Electronic scales production in Bulgaria Electronic scales production ...

THE INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS & SERVICES MAGAZINE FOR THE SOUTH-EAST EUROPEAN COUNTRIES

www.tllmedia.bg

issue3/2013OCTOBER

ISSN 1312-0670

Automotive industry in Romania

Electronics Industry in Serbia

Turkish Steel Industry

Electronic scalesproduction in Bulgaria

Electronic scalesproduction in Bulgaria

South-East European Industrial Market isa bimonthly industrial products & servicesmagazine for the South-East Europeancountries - Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece,F.Y.R. of Macedonia, Romania, Slovenia,Serbia, Montenegro, Turkey, Albania.It is distributed free of charge among theworking specialists in the industrial sectors inthe region, and the engineering, manufacturingand trade companies in South-Eastern Europe.

w w w . S E E - i n d u s t r y . c o m

International Sales Communications

Mirena Russeva % (+359 2) 818 3812

E-mail: [email protected]

Editorial Department

Petya Nakova % (+359 2) 818 3842

(+359 88) 991 9256


Distribution Department

Mirena Russeva % (+359 2) 818 3812

(+359 88) 971 7562


Advertising Sales Department

Marieta Krasteva % (+359 2) 818 3820

Petya Naydenova % (+359 2) 818 3810

Anna Nikolova % (+359 2) 818 3811

Mirena Russeva % (+359 2) 818 3812

Galina Petkova % (+359 2) 818 3815

ISSN 1312-0670

South-East European Industrial Market is a registered trademark of TLL Media Ltd. The publisher is not responsible for thecontent of the advertisements, paid publications and materials.

Publishing House

104, Acad. Ivan Geshov Blvd.,

entr. A, office 9, 1612 Sofia, Bulgaria

% (+359 2) 818 3838, Fax: (+359 2) 818 3800

E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]

IN THIS ISSUE:

4 SEE Business

8 Why choose when you can have both?

Stephen Stella, Microchip Technology

10 Electronics Industry in Serbia

12 productronica 2013 - November 12 - 15,

Messe Munchen trade-fair center

14 Electronic scales production in Bulgaria

16 Turkish Steel Industry

18 Automotive industry in Romania

20 SEE Projects

22 WIN - World of Industry Fairs 2014

23 EMO Hannover 2013: more visitors, more

business, more international drawing power

south-east european INDUSTRIAL MARKET2

SEE NEWS

Lions Electronics Bulgariabecame an authorized distributor

of ELIS PLZEN

Lions Electronics Bulgaria became an au-

thorized distributor for ELIS PLZEN. The com-pany belongs between one of the prominentproducers of ultrasonic and induction flowmeters and heat meters in water and steam.Main part of its product range is produced on

bases of own know-how which is protected byseveral patents. ELIS PLZEN is the only oneproducer of ultrasonic flow meters of liquidsin the Czech Republic and belongs betweenseveral worldwide companies which have man-

aged difficult technology of the production ofthese devices. The company delivers its prod-ucts especially to water industry, heat indus-try, power industry and various kinds of indus-tries for example to chemical and food indus-

try. The products of ELIS PLZEN are interest-ing for customers especially for their hightechnical quality, reasonable prices, providedservice and flexibility of requirement satisfac-tion of non - standard requirements. The com-

pany is developing new products and withinshort time will present new products on themarket which will satisfy requirements of alarge group of customers.

SEE B

US

INES

S

New production plant for BGN2 mln to open in Sredets

A Bulgarian company will invest in a produc-tion plant for wood chip pellets, used for heat-ing, said the Mayor of Sredets Municipality IvanJabov for Burgas reporter. The amount of theinvestment is expected to be between BGN 1,5

and 2 mln. The new workplaces created in theplant initially are expected to be 30, further inthe second stage of the project they are ex-pected to reach 50 new employees, involved inthe production of timber.

The investors who are born in the town ofSredets have chosen it as a location for theirinvestment because of its proximity to Burgas.The Mayor Ivan Jabov explains the other advan-tages of Sredets are the short distance to Port

Burgas, first class road Sredets-Burgas, thenearby railroad and Trakia highway.

YASKAWA Europeannounces new subsidiary in Turkey

YASKAWA, the world's leading manufacturer ofindustrial robots, machine controls, medium-volt-age inverters, and servo and inverter drive prod-ucts, is opening a subsidiary in Turkey with head-quarters in Istanbul. The new building was inaugu-rated with numerous guests from the political andbusiness sectors.

YASKAWA has been doing business on the Turk-ish market through sales partners and system inte-grators for many years now. Current market datashows that the company's drive and robotics prod-ucts are very popular among Turkish customers.Expanding the local services the company offers isan important milestone in YASKAWA's strategy forincreasing its presence in Europe. FoundingYASKAWA Turkey is the latest step in YASKAWA'sEurope-based activities such as founding YASKA-WA Southern Africa in Johannesburg in March2012 and acquiring majority shares of VIPA GmbH,based in Herzogenaurach, Germany, in late 2012.

Turgay Halimler will head up YASKAWA Turkey asthe managing director. Mr Halimler has nearly 20years of experience at YASKAWA in Europe, and isfamiliar with both the European market, and the spe-cific features of Turkish customers. "We're pleasedto have our own YASKAWA subsidiary in the dy-namic growth market of Turkey," says ManfredStern, President & COO of YASKAWA EuropeGmbH. "It's important to us to be close to our cus-tomers, and to offer those of them in Turkey not only

a competent sales team, but also a strong applica-tion team, software engineering resources and a lo-cal training centre for robots and Drives & Motionfrom the beginning on. We believe that we can worktogether with our local sales partners and systemintegrators to make attractive offers for the Turkishmarket even at this early stage. In the future, we mayalso add more value-added services, as well as moreregional service centres in Turkey".

"From day one, the subsidiary will make use ofthe synergy of YASKAWA's entire product rangeand offer all the company's solutions with machinecontrols, servomotors, inverter drives and HMIs, aswell as MOTOMAN robots, including planning ser-vices. The new building has room for 40 people.We will offer training for Drives & Motion and robot-ics products and applications, as well as after-salesservices, to meet the requirements of the Turkishmarket and suppliers in Turkey," says Turgay Hal-imler, Country Manager in Turkey.

Grundfos opens new factoryin Serbia

Together with 500 customers, business partnersand employees, the Serbian President TomislavNikolic took part in the celebrations at the inaugu-ration of the newly-built factory in Indjija north-westof Belgrade. Along with the factories in Russia andHungary, the factory will be delivering pumps to theCentral and Eastern European market, where thereis a growing demand for Grundfos pumps.

Since the spring of 2011, Grundfos has been pro-ducing circulator pumps in rented buildings. In ad-dition to several types of circulator pumps, the newfactory will also produce the Sololift2 lifting station,which makes it easier for house-owners to handlewastewater from the bathroom or kitchen.

"Our expectations have been far exceeded sincewe took over the building shortly before Christmaslast year. We have set up four production lines infour months, which has only been possible becauseof our highly dedicated and skilled employees - bothin Serbia and Denmark", says Jim Toft Nielsen,General Manager of Grundfos Serbia. He contin-ues: I am very happy that we now have an ultra-modern factory that is perfectly suited for our pro-duction. The 26,000-square-metre factory has beenbuilt in just ten months, and the entire constructionprocess has been very positive.

It feels great to be in place in Serbia with our ownfactory. This offers interesting opportunities for ourglobal production set-up - both now and in the fu-ture, says Group President and CEO Carsten Bjerg,who spoke at the inauguration.

"The Serbian adventure has been underway for acouple of years, but the model that involves start-

ing up in a rented building and with a simple pro-duction has", according to Jim Toft Nielsen, creat-ed a firm foundation for the future development ofthe company. "Employee competences have in-creased in line with the expansion of the company,and this has enabled us to create a strong organi-zation with highly qualified employees, who havehandled the relocation in the best possible way",says Jim Toft Nielsen.

In addition to the 136 Serbian employees, a group ofDanish employees have been involved in the relocationof production equipment to the new factory in Serbia.

According to Group President and CEO CarstenBjerg it is remarkable to see how - across cultures -employees manage to perform successful reloca-tions where everything clicks into place. "All employ-ees who have been involved in this project deservegreat praise for their work. Especially the Danishemployees who have taken part in the entire project.It is far from easy to shut down a production line andthen establish it in another country, he says. TheDanish employees, who lost their job has beenmoved to other jobs in the Danish factories.


SEE B

US

INES

S

SEE NEWSDIV Group opens new factory in Knin

to employ 400 people

The DIV Group opened a new screw factory inthe town of Knin, about 100 km north of the coastalcity of Split. The investment is valued at EUR 35million and will create 400 jobs.

DIV believes that this could mean a further 350jobs for logistic and other external services forthe company.

An increased demand and growing number of or-ders from Europe for screws has led to DIV decid-ing to invest in expanding its capacities and to con-struct the new factory in Knin as the current capac-ities cannot meet demands, DIV's owner TomislavDebeljak said at the opening.

He noted that goods exported accounted for 65%of DIV's business and that this year exports couldbe as high as 85%.

The Knin factory will produce goods solely forexport and these could be valued as high asEUR 130 million.

The investment in Knin was made possible most-ly due to the company's own resources from re-tained profits of EUR 25 million and a loan from theCroatian Bank of Reconstruction and Developmentvalued at EUR 10 million.

DIV's largest domestic buyers are Same Deutz

Atlas Copco Internationaal B.V. has acquiredDost Kompresor ve Endustri Makinalari ImalBakim ve Ticaret A.S., a distributor and serviceprovider of compressors and related equipmentin Turkey.

