- Furniture Technologies
- Technologies for joineries
- Technologies for Advanced Materials
- Easy & Responsive - The New Manufacturing System
- Timber construction technologies
- Solid wood technologies
- Sailing and automotive technologies
- Graphics industry technologies
- Technologies for surface treatment
- Technologies for decorative objects and sports equipment
Digital transformation and high technology for the new SCM’s booth at Xylexpo 2024
SCM and Fontemaggi are two very close companies and not just because they are located in the same area. They are linked by an industrial production model honed in on digitalisation and automation, while still keeping people at the centre of any change. A partnership which went on to become an exclusive outfitting: SCM’s stand at the most recent edition of Xylexpo at the Fieramilano.
The Natural Innovation of Grupo Valco
Grupo Valco manufactures 120,000 doors and 60,000 wardrobes each year, has over 80,000 square metres of factories and a vertical production from sawmills to the delivery of state-of-the-art solutions for residential and contract structures. Their connection with SCM and its Portuguese dealer Lignotec is long-standing and has been strategic in the choice of advanced technologies.
Mathis, “XL” producer of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games
Since 1809, Mathis has been a family business specializing in the design, manufacturing and construction of large-scale wooden buildings. A customer of the SCM group since 1993 with the 5-axis machining center "pmt" still in operation, Mathis has had to face numerous demands in recent years, even unusual ones.
A wooden soul to cultivate green building
For over thirty years, Gelsomino Edilizia has been producing and building wooden structures and houses. The production site in Manfredonia, in the province of Foggia, has over thirty employees and is a reference point for the development of sustainable building in Southern Italy.
The bathroom is increasingly becoming a key player in the home
Gruppo Geromin has been producing furniture for bathrooms and wellness areas since 1945. Top-quality finishes, textures and materials produced using state-of-the-art technology, are designed to offer authentic moments of relaxation and wellness.
Escaliers Plasse optimises its offer with SCM
Specialising in bespoke staircases, Escaliers Plasse resolved to work in partnership with a clientèle mainly consisting of professionals. The company, therefore, decided to purchase a Superfici finishing line from SCM. A new piece of equipment that allows the company to offer even more complete, excellent-quality features, while caring for the environment.
The limitless creativity of " the sculptors" in 3D
A carriage in the fields, a wooden puma at the front entrance... These are just some of the internationally renowned evocative items produced by the Cluse Joinery Workshop. Thomas Cluse and his team specialise in the technique of 3D routing that they apply at the highest level to produce genuine works of art.
Bäumle, a digital joinery workshop with an eye on the future
Harald Bäumle and his team of just five people produce highly bespoke furniture and interior design projects. A small joinery workshop which has always kept a keen eye on the most advanced technologies, as is the case with the purchase of an automatic SCM “morbidelli x400” for nesting machining.
Holzbau Sud | Wood lies at the heart of every project
Holzbau Sud was founded in 1990 and has grown by focusing on modern style and an international market with solutions for large public buildings and residential architecture which stem from the encounter between modern technologies and the antique Italian culture of wood. The decision to choose an SCM AREA 5-axis machining centre ensured the optimisation of production time, eliminating numerous manual operations and guaranteeing precision and speed, assisting with the assembly and installation of structures, among the largest in Europe.
A “Maestro” finish for the Rottaler shutters
The German company, Rottaler Fensterladenbau, is one of the main manufacturers of shutters and cabinet doors for furniture in south-east Bavaria.
A cabinetmaking business with an innovative vision
Established in 2012 by David Polleau in Doué-la-Fontaine, Atelier DP-Ébénisterie Contemporaine specialises in the production of high-end wooden furniture. After ten years in business, artisan work has dramatically changed thanks to state-of-the-art design and manufacturing tools.
Exclusive furniture for dream holidays
Marbol produces interior design projects for the best hotels and luxury resorts in Mexico and in other exclusive tourist destinations in the Caribbean. Its production boasts more than 1000 pieces of furniture a week, whose originality and combination of wood with other materials make their mark. "We hope to expand further, and we want to do so with SCM", explains the owner who, for over 25 years, has been choosing the Italian Group for the technological level of its machinery and the technical and sales support offered by its team.
