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Monday, 26th November, 2007

"Dichtfest" Ceremony at the new Investment Casting Foundry

The Dichtfest ceremony to mark the completion of the shell of the building took place in the new ACTech investment casting foundry on Halsbrücker Straße in Freiberg on 16 November 2007. Work on the new ACTech production building continues apace. At the moment, the external walls are being painted. Completion of the interior is also being done at top speed, so that production in the new building may start on approx. 1300 m² in the first quarter of 2008. In addition to the entire investment casting line, four new CNC machining centres will be installed in this building. Thus, it is possible to further extend the machining capacity. Additional jobs for workers in CNC milling and programmers, who will be recruited in an intensified manner in the coming weeks, will be created.

Monday, 23th April, 2007

ACTech donates unique cast-bronze of the Schiller bust to Weimar / Germany

On occassion of the annual awarding of the German "Schiller Stiftung" on May 10th, 2007 ACTech will, in the name of the Central German foundry specialists, celebratory present its first bronze copy of the colossal hardplaster bust of the poet Friedrich Schiller to the municipal libary in Weimar. The original was manufactured in 1805 by the sculptor J.F. Dannecker after Schillers death. ACTech oversaw this project beginning with the optical measurement via mold assembly and pouring to the presentation of the completed bronze bust to the foundation "Weimarer Klassik" in the year of Schiller 2005. Thereby we used the proved and tested, self-contained process chain of Reverse Engineering, typically utilized for the production of prototype castings depending on ancient models. Since September 2005 the bust can be visited in the Museum of Visual Arts in Leipzig / Germany and will now move to its final place in the municipal libary in Weimar.

Tuesday, 3th April, 2007

Run on the Techno Classica 2007 in Essen / Germany

On the world leading trade fair for historical vehicles, retail and nostalgic accessories with more than 1.000 exhibitors using 110.000 sq.m of exhibiting space ACTech was again able to present its services and to face up the market. Even with up to four employees the huge interest of the international audience was almost untameable. The possibilities of Reverse Engineering, particularly the production of uniquely needed vintage spare parts were never before discussed in such an intensely manner. The specialized attendess with their very precise inquiries on site with drawings and blank parts as well as their growing interest in vintage spare parts reflect our wolrdwide increasing acceptance. Concluding on from that we can describe the Techno Classica 2007 as very successful.

Monday, 2nd April, 2007

AEROSPACE TESTING EXPO 2007 EUROPE

THE WORLD'S LEADING EXHIBITION FOR AEROSPACE TEST, EVALUATION, QUALITY AND INSPECTION presented more than 300 specialist exhibitors using 11,000+ sq.m of exhibition space in Munich from March 27-29, 2007. Besides the US version in Anaheim the trade fair is said to be The Number One place for networking and selling in this industry. The world’s leading 'test solutions suppliers' showcased their very latest testing, evaluation, quality and inspection technologies, solutions and specialist services for civil aviation, military aviation, space engineering plus defence systems. The Aerospace Testing Expo Europe 2007 attracted more than 5,000 global attendees from over 50 countries. During our participation in Munich we experienced lively discussions and brisk demands...

Tuesday, 20th March, 2007

ACTech takes part in the Girls' Day 2007

On the occassion of the German Girls' Day 2007 on April 26 th 2007 schoolgirls will have the opportuinity to see into the daily work of industrial companies, technical universities or research centers. The aim is to broaden the horizon of a well educated generation of young women and to open up new perspectives with regard to jobs or studies usually chosen by male students. Companies which successfully realized Girls' Days in the last years record an increasing interest in technically oriented vocations now.

Monday, 19th March, 2007

Simulation for mold filling and solidification is faster than ever before

Due to the expansion of the casting simulation, successfully used for more than 3 years, we are now in a much better position to analyse also very complex castings within a short period of time. As a result of the change into a parallel version the results are now calculated over night, what takes 5 days until now without using the simulation software ProCAST 2006.1 from the ESI GmbH.