Dost Kompresor, based in Istanbul, Turkey,has 16 employees and is active in industrial com-pressor sales and service. "This acquisition willexpand our presence in the increasingly impor-tant Turkish market," said Stephan Kuhn, Presi-dent of Atlas Copco's Compressor TechniqueBusiness Area. "It supports our strategy to focuson service relations with our customers". Dost

Fahr (SDF) from Germany, Croatian Railways, theDalekovod company and Djuro Djakovic. The com-pany's foreign clients include Reyeer, HP Import,Vipa, FM, BMG World, NSS, Bossard and others.

Without the shipbuilding industry being counted,DIV is the leading screw manufacturer in Europeand conducts its business at eight locations in sixcountries and employs over 1,000 people.

DIV recently took over the Split-based Brodosplitshipyard and once the first phase of reconstructionis completed at the docks, in addition to this newestfactory in Knin, DIV will employ more than 3,300workers, the company reported.

Kompresor becomes part of Atlas Copco's Com-pressor Technique Service Division.

Atlas Copco's Compressor Technique businessarea provides industrial compressors, gas and pro-cess compressors and expanders, air and gastreatment equipment and air management sys-tems. It has a global service network and offersspecialty rental services. Compressor Techniqueinnovates for sustainable productivity in the manu-facturing, oil and gas, and process industries. Prin-cipal product development and manufacturing unitsare located in Belgium, Germany, the UnitedStates, China and India.

Atlas Copco acquires Turkishcompressor service company

American company Schreiber Foods will acquireDanone`s production facility in Sofia - "Danone Ser-dika", according to information from Danone. Thesale of the plant is part of the French giant - DanoneGroup`s strategy for optimizing the production ca-pacity, costs and improving the competitiveness,following the group's weak results in Europe in thelast months. Danone is also transferring its produc-tion capacities in Portugal and the Czech Republicto the American company.

The deal includes transfer of all production facili-ties and Danone products, produced in the Sofiaplant, but not selling the company "Danone Serdi-ka" JSC. After acquiring all production capacitiesSchreiber Foods will continue producing all Danoneproducts and will keep all the fabric's employees.

The deal would have a positive effect on the localpartners, suppliers and farmers and would also

Schreiber Foods acquires Danone`sproduction facility in Sofia

maintain the quality of the Bulgarian products, ac-cording to Danone.Schreiber Foods is a leadingdairy product manufacturer, specializing in the co-production of Private labels.

The American company is going to implement itsgood manufacturing practices and extensive indus-trial know-how in Europe, they say from Danone.


Major update to High IntegrityC++ Coding Standard (HIC++)

PRQA | Programming Research, a global leaderin static analysis, announces the publication of Ver-sion 4.0 of the High Integrity C++ Coding Standard(HIC++), which provides coding rules and best prac-tices to help development teams to produce highquality C++ code. HIC++ was first published tenyears ago, and pooled the best practice guidelinesavailable at the time, along with language advicefrom PRQA's own C++ experts. The longevity andongoing popularity of HIC++ is evidenced by ChrisRommel, Vice President, M2M Embedded Tech-nology at VDC, who stated, "The growing impor-tance of coding standards has been one of themost significant trends impacting the test toolspace over the past several years. And HIC++ isone of the most widely adopted".

"We are very proud of the fact that the develop-ment community has embraced HIC++ and recognizethis as a source of coding best practices for C++applications" stated PRQA's CTO, Fergus Bolger, "It ishumbling to know that this coding standard has beenso widely adopted, with more than 24,000 copies hav-ing been downloaded over the past decade."

The new HIC++ Version 4.0 consolidates or re-tires a number of original rules and adds manymore related to C++11 features, demonstrating itsongoing relevance to modern C++ coding bestpractice. Key enhancements include:

• Overall consolidation of rules to a more manage-able size - down from 202 to 155, which are cate-gorised using relevant clauses and sub-clausesfrom the text of the language standard (ISO C++2011) for easy navigation and cross reference,

• 61 new rules added, mostly related to C++11updates, (lambdas, rvalue references, concur-rency enhancements), but also covering otherbest practices,

• 80 rules have been retired and 44 have beenmerged down to 16,

• All rules receive improved explanations includingcompliant and non-compliant code examples.The new HIC++ coding standard is now avail-

able at www.codingstandard.com, in addition to awhitepaper by the authors, summarizing the ratio-nale behind V4.0, the changes from the previousversion and how HIC++ fits with other key C++coding standards.

Mercedes will be entering intostrategic partnership withSerbian company Ikarbus

Mercedes will be entering into strategic part-nership with Belgrade Serbian company Ikarbus,with the help of the Serbian government, it wasconfirmed by the CEO of Mercedes Benz for Ser-bia, Rolf Juergen Seyerle, at the Frankfurt CarShow. The partnership envisages that Ikarbusshould manufacture bus superstructures on Mer-cedes's chassis and with Mercedes's management,not only for the Serbian market, but for third mar-kets as well. As announced by Radio TelevisionSerbia, forms of cooperation regarding a truck fac-tory in Priboj were discussed as well.

SEE E

LEC

TR

ON

ICS


Why choose when you can have both?

The latest mixed-signal controllers combine the best of boththe analogue and digital power-conversion worlds

Stephen Stella,

Microchip Technology

Since the introduction of digital power conversion designershave hada clear choice between using analogue or digital for their designs. Eachapproach has its own distinct benefits as well as drawbacks, but thedevelopment of mixed-signal or hybrid controllers is making it possiblefor designers to combine the best of both power-conversion worlds.

Analogue for performanceThe advantage of analogue power conversion is that it offers very effi-

cient control, whilst the down-side is that it gives designers very littleflexibility. Once the performance tradeoffs have been evaluated for eachdesign, the chosen optimisation path is applied across the whole loadprofile and across the full power-conversion operating range.

Using this single level of optimisation across a design's full power-conversion spectrum has been the industry standard for many years-because, whilst it is inherently inflexible, it does deliver efficient con-trol. However, recentgovernment regulations,and the increasing ex-pectations of end-users, are driving designers to achieve greater effi-ciency. This is pushing analogue power conversion to the limit of itsefficiency and persuading many designers to make the change todigital power conversion.

Digital for flexibilityThe main benefit of digital power conversion is that it offers theflex-

ibility that analogue conversion lacks. It replaces one level ofpower-conversion optimisation with multi-point optimisation. It also providesthe ability to communicate with the system, enablingpower conver-sion to become part of the overall optimisation of the system's long-termperformance.

The disadvantage of digital power conversion is that this flexibilitycomes at the price. The digital approach increases system complexitybecause theanalogue feedback from the system needs to be digitisedbefore it can be used for power management. This means adding ananalogue-to-digital converter, and also a high-speed microcontroller ordigital signal processor to provide the processing power to achievedigital control.

The speed of the A/D conversion and the computational speed ofthe MCU/DSPdetermines the bandwidth of the digital control loop.

Figure 1: Block diagram of the MCP19111 hybrid controller

So, if a design needs more bandwidth, it needs faster and more cost-lyADCs and MCUs.

Another factor is that digital-control techniques are very differentto the techniques needed for analogue control. Making the switchfrom analogue to digital requires significant investment in the skills,resources, tools and processesrequired for digital design and soft-ware engineering. This investment can be a significant barrier tosome companies.

The combined strength of hybrid controllersComponent manufacturers have addressed this dilemma by eliminat-

ing the choice between analogue and digital design withmixed-signal,or hybrid, controllers. Combining the strengths of both analogueanddigital power conversion,hybrid controllers offset the weaknesseswhich are inherent ineach approach. This enables designers to achievethe flexibility of a digital solution with the efficiency, load regulation andtransient response of analoguepower conversion. It alsoeliminates theneed for designers to learn specialised skills or invest in new designresources and processes.

Figure 1 shows the block diagram of Microchip's MCP19111. This hy-brid controller integrates a peak current-mode analogue controller with asmall, 8-bit microcontroller. By performing power regulation in the ana-logue domain,the MCP19111'sintegrated 8-bit microcontrollerprovidesenough processing power to monitor and adjust the performance of theanalogue controller.

Also on-board the MCP19111 are on-chip power MOSFET drivers anda mid-voltage LDO. This high level of integration enables the MCP19111to significantly reduce the number of external components that are need-ed for power conversion whilst introducing a degree of flexibility that isnot possible with analogue-only power conversion. A very wide operat-ing voltage range of 4.5 to 32V operating rangeprovides even more flex-ibility for the designer.

The introduction of hybrid or mixed-signal power conversion con-trollers offers designers the combination of the performance of ana-logue conversion, with the flexibility of digital control, at a cost thatmakes it accessible toa very wide range of applications. Whilst somedesigners will continue to make the choice and accept the limitationsof analogue-only or digital-only power conversion, others will com-bine the best of both worlds by choosing theperformance and flexibil-ity of hybrid controllers.

SEE E

LEC

TR

ON

ICS


Electronics Industry in SerbiaSerbia is a home to a rich tradition in the

electronics industry, but the story of this fieldin the country begins with Nikola Tesla, oneof the greatest pioneers and inventors in thefield of electricity. Of his countless discover-ies and contributions to science, Tesla's mostnotable achievements include a forerunner tocommercial electricity, the alternating current(AC) system and important work leading tothe invention of wireless communication andthe radio. His colorful personality and ground-breaking achievements have rightfully beenimmortalized in science and popular culturealike, and it comes as no surprise that he isconsidered by many as the most importantSerbian of all time.