Scotland’s best-kept secret
You could be forgiven for thinking Scotland’s best-kept secret might be a rare single malt whisky, the view across a beautiful glen bordered with fir forests and snow-capped peaks, or a littleknown beach where the sun never dips below the horizon during the summer solstice...
Jagram-Pro | Modern wooden constructions meet SCM innovative technology
Modern wooden construction is largely based on engineered wood-based materials. Thanks to this, the wooden structures currently being created often do not resemble traditional solutions, but they amaze with their scale and form.
The signs are good
Can a sign company start to produce kitchens and, above all, do it at its best? The story of Daw Signs is the concrete proof that anything is possible! This Scottish company is experiencing a moment of strong growth and with SCM - and a wide range of solutions the Italian group - at its side, managing director Gary Daw looks to the future with even more confidence.
Rimobel
The spanish company specialising in the furniture sector has 150 SCM machines. The latest purchase is an automation system specifically for “batch 1”: the "stefani rocket" edgebanding line.
The rebirth of outstanding Joinery
For over forty years San Partignano Joinery has offered its guests at Europe's largest rehab Community, a second chance and the opportunity for practical training in the wood-furnishings industry to join the employment world outside. A story of top-quality craftsmanship supported by SCM, that produces prestigiously designed works for world famous designers and brands.
Ferrè, stylish sanding and furnishing
The company from Valtellino, specialising in the production of custom-designed, top quality living spaces and furnishings, chose an SCM "dmc eurosystem" to optimise its sanding processes on both raw and painted surfaces
FHS Holzbau: so many successes with SCM!
From staircases to the production of complete buildings in cross-laminated timber (CLT). For over twenty years, FHS Holzbau has put its trust in SCM to optimise its processes and achieve exclusive machining quality. Today, with two “area” CNC machining centres, it is ready to overcome even the greatest challenges.
Investment in the future: Double-end tenoner for a new production line
Tschopp Holzindustrie AG in Buttisholz produces up to 6,000 shuttering panels per day, or over 1.5 million square metres of panels per year. In August last year, a new double-end tenoner from SCM, the Celaschi p60, was successfully installed. "Our double-end tenoner is part of a production line at Tschopp Holzindustrie AG and is responsible for profiling the lengthwise edges of the shuttering panels," says Daniel Ott, Country Manager Switzerland, SCM Switzerland (Rothenburg).
The grand piano - a prized piece of furniture
Bösendorfer manufactures around 300 design pianos each year and 80% of its production is artisan. The "orchestral work" with the most advanced technologies means it can accomplish outstanding innovations, that considerably enhance the range of sounds in tune with each instrument. Since 2016, SCM's "morbidelli m800" five-axis drilling and routing centre has been an integral part of the production process at the Wiener Neustadt company.
Perfect sanding, even on very thick surfaces
It is essential for a staircase manufacturer to achieve perfect surfaces. And that can mean only one thing: perfect sanding! To best achieve this process, Wiehl, the staircase manufacturing company, purchased an eleven-metre long "dmc system bt" top/bottom wide belt sander, that cut the cycle time by 60% and resulted in a unique quality.
Hi-tech designer kitchens, ahead of game
Maximum customisation, elegance and practicality are the key ingredients to Arclinea's success. Pioneering projects are drawn up at the Caldogno plant that involve an innovative combination of materials, colours and shapes. Attention to design and the need to perfectly frame even the profiles shaped in natural wood led this company to SCM, when it opted for a "stefani one" for Shape machinings and the "easy cart" for maximum control of the glue tanks
The choices made by Moser Holzbau
In a stunning corner of Alto Adige, the Moser family decided to merge their long-standing passion for wood with the production of "Clt" houses using state-of-the-art SCM machining centres.
Parisi, a glance at the evolution of windows and doors, past and future
Luca and Nicola Parisi carry on the traditional excellence, handed down to them, which is more than a century old and 100% Italian. Dozens of different kinds of windows and doors produced each year, but always top quality, and with a strong positive approach to digital transformation. These are the strength points of this Trentino-based company and long-standing SCM customer. Some of its most recent purchases have been the windor nt1 angular machining centre, a real wild card for this 4.0 artisan company.
