 percent, combined with a 21percent increase in total revenues, compared tothe first four months of 2016. Excellent balanceand excellent outlook, allowing the board to allotno less than 30 million euro investments to sustainthe growth trend. A tribute to the group’s originalbusiness was clearly visible in the big Lignastand, where the entire “Powermat” range wasdisplayed at the best of its capabilities, featuringthe most advanced and performing models, the“3wD” versions to create textured surface in onepass, and entry-level solutions in specific versionsfor window manufacturers. (l.r.) www.weinig.com



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GREAT SUCCESS FOR SCM GROUP SCM AT AWFS IN LAS VEGAS.. “LEAN ROBOT CELL 4.0” WINS THE “VISIONARY NEW PRODUCT AWARD”

Extraordinary achievement for Scm and theItalian industry at Awfs Fair, the North Americanexhibition dedicated to woodworking machinerymanufacturers on the US West Coast, recentlyclosed in Las Vegas, Nevada. “Lean RobotCell 4.0” conquered the “Visionary New ProductAward” in the Industry 4.0 category, a newentry in the US competition. With its Lean RobotCell 4.0, Scm thrilled Las Vegas with a completelyautomated wardrobe component productionsystem, served by two anthropomorphic robots, which means that only one, not necessarilyexpert, operator is required to operate it. The “Lean Robot Cell 4.0” consists of a “MorbidelliM600” nesting workcenter, a Stefani edge bander and a drilling center. The cell uses standard,high performance, easy-to-use machines, operates automatically when the job is launchedand has been specifically designed to integrate with the customer's production managementsystem. The result is a system that can perform all the various machining stages, from semi-machined panels to machined panels. At the end of the process, the individual finished panelsare also grouped by robots on special carriages, ready to be assembled in the Cpc clamp. The cell can produce up to 500 wardrobe panels every shift. The “Visionary New ProductAward” confirms yet again the technological excellence of Scm production and the capacity ofits Engineering division to design and create truly innovative systems. The fair awarded ninedifferent prizes for which 33 products were shortlisted as finalists from a total of 27 companies.In the vast area of the group’s Awfs booth (1,200 square meters equivalent to 12,600 squarefeet), Scm presented the excellence of its woodworking technology that can satisfy the needsof any manufacturer, from heavy duty industry to small craft workshops. There were numerousnew products, including the new “Mordibelli M 100” and “M 200” machining centers that havebeen immensely successful worldwide since their release at the beginning of the year. At thefair there was also a special focus on the complementary services and products that allowScm customers to improve their return on investment. In Las Vegas “Smartech” and “Scm-Connect” were also unveiled, two innovative software programs that seek to render thegroup’s IT production technology even more user-friendly. Given the importance of Industry4.0, Scm experts also attended the seminars on digital innovation in the woodworking industry.Besides great satisfaction for the important award, Scm closed the Las Vegas exhibition withlargely positive results in terms of contacts, deals and orders. Also in the North Americanmarket, the woodworking industry is going through a positive period and Awfs has broughtstrong expansion signals.