Tradition of the Electronics In-dustry in Serbia

Serbia's electronics industry dates back tothe post World War II period when smallscaleof manufacturing of radio devices beganthroughout the former Yugoslavia. The mainproduction centers of the electronics industrywere in Slovenia and especially in Serbia. Thebiggest companies in this field were IskraKranj, Rudi Cajevac, RIZ and Electronics In-dustry Nis (EI Nis for short). These companiesgrew to become especially large in the 1960sand 1970s. EI Nis was the largest of these: atthe height of this company's peak it employed28,000 people in over 50 factories throughoutthe former Yugoslavia.

The assortment of electronics products man-ufactured in Serbia grew as quickly as the in-dustry itself: Starting from the immediate post-war period of radio device production, compa-nies in Yugoslavia moved into manfucturingconsumer electronics in the 1960s. In the sub-sequent decade, electronics production wasalso heavily focused on supplying the military.The 1970s also saw a rapid expansion in elec-tronics exports from Yugoslavia.

This industry reached its peak in the 1980s:During this decade, Yugoslavia's electronicsindustry was a $1 billion sector that employedaround 100,000 people. About one quarter ofthese were employed in cutting-edge researchand development. Companies in Serbia aloneaccounted for about half of the Yugoslav in-dustry's production and employees at this time.Every major foreign electronics company hadrepresentative offices in the country, whilemany firms worked under license to foreigncompanies. EI Nis produced television sets incooperation with Philips. Manufacturers ofelectronic components for the military industrydid so in accordance with standards employedin the United States.

As was the case with most sectors, the 1990sin Serbia marked a period of sharp decline forthe electronics industry: The political problems

and economic sanctions imposed on Serbiaduring this decade had catastrophic conse-quences for the oncethriving sector. By themid-1990s, the size and profitability of Serbia'selectronics industry was less than 10% of whatit was in the previous decade. The industrywas limited to serving only the Serbian mar-ket. Reduced profits prevented local compa-nies from investing in new technologies.

Electronics Industry in SerbiaToday

Although the Serbian electronics sector to-day is only a fraction of what it was at its peakin the 1980s, recent foreign direct investmentinto the industry and various state-driven initi-atives show that this sector has strong poten-tial for future growth. There has been a steadyinflux of FDI into the sector - roughly EUR 168million - ever since the democratic changes of2000; however, the most promising invest-ments in thisfield have occurred in the pastseveral years. This, coupled with the upcom-ing opening of several IT-electronics parks, il-lustrates that the best is yet to come for com-panies in Serbia's electronics sector.

The growing Serbian electronics industry is athriving, export-oriented sector that only figuresto grow with the recent influx of foreign directinvestment. Relative to 2008 and 2009, ex-ports from the industry in 2010 grew by 15%and 44%, respectively. The 2009 economic cri-sis gap was surpassed swiftly in 2010 and, withnew export-oriented projects such as first Pa-nasonic factory in Serbia, exports are expect-ed to flourish further. Between 15 and 20 elec-tronics companies export more than 1 millionEuro per year. Many - such as Eaton Electric,ATB Sever, Gorenje, and Yura Corporation -are foreign-owned. On the other hand domes-tic brands are led by Fabrika AkumulatoraSombor, produce the globally-recognized"Black Horse" car starter batteries.

One of the advantages of Serbia is the localproduction of high quality copper in mines ofthe Bor region. This enables highly-developedproduction of wires and cables. Leaders in thefield are Polish-owned TF Kable and Serbiancompanies Kablovi Jagodina and Novkabel.Recognizing this potential, Korean companyShinwon constructed their brand new wire fac-tory in City of Nis in 2011. In all, sub-sectorswhich dominate Serbian exports are wires, ca-bles, insulated electrical conductors, electricalcircuits, and accumulators. Exports of theseproducts account for more than half of all elec-tronics exports from the Republic of Serbia.

Heating apparatuses, transformers, panelsand consoles are also heavily represented inproducts produced in Serbia but sold abroad.With the entry of Slovenian company Gorenje,home appliances are becoming one of the in-

teresting outputs of Serbian industry. Just fouryears after the establishment of the factory,some 50 million euros of refrigerators are nowbeing exported from Serbia. The governmentis looking to attract more investors in this la-bor-intensive sector by creating especially fa-vorable conditions for potential investors.

Foreign Investments in theElectronics Industry in Serbia

From 2001 onwards, Serbia has witnessedthe steady revival of the electronics industry.This has been primarily driven by a continualinflow of foreign direct investment. The first sig-nificant investment in this sector was that ofAustrian giant ATB Gruppe, which purchasedSever Subotica at the end of 2004 for EUR 25million. Undoubtedly the most significant for-eign investor in the sector is Slovenian homeappliance company Gorenje. Since 2006,Gorenje has invested EUR 50 million threeseparate locations in Serbia -Stara Pazova,Valjevo and Zajecar - and employed 1,150workers. 2005 saw German electronics giantSiemens acquire Loher GmbH and employ500 workers and invest EUR 13 million to es-tablish a wind turbine manufacturing facility inSubotica. Siemens will expand its Serbia foot-print by investing a further EUR 20 million andemploying an additional 250 full-time workers.Furthermore, Japanese electronics giant Pa-nasonic has already begun production inplanned to be a EUR 13 million facility in Svila-jnac in central Serbia.

The government of Serbia is actively pro-moting the growth of this sector: Along withthe automotive and ICT industries, the elec-tronics sector has been designated one of thepriority sectors in Serbia's National Develop-ment Strategy. This allows investors in thissector to receive more favorable investmentincentive packages. Companies in this indus-try have taken advantage of this fact: invest-ments in the electronics industry are thirdwhen it comes to the number of projectswhich have been approved for funding andthe fourth highest in terms of all investmentsin Serbia since 2000. Furthermore, numerousinitiatives, including the promotion of IT andResearch and Development parks through-out the country and the founding of an elec-tronic systems cluster, will propel the sectoreven further. Within a few years, investors willbe able to purchase land and facility space inareas specially designed with their needs inmind in Belgrade, Novi Sad, Kragujevac, Ind-jija, and Nis. The recently-formed embeddedcluster encourages further collaboration be-tween companies from the industry and pub-lic sector and educational institutions.

Source: Serbia Investment and Export Promo-tion Agency (SIEPA)

SEE E

LEC

TR

ON

ICS


productronica 2013 - November 12 - 15,Messe Munchen trade-fair center

Reliability and sustainability are central themes of special shows at productronica

The market is calling for products that are in-creasingly reliable and sustainable. This is amajor challenge, and one that also affects thesectors for electronics and electronics manu-facturing. Several special shows will examinethese aspects and add depth to the wide rangeof exhibits at productronica: Automotive Elec-tronics, Blue Competence in Electronics Pro-duction, the Cleanroom Event Stage, theCleaning &Contamination Testing Center, andCoilware Manufacturing.

Automotive Electronics spe-cial show

Automobile manufacturers use electronics todistinguishing their products, whether for driv-ing performance, engine control, the interior,or safety technology. In contrast to consumerelectronics, automotive electronics and itsproducts must meet extremely high standardswhen it comes to long service life, thermal sta-bility, vibration and shock resistance, robust-ness and reliability.

VDMA Productronics is working with theFraunhofer Institute for Institute for Reliabilityand Microintegration to organize a specialshow on Automotive Electronics in Hall B2(Stand 227) that will cover the following maintopics: reliability, sensor technology, powerelectronics, interiors and LEDs.

Blue Competence inElectronics Production

Only sustainable, innovative productiontechnologies can ensure recyclable, ånviron-mentally compatible and energy-efficientproducts that conserve resources - that is themessage behind machine manufacturing with"Blue Competence". That also applies toelectronics production. VDMA Productronicswill have a special "Blue Competence" standin Hall B2 (Stand 331), where it will presentexamples of what manufacturers of electron-ics machinery have to offer when it comes to

sustainability: Far-reaching standards suchas REACH, RoHS and WEEE have alreadygone into effect and are now being success-fully implemented. Automation and measur-ing technology are making "zero defects"possible, which saves energy and materials.In addition, LEDs, photovoltaics and Lithium-ion batteries are examples of sustainability inthe products themselves.

Industry 4.0: Efficient produc-tion management in manufac-turing

International, innovative, and without compe-tition: productronica is the only trade fair of itskind that depicts the entire value chain in elec-tronics production - from technologies andcomponents to software and services. When itopens its gates, the trade fair for innovativeelectronics production will pay special atten-tion to a future project known as Industry 4.0.The panel of prominent speakers at the CEORoundtable will also deal with this topic on thefirst day of the fair. Finally, the Innovation Fo-rum in Hall B2 will focus on this highlight topicon the third day of the fair.

Whether optimized process control, automa-tion or the intelligent planning of resources -the use of software solutions, sensors andembedded systems in electronics manufactur-ing is diverse. To move the entire productionprocess forward and make it more transpar-ent, future projects such as Industry 4.0 andproduction-related systems such as MES(Manufacturing Execution System) or ERP(Enterprise Resource Planning) are key fac-tors for the industry. They also improve thetransparency of all functions and processesthat are critical to the production process.