Diesse Arredamenti
A continually developing company that specialises in exclusive interiors for luxury boats, and was brave enough to change production mentality, face up to the new digital challenges and renew its production lines with SCM
Marlegno | The digital transformation of timber houses
The collaboration between SCM and Marlegno, benchmark in the eco timber construction industry, goes way beyond the purchase of the innovative 6-axis cnc machining centre “oikos x”. It is a journey that is taking us to new, unthinkable destinations in the construction of state-of-the-art, eco-sustainable homes, where the digitalisation of processes and predictive maintenance of technologies play a key role.
Jongbloed
The Dutch company Jongbloed Timmerfabriek is a permanently open door to new technological trends. It is run by a family which, in the space of two generations, has focused on quality raw materials and innovative, flexible processes to make its mark on the market...
Loferhome, more than just a furniture manufacturer: specialists in custom-design
Together with its Engineering team, SCM has developed one of its most advanced solutions for the Spanish company's new plant: a "batch 1" flexible cell system for beam saw and edgebanding, plus stand-alone machines to complete the production process.
Mobart 85
Three generations and a constant attention to design. Mobart 85 is a specialised artisan business producing furniture and offering high-end interior design.
Atl
Impressive. It doesn’t happen every day to see a production line churning out something like 1,200 sofas a day! With specific standards: quality to the smallest detail and safety. In partnership with Scm Group for over twenty years.
Legnoarredo training centre
The new LegnoArredo Training Centre, ITS Rosario Messina in Brianza, an area that is at the heart of Italian design and furniture, has chosen SCM to set up an exceptional woodworking workshop. The laboratory is fitted with twenty-odd machines, representing the most important technologies, on which the future woodworking professionals will learn the secrets of the trade. But the partnership goes further, as the students will be able to take part in visits and work experiences at the plants of the Italian group and the teaching staff will be able to undertake refresher courses on the “digital factory”, in the new SCM Group Campus
Grupo Escato
The Mexican company, Grupo Escato is a world leader in corporate staging. Established in 1988, it has famous clients like BBVA Bancomer, Santander, Citibanamex, HSBC, Telefónica Movistar, AT&T, Avaya and Nestlé, to name but a few.
Cherwell
SCM has supplied to Cherwell, a Dubai-based company specialising in customised furnishings for residential and commercial buildings as many as 20 different technologies. the result was a significant improvement in product quality, combined with greater accuracy in the various processing phases and a considerable increase in productivity.
Bühnenconcept
You bet! These are words that Ullrich Lange, owner of the company, Bühnenconcept GmbH, specialising in the creation of TV studios and staging, has never expressed.
Cabinet Systems
How to deal with the high costs and waste resulting fomr the processing of small lots? Cabinet Systems secceeded in the enterprise after addressing experts form SCM Australia. A significant investment for a company of its size, but which immediately had a great return.
Ashford Handicrafts Ltd
This family-run company has been manufacturing looms in traditional silver beech wood, in New Zealand, since 1934. Nowadays, this enterprise, Ashford Handicrafts Ltd., is a world leader in the industry and exports 90% of all it produces.
Bauwerk Boen Group
"Let's give the tree a second life in our homes".The Bauwerk Boen group is a major European manufacturer of parquet floors, produced with completely natural wood which guarantees a healthy lifestyle and one that respects the environment.
Giorgetti
Visiting the Giorgetti factory is always an exciting moment. A historical organisation dating back over a hundred years and one of the most important brands in made in Italy furniture.
Neville Johnson
Over the last 30 years, Neville Johnson has built an enviable reputation for manufacturing high quality, bespoke offices, bedrooms and lounge furniture.
Turri
Turri is a historical company which was founded in 1925 in Carugo, province of Como, and is currently located in Brianza. It is headed by Andrea Turri, who from the beginning has chosen to produce what is often defined as “classical”, “art”, or “high style” furniture and accessories. Its motto is “The Art of Living”.
Chabros
Chabros International Group is a leading producer and supplier of wood, veneer and a vast range of products and materials for interiors and exteriors in the Middle East.
Arnografica
Thanks to a partnership with Elmag Superfici, Arnografica fitted a UV LED curing system on the NEW TGI offset, formerly the Aurelia 520 project. The traditional offset - UV LED duo proved to be a winner.
