International Industrial Press Companies 1

[Medeski]

Hello,

I have an interview coming up with AIDA engineering. I was wondering if anyone knew of similar sized international press manufacturers who might be considered their competition. I checked GlobalSpec and it came up with 500+ industrial press manufacturers. Any help would be appreciated! Also, if you have any experience working with AIDA and their presses, any comments would also be appreciated.

 

[TVP]

There are probably only two press manufacturers that are truly in the same category as Aida: Schuler (

http://www.schulergroup.com/en/01_Unternehmen/index.php)and

Komatsu (

http://www.komatsusanki.co.jp/en/index.html).

All three of these companies offer a complete range of presses for forming sheet metal and bulk parts (hot forging, cold forging, etc.) and have a global sales and support network.

Now, there are a significant number of press manufacturers that make competitive products, which is why GlobalSpec shows 500+ hits. I am not as familiar with the Asian manufacturers (China, Taiwan), but companies like Minster, Sutherland Presses, and Seyi make a range of presses for sheet metal forming. Now that Schuler and Muller Weingarten have merged, the only forging press manufacturer that I can think of is Sumitomo. There is an Italian company as well, but the name escapes me right now.

 

[Medeski]

Thanks TVP! That's great information. The Italian company you were thinking of doesn't happen to be Balconi (

http://www.balconi.it/en/azienda.htm),

does it?

 

[TVP]

No, the company I was trying to remember is Colombo Agostino. They manufacture both stamping and forging presses. Their website is

http://www.colomboagostino.com/eng/home.htm

To further expand on my previous response, companies like Lasco and Dieffenbacher make state-of-the-art hydraulic presses, but since they don't offer mechanical presses, I don't equate them to the big 3 (Aida, Schuler, Komatsu). Similarly, Feintool and Bruderer are very specialized in presses for fineblanking and high-speed blanking/forming, respectively. Also, I was excluding screw presses, but you may want to familiarize yourself with them as well. The following links are for a number of companies that manufacture some type of metal forming press:

http://www.enpromech.com/index.htm

http://www.lasco.de/db/lasco/index-neu-englisch.nsf

http://www.dieffenbacher.de/englisch/index_ie.html

http://www.dorst.de/dorst_seite/index-eng.html

http://www.feintool.ch/en/fineblankingequipment/fineblk-products/fineblk-prod-squeezersandplants.htm

http://www.schmidpress.ch/index.php?id=21&L=1

http://www.bruderer.com/

http://www.vaccaripresse.com/azienda.php?id=1&l=en

http://www.enomt.co.jp/indexE.html

 

[Medeski]

Hi TVP, just wanted to thank you again for your help! Komatsu came up during my interview, and I was glad I knew about it beforehand. I got a call from AIDA yesterday and they offered me a job! Knowing that sort of background going in helped me keep calm. Thanks again!

 

[TVP]

Congratulations on the job offer. I'm glad that the information was helpful.

 

[murphystout]

http://www.ThomasNet.com

has some good sources:

http://www.thomasnet.com/products/hydraulic-presses-63000806-1.html

http://www.thomasnet.com/products/metalworking-presses-63141204-1.html