The trade fair productronica is a drivingforce behind innovations for the electronics-manufacturing industry, and it puts its lead-ing role to the test time and again. Self-or-

ganizing production (SOPRO), the projectthat preceded Industry 4.0, was introducedat productronica in 2009: Machines andworkpieces communicated with one anothervia chips and learned from one another toorganize the logistics chain inside and out-side the factory and to allocate their workthemselves. Under the scientific supervisionof the Fraunhofer Institute for ProductionSystems and Design Technology (IPK) andwithin the scope of the SOPRO project, aconsortium of Fraunhofer institutes and theTechnical University of Berlin conducted re-search on the future development of theeGrain process and its networking. Collabo-ration with the industry was coordinated bythe Productronics and Micro Technology As-sociations and the Working Group for Mod-ular Microsystems in the German Engineer-ing Federation (VDMA). "Autonomously net-worked automation makes it possible to op-timize the capacity utilization of a factory'smachinery, completely coordinate the pro-cess chain and process cycle, minimizemanufacturing errors and material consump-tion and, as a result, cut costs," explains Dr.Eric Maiser, Managing Director of VDMAProductronics, adding, "Line integration tothe point of the turnkey factory is alreadycreating competitive advantages for the ma-chine-manufacturing sector. In addition toindividual machines, manufacturers can of-fer entire technology packages. Machinemanufacturers have had some good experi-ences in this area, particularly in new mar-kets. Industry 4.0 is the logical continuationof this strategy."

The third day of the fair (Thursday, Novem-ber 14) is devoted entirely to the highlight top-ic of "Efficient Production Management andIndustry 4.0". Trade visitors can gather infor-mation and hold discussions in the Innova-tions Forum in Hall B2 (Stand 345). TheVDMA and publisher Konradin Verlag are or-ganizing the event.


Electronic scales production in Bulgaria

SEE E

LEC

TR

ON

ICS

The market review ÄElectronic Scales Productionin Bulgaria" covers a large number of manufactur-ing companies. Its purpose is to outline the currentstatus and trends in the production of electronicscales in Bulgaria.

ATARK

ATARK is specialized in manufacturing, importingand maintenance of weighing systems and is a rep-resentative for Bulgaria of world-famous companiessuch as Cardinal/ Detecto Scale Co. - USA, CASCorporation - South Korea, Rice Lake WeighingSystems - USA, KERN - Germany and others.

Its product portfolio includes truck scales; tailroadtruck scales; ålectronic platform scales; cranescales; band scales; systems for batching and con-trol. The company also offers laboratory equipmentand packing machines, vacuum machines andmeat mincing and slicing machines produced byMedoc and Braher, Spain.

BDM ENGINEERING

BDM ENGINEERING was founded in 2006 as adirect successor of "Balance" - Lyaskovetz. Thecompany employs professionals with over 40 yearsexperience in scales production. BMD Engineering

provides design, installation, maintenance, repairand modernization of all types of electronic and me-chanical truck scales, industrial scales and weight.It offers absolutely full range scales from 30 kg to60 t, which have passed the tests at the NationalCentre of Meteorology.

BIMCOBIMCO Electronic Scales Factory is established

in 1990 by experienced professionals in the area ofcomputing and measuring equipment. BIMCO pro-duces electronic scales with a range starting frommilligrams to hundreds of tons. BIMCO resolvesany engineering issues in the area of weight mea-surement. BIMCO has a Certificate ¹ 038-282 /10.06.2011 for Quality Management System in ac-cordance with the requirements of BDS EN ISO9001:2008 and Manufacturing Quality System Ap-proval ¹ BG-Q-07-003 / 12.11.2007, rev. A. Thisallows the company to perform the testing and themarking (the initial verification) of it's manufacturednon-automatic instruments. Also BIMCO has sev-eral EC Type-Approvel Certificates.

DAISY TECHNOLOGYDaisy Technology is specialized in developing,

producing and distribution of electronic products.The company is a leading provider of electricitymetering solutions for residential and commer-cial customers, from static meters to data collec-tion and intelligent metering solutions for utilities.Its energy meters and AMR systems are suc-cessfully running in over 25 countries around theworld such as Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Serbia,Macedonia, Romania, Ukraine, Kazakhstan,Uzbekistan, Syria, Kenya, Ethiopia, South Afri-ca, Bangladesh etc. Daisy Technology is one ofthe biggest producers and integrators of com-plete retail equipment solutions comprising of lat-est generation electronic cash registers, fiscaland POS printers, POS equipment, electronic re-tail scales in South Eastern Europe.

DATECSDATECS was founded in 1990 by a group of

research specialists from the Institute of Ap-plied Cybernetics at the Bulgarian Academy ofScience. Its product range includes cash regis-ters and electronic scales, working in conjunc-tion with a cash register and label printer; fis-cal, "kitchen", label and ESC/ POS printers;POS Related Equipment, ect.

ELICOM ELECTRONICElicom electronic was founded in 1993 by a

group of young engineers specialized in designand manufacturing of digital electronic devices forweighting and control. In 2000 company launchedseries of retail digital scales EVL with range from3kg to 30kg. The retail scales were followed byplatform scales with max load of 5,000kg and alsotruck scales with max load of 80t. In order to fulfilits portfolio of digital scales the company intro-duced pallet scales, transpallet scales, cranescales and dosing scales for the industry. In 2001the whole process from designing to manufactur-ing was certified with ISO 9001:2000 Quality Man-agement Systems, which confirmed with the qual-ity of the products manufactured by Elicom elec-tronic Ltd. According to the European Directive 90/

384/EEC in 2007 the products manufactured bythe company received CE - "European metrologi-cal certificate" allowing Elicom electronic Ltd. tosell its products in all countries members of theEuropean Union.

ESITESIT is a leading company in the field of weigh-

ing. Company manufacturers electronical systemsused in industrial applications: platform scales;truck scales; railway scales; axle weighing scales;monorail scales; tank weighing systems; conveyorbelt scales; check weighers; filling, discharging andbatching systems; bagging systems and variouscustom weighing systems.

LIBRA INSTRUMENTSLibra Instruments is specialized in manufac-

turing, installation, commissioning and service ofindustrial weighing scales & systems. The com-pany is able to deliver a wide range of high qual-ity products thanks of the partnership with lead-ing weighing equipment suppliers like Flintec,Dini Argeo, VEI, S-E-G, Leon Engineering andothers. Its product portfolio includes: Beltweigh-er & flow scales: beltweigher for different beltwidths, flow scales on Coriolis principle, impactweighers; Bench & floor scales: floor scales pit-less and with pit, low profile scales with ramps,pallet scale, heavy industrial floor scales, floorscales for long materials, reconstruction andmodernization of existing one; Mobile & on-boardscales: crane scales, pallet truck scales, forkliftscales, wheel loader scales; Truck scales: axle-load scales (stationary or mobile), full lenght mo-bile truck scale with steel ramps, reconstruction& modernization of existing mechanical or elec-tronic truck scales to the latest technology; Rail-way scales: reconstruction & modernization ofexisting mechanical or electronic truck scales tothe latest technology; Hanging scales: cranescales, dynamometers, monorail scales; ATEXscales for hazardous areas: bench and floorscales, crane scales, pallet truck scales, weigh-ing components; Weighing components: load-cells, weigh modules, weighing indicators, re-mote displays, junction boxes, overvoltage pro-tection devices; Reference weights: singleweights from 1mg to 20kg and weight sets (ac-curacy class M1, F1, F2, E2) with calibration cer-ificate (option), manipulation accessories.

The main markets of the company are agricul-

south-east european INDUSTRIAL MARKET 15

SEE E

LEC

TR

ON

ICS

ture sector, power generation industry, mineral,coopper and coal mines, chemical industry, foodprocessing industry.

The most innovative product in its scales portfolioare modular beltweighers, flow scales on centripe-tal force principle, self service terminals for weigh-bridges. The future plans of Libra includes self ver-ification of non-automatic scales.

MARIE BENTZMarie Bentz was one of the first Bulgarian com-

panies in the field of industrial weighing and mea-suring equipment, established in 1990 with site inBurgas. Since its establishment Marie Bentz man-ufactures and installs high quality truck electronicscales, railway scales and platform scales by Euro-pean standards. Major markets for the productionof Marie Bentz are Bulgaria, Romania, Greece, Tur-key, Macedonia, Serbia and Albania. Marie Bentzis certified by international quality standards ISO9001:2000 and EN ISO / IEC 17 025:2005.

MEGA TEST-BULGARIAMega Test-Bulgaria is a manufacturer and distribu-

tor of trade, technical, industrial, truck and monorailscales. The company is engaged in the design andmanufacture of non-standard weighing equipment,the dosing and automation of production lines. It alsomanufactures standard scales for control and ser-vice needs and also all kinds of software in the fieldof weighing, dosing and automation.

Its weighing equipment has been certified byMDM CERTIFICARE - Romania.

MIKROSISTEMIMikrosistemi develops and manufactures electron-

ic crane scales with a Bluetooth remote terminal.The crane scales have been produced with mod-

ern and high quality components and technologies.Optimal algorithms are used for ensuring of quicklystability of the weight measurements.

Remote terminal with Bluetooth connection of100m range provides comfort and mobility at work.

The crane scales are designed and manufacturedfor work in bad weather conditions with very highreliability. Specialized software for automation ofweight measuring is available in addition to thecrane scales. The crane scales allow measuringsto be made at the time of loading and unloadingoperations without unnecessary uncoupling andcoupling of the load.

The new models of crane scales Titan XX R andAtlas XX R with wider functionality and communi-cation capabilities have been validated for commer-cial purposes in the EU. They have been approvedwith type certificate in 2009 and marketed by a cer-

tificate of conformity assessment.Crane scales Titan XXR and Atlas XXR are

extremely comfortable for use. They providehigh safety operation and have built-in featuresfor automation of the customer activities. Thecrane scales Titan XXR and Atlas XXR are with3 years guarantee.