Antiga
Grafiche Antiga opted for Elmag Superfici's experience and its new UV LED curing system to satisfy the high printing quality demands even on difficult papers such as material or uncoated paper.
Aquanet
Aquanet, a Russian company that today employs almost 800 people and has reached numbers that have little to envy mass production enterprises, has decided to keep on expanding its production.
3D
The morbidelli m800 is the key machine at 3D, a small woodworking company based in Brianza, specialised in made-to-measure interior and exterior design.
Menuiserie Petit
Exclusive bicycles that are just as good as classic steel or aluminium bikes in terms of design, elegance and strength.
Masonite
Masonite is a publicly traded door manufacturer serving residential and architectural customers globally.
Xylème
For more than thirty years, the company Xylème has adopted an original approach to wood-working, a profession they have followed with passion and perseverance, achieving a full understanding of the machines, technologies and tools, which makes them better able to share them with their partners.
Scuola d'arte Cortina d'Ampezzo.
An art school with an ancient history and a young passion.
Principal Doorsets
With huge diversity in its product offer and some very stringent standards to comply with, Principal Doorsets turned to SCM for a turnkey pressing solution.
Marco Vignoli
Marco Vignoli worked in a company that sold tools and various machinery, including woodworking machinery and his love for the minimax universal combination machine was born there.
Rbr Ebanisteria
"Rbr started with SCM, using its traditional machines and with it has evolved, following it in the development of the machines
Prati S.r.l.
The main product of Prati's carpentry is the table, we can easily define them as specialists of this product
D3Wood
We met Marco Clozza of d3wood, a company that can not be defined with few words, but that we will try to present in this article in the most thorough and exhaustive way.
Giulio Migani
Giulio started his carpentry business 5 years ago. He is an electronic expert, graduated in Rimini and a student for a couple of years at the Polytechnic University of Milan in automation engineering.
Roberto Marcazzan
Roberto Marcazzan begins our interview explaining his propensity towards manual work with the phrase: "just finished middle school, I burned the backpack".
Mutti Woodshop
The carpentry business was brought to the family by the "grandfather" who in Ghedi began to build small furniture for everyday use, the furniture of the country farmhouse where the Mutti family
Andrea Schiavolin
Andrea's activity began "working around" with his father, owner of an electrician company who transferred him the desire to use his hands to create something.
HanseYacht
Building yachts means taking into account individuality, quality, water resistance and humidity as well as versatility and efficiency.
Zhong Zhi Xin
A new plant of the Zhong Zhi Xin company is inaugurated in China, a first step in a great 4.6-million euro project. This confirms the Group's leadership position in the Chinese market, where in 2016 it has achieved a 20% growth compared to 2015.
Vibrobloc
At Vibrobloc, a company based in Montese, in the heart of the Apennines between Emilia and Tuscany, we met the company sales director, Claudio Leoni, to talk about the dynamic company dedicated to timber construction and the new Oikos cnc machining centre manufactured by Routech, a brand of Scm Group.
Fleischmann
Kulmbach is the capital of the Bavarian district of the same name. Plassenburg castle, famous for containing the world’s largest collection of tin soldiers, dominates the woods and forests. It is in Frankenwald, the Franconian Forest, where wood is abundant.
Bussi
It is always a pleasure to go back every few years to visit the Falegnameria Bussi company in Santa Sofia, near Forlì and Cesena in the Romagna region of Italy.
Gebrola
Turnkey companies, private individuals and also carpenters look to the Belgian company Gebrola of Bocholt. Managing Director, Martin De Laat, has invested in passion and know-how for more than thirty years.
Window Holding
Since its start the company has produced over five million of doors and windows. Window Holding’s range includes products in aluminium, plastic, wood and a combination of materials, which can be used in numerous types of buildings, from private homes to complex public and commercial projects.
Traditional Sash Windows
Traditional Sash Windows based in Guildford, Surrey, have been manufacturing, supplying and installing traditional sash and casement windows since 1999.
Melgari
With a single machining centre boasting excellent performance, Melgari of Pescarolo (Cremona province) is still a match for a market that demands production of just a few items that have to be of top quality.
