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The Steel Division of the voestalpine Group will be withdrawing from the business of cam units and sliding elements at the Linz site and will gradually discontinue the business activities of its company voestalpine Camtec GmbH in Linz by the end of the 2025/26 business year (March 31, 2026). Most recently, revenue totaled EUR 12 million (BY 2023/24). The 53 employees affected have the opportunity to transfer to other voestalpine business units in Linz. The employees will be supported individually in their professional reorientation. 

With our new parameterized cam unit adapter it is possible to design tools more efficiently in CATIA. Parameters such as slide models, size, angle or width can be adapted quickly and easily directly via selection windows in CATIA. This saves valuable design time and ensures efficient tool design.

Manufacturing Indonesia provides a professional business platform for both local industry and international manufacturing companies. The fair attracts industry leaders and key players in the global manufacturing industry to showcase their latest products and services.

At the end of October, Managing Director Claudia Robineau visited the sales organization of voestalpine Steel Trading in Shanghai and our joint venture in Jiashan. Important items on her agenda also included visits to prominent customers in the south of China, and the discussions during these visits made it clear once again how dramatically the automotive industry will be changing in the next few years.

Once again this year, we welcomed countless customers to the voestalpine stand at Blechexpo in Stuttgart. From 7 to 10 November, members of the voestalpine Camtec team spoke and answered questions about our products. Stand visitors were able to enjoy several delights while listening to interesting presentations about our latest innovations in the cam unit industry, including parameterized cam unit adapters. Many of the technical discussions led to new contacts. We are very pleased to have been a part of this very successful event.

From 29-31 March 2023, around 50,000 visitors visited Mecspe in Bologna (Italy), one of the leading international trade fairs in the manufacturing industry, to inform about new technologies in metal manufacturing. Our long-standing partner Maric s.a.s. was also present and we had the pleasure of support him at the trade fair. We were pleased to have numerous inspiring discussions with customers and partners of Maric and voestalpine, as well as industry colleagues.

At the end of March 2023, a delegation of customers from Korea visited us. As part of an Expert Exchange Europe Tour organized by voestalpine Camtec, we welcomed Kia / Hyundai Motors to voestalpine Camtec's headquarter in Linz. The program included a factory tour and an exchange on current topics and opportunities for expanding cooperation. The requirements regarding the automobile production are getting more complex, which is why, among other things, the latest technical topics concerning LOCCAM^® and e-cam were discussed.

From 14th to 16th March 2023 the 12th VDI Conference for Innovative Sheet Metal Forming in the Automotive Industry took place in Nürtingen near Stuttgart. At the conference, industry experts discussed current topics such as the transformation in the automotive industry, sheet metal forming for e-mobility, development trends in steel and aluminum materials for car body parts and digitalization in toolmaking.

Some good news. “Tesla has listed us as a direct supplier!“ When Claudia Robineau, Managing Director of voestalpine Camtec, received this news from her Canadian colleague at the beginning of December 2022, she knew all their hard work had paid off. For two years, the global Sales Team at voestalpine Camtec had been working on acquiring the electric vehicle manufacturer as a customer. During this period, the global Camtec team also took the deliberate step of coming together to gain access to the production processes of many new e-vehicle manufacturers—a goal they have achieved. From now on, the high-quality cams used for pressing, punching and cutting processes will be employed by almost all electric vehicle manufacturers in constructing body parts. In addition to Tesla, manufacturers Fisker, Rivian, Canoo, Li Auto, and Polestar are also on the Camtec customer list. This is a particularly significant success in view of the challenging market situation.

From now on you will find all force diagrams of the working surface for our optimized premium cam (O-KS) directly integrated in the CAD data.

01.12.2021 - For several years already, ACE Stoßdämpfer GmbH has been our partner and supplier for Tubus dampers in our optimized cam series. Increased press stroke rates and speeds in production require top quality and durability of our slides, which are further increased by the structural dampers used.

17.11.2021 - LOCCAM was developed to optimize the output of your deep drawing process, to increase the part quality and thus to ensure high precision and quality in the forming process.