ORGTECHNICAOrgtechnica was founded in 1964. For a long

years is only producer of cash registers in Bulgariaand one of the few in East Europe, also copyingand multiplying means. At the beginng of the 80-thyears the production of microprocess systems andelecronic- recording cash registers has started.

At present, Orgtechnica produces calculating andregistering technique - cash registers, calculators,electronic taximeters and scales, fiscal printers, me-chanical parts with galvanic coating, plastic details,electromechanical knots and articles, bare and in-staled boards nonstandart instrumental equipment .

The main foreing markets of the company areRussia, Ukraine , Belarus, Litva, Moldova, Serbia,Malta, Czech, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, Roma-nia, Turkey, Macedonia, Albania etc..

SGK-SKALASGK-SKALA was established in 1991 by spe-

cialists with more than 20 years experience inweight measuring control and automation of theindustrial processes. SGK-SKALA produceselectronic scales - truck, railroad, platform,counting, belt, crane, flow meter, electronicdosing systems, modules and installations forspecial-purpose, software specialized for re-search and management. On the Bulgarianmarket it also offers load cells from VishayTedea Huntleigh, controllers for managing thetechnology processes from the British compa-ny Data Track, crane scales, dynamometersand equipment from the American companyMeasurement Systems International. Becauseof the present time of international technologiesand mobile communications, SGK-SKALAmoves with the novelties - builds up local net-works connected by a radio channel. Basic con-structive elements of the network can be anykind of sources for measurement - independentelectronic process sensors for measuring thetemperature, pressure, volume, electrical quan-tities, mechanical exertions and mass - elec-tronic truck, railroad, platform, counting, crane,belt weightings, electronic dosing systems.

TREMOLTremol Ltd. is based in Veliko Tarnovo. The com-

pany started up in partnership with the regional elec-tronic devices producer STN Plc., involved mainly inthe research and development of cash registers,electronic scales, taxi meters, etc. Historically, overthe period 1992-2000, the joint activity has marketedand sold over 50,000 cash registers, 1000 electronicscales and 1000 fiscal memory cash registers overthe territories of Bulgaria, Romania, Russia, Moldo-va, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.

VEDICOMVedicom is one of the leaders on the Bulgarian

market for high quality non-automatic measuringinstruments, which meet the high requirements ofthe European standards. The most popular mod-els from its product range are the dual-intervalprice-computing scales VDS 3/6C, VDS6/15C,VDS 15/30C as well as the weighing models fromthe same series, and the platform industrial scalesVDI ranged from 3kg to 3000kg. The main mar-kets of the company are Bulgaria and neighboringcountries - Romania, Greece and Serbia.

The most innovative product in its scales portfoliois the new, successfully CE-approved VDI indicatorwhich is suitable for industrial and truck scales rang-ing from 3kg up to 200 000kg with the special featureallowing weighing to be 10 time more precise.

The company's short term goal is to expand itspresence on the markets where its products havealready gained good reputation; successfully intro-duce and market its latest models to the rest of theEuropean markets by providing the clients with besthigh-performance to competitive price ratio. In longterm Vedicom hopes that its engineering depart-ment will manage to introduce upgraded version ofmost of its products.

VELNED

Velned company manufactures and marketselectronic scales. Its electronic scales are certi-fied for use in the EU. The models are in the fullrange of 0.001 g to 100 tons. The product rangeincludes commercial, platform, crane, car, jewel-ry, housewares, medical, precision scales, auto-mation, load cells, indicator units and software forelectronic scales.


SEE IN

DU

STR

Y

Turkish Steel IndustryTurkey is a major player in world steel production and exportation. The country

has a proven track record of producing quality products to meet market needs,of investing in and expanding flat products production capacity, and developingnew technologies.

The Turkish steel industry has seen considerable innovations over thepast two decades, reflecting a commitment to respond to evolutions in worldsteel markets. The steel industry in Turkey has witnessed consistent growthover this period, expanding exponentially over the past five years in re-sponse to strong world demand for quality steel products. With its long Med-iterranean coastline, Turkey is uniquely positioned to service European steelmarkets quickly and efficiently.

The liberalisation of economic activities in Turkey during the 1980s was aturning point not onlyfor the developmentof the Turkish econ-omy as a whole, butalso for the iron andsteel industry in par-ticular. The 1980sinaugurated a periodof great progress forthe Turkish iron andsteel industry, whichbegan with the es-tablishment of elec-

tric arc furnace mills. Progress has continued apace, and today Turkey counts24 electric arc furnace mills (EAF) and 2 induction furnaces, with a capacityrange from 200,000 to 5 million tonnes, and its 3 BOF plants have capacitiesranging from 1.5 to 3.5 million tonnes.

Today, all steel production companies in Turkey are privately held, and Turk-ish steel makers continue to pursue technological developments in to enhancelong-term viability of the industry in the global marketplace. The Iron & Steelindustry has become one of the most developed sectors in Turkey and todaycounts as the third largest contributor to the Turkish economy.

Investing in ProductionTurkey's steel production capacity has been consistently rising since 2005.

During the last few years many projects started production especially in flatproducts segment.There are alsoprojects being con-sidered currentlyfor establishingnew capacities andmodernization ofthe existing capaci-ties, which will con-tribute balancingTurkey's flat andlong steel produc-

tion-consumption structureTurkey's growing eminence in the steel world is not just thanks to the consid-

erable expansion of production, but also to the significant investments madein innovative and state-of-the-art production methods and technologies. Forexample, Colakoglu Metalurji has invested in the world's largest and mostproductive electric arc furnace producing steel from scrap metal. This allowsthe company to implement an economical mini-mill concept for the productionof flat steel products. Similarly, Borcelik Celik Sanayii Ticaret is increasing therolling and processing capacity of its cold-rolling mill complex at Gemlik, whichincludes the supply of a new reversing mill and galvanizing line as well asupgrading of the existing pickle line. Production has commenced at the steelmill and will allow the company to increase its output of processed productsfrom 900,000 to 1.6 million tonnes per annum.

ExportTurkey's total iron and steel exports, including the articles of steel and

steel pipes reached 20.3 million tons from 18.5 million tons up by 9.6 % interms of tonnage and up by 3.3 % to 17.2 billion USD in terms of value.While billet export reached 3 million tons level up by 24 %, flat steel export

dropped by 19 % to 1.86 million tons mainly due to the lower export sales tothe EU region as a result of the sharp drop in the consumption of the region.

Long steel export ofTurkey, which hastraditionally beenthe largest exportproduct group,reached 11.7 mil-lion tonnes up by11.8 % yoy. In thewhole of 2012,while long steel ac-counted for 58 % ofTurkey's total steel

export, the share of semis was 15 %, tube and pipes 9.3 % and flat steelproducts 9.2 %.

Turkey's total steel export to the Middle East and Gulf Region and NorthAfrica recovered in 2012 partly depending on the stability in the economic,social and political climate of the region. Turkey's total steel export to theMiddle East and Gulf countries increased by 27 % to 9 million tons and exportto the North Africa grew by 16 % to 2.1 million tons. While the share of the tworegions in Turkey's total steel export increased from 48 % in 2011 to 56 % in2012, share of the EU region dropped sharply from 19.9 % to 12.4 %.

ImportWhile Turkey's total steel import, including the articles of steel and steel pipes,

increased by 10.8 %to 11.84 million tonsin terms of tonnage,value of importdropped by 5 % to11.23 billion USDdue to the fall in av-erage price levels.2012 import datashow that Turkey'ssemis import soaredby 56 % and flatsteel import stayedat high levels of

2011 despite production capacity well over the demand. In addition to the highlevels in flat steel imports, low demand in the main export markets especially EUregion, put pressure on the flat steel production of Turkey. Furthermore, despiteTurkey has two times more capacity than its consumption in long steel products,Turkey has imported around 1.3 million tons of long steel products, which re-flects the free market structure in the Turkish steel industry.

When steel import is analyzed in terms of regions, it is clearly seen steel exportof the EU to Turkey increased by 16.7 % to 5.2 million tons in terms of tonnageand reaching 5.5 billion USD export value, while EU imported less steel fromTurkey. In addition to the EU, Turkey's total steel import from the CIS region alsorose by 9.5 % to 4.6 million tons and import from the Far East & Southeast Asiastrengthened by 4.7 % to 1.4 million tons. In 2012, EU and CIS accounted for 83% of Turkey's total steel import.

Raw MaterialsTurkey's total ferrous scrap consumption increased by 5.1 % to 32.4 million

tons in 2012 whenTurkey's total crudesteel productionrose by 5.2 % andEAF crude steelproduction soaredby 5.1 %. Turkishsteel industry met22.4 million tons ofits total scrap con-sumption throughimport and 10 mil-

lion tons from the domestic market. In 2012, share of local scrap consumption


SEE IN

DU

STR

Y

of the Turkish steel industry recovered by 1 percentage points to 31 % of thetotal. EU accounted for 51 % of Turkey's total scrap import, while the share ofUSA was 28.1 % and Russia 10.4 %.

In addition to scrap, which has the highest value among the imported rawmaterials, Turkey also imported 7.8 million tons iron ore, 1.4 million tons pig iron,428.000 tons ferro alloys and 4.6 million tons coking coal.

Turkish Steel in the European UnionThe European Union is Turkey's third most important export destination, after

the Middle East, and continues to grow as an export market. In terms of abso-lute values, the EU accounts for $2.16bn worth of Turkish steel exports. Much ofthe growth in demand comes from new EU member states as well as sustaineddemand for steel products in core industrial sectors such as construction, auto-motive, mechanical engineering, white goods, tubes and shipbuilding.

