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60 years of Swiss reliability and quality...
The first was in the USA in 1979, followed
by the UK, Germany, France, Spain, Italy,
India, Taiwan and, in 2001, China. Over 20
sales engineers in Orpund and the foreign
companies now ensure the success of the
products on the global market.
Expansion into the plastics industry
The plastics industry is a large, growing
market. Tubes and hoses of all types
need to be tested for their diameters and
wall thicknesses, giving rise to special
devices using other technologies such
as ultrasound etc. Profiles also became
a relevant market segment and can be
measured and monitored in real-time
today with devices equipped with
light-slit method and image processing
capabilities.
Expansion into the steel industry
In the late 1980s, Zumbach also
ventured into a completely new field:
the steel industry. This concerned the
measurement of huge, red-hot steel
pipes for the oil and gas industry. They
were later joined by rods and wire rod
that must be measured at speeds of up to
400km per hour.
Although the established Odac
measuring heads could be used, complex
systems for cooling and mechanical
protection needed to be developed. The
first systems were sold in Italy, France and
Spain.
These steel systems were subjected to
ongoing development and upgrades,
and today are responsible for a good
proportion of overall sales.
Produce more, better, and at lower cost
Zumbach systems, integrated into the
manufacturing process, enable customers
to increase output with lower material
costs. They also reduce downtime, allow
for safer operation of equipment and
provide for flawless quality control.
In addition, they allow for an immediate
quality improvement in cable
manufacture through tighter tolerances,
better transmission capabilities, easier
subsequent manufacture, and simple
pairing of conductors, as typical
examples.
Zumbach AG – Switzerland
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▲ ▲ Zumbach Electronic AG today
of all types and for a huge range of
applications have been sold since then.
In 1994, Bruno Zumbach handed the
management of the group over to his
son Rainer. In the following years the
group expanded and founded further
subsidiaries, amongst others in Asia.
Besides these own Zumbach companies,
additional representatives have since
been contracted.
Consequently, one of the objectives of
Zumbach, the proximity to customers,
could be strengthened to a maximum
and local services have consistently been
expanded over the last 20 years.
Numerous market-driven and innovative
developments have been realised, eg
non-contact profile and shape measuring
systems or rotating measuring units
with the revolutionary, non-contact
transmission of both signals and energy,
as well as the use of modern technologies
(eg linear sensor technology and many
others). Thus, a further aim of the
Zumbach group could be met: always
offering the customer the best solution
with the most ideal price-performance
ratio.
It was necessary to serve all the markets
at the same time, so work began to
find representative offices for the
most important countries. Specialist
knowledge and local service are essential
for successful sales of these products, and
only very few trading companies could
offer this expertise.
As a result, sales and service offices
and later registered companies were
established from 1970 in many different
countries.
▲ ▲ Automated butter distribution