On January 16, a delegation from the Basque Government participated in a trade and institutional mission to China, where members met with Basque companies operating in the Asian company, among them, Fagor Automation.
During the five-day visit, the delegation held meetings with the local government in the region of Jiangsu, as well as the chamber of commerce in this area, the largest in China, with more than 170,000 member companies.
On November 2-6, Science, Technology and Innovation Week was held, organized by the University of the Basque Country (UPV) in all three Basque capital cities (Bilbao, Vitoria and San Sebastián). Workshops, scientific stands, educational itineraries, exhibitions, contests, samples, excursions, guided tours and much more were all part of the 16th edition of Science Week.
Fagor Automation has collaborated in two open houses organized by the Intaima Group (Taiwan) in Mexico City and Stuttgart.
The Intaima Group is currently made up by three Taiwanese companies: L&L, Jainnher and Millstart. This alliance of companies has been created to promote the development of the companies in the areas of R&D, production and sales and marketing.
Following the retirement of Pedro Ruíz de Aguirre after 8 years in the position, Jóse Pérez Berdud has been chosen to fill the position of Chief Executive Officer of Fagor Automation, as of July 1, 2016.
Fagor Automation took away a very optimistic evaluation of both trade fairs held in September.
On the one hand, the IMTS in Chicago was attended by an abundant number of visitors, even more than the previous edition in 2012.
The assessment was very positive, as there was a large presence of FAGOR CNC equipment and linear feedback devices, in both American and imported machines.
Within its exhibition calendar, Fagor Automation will attend 2 important events in September; On one hand, the IMTS, which will be celebrated in Chicago (USA) between 12 to 17 and on the other, the AMB of Stuttgart (Germany) during the days 13 to 17.
After four years of research, the Power-OM project, led by the IK4-Tekniker center, is complete, having featured the participation of Fagor Automation and others. The companies that make up this consortium are Goratu (Basque Country), Artis (Germany), Predict (France), Monition Limited (United Kingdom), and the Luleå University of Technology (Sweden).
Last June, a presentation was held on the new features of Fagor Automation’s CNC 8065M and Industry 4.0 of was held in the CDRSP Marinha Grande Development Center, in Portugal.
ACMEE 2016, the Machine Tool biennial sponsored by the Ambattur Industrial Association, held in Chennai (India) on June 16-20, offered us the opportunity to present the innovations of Fagor Automation.
According to the organizers, the Bilbao International Machine-Tool Exhibition, which has just come to a close, exceeded expectations in terms of the number of visitors, welcoming 40,000 people. The trade show had its best edition of the past few years, with 13% more visitors, new areas of interest for businesses and deals closed in all sectors.
Fagor Automation has developed a mobile app for instant access to all the information on its products and services.
The company tasked with designing the interface was Irontec, one of the Basque Country’s free software and open source pioneers. Simple browsing was the priority on designing the app interface, which was developed using the Ionic framework, ideal for HTML5 developments in record time.