Leading Turkish Exportersof Iron Steel Products

EREGLI DEMIR VE CELIK FAB.TAS.Eregli Demir ve Celik Fabrikalari T.A.S. is the largest flat steel manufactur-

er of Turkey, located in Kdz. Eregli. Its subsidiaries are: Iskenderun basedsdemir, long steel manufacturer whose production is now extended with flatsteel by new hot mill investments, Erdemir Maden with reserves in Sivasand Malatya -Hasancelebi, the siliceous steel plant Erdemir Romanya inRomania, Erenco, which offers investment and engineering service for ironand steel investors, Erdemir Lojistik providing logistics service, Erdemir Ce-lik Servis Merkezi, steel service center for cold product cutting and slitting inGebze and Erdemir Gaz, established to meet the group's need of gas.

The group is one of the major players of iron and steel industry with indus-trial facilities in Turkey and Romania and also owns 80% of iron ore re-serves in Turkey.

Acquisition by OYAK, one of the biggest groups of Turkey, on February 27,2006 is the most important milestone in its corporate history. Subsequently, thecentralization of the common functions in separate subsidiaries of Erdemir Grouphas strengthened the position of Group in the sector under the principle of soleeconomic unit and single framework.

ICDASICDAS is producing steel bars and high alloy steels since 1970, is the biggest

"private sector" steel producer in Turkey based on production capacity.According to the Istanbul Chamber of Industry assessment, it is ranked in

the 10th place among Turkey's top 500 enterprises in 2007, 8th in 2008, 11thin 2009 and 9th in 2010-2011. Also, ICDAS ranked 11th in 2006, 14th in 2007,9th in 2008 and 11th place in 2009 among the "Leading exporters of Turkey".ICDAS A.S. has nearly 10.000 employees, when the Group's affiliated com-panies are taken into consideration. The company is currently pursuing itsproduction activities in Canakkale.

COLAKOGLU DIS TICARET A.S.Colakoglu Dis Ticaret A.S. has exported iron and steel products to more than

70 countries from 1983 up to date and has taken its place amongst the specialexporter firms of Turkey. Since 1983, it was awarded by numerous Certificatesand Medals by the Chamber of Commerce, Exporters Union and similar Associ-ations, it was registered in. Colakoglu Dis Ticaret A.S. is the holder of "OUT-STANDING EXPORTER AWARD" given by the Istanbul Chamber of Commercedue to the continuous export performance from 1984 up to date.

PROMEKSPromeks was established in 1990 by a group of steel professionals.

Initially, Promeks concentrated its operations in Turkey where it quicklybecame a leading exporter of Turkish steel throughout the world as anagent of major international steel traders. Building on this foundation,Promeks began to trade on a principal basis and became a major trad-ing house in Turkey. In recent years, in view of the accelerated flow ofmaterial from the mills located in China to the international markets,Promeks started a comprehensive trading program in China which hasso far helped to develop its share of the exports from this country. Si-multaneous with its expansion into the Far Eastern markets Promeksdeveloped trading operations in the field of other commodities primarilyrelated to the steel industry (such as scrap, pig iron, etc.) as part of itsstrategy to be a regular supplier for major steel producers throughoutthe world. Today Promeks is one the major independent steel traders inthe region carrying out operations worldwide.

TezcanTezcan entered into the business in 1983. It is the only integrated private

owned flat product mill, which includes cold rolling, galvanizing and paintinglines within the same facility.

A new era was introduced in the sector by bringing the latest technology,known as the "sendzimir" process to Turkey for the first time in 1999. Continu-ously carrying on with its investments on integration, Tezcan has doubled itscapacity through its new rolling mills which became operative in 2005.

Together with these lines and the new pickling line, the raw material typehas changed from cold rolled full hard coils into hot rolled coils. This has madeTezcan become less dependent on its raw material. As another result of theintegration, Tezcan has again become a pioneer in this field by using the"Hicon" system annealing facilities.

Diler Iron & SteelDiler Iron & Steel Industry and Trade Inc., located in Dilovasi, Izmit was estab-

lished in 1954 and today reached an annual crude steel capacity of 1.500.000Mtons. The steel shop is equipped with one 100 MVA ultra high power finger-shaft electric arc furnace and one 20 MVA ladle furnace, produces steel billetsranging from 100X100 mm to 180X180 mm cross section through a 6 strandhigh speed continuous casting machine.

The No.1 Rolling Mill has an annual capacity of 1.100.000 Mtons, is a fullycontinuous two strand rolling mill incorporating double, triple, quarted slitting andcontrolled water cooling process.

Controlled cooling (Tempcore) process attains high strength levels in the rein-forcing steel bars together with an increase in the weldebality of the material asthe maximum carbon equivalent is reduced.

Diler Iron and Steel Inc.'s and Yazici Iron & Steel Industry, Trade and Tour-ism Inc. 's products are exported by Diler Foreign Trade Inc. to a large portfo-lio of clients from all around the world including but not limited to Americas,China, European Union, Egypt, Hong Kong, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emir-ates, Tunisia, Jordan, Lebanon, Singapore, Thailand, Taiwan, South Korea,Phillippines, Vietnam, Algeria, Yemen and Kuwait.

Source: Turkish Iron and Steel Producers Association

Photos: Erdemir Group, ICDAS


SEE IN

DU

STR

Y

Automotive industry in RomaniaThe automotive industry has been one of the

most profitable sectors of the Romanian econo-my in recent years. Much of the Romanian man-ufacturing industry consists of branch plants offoreign firms, though there are some importantdomestic manufacturers, such as AutomobileDacia, Roman Brasov and Igero. Branch plantsprovide mainly blue collar jobs, with researchand executive positions confined abroad.

Romania has a small but growing automo-tive cluster with a network of suppliers andcomponents manufacturers. Most of the Ro-manian suppliers work in joint ventures withforeign partners, the Romanian party provid-ing production facilities, utilities and engineer-ing services, while the international car manu-facturers bring in their brand, global know-howand services. These joint ventures produce forboth the domestic market (e.g. for Renault-Da-cia) and the overseas markets.

The potential for development of the automo-tive manufacturing industry is higher in Roma-nia than the other countries of Central andEastern Europe. To become more competitive,the Romanian automotive sector will have tocontinue to rely on foreign direct investment.

OEMs and Key SuppliersDacia: Twelve years ago the French Renault

Group invested EUR 1.5 billion in Dacia whichhas a capacity of 350,000 cars per year. Thecompany currently employs 13,823 workers.Approximately 91% of cars built at the Dacia

are exported to 60 markets on four continents.In addition, sub-assemblies produced at Daciaprovide the necessary components for plantsin Morocco, Russia, Iran, India, Brazil, Colom-bia, and South Africa.

Ford: In October 2007, Ford Motor Companypurchased the S.C. Daewoo Automobile Ro-mania factory in Craiova, Romania. As of

2011, Ford Europe's plans are to manufacturethree vehicle models in Craiova: the light utilityvehicle Transit Connect, a small class auto-mobile, the B-Max, and a medium class utilityvehicle, most likely the next generation FordTransit, which will target the European market.Ford representatives announced that theywould continue to invest in the Craiova subsid-iary despite having to adjust its business planand production targets in light of market condi-tions. By 2013 the Craiova factory will haveinstalled production capacities able to produce350,000 cars per year.

Automotive Supplier BaseThe current situation provides new opportu-

nities for suppliers of all tiers to these two man-ufacturers. Dacia and Ford have attracted andcontinue to attract significant investments inthe auto components industry, as suppliersseek to locate nearer these assembly facilities.

For the auto components manufacturers, thepresence of the two carmakers is extremelybeneficial: Renault's production has beensteadily growing for the last six years, and Fordannounced ambitious plans for the future: aproduction capacity of 300,000 cars and en-gines in 2013 and an actual production of atleast 200,000 units.The production of Ford B-Max increased to 20 the number of automotivesuppliers selling to its Craiova plant.

Car Part IndustryThe car part industry in Romania took off in

an impressive way after the 1999 takeover byRenault of Dacia, the main Romanian carmak-er, located in Mioveni, Southern Romania.Since then, a number of traditional part suppli-ers for Renault have started investing in Ro-mania, such as Auto Chassis International,Valeo, Euro APS, Johnson Controls, Autoliv ofSweden, Inergy of France, Euralcom, Michelinand Continental. Dacia cars are also built withRomanian components, such as those madeby Elba in Timisoara, supplying lighting parts,Autonova Satu Mare making braking systems,Rombat Bistrita supplying batteries, and UAMTOradea making rearview mirrors and wind-shield wipers and solar screens.

Battery manufacturer Rombat Bistrita ex-ported about 65% of their output to coun-tries like France, Spain, Portugal, Bulgaria,Germany, Austria, Ukraine, Finland, andMoldova. Another battery maker is Carandabased in Bucharest.

Over the last few years, American compa-nies have started investing in both the Craiovamanufacture and its environs, companies thatsupply parts for the US giant. They are namessuch as Johnson Controls, Bamesa, KirchoffAutomotive, Leoni Wiring Systems and Ges-tamp Automocion. Component makers alreadypresent on the Romanian market became


SEE IN

DU

STR

Y

Ford's suppliers too, such as Faurecia, whichmakes car seat covers in Sibiu County, centralRomania, and Magnetto Wheels, based inDragasani, in the South, which makes rims.German companies also invest heavily in carparts, in manufacturers mainly in the west andcentre of the country.

