Welcome to ECTA

The Industry
The Association
European Co-operation
Principle Aims of ECTA
ECTA European Cutting Tool Conferences
ECTA European Cutting Tool association
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Design and Print
h. reuffurth gmbh
Unternehmen fr digitale Kommuni-
kation
Philipp-Reis-Strae 6
63165 Mhlheim am Main
Germany
www.reuffurth.net
Illustration sources used
Emuge
Mapal
Walter
Komet
Kennametal
Reber
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As suppliers of cutting tools and holding fixtures, including a
large variety of services, we are linked worldwide with all
areas of the manufacturing industry.
Our key role in manufacturing makes it necessary to continuously study the new trends and
the evolution of the end users requirements.
The analysis of these topics in order to support the industry s future development is one of
the main topics of ECTA.
ECTA is a cooperation of national European associations, offering a wide range of services
and acting as a networking platform for the member associations and their affiliated
companies.
If you are interested in our industry as a key player in manufacturing, please do not hesitate
and approach our secretariat.
We are happy to help you with any assistance and information related to our industry!
Thomas Ngelin
President
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Welcome to ECTA
Thomas Ngelin
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Welcome to ECTA
The Industry
The Association
European Co-operation
Principle Aims of ECTA
ECTA European Cutting Tool Conferences
ECTA European Cutting Tool association
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Design and Print
h. reuffurth gmbh
Unternehmen fr digitale Kommuni-
kation
Philipp-Reis-Strae 6
63165 Mhlheim am Main
Germany
www.reuffurth.net
Illustration sources used
Emuge
Mapal
Walter
Komet
Kennametal
Reber
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Alexandre Fernandez i Grau
President
The European manufacturers of cutting tools
and clamping devices and their national
associations have joined together in the
European association ECTA European
Cutting Tools Association. Getting to know
one another, exchanging experiences,
co-operating there are numerous topics
which the European companies in the branch
urgently want to discuss among themselves,
and with their customers, suppliers and
co-operation partners. The ECTA offers the
optimal platform for this.
The regular latest market survey of the
European industry is an important information
service by ECTA the individual manufacturer
alone does not have the possibility of
obtaining these important items of information
for the company management.
The Association
The European manufacturers of cutting tools
and clamping devices achieve annual sales
of some EUR 7 billion. About EUR 5 billion
of these are attributable to cutting tools and
EUR 2 billion to clamping devices. Over half
the total world exports in this branch have
their origin in Europe. All in all, the European
cutting tools and clamping devices industry
has more than 60,000 employees on its payroll.
Tools are supplied by the branch to nearly all
sections of industry. Whether the automotive
industry, aerospace, the railway industry, the
ship-building industry or machine building
to name just the largest sectors in the metal
industry they all employ cutting tools and
clamping devices on a large scale in their
production.
Admittedly, tool costs amount on average to
just 4% of the total production costs. They
are thus a relatively small cost factor in
companies' calculation. However, tools play
a decisive role for the quality of products and
for the efficiency of the production processes
in the metalworking industry. If a tool is defect,
the product quality suffers or the entire
production can even come to a standstill.
Looked at the other way round: The techni-
cally highly developed tools from European
manufacturers with exact dimensions and a
long service life are the key to economic
production in the metal-working industry.
Tools supply quality and productivity!
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The principal aims of ECTA are to act as the
central organization for furthering the interests
of all European cutting tool manufacturing and
to take action which may be considered
necessary in the interest of the industry and
members, including:
Arranging meetings between
Manufacturers
Providing a forum for the exchange
of views
Studying technical problems that are
common to the industry
Placing before Offical Organisations
the views of the industry
Providing market information
Addressing the industry`s key role in
manufacturing
Principle Aims of ECTA
The associations of cutting tools manufacturers
in Europe have decided to co-operate within
the framework of ECTA. They have agreed to
operate as a mutual agreement between
each Member and every other Member of
ECTA.
European Co-operation
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2009 Milano, Italy
2008 Stuttgart, Germany
2007* San Sebastian, Spain
2006 Monteriggioni-Siena, Italy
2005 Lucerne, Switzerland
2004* Orlando, Florida
2003 Dresden, Germany
2002 Wien, Austria
2001* Edinburgh, Scotland
2000 Barcelona, Spain
World Cutting Tool Conference joint
conference together with America and
Asia
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At the annual ECTA European Cutting Toool
Conferences questions are dealt with which
interest the whole branch and which are of
significance for the strategic company deve-
lopment. Apart from market trends and the
current economic situation, these are above
all topics concerning the medium-term
development of companies. As examples
from the ECTA Conferences of the past few
years we would mention:
Learning from the Best: Successful
in Selling and Price Negotiations
Machinability of new Alloys
Globally successful with Knowledge
Transfer Networks
Tools Performance Indicator
(Exploitation of Tools Performance)
Future of Automotive Industries
(Regions, Models, Technical
Developments)
Future Processing Technologies
End of Cutting Tools?
Assessment of the world market for cut
ting tools and its regional structure
The development of the raw material
markets and their influence on the
tool industry
International tool standardisation
(e.g. argumentation against the
inclusion of performance data in ISO
standards)
Strategies of company financing
New materials for tools
Experiences when building up
branches and joint ventures overseas
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2010 Stuttgart, Germany
2011 Valencia, Spain
Welcome to ECTA
The Industry
The Association
European Co-operation
Principle Aims of ECTA
ECTA European Cutting Tool Conferences
ECTA European Cutting Tool association
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Design and Print
h. reuffurth gmbh
Unternehmen fr digitale Kommuni-
kation
Philipp-Reis-Strae 6
63165 Mhlheim am Main
Germany
www.reuffurth.net
Illustration sources used
Emuge
Mapal
Walter
Komet
Kennametal
Reber
Welcome to ECTA
The Industry
The Association
European Co-operation
Principle Aims of ECTA
ECTA European Cutting Tool Conferences
ECTA European Cutting Tool association
1
2
3
4
5
6
8
Design and Print
h. reuffurth gmbh
Unternehmen fr digitale Kommuni-
kation
Philipp-Reis-Strae 6
63165 Mhlheim am Main
Germany
www.reuffurth.net
Illustration sources used
Emuge
Mapal
Walter
Komet
Kennametal
Reber
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Member Countries: France, Germany, Great Britain, Israel,
Italy, Netherlands,Spain, Sweden,
Switzerland
President: Thomas Ngelin (Switzerland)
Vice President: Fabrizio Resmini (Italy)
General Secretary: Dr. Wolfgang Sengebusch (Germany)
Office: ECTA
European Cutting Tools Association
c/o VDMA Precision Tools,
Lyoner Strasse 18,
D- 60528 Frankfurt/Main
Tel: +49 (0) 69 6603 1467
Fax: + 49 (0) 69 6603 2467
Email: ecta@vdma.org
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