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Industry News
10 January 2015
Foerster expands into new
business sectors
INSTITUT Dr Foerster GmbH & Co KG
has taken over NDT Systems GmbH, a
leader in non-destructive testing of heavy
plates by ultrasonics. The companies
signed an agreement on the takeover as
well as the continuation of all business
operations.
Foerster has
been active in the
development, pro-
duction and sale of
equipment for test-
ing bars, tubes and
wires for more than
60 years.
With NDT Systems, Foerster
assumes a product range that fits into
its existing organisation with regards
to sales, project planning and service,
technologically complementing the
range of products. With ten international
sales and service subsidiaries, as well
as representatives in over 60 countries,
the Foerster Group offers customer
support locally.
The combination of the two methods
– NDT Systems’ ultrasonics and
Foerster’s eddy current – for quality
testing in railroad track production has
been successfully applied in testing
lines around the world. President
Felix Förster is convinced that the two
companies will be complementary, and
give additional value to customers in
different testing applications.
Institut Dr Foerster GmbH & Co KG
– Germany
Fax: +49 7121 140 488
Email:
Website:
The management
of NDT Systems
and Foerster, after
the signing of the
agreement
Major press line order from China
SCHULER AG has received one of the
largest orders in its 175-year history.
FAW Volkswagen Automotive Co Ltd
has ordered three press lines with
ServoDirect technology and three tryout
presses for testing and setting up dies
for its facilities in China. The order is
worth over €150mn.
This is the first time that FAW
Volkswagen has invested in equipment
with ServoDirect technology. Compared
to conventional mechanical press lines,
productivity is claimed to be around
20 per cent higher, while energy
consumption is significantly lower.
“We are registering a growing interest
in servo technology, also on the Chinese
market,” said Stefan Klebert, CEO of the
Schuler Group. “The order underlines
our leading role in forming technology.”
With electronically regulated motors,
presses equipped with ServoDirect
drive technology provide not only high
output performance, but also increased
flexibility and energy efficiency.
Schuler offers cutting edge presses,
automation, dies, process know-
how and services for the entire metal
forming industry and lightweight
vehicle construction. Clients include
car manufacturers and their suppliers,
as well as companies in the forging,
household equipment, packaging,
energy and electrical industries. Schuler
also supplies systems solutions for the
aerospace, railway and large pipes
industries.
Schuler AG – Germany
Fax: +49 71 61 66 233
Website:
FAW Volkswagen has ordered three servo
press lines and three tryout presses
Photo credit: Schuler AG