For instance, the group Continental startedwith an investment worth 120 million Euro in atyre factory in Timisoara. Eventually, it reachedthe point at which it now has eight productionunits and three research and developmentcentres, most of them in Timisoara, but also inSibiu, Carei, Arad and Iasi. At least a dozenother German companies have placed invest-ments throughout the country, and severalmajor Japanese manufacturers as well, likeCalsonic Kansei and Yazaki in Ploiesti, South-ern Romania and Sumitomo in Alba Iulia, Devaand Orastie in the West.

Recent InvestmentsOne of the recent investments was made by

Japanese wiring harness company Yazaki in

Caracal, in Romania's Olt County. The com-pany invested more than 10 million euro in anew plant located within the Romanita textilefactory where it has leased 6,000 squaremeters. Olt County was also the site of a larger

investment by a Ford supplier: plastics andautomotive interior manufacturer IAC Roma-nia. Located in the town of Bals, the value ofthe investment is estimated at 58 million euro.

CML plans expanded its production capacityby 30-35% in 2011 and made new investmentsin production equipment and in upgrading thebuilding infrastructure. Over 95% of the CMLplant in Romania goes to export. Renault, Nis-san, Peugeot-Citroen, Volkswagen, Audi, Gen-eral Motors, Opel, Toyota, Honda, Mercedes,and Dacia are among the company's clients.

Pirelli has constructed second productionfacility in Slatina, worth approximately 250million EUR, and fellow tire maker Continen-tal expanded its facility in Timisoara by in-vesting 50 million EUR in the developmentof a new division.

In addition to the two major vehicle manufac-turers currently producing in Romania, thereare as several hundred companies that couldbe considered potential suppliers to the vehi-cle market (car or truck) as manufacturers ofauto parts, sub-assemblies and components.Most of these Romanian firms are small enter-prises and in the area of metalworking, andplastic and rubber components.

An overview of Romanian foreign trade in theautomotive area shows increased exports ofauto parts. Exports include tires, cabling, steer-ing wheels, safety systems, car seats and up-holstery, connectors, tire cords, and generallyany part that involves a significant amount oflabor, or anything that is unprofitable to manu-facture in other countries.

Picture source: Dacia


SEE P

RO

JEC

TS

MHI receives steam turbine order for second unit atGermencik Geothermal Power Plant

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), jointly with Mit-subishi Corporation, has received an order for asteam turbine from Gurmat Electricity Generation

Co., which is one of the affiliate companies of GurisHolding an independent power producer (IPP) inTurkey, to be installed in the second 47 MW (mega-watt) power generation unit at the Germencik Geo-thermal Power Plant. The new unit at the plant,which is located on the Aegean Sea coast approxi-mately 60 kilometers south of Izmir, Turkey's third-largest city, is slated to go on-stream in 2015.

Steam turbines are a core component of geother-mal power plants. The latest order represents the

second steam turbine to be supplied by MHI to theGermencik Geothermal Power Plant, following a tur-bine delivered in 2008 for power generation unitNo.1. The accompanying generator will be providedby Mitsubishi Electric Corporation. MHI believes thatthe high operational availability and reliability of itspreviously delivered equipment were highly evaluat-ed and contributed to the awarding of the new order.

Securing power sources has become a major is-sue in Turkey due to tight power supplies associat-ed with the country's robust economic growth. Un-der this situation, interest in renewable energieshas been increasing, and the Turkish governmentis taking initiatives to promote utilization of the coun-try's abundant geothermal energy. For the powerthat will be generated at unit No.2 of the GermencikGeothermal Power Plant, for example, applicationof a 10-year feed-in tariff (FIT) program is planned.

Geothermal power generation utilizes geothermalfluid, a mixture of high-temperature water andsteam extracted from deep underground reservoirsthrough production wells. The steam extracted fromthe fluid is used to rotate steam turbines. Geother-mal power generation is not affected by weather,

unlike photovoltaic or wind power generation, andis fully operable 24 hours a day, seven days a week- enabling a significantly higher ratio of facility utili-zation than wind or photovoltaic power generation.It is also a clean generation system that emits ex-tremely modest amounts of CO2.

MHI is a leading company in geothermal powergeneration systems, having to date received ordersfor more than 100 units from 13 countries. The ag-gregate capacity of units already installed is 3,110MW, equal to approximately 30% of the world's cur-rent geothermal power generation capacity. Goingforward, MHI will continue aggressive marketingactivities for its geothermal power generation sys-tems as a way of contributing to efforts to preventglobal warming.

EFT group plans 50 million EUR in a Romanian powergenerating project

The EFT Group, an European energy trading andinvestment firm, said it looks to invest at least EUR50 million in a power generating project in Roma-nia, planning to set up an special fund to financeregional energy investments in the coming years.Milos Hamovici, vice-president of EFT Group, saidit will take between six months to one year to set upthe fund and start assessing the investment oppor-tunities. "We want to invest at least EUR 50 million,either in a hydro power plant or in a coal-fed ther-mal power plant. We think the investment in a ther-mal plant is more appropriate," said Hamovici in apress conference.

At present, the group is jointly developing twopower generating projects in Bosnia and Herzegov-ina with Chinese companies. The company is work-ing on a 35MW hydro power plant, which requires aEUR 60 million investment, with China's SinohydroCorporation. It is also involved in building togetherwith China's Dongfang Corporation a 300MW ther-mal power plant, with an estimated cost of EUR

500 million. "The Chinese, at least regarding theenergy sector, are successfully competing with anyWestern company on the quality of services andproducts, by offering better prices. In addition, theChinese Development Bank granted us a EUR 350million loan. It's possible to use it in building thethermal power plant in Romania," said Hamovici.The trader said in would seek damages in courtafter Hidroelectrica, the state-owned hydro-powerproducer, cancelled a bi-lateral supply contract.Remuz Borza, the former insolvency administratorof Hidroelectrica, cancelled a handful of these bi-lateral contracts in court. He argued these cheapsupply contracts with the "wise guys" in the energysector sent the company on the brink of bankrupt-cy. "We don't know what we will do, but we believewe have the right to claim damages," said the EFT'svice-president.

The trader aims to double its profits to EUR 20 mil-lion this year, at a turnover of around EUR 1 billion.The company employs some 600 people in the CEE.

Bulgaria's "Vkusna iadka" invested BGN 4 mln. in a newpackaging facility

Bulgaria's "Vkusna iadka" invested BGN4 mln. in a new packaging facility in GorniLozen near Sofia. Half of the investmentamount is an EU - Rural Development Pro-gramme subsidy and the other half is fi-nanced with a bank loan.

The new workplaces created by the in-vestment are 25, with a production capaci-

ty of the plant - 1200 tons a year. The totalarea of the plant is 1500 sq.m. The buildingincludes a production hall, warehouses, of-fices, workshop and laundry.

"Vkusna iadka" was founded in 2011 withmain activity "Nuts, groundnuts, roasted, salt-ed or otherwise prepared". The company`sproducts are marketed under the "Aya" trade

mark. In 2012 the company had BGN 2,496mln in revenues and BGN 440 000 profit.


SEE P

RO

JEC

TS

Bosch Rexroth has supplied hydraulics to the DerinerDam in Turkey - one of the largest dams in Europe

The dimensions of the Deriner Dam on theCoruh River in the north east of the countryare gigantic in every respect. Over 3.5 m3 ofconcrete were poured into this 249m high and720 m long structure. Construction has beengoing on for ten years, with a budget that hasgrown to Euro 1.5bn.

"To achieve this power output, we will im-pound almost two billion litres of water," ex-plained Hilmi Kaplan, who is responsible forthe electro-mechanical realisation at ERGTrade and Industry. Since the 1970s, this Turk-ish company has specialised in major infra-structure projects and is responsible for largeportions of the dam construction. "Safety isnaturally a top priority in any project of thissize," continued Kaplan. "The main risk for adam is that the reservoir overflows, whichwould result in uncontrolled flooding. Thiscould potentially be caused by earthquakes orextreme tides in the nearby Black Sea."

Two large tilting gates, which feature Rexrothdrives, provide flood discharge capability. Thegates divert surplus water into the basin at thefoot of the dam via two artificial diversion tunnels.

"A total of 2,250 m3 per second can run offvia these ducts," Kaplan summarised. "That'senough for a lot of situations. But if a 'flood ofthe century' should occur, we need manytimes this capacity." For this reason, eightcentral outlet gates have been integrated intothe main dam structure. These gates canhandle an additional volume of around 7,000m3 per second. The openings are arrangedsymmetrically in order that all eight waterflows intersect just above the surface of thedownstream basin. This reduces the impactof the outflowing water.

As a project partner of ERG Trade and In-dustry, Bosch Rexroth was responsible for thedrive and control solution for the central outletgates and the two tilting gates. The localbranch office supported the conceptualisation,assembly and installation, together with spe-cialists in Germany. "The great advantage forus was that we had just one partner for all flooddischarge issues. In effect, we were supplieda turnkey system," explained Kaplan.

The opening drives for the massive centraloutlet gates represented a major challengefor the design of the hydraulic drives. Eachgate is 2.8 m x 5.6 m and weighs 24 tonnes.Despite this weight, the corresponding drives

must work in parallel with a high degree ofprecision to ensure that the gates alwaysopen and close in sync. This causes thestreams of water to meet above the basin,thus dissipating their energy. This is essen-tial to prevent erosion of the valley walls andthe undercutting of the dam.

The solution was to mount the drive cylindersof the central outlet gates vertically in thedrives. In addition, the cylinders are made oflightweight special steel. "We were also sub-ject to extreme constraints in the weight of thecylinder," added Kaplan. "Each component ofthe dam could only be lowered using a specialcable crane with a load capacity of 30 tonnes."