Wang Mei
“The search for a bright future” with an SCM Group maxi system for doors and windows. This is the meaning of “Wang Mei”, the name chosen for Wang Mei Wood Window, a company owned by China ITD Investment Co. Ltd., a true giant of the Chinese glazing industry.
De Win
In order to last, cooperation has to be built on solid foundations and requires constant, daily commitment. That is how the partnership between Belgian company DE WIN, specialised manufacturer of doors and windows, and Scm Group began.
Shatura
The company, set up in 1961, is currently the leader of the Russian furniture market. Since the nineties it had developed a strong partnership with SCM, that was further strengthened in 2013 with the installation of the important Splitter edgebanding line for panels.
Fabbrica Mirlachova
The exemplary story of Andrey Mirlachov, a “self-made man” who has created a model company, employing 250 people, producing state of the art, high quality furniture. A man with very clear ideas: “In terms of technology I only want the best”, which naturally led him to SCM.
Møbeltre
Håvar Tandstad, an industrial entrepreneur, has been using SCM Group machines exclusively for 16 years and was one of the first buyers of the Morbidelli Author M100: "This machine meets my needs for flexible production and for saving time and space."
Sandi Mobili
Magic? Yes perhaps there is a pinch of magic: a piece of furniture that opens, a sofa disappears revealing a wall with shelves, containers, LED lights and a comfortable bed. All with a simple movement, no effort and a lot of style.
Fratelli Minotti
At Fratelli Minotti every design request and requirement is made possible thanks to the individual skills and SCM technology. The company, located in the heart of the Brianza, works as a subcontractor for the most important furniture factories.
Les Charpentiers des Alpes et Provence
“Les Charpentier des Alpes et Provence” is a company specialised in the design, research, production, machining and assembly of laminated timber structures.
Gautier
Established in Vendée in 1960 by Patrice and Annick Gautier, the Gautier company underwent a strong expansion in its early days and soon became a leader in the children’s furniture sector. Originality and quality are the marks of this brand.
Pantarei
Pantarei is one of the leading Italian panel processing companies that work for third parties. Meeting its owner, Domenico Londei, is like interviewing a "philosopher" in the field of furniture components: "The contractor," he says, "is at the forefront of technological research. Every day we meet with major technology producers, and out of this exchange with our partners, like SCM Group, technological progress is created".
Tona Bathroom Furniture
Tona Bathroom Furniture waits for no one when it comes to a purchase that will thrust it ahead of its peers. Like most astute businessmen, Frank Shen is not one to pass up a golden opportunity when he sees it. It took him a mere 30 minutes - from initial contact to final purchase - to say ‘yes’ to the Stefani Solution, a new edgebander offered by the SCM Group that can create ‘J’, ‘L’, and 45-degree-angle profiles.
Gamadecor Porcelanosa
From geothermal energy systems to curtain walls, from contracts to engineered flooring, from kitchens to taps and fittings, from bathroom furniture to sanitary fixtures, from ceramics to living room and bedroom furniture.
BoConcept
At BoConcept, a Danish retail furniture chain, they bring their focus to innovative and creative design and combine it with high quality in their products. That gives a challenge to their existing production facilities and that is why BoConcept invested in a new fully automated CNC-cell to meet the requirements and at the same time to develop an effective and flexible production.
Katyusha
Katiusha is a giant industrial group which manufactures furniture: originally a Soviet combine, today it is one of Russia’s leading furniture companies.
Lesplitinvest
The company Lesplitinvest (in the Leningrad and Moscow oblast - autonomous region), is part of the SOUZ Industrial Holding Group and one of Russia’s leading MDF and interior door manufacturers. It recently purchased a second new CPC assembly and packaging line which allows high levels of productivity and minimum operator intervention.
Qumei Furniture Group
QM has recently purchased the new packaging line from CPC - a wellknown brand of Scm Group – to guarantee excellent productivity whilst minimising the operator’s interventions.
Topol Group
As Sir Richard Branson once said: “Always give it a try. And even if you fail, pick yourself up and try again". This is the philosophy that guides Nikita Semenov, vice-president and member of the Board of Topol Group, a Russian company that is now the leader on the children’s domestic furniture, offering a wide range of solutions and having significant production capabilities.
Tino Sana
A company that is intriguing not just due to its capabilities and the products it can make, but because it is a kind of “city of wood” where economic rules, attention to the territory and to young talent, sharing of values and memories all come together.
