Machine tools are indispensable in any smart factory of the future. At the same time, fresh opportunities for innovation are constantly arising from the blurred line between the physical and digital worlds, and the emergence of new technologies. This thinking was the impetus for discussing a better description for the industry that CECIMO represents.
The association believes in keeping its brand name – CECIMO – intact, as it has stood for high standards in manufacturing since 1950. While metalforming and metalcutting remain core, industry has evolved and matured to include other related manufacturing technologies, such as additive manufacturing, digital solutions and robotics.
Machine tool companies are embracing digital solutions and have been establishing themselves for many years as global frontrunners in advanced engineering and technologies. The association’s general assembly decided to reflect all of this in the description change.
“Our intention is to make clear that we represent a successful, forward-looking association which includes in its scope machine tools and related manufacturing technologies,” confirms Filip Geerts, CECIMO’s director general.