Thursday, 15th March, 2007

ACTech exhibits at the Subcontracting Fair 2007 on the joint presentation of the "Gießereinetzwerk Leipzig e.V." in Leipzig / Germany

Please visit us in hall 2, booth no. D70.  more

Monday, 12th March, 2007

Retro Classics 2007

ACTech meets the oldtimer scene at the Retro Classics 2007 in Stuttgart / Germany  more

Monday, 5th March, 2007

ACTech sponsors castings for a racing car - designed and constructed by students from the Technical University of Freiberg

In the context of the international competition "Formula Student" 22 students from the Technical University of Freiberg fiddle about the design and constructing of a racing car since April 2006. The aim is to start at the famous "Hockenheim-Ring" in August and compete against 60 different student-teams from all over the world. The project is financed by sponsors like Thyssen Krupp Steel and ACTech. We will keep our fingers crossed for them.

Monday, 19th February, 2007

ACTech took part in the Hybrid Vehicle Technologies Symposium 2007 in San Diego / California

ACTech attended this popular event to learn the latest developments and breakthroughs in hybrid technology. This Symposium provided an exchange of the latest information about hybrid design efforts, field experience, potential applications, fuel economy, and customer acceptance of hybrids. Following on from interesting lectures and discussions in the exhibiting area we were asked for a lot of tenders...

Thursday, 15th February, 2007

Reporter of the German magazine “stern“ visit ACTech

In the context of a current  vintage-car projct two reporter of the German magazine “stern“ visited ACTech on the 14th of February. During a company tour they were informed about the procedure of a Reverse Engineering project and were enthusiastic with respect to our technologies and efficiency.

Wednesday, 14th February, 2007

“Schau rein!“ – Be informed about training and job opportunities at ACTech

For two days in March 2007 (13th, 15th) ACTech offers interested pupils the possibility to inform theirselves about training and occupation. The everyday life in the company can be witnessed and a company tour as well as some „do it yourselve“-courses will be offered...

Monday, 12th February, 2007

VDI – conference and exhibition  “Casting technologies – challenges for the Automotive industry“

Our department for product- and process development exhibited at the VDI conference “Casting technologies – challenges for the Automotive industry“ which took place from February 6th to 7th in Magdeburg, Germany. Participants and speakers were representatives of OEM‘s, suppliers and service providers from the following fileds: foundries, heat treatment, simulation as well as reasearch establishments. As a result, we can conclude that the contacts were very result-oriented, the lectures were excellent and a fantastic input for our daily work.

Thursday, 1st February, 2007

Schools and economy in co-operation

Since the beginning of the year ACTech is part of a regional study group aiming to improve the promotion of traning for pupils. A main focus of this co-operation will be to work against the decreasing proficiency level of graduates as well as against the threatening shortage of qualified employees.

Wedneday, 17th January, 2007

Enormous run on the ACTech-booth during Autosport International 2007

At the beginning of the year the Autosport International 2007 in Birmingham, England, opens our trade fair activities from January 11th to January 12th.  Visitors came in huge amounts and contacts already resulted in orders for our sales department. In comparison to 2006 the exhibition area of the trade fair was heightened what can be described as an evidence for a growing interest in motorsport.

Monday, 15th January, 2007

Company presentation and recruitment of employees on the occassion of the open day in the Technical University of Freiberg on January 11th ,2007

As every year in January studying and career entry were the main points of focus during the open day in the Technical University Bergakademie Freiberg. Many pupils and students showed great interest and informed theirselves at our booth about training, internship or the mentoring of diploma thesis in our company.

Wednesday, 3rd January, 2007

The Indian elephant starts moving and ACTech goes along with him

India is one of the fastest growing markets for the Automotive industry in the world. As a consequence, Indian automotive manufacturers develop many new parts for cars and commercial vehicles. The need of parts for developing purposes, produced in a verx short period of time, in a quality akin to that of a series-production cannot be coverd by most of the Indian manufacturers and suppliers from the prototyping industry. That is why, ACTech aims at strenghtening its activities in the Indian market. After only one year of activity the most important automotive manufacturers as well as companies from the engineering industries are satisfied customers of ACTech. A success story to be continiued...

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