Successful in-house events in Nürtingen and Querétaro
From 3 to 5 May 2022, HELLER welcomed around 850 guests from almost 20 countries to the HELLER Open House in Nürtingen under the motto ‘Information. Innovation. Inspiration.’. Guided tours, for example, of our production and component repair facilities, state-of-the-art manufacturing and technology solutions live in action at the Technology Centre and the Test Department as well as the presentation of innovative technologies, comprehensive services and future-oriented digitisation and automation solutions were the focus this year. There was also a large exhibition with the HELLER subsidiary companies and more than 30 partners and suppliers. “Around 200 employees from all divisions of the company ensured that our guests from home and abroad had an unforgettable experience visiting our plants 1 and 2,” explains Head of Marketing Marcus Kurringer. “After a long lean spell, this in-house exhibition was a successful start for many more personal encounters with our customers,” Kurringer continues.
Already at the end of April, our Mexican subsidiary in Querétaro successfully held a three-day in-house event together with the partner companies Qc Mantenimiento, SMW Autoblok Group, Renishaw Mexico, Sandvik Coromant, ADV Technologies and R.ISMAH, presenting a production cell consisting of a HELLER MC 25 and a robot automation system. On the first two days, selected customers were invited to the in-house exhibition with their project and engineering teams. On the third and final day, the event was open to all interested companies, with the number of visitors limited to 150 people due to current Covid regulations.
Award for HELLER China
On 13 February 2022, Weichai Holding Group Co, Ltd. and China Heavy Truck Group Co, Ltd (Sinotruk) held the Global Supplier Conference of Engine Business under the motto ‘Building the Leading Supply Chain System Together’. At the meeting, HELLER China was recognised as the leading machine tool manufacturer with the 2021 Gold Supplier Award. Chief Representative Andrew Parkin, Vice President Youpeng E and IS Manager Joe Wang were delighted to accept the prize.
HELLER on film
The proven cooperation between PAM Network Studios and HELLER has now resulted in a fifth award-worthy film: ‘The HELLER Test Centre – Highend Engineering’. The production was awarded a golden ‘intermedia-globe’ at the WorldMedia Festival in Hamburg.
HELLER in 3D
After winning the German Innovation Award 2021 and the German Design Award 2021, HELLER’s event and experience platform ‘V-CON’ has now also received the German Brand Award 2022 – one of the most important German brand awards.
HELLER on the road
After a long wait, a return to fair trade normality with live events on site will now be possible again as of this year. Since then, HELLER has participated in numerous conferences, congresses and trade fairs. We were represented at MACH in Birmingham (England), Mach-Tech in Budapest (Hungary), Global Industrie in Paris (France), MECSPE in Bologna (Italy) and most recently at BIEMH in Bilbao (Spain). At these events, our 5-axis machining centre HF 3500 was the main focus of interest among the exhibits. Numerous visitors seized the opportunity for personal discussions and were able to get a first-hand impression of the efficiency of our machining centre at the trade fairs.
HELLER at mav Innovation Forum and SMM Congress
On 7 April 2022, mav Innovation Forum of the Konradin publishing house took place in Böblingen. Under the motto ‘Innovation for Value Creation’, leading technology experts from metalworking presented their latest developments and products for the future. Interesting lectures and an accompanying exhibition provided visitors with an overview of forward-looking trends. HELLER was represented with an information stand and provided details about automation solutions helping machine users to achieve maximum productivity. Thomas Baumeister of HELLER Product Management delivered a compelling presentation to the participants titled ‘Productivity and Flexibility in Harmony’.
Seven weeks later, HELLER presented itself at the SMM Congress in Lucerne on 25 May 2022. The event focused on the requirements on manufacturing companies, especially in terms of flexibility, costs, consistency, traceability and digitisation. Our Area Sales Manager for Switzerland, Christoph Andris, held a presentation titled ‘Fully automated through to batch size 1 in IT6 tolerance zones for efficient production processes’. It illustrated how HELLER designs flexible manufacturing islands, which, in addition to excellent process capability, also enable outstanding utilisation of the manufacturing cell within the narrowest tolerance range, thus increasing economic efficiency. Participants also learned more about the entire process planning and the constructive design of machine tools required in the context of modern production processes.