Delay-free synchronisation of all the gatesis essential for efficiently opening and closingthese additional flood discharge mechanismsas needed - but the sensor signals need tocover distances of up to 1,250 m. "For thisreason, a fibre optic network is used in thedam to transport each control command."Like the central outlet gates, this network hasalso been installed and fully tested.

Prysmian's new unit at Slatina factoryin Romania increases optic fiber cable production

capacity to 1.5 mln km a yearPrysmian Group has opened a new plant

for optical fiber cable production at the facto-ry in Slatina. Although the Slatina factory hasbeen making cables for 40 years, optical fi-ber cable production only began in 2009, withopening of a new unit. The latest addition tothe factory will triple production capacity from500,000 km to 1.5 million km of cable a year,with the potential of extending capacity stillfurther to 3 million km annually.The invest-ment in expanding production was of EUR 15million, and is part of a wider investment planof some EUR 50 million.

"The investment in the new facility in Slatinais part of a major plan to further reinforce theGroup's competitiveness in this fast-changingmarket" said Prysmian Group CEO ValerioBattista. The CEO went on to list a number of

new demands coming from the telecomindustry, "new players and services areappearing and evolution in broadband,double-play and triple-play services isdynamic," which appear to be forcingPrysmian Group to innovate, invest anddevelop in order to keep up.

The Slatina plant has a covered areaof around 42,000 sqm and with today'sopening, it has a total yearly productioncapacity of 30,000 tons of energy cable-from High Voltage cables up to 110kVand building wires, to Power and Instrumenta-tion & Control cables, almost 1.5 million km ofoptical cable and 500,000 km of copper tele-com cable. The Slatina factory currently em-ploys over 400 people.

Prysmian Group has an 11 percent global

market share in communication cable manufac-turing, with 24 production facilities worldwide.Overall, Prysmian Group recorded sales ofsome EUR 8 billion in 2012, had about 20,000employees across 50 countries and 91 plants intotal, including the cable manufacturing facilities.


EX

HIB

ITIO

NS

WIN - World of Industry Fairs 2014

World of Industry WIN Automation 19 - 22 March 2014WIN - World of Industry WIN Automation is the absolute leading trade fair for

the high-growth Automation, Electrotech, Hydraulic & Pneumatic and Materials

Handling sectors.

AUTOMATION (International Industrial Automation Fair):

� Assembly & Handling Systems, Linear Positioning Systems

� Robotics

� Industrial Image Processing Systems

� Control Systems, PLC, SCADA

� Sensors and Actuators

� Industrial PCs

� Communication, Networks and Field Bus Systems

� Embedded Systems

� Measuring and Test Systems

� Industrial Automatic Data Capturing and Identification Systems

� Industrial IT & Software

� Laser Technology

� Industrial Building Automation Systems

� Automation Services.

ELECTROTECH (International Energy, Electric and Electronic Technolo-

gies Fair):

� Electrical Energy Generation Systems, Combustion Engines, Renewable Energy

� Transformers, Accumulators and Uninterruptible Power Supplies

� Electric Motors & Frequency Inverters, Motor Drives

� Gears, Mechanical Drive Systems

� Cables & Equipment for Electric Power Transmission

� Electric Switch Gear and Equipment for Electric Power Distribution

� Electronic and Opto-Electronic Components

� Electric and Electronic Test and Measuring Equipment

� Lighting Equipment

� Electric Power and Engineering Services.

HYDRAULIC & PNEUMATIC (11th International Fluid Power Technolo-

gies Fair)

� Oil Hydraulic Systems and Components

� Water Hydraulic Systems and Components

� Pneumatic Systems and Components

� Lubrication Systems, Components & Oils for Metal Working and Hydraulics

� Hydraulics and Pneumatics Services.

MATERIALS HANDLING (International Materials Handling and Logistics Fair)

The increasing needs of the industrial society also increase the need for solu-

tions in handling, stowage and storage. In Turkey and in all other countries, such

matters as reduction of investment costs and storage space are the most signif-

icant subjects for logistics and storage managers. Materials Handling is signifi-

cant in terms of introduction of sector innovations and effective solutions.

� Cranes and transport systems

� Warehousing and storage systems

� Packaging, commissioning and weighing systems

� Complete and turnkey materials handling systems

� Logistics, intralogistics and software systems

� Materials handling and logistics services

� Transportation

World of Industry WIN Metal Working 5 - 8 June 2014Discover a complete range of products and services, from machine tools to

precision tools, automation components and customized systems. Come to

learn, network and sign deals at this in-depth showcase for the latest products

and trends in Metal Working, Welding and Surface Treatment. METAL WORK-

ING (International Machine Components and Metal Working Fair) Metalworking

will offer a wide range of products & components to the industry professionals

with its developed concept.

PRODUCT CATEGORIES:

� Metalcutting

� Metalforming

� Precision tools, tool and mould making

� Measurements and testing, quality assurance

WELDING (International Joining, Welding and Cutting Technologies Fair)

The significance and competitive power of the welding, shearing and joining

sector, a significant corner stone of industry in Turkey and Eurasia is undeniable.

In addition to exhibiting the latest technologies for enterprises, welding not only

presents advantages for the domestic market, but also showcases machinery,

systems and software solutions for welding and shearing.

In parallel with investments to such sectors in Turkey as the defense industry,

automotive, domestic appliances, and shipbuilding, the sectors of welding,

shearing and joining continue to grow fast.

� Welding and cutting machinery and equipment

� Welding automation systems

� Welding and filling materials

� Welding services

SURFACE TREATMENT (International International Surface Treatment

Technologies Fair )

Surface Treatment Fair is a platform that brings together the new technologies

of the fast growing surface processing market and the industrial implementers,

creating new opportunities for the sector.

Visitors from such sectors using surface processing technologies and galva-

nized coating as energy, electrics/ electronics, advertising, construction and oth-

ers, primarily automotive and domestic appliances shall find opportunities to

establish productive business partnerships on this commercial platform.

PRODUCT CATEGORIES

� Surface cleaning and pre-treatment equipment

� Paint and plastics coating systems

� Galvanization systems

� Special surface coating technologies

� Paint, varnish and coating materials

� Surface technology services


EX

HIB

ITIO

NS

EMO Hannover 2013: more visitors, morebusiness, more international drawing power

Customers from around the world invest in "Intelligence in Production"

EMO Hannover 2013 - the leading international trade fair for themachine tool industry - came to a successful close on Saturday, 21September. "This year's EMO raised the bar in all areas", remarkedEMO General Commissioner Carl Martin Welcker at the end of the fairin Hannover. "With more visitors, more business and more interna-tional drawing power, this EMO has proven even more successfulthan last time around, impressively underscoring the event's status asthe world's premier trade fair for the international metalworking indus-try," he said. From 16 to 21 September, over 2,100 exhibitors from 43different countries were on hand in Hannover to showcase their inno-vations to industrial users from around the world under the event'skeynote slogan of 'Intelligence in Production'.

Over the six days of EMO, the Hannover event attracted a total ofjust under 145,000 trade visitors from over 100 different nations. "For-eign visitors numbered more than 50,000, or one in three. Attendancefrom Europe was up markedly. "European industry is rebounding, andkeen on investing in manufacturing technology," Welcker noted. Italy,Switzerland, Sweden, the Netherlands and Russia topped the atten-dance figures for the European continent. By a very wide margin, Chi-na accounted for the largest number of visitors from Asia, followed byJapan, Taiwan and India.

According to a visitor survey, one out of every two attendees had amanagerial status, with the authority to make purchasing decisions fortheir organizations. They reported their main motivation in attendingas wanting to expand and modernize their production machinery. Oneout of every five visitors reported placing an order at the show. Asimilar number, at 20 percent, intended to finalize purchases after theevent, with the figure being double in the case of customers fromabroad. According to Commissioner Welcker: "Many purchase orders,including several high-volume deals, were signed right here in Han-nover." Exhibitors were also anticipating brisk after-show sales. Amongall visitors with firm investment plans, each placed between four andfive orders during their time at EMO. This figure was even higher thanfor the previous event two years ago, which took place in the midst ofan economic upturn.

EMO Hannover 2013 succeeded again in covering the entire band-width of the global machine tool market. "This is where manufacturing

experts come to explore ways of improving operations," Welcker said.Visitors were particularly interested in solutions for boosting energyand resource efficiency, as well as user-friendly equipment and theintelligent integration of machines - in addition to the evergreen themesof cutting manufacturing costs and increasing flexibility.

In addressing these topics and more, the rich array of solutions andoutstanding expertise on offer by EMO exhibitors added up to a highrate of visitor satisfaction. More than ever, EMO Hannover impressedits audience as the international flagship flair for 'Intelligence in Pro-duction'. "Across the board, visitor feedback is topping the scales,"said Welcker. The average length of stay by visitors went up slightly totwo full days, attesting to EMO's drawing power as an event that deliv-ers maximum coverage.

The next EMO will be staged from 5 to 10 October 2015 in Milan,

under the motto "Let's build the future".

Companies in this issue

AMPCO-METAL ........................... 17

BULGARREKLAMA AGENCY ...... 7, 13

COMET ELECTRONICS .............. 11

HANNOVER MESSE .................... 24

IBRM ............................................ 14

JAKSA .......................................... 2

LEM .............................................. 19

MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY ....... 9, Insert

SAT .............................................. 1, 5

SET PCB TECHNOLOGY ............ 15

TME.............................................. 3

VIA EXPO ..................................... 24

Electronic scales production in Bulgaria Electronic scales production ...

Documents

Transcript of Electronic scales production in Bulgaria Electronic scales production ...