Cecimo, for the European elections, proposed his Manifesto to the Heads of State and Government, with ten key recommendations when defining the future European Union industrial policy and setting the European Union’s annual and multiannual priorities. Cecimo represents globally the common position of European Machine Tool Industries and related Manufacturing Technologies, and promotes co-operation with other organisations worldwide. Cecimo encourages research and innovation driven by the present and future needs of the market. Cecimo contributes to shaping EU research and innovation policies. It is also involved in many EU-funded projects and encourages enterprises in participating to National and European programmes.

This is ten key Cecimo recommendations to the Heads of State and Government and the candidates for the 2019 European Elections and the future European Commission: Place industry at the top of the political agenda of the European Parliament and the European Commission during the next institutional cycle (2019-2024) and appoint a European Commission Vice-President for industry; Continue the progress in the Digital Single Market Agenda and develop an industrial policy for the digital era – by improving digital infrastructures, building trust in data, enabling automation and removing difficult for digitisation; Guarantee the necessary funding and policy support for strategic value chains and innovative technologies in the next European Union budget to accelerate the ongoing industrial transformation – by investing in research, innovation, skills and digital capacity development programmes together with tax incentives and other financial instruments; Promote reciprocity with trading partners and put forward a more assertive European Union trade agenda, especially vis-à-vis China and the United States; Bridge the skills gap in the fields of new technologies such as artificial intelligence, additive manufacturing, industry 4.0 and digitisation; and maximise their benefits for businesses by fostering strategies and initiatives linked to research activities, test beds, European Union & national investment projects and industrial competences; Remain in the driver’s seat for standardisation and improve the process for the development and referencing of European and international standards for the manufacturing sector; Ensure the protection of European Intellectual Property Rights trade secrets, confidential industrial design and data sets at European and international level; Be cautious when considering the need to revise European Union legislation for example in the case of the Machinery Directive, to avoid regulating new technologies too early and stifling innovation; Safeguard industrial investments and provide legal certainty by promoting evidence-based policymaking and ensuring that future legislation is future-proof and technology neutral in vital areas for the European Union industrial competitiveness, such as transport Co2 emissions; Simplify further the Posting of Workers Directive regarding the obligations of the Directive for Smes, particularly, for short-term technical assistance activities. The freedom of movement and services across Europe should be facilitated and guaranteed.

Since more then 40 years Omp is specialized in production of cutting machine for tube and profile, also our complete range of Fiber Laser machine is well known in the national and international market.

The advantages to use a Tube Laser machine are multiple.

The laser technology increase the possibility to set up and project of tubes and profile cut because it can be adapted to the specific needings of each customer, with the guarantee of a very low energy consumption and excellente cutting quality.

Why choose Omp Laser Tube?

For sure first reason is because of flexibility of the company, which assure different loading, cutting and unloading solution, always update and tailor made.

The continuous update with latest technologies on the market: the world of laser is moving fast, we think is very important to keep pace.

We have a quick service for assistance: our customer needs to be able to rely on a fast interface with the operator for any kind of questions.

A young and dynamic staff, reliable and able to follow our customer at 360°: the proof is the installation of more then 4000 machines all around the world, Omp always find a solution for the complete satisfaction of our customers.

In recent months, Omp has been present at Metalshow & Tib in Romania at Expo Mafe in Sao Paulo, Brazil, where it presented the tube laser line and the traditional choice of cutting-off machines and for finishing and packing the tube. Today, in Omp, information technology plays a primary role in the design of solutions and in post-sales. But what makes the company unique is creativity.

The best edition since 2005, with even better figures: 16,520 visitors in pavilions 22 and 24 at Fieramilano Rho, Up 12.3% compared to the 2017 edition.

More square metres of exhibition space sold, and more foreign countries present

fieramilano Rho (Milan), 21 May 2019 – All numbers are up significantly for the record edition of Made in Steel, the main Conference & Exhibition in Southern Europe dedicated to the steel industry since 2005.

The event, which ended on Thursday 16 May after three days of business and conferences, was attended by 16,520 visitors, with an increase by 12.3% compared to the 2017 edition, when it reached 14,714 visitors, with 26% foreign attendance.

This constant growth confirms the success of the formula and the choice of the pavilions of Fieramilano Rho, for an event which is unique at European level both for its aesthetics and the quality of contents.

The progress in the number of visitors is in line with all the other indicators: 12,800 square meters, up 10% compared to the 2017 edition (11,670), on a gross area of about 40,000 square metres; more companies present (312 compared to 270 in 2017) and more foreign exhibitors (23%, 72 versus 46 in 2017).

For two days Made in Steel 2019 overlapped with Sheet Metal, the international event promoted by UCIMU, dedicated to sheet metal cutting and forming technologies.

