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Industry News
8 September 2013
Planning for EuroBLECH 2014
THE next EuroBLECH will take place
from 21 to 25 October 2014 at the
Hanover Exhibition Grounds in Germany.
As part of the marketing campaign
for EuroBLECH 2014 the exhibition
organisers, have presented a fresh
design for the show. The advertising
campaign features a new exhibition
logo, which is designed to be more
recognisable and features a precisely
cut sheet metal-style appearance.
As one of the leading trade
exhibitions for the sheet metal working
industry, EuroBLECH hopes to reflect
technological advancements in the
industry and thought it was time to also
adapt the logo to a new era of sheet
metal working technology.
“In order to guarantee the brand
recognition we kept EuroBLECH’s
distinctive purple colour,” said
Nicola Hamann, exhibition director
at EuroBLECH, on behalf of the
organisers, Mack Brooks Exhibitions.
An exhibitor brochure including
important information about stand
reservation at EuroBLECH 2014 is now
available in five languages. The brochure
can be ordered via the newly designed
show website: or
directly from the organisers.
EuroBLECH 2014, the 23rd
International Sheet Metal Working
Technology Exhibition, will, once again,
cover halls 11,12,13,14,15,16,17 and
27 at the Hanover Exhibition Grounds.
The exhibition profile comprises the
entire sheet metal working technology
chain: sheet metal, semi-finished
and finished products, handling,
separation, forming, flexible sheet
metal working, joining, welding and
surface treatment, processing of
hybrid structures, tools, quality control,
CAD/CAM systems and R&D.
In the exhibitor survey at the previous
show EuroBLECH 2012 was rated as
an extremely positive experience by
exhibiting companies. More than 70
per cent of all exhibitors indicated on-
site that they intended to exhibit again
at EuroBLECH 2014.
EuroBLECH 2012 was a highly
successful exhibition with a strong focus
on innovative technology. A total of 1,505
exhibitors from 39 countries and 60,185
visitors from 98 countries attended the
show, which covered a net exhibition
space of 84,000m2. With 48 per cent
of the exhibitors and 34 per cent of the
visitors coming from outside Germany,
the percentage of foreign exhibitors
has grown again, while the percentage
of visitors from outside Germany has
slightly decreased.
Top exhibitor countries outside
Germany were Italy, Turkey, China,
the Netherlands, Switzerland, Spain,
Austria, France and the USA. Most
important visitor countries alongside
Germany were Austria, the Netherlands,
Sweden, Switzerland, Great Britain,
Italy, Denmark, Belgium, India, the
Czech Republic and Poland.
EuroBLECH – Germany
Website:
Visitors said they would happily return to EuroBLECH in 2014
Zumbach extends scanner range
Zumbach Electronic, Switzerland, has
extended its range of ODAC® laser
scanners for non-contact inline diameter
measurement for large size solutions.
With the ODAC 550 it is now possible
to measure large steel bars, tubes and
rolls up to 500mm or more at accuracies
of a few metric microns and rates of up
to 2,000 measurements.
Other materials, such as titanium,
brass, alloys and plastic, work as
well. This was made possible by the
development of a revolutionary optical
scanning technique with a highly
parallel and seamless measuring field
(no dead zone). The technology also
allows mounting emitter and receiver far
apart from each other, depending on the
available space conditions.
Typical processes where the system
offers new solutions are peeling,
grinding, polishing and straightening,
as well as in quality control lines (NDT).
The dimensional data for diameter,
ovality etc, can be fed directly to the
user’s network or displayed in real-time
for the operator by USYS processors,
and also for feedback to the machine.
Complete accessories like secondary
protection enclosures, cooling devices,
air purging and air knives are available
for heavy-duty environments.
Zumbach Electronic AG – Switzerland
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