Earth Elements
Earth Elements has created a great design center for material and finish options along with a new modern cabinet shop to deliver cabinets, millwork and interiors to a wide-ranging clientele. The company is located in Southwest Montana near Bozeman, Montana.
Neumann
18 employees, a turnover of around € 1.5 million and a very special recipe: it’s good for business if you’re the owner of the wood-working workshop, handle production and also sales.
Tim Butler
At Grampians Furniture (Halls Gap, Australia) a second chance... Halls Gap is an Australian town, the capital of the Grampians National Park. A lake, Lake Bellfield, a river, Fyans Creek, surrounded by a splendid natural environment.
Dilplast
Established in 1976 in Montecchio Emilia (Reggio Emilia province), Dil Plast supplies services for consulting, design and production of any type of moulds and parts for hermoforming.
Montracon
Montracon are one of the leading manufacturers of top quality trailers in Europe supplying all types and the widest range of Box Vans, Curtainsiders, Flats, Double Deckers and Fridge trailers, from three manufacturing sites in Market Weighton and Doncaster, Yorkshire and in Mallusk, Northern Ireland.
Hunton Fiber
SCM Group’s specialists are always ready to respond with state of the art solutions to any technical requirement. This was the case with Celaschi and a Norwegian client.
Natuzzi
The largest Italian furniture company maintains its masterly mix of advanced technology and craftsmanship. The innovations in the production process have led to the Moving Line, derived from lean manufacturing, which features a state of the art SCM cpc semiautomatic packaging line.
Joubert
The day begins early, after a good coffee and a journey through the French region of the Charante. We are here to visit Joubert Plywood, a company specialised in producing poplar and okoume plywood.
Garnica
The Spanish Group produces high-quality plywood panels and has adopted an environmentally friendly policy based on the use of sustainable plantations. It recently installed in its Fuenmayor plant a new high-tech cell system for panel finishing equipped with Superfici and DMC solutions.
Ilar Verniciature
Report after report, the “Door and Window System” seeks to photograph an overview of virtuous companies that provide constantly high and homogeneous quality to closure and shading systems produced and painted in Italy. The latest innovation offered by a subcontractor with a great entrepreneurial capacity.
SCM and Legno Lab
"Redesign your future" contest prizes awarded: the winners got to build their first wooden stool prototype in an actual carpenter workshop...
Harris Kitchen
A versatile SCM nesting machine perfect for a range of joinery applications, is able to size, drill and rout nested panels. Brady Harris: “For each new home, I typically design, manufacture and install the kitchen, walk-in pantry, laundry, study and barbecue area.
Binket Group
BinketGroup is today one of the largest specialised factories in the internal doors sector of the whole of Central Asia.
USFloors
To meet this sector’s production and specialization requirements, USFloors (Shaw Industries) needed a completely automatic line for profiling composite planks; from single sheets to the pallet ready for shipping.
Etablissements Béal
Located in the Haute-Loire region in France, the Etablissements Béal company designs and manufactures specialist chopping boards for its predominantly professional clientele under its Chabret trademark that was originally deposited in 1885.
Unterkofler
Three generations of craftsmen are behind a small company in Grossarl. Their approach is to follow each step of the production process, from doors and window frames to furniture, from chairs to lamps and upholstery, in-house, from the design to the installation.
Euro Lamellé
For nearly 30 years, Euro Lamellé has been manufacturing made-toorder glued wooden elements for wooden constructions.
Solomon Wu
Jake Solomon is pushing his custom-built dmc system t4 sander to the max, producing subtle surface finishes on pioneering panel products that include resin, cement, rock and wood.
Foxstow
Foxstow Joinery, established in 2011 by owner Oliver Bryan, is based in the heart of Oxfordshire on the outskirts of the village of Freeland, and provides a range of high end bespoke joinery services to both consumers and businesses.
Renovo
Exclusive bicycles that are just as good as classic steel or aluminium bikes in terms of design, elegance and strength.
Ghamdi Wood
For his custom doors and furniture Abdulrahman Al-Ghamdi put his trust in innovation made in Italy.