The eighth edition of Made in Steel, which was entitled “STEEL HUMAN”, featured an exhaustive calendar of conferences for all the protagonists of the supply chain, players and visitors, with more than 40 speakers on the stage of the Siderweb Conference Room and the annual meeting of Assofermet. Among the speakers, the protagonists of the Italian and European steel industry (Alessandro Banzato, Federacciai president and CEO  Acciaierie Venete; Fernando Espada, president Eurometal; Antonio Gozzi, president Gruppo Duferco; Matthieu Jehl, CEO ArcelorMittal Italia; Antonio Marcegaglia, president Gruppo Marcegaglia; Alessandro Trivillin, CEO Danieli).

“The presence of visitors during the three day event, the quality of contents, the beauty of the stands and the perceptible feeling of positivity in the pavilions confirm the success of the 2019 edition of Made in Steel and the module conceived by the team of Siderweb for the main Conference & Exhibition in Southern Europe dedicated to the steel industry,” said Emanuele Morandi, president and CEO of Made in Steel. “A formula that is based on content, business and relationships. For us, it is a big satisfaction and an encouragement to do even better, to best represent our supply chain and to grow at international level”.

The next edition of the event, the ninth, will be held in 2021.

Pipe, Profile, Wire, Steel, Manufacturing and Technology Specialized Fair was organized for the first time this year at Tüyap Fair Convention and Congress Center; by Tüyap Fairs and Exhibitions Organization Inc. in cooperation with Turkish Steel Pipe Manufacturers Association (Çebid), Steel Federation, Steel Foreign Trade Association, Turkish Steel Steel Exporters’ Association, Flat Steel Export and Industry Association (Yisad), SteelOrbis and Turkish Constructional Steelwork Association between April 17-20, 2019 in Istanbul, simultaneously with Wire Tech Istanbul; Wire Manufacturing and Technologies Specialized Fair.

Prepared with the aim of becoming the central power in our country, Tube & Steel Istanbul Fair was held with the participation of 147 companies and company representatives from 17 countries. The fair, which unites the important associations and organizations of the sector under a single roof, provided the opportunity to establish new cooperations for the participants who want to export to about 70 countries in five continents and to show their innovations.

Tube & Steel Istanbul Fair, which could to be a major contributor to the Turkish steel industry’s export potential, hosted procurement committees from Bulgaria, China, Palestine, Georgia, Croatia, India, Iran, Israel, Italy, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Tunisia and Jordan through Tuyap’s international offices in Moscow, Sofia, Skopje, Tehran, Cairo and Tbilisi. Thanks to marketing activities, 6.959 professional visitors from 67 countries visited the fair.

According to the results of the survey conducted during the fair, 87% of the participants stated that they were satisfied with the fair and 85% said they would be attending the fair again next year. According to the online visitor surveys carried out after the exhibition, 90% of the visitors stated that they were satisfied with the fair and 91% said they would visit the fair again next year.

The important investments of the last years in plants, expertise and human capital have projected the business of Morandi Steel, based in Flero, Brescia, into the future. In 2019 the company, which has been operating in the distribution of steel tubes for 50 years, profoundly renewed its offer with the integration of a range of 3D laser processing to meet the needs of customers for customization. A very important renewal, which was also reflected in the change of the Company name: from Morandi Spa to Morandi Steel Spa.

Founded in 1973 as a warehouse of iron, pipes and plates, in almost half a century of history the company Morandi has evolved many times: from the commercialization of different qualities of steel pipes, focus of the business in the Seventies and Eighties, to the distribution of structural hollow sections, up to the current integrated offer of products and services.

«The story of a company that is fifty years old cannot be told in just a few lines, expressing the emotions, the disappointments and the enthusiasm experienced by those who watched this company be born, grow and consolidate over the years. What can be told is the stubborn aim over these years: to satisfy the need of knowledge and innovation of a continually evolving market» says Emanuele Morandi, Ceo di Morandi Steel.

Thanks to the installation of a laser machine Lt 20 Jumbo Adige-Sys for laser cutting and processing, the company from Brescia widens its target with an integrated offer of personalized products and services. Revenues and profitability are improving. The new laser machine can execute laser cutting and complex processing on square, round, and rectangle hollow and open steel sections.

The new positioning – The strategic repositioning is the outcome of a process started with a market research which highlighted the absence in the industry of a player that could supply fully personalized hollow sections, integrating the advantages of a distributor with those of a processing center.

«The new positioning is the outcome of an important investment, both in term of energy and money, which started in the last two years according to the results of requests gathered among our customers: the need to have in a sole supplier a point of reference for both the distribution of hollow sections and high quality processes. Therefore we have worked with a double target: satisfy the requests of the market while aiming to the most profitable products» explains Giorgio Maschietto, General Director of Morandi Steel.

The numbers of Morandi Steel – In 2018, the revenues of Morandi Steel reached 13.5 million Euro, increasing by the 8% on the previous year, with an Ebitda lightly under 500K Euro.