Scm Group is living a “second youth”: constantdrive to innovation, significant economic results,more and more effective technology integration– according to “4.0” principles – using proprietarysoftware with increasing performance… Much ofthis, or maybe all of this, was visible at the hugestand that Scm Group set up at Ligna 2017.And these concepts seem to have been appre-ciated, as thousands of customers and operatorsvisited the booth in Hannover.About sixty machines were exhibited, a significantlineup, which we had already presented in theprevious Xylon International issues. Plenty of so-lutions, innovation, “Industry 4.0”, exhaustivelydemonstrated in the “Lean Cell 4.0”, which wasdefinitely one of the highlights in Hannover, ahigh-automation line for industrial production, asort of automated factory located inside an exhi-bition hall. Let’s start from the end, if you allow,as Luigi De Vito – see the article published onpage 8 – attended the final press conference ofthe exhibition, discussing a few topics that willhelp us with our report, as they clearly illustratethe “Scm vision”. He had anticipated his remarksto the journalists gathered at the Scm Arena, anarea where engineers, customers, guests, desi-gners and specialists took turns every day to talkabout the most significant topics for this seasonof the woodworking and wood-based materialsindustry.First of all, De Vito underlined the power, thecommitment, the dedication that the Rimini-basedgroup wanted to express in this edition of theGerman show: “At Ligna 2017 we have presentedan unprecedented range of woodworkingtechnologies, from classical machines forhandicraft production to automated systemsfor industrial production”, said the WoodworkingMachinery Division director.De Vito repeatedly stressed the importance of“Industry 4.0” technological solutions for thefuture developments of the entire industry, addinga few notes we appreciated: “Companies areready for this new technological leap, but theextensive use of robots should not be limitedto cutting labor costs, but developed to createand train qualified employment…. Who wouldn’tagree?

Also Andrea Aureli, managing director of ScmGroup, took the opportunity offered by Ligna tosum up the situation: “What you see in this hugestand – Aureli said – is the result of expertiseacquired over sixty years. We have been ableto manage this season of big changes, obtainingprestigious results from all points of view: todaythe group is invoicing more than 600 millioneuro, with 15 percent growth in the past year.We are very happy with this trend, of course,also because we areachieving this growthwith a solid financialposition. We will in-vest even more in in-novation. It’s a goalwe are pursuingleveraging not onlyour knowledge ofmany processeswhere we are in-

volved together with our customers, but alsoour industrial organization, where machineryproduction is supported by an integrated systemthat starts from our steel casting plants andflows through group companies specializing incomponents, IT solutions and advanced elec-tronics. This has enabled and will enable us tokeep making strategic and pondered decisions,which have helped us create not only excellentmachines for any application, but also big in-dustrial plants that properly represent “made inItaly” all over the world”.According to Scm Group figures, compared tothe 2015 edition, orders signed during the ex-hibition increased exponentially, as well as dealsand contacts. It seems that German operatorswere really interested in the value proposition ofScm Group, with the Rimini-based company an-nouncing a 35 percent increase in domestic visi-tors.

As mentioned before, the “Cella Lean 4.0” wasone of the greatest attractions, an integratedflexible manufacturing solution that clearly de-monstrates the concepts of “Industry 4.0” and“mass customization”. The cell – fully automatedand controlled by the “Maestro Watch” software– is built around an articulated robot equippedwith a part recognition camera that “distributes”the workpieces to different machines (standard),according to the working cycle. One operatorcan handle everything, from order launch tofinished products, ready to be loaded and shipped,so from raw panel to assembled furniture.This is a demonstration of the engineering skillsof Scm Group, for a long time focused on simpleand functional solutions that can calculate flowsand lead time exactly, offering quick and reliablereturn on investment.The cell can make furniture parts with a capacityof 8/10 sets per working shift, ensuring highquality and low production costs, very easy tohandle even for unskilled operators, and capableof delivering a huge variety of parts: from highvolumes of ready-to-assemble panels to “batchone”. Let us add that, during Ligna, the “Lean Cell 4.0”made twenty-five bookcases for the new schoolsbuilt after the earthquake in Central Italy in thesummer and fall of 2016. This initiative was carriedout in collaboration with Fondazione FrancescaRava, a foundation that is re-building schools inthe earthquake areas. During Ligna 2017, a secondary school and akindergarten were inaugurated in Norcia. “Withthis project, high technology is supporting acharity initiative and “Lean Cell 4.0” is offeringtangible contribution to people who are tryingto restore their everyday life, especially children

who have sufferedmost and are still suf-fering from tough post-earthquake conditions”,they said in Hanno-ver...well done! (l.r.)

www.scmgroup.com

The award ceremony.

Two pictures of “Lean Cell 4.0” at Ligna 2017.

Luigi De Vito. Andrea Aureli.

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