Glicerio Chaves
Glicerio Chaves Hornero, the leading manufacturer of youthful and dynamic furniture in Spain, has experienced constant growth thanks to SCM.
Klaus Hünerkopf
The motorhomes created by the Klaus Hünerkopf - Die Premium-Manufaktur company are genuine works of art.
Remo Cucine
Thanks to its use of automation, Remo Cucine cuts down machining times and offers final products of high quality and, most importantly, environmentally friendly, using non-toxic glues and water-based paints.
Piero Dri
There are beautiful objects, and there are useful objects. Some sophisticated dandy came up with the theory, intentionally provocative perhaps, that an object, in order to be considered truly beautiful must have no use whatsoever.
Superfici America Finishing Line
In today’s competitive global market, making your manufacturing process more efficient by implementing automation is an absolute necessity to stay competitive and successful. As companies incorporate high volume, complex, automated finishing lines, a key component to the successful operation is state-of-the-art control systems allowing for pre-programmed “recipe” selection and part tracking.
Internorm
Internorm is the European leader in the production of doors and windows and known internationally for its ability to offer innovative solutions to the most demanding customers. Since it began in 1931 the family run company is based in Traun, Upper Austria, has produced over 23 million doors and windows.
MéO
MéO has modernised the whole production process with the inauguration of the new Cugand plant (department 85 – Vendée), which has a new SCM line for doors and window frames. This investment of over 3 million euro has resulted in excellent results in terms of highly flexible productivity and volumes.
Shepley
SCM Group UK has commissioned the installation of a new Accord 25 FX CNC machining centre for Shepley – one of the UK’s leading fabricators of PVCu windows and composite doors.
Binderholz
We will be discussing timber-frame construction techniques. And in particular, cross-laminated timber as a potential construction material of the future?
FAL
FAL, a leading producer of wood components, introduces on its production floor a new Routech Oikos machining centre. FAL, an acronym which stands for Fabbrica Avvolgibili Lavis (or 'rolling shutters factory of Lavis'), is located in Lavis, near Trento.
CMF Greentech
How will your new home and your new furniture be built? They have been created with a new, and patented, process and materials which allows you to choose the ingredients through various ‘recipes’.
Lignotrend
Right in the middle of the Black Forest Lignotrend produces high quality wooden construction components. The famous Goûter shelter, for example, was built at a nearly 4,000 metre altitude on Mont Blanc using the reliable materials provided by the German company.
Sforzi Teak
Alessandro Sforzi’s splendid decks are the exclusive finishing touch to the most beautiful boats in the world. His is a true entrepreneurial story made in Italy, born and pursued with passion and with an enduring relationship with SCM.
Dometic Seitz
Dometic Group is a global company, providing solutions for” mobile living” within the areas Climate, Hygiene, Sanitary and Food&Drink. The mission is making mobile life simple. The company group who 2015 had a turnover of 11 billion SEK, have appr. 8 000 employees and production in 22 countries.
MDP
In Nantes we visit a company specialised in fitting commercial vehicles. MDP has focussed in this sector with 6 SCM work centres, purchased between 2004 and 2016. “After training as a joiner, I was looking for an idea to fulfil myself”, explains Pascal Dabireau, company manager. “I therefore leased a part of my father’s plant to develop a range of products to fit commercial vehicles.
Wiehl, Brunner, Pahl
The triumvirate of the title is not one of the infamous magistratures of ancient times but a contemporary group of individuals. We are talking about three capable entrepreneurs of Bingen (close to Sigmaringen), which share common interests, despite their different origins.
Ciam
If there is a “genius loci” an ugly object could never be produced by Ciam of Petrignano. The company is set in the green plain between Bastia Umbra and Petrignano. Looking up on one side there is the white Assisi towering at the feet of the Subasio, on the other side there is Perugia’s Acropolis.
Hasenkopf
Grandiose results are achieved when experts in their respective fields work together. In this case it’s the so called “white skin”, an interior panelling with unique characteristics used in the concert hall of the new Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg. It was created by the Hasenkopf industrial factory of Mehring with three SCM Group “Chronos” CNC machining centres with five axis.
Piemme Arredamenti
In the Tuscan countryside there is a small but forward-looking company with a clear team spirit that works on major worldwide contracts for made-to-measure furniture at the demanding, top-end of the market.