ipcm® n. 50 - March/April 2018

Opening photo: Tecnolaser is a company specialised in the processing of sheet metal for machine tools, textile machines, earth moving machines, and accessories for the industry

FOCUS ON TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATIONS IN SURFACE TREATMENTS FOR METAL WORKING

Collaboration Between Specialists for the Versatile, Integrated, and 4.0-Oriented Coating of Light Carpentry Components: Tecnolaser’s Success Story Barbara Pennati ipcm®

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ecnolaser, based in Curtarolo (PD, Italy) and specialising in the

The advent of automatic machines, which have facilitated some mechanical

processing of sheet metal, was established in 1986 as a production

processes and reduced production times, then led Tecnolaser to expand

department of Officine Facco & C. Spa, a manufacturer of plant

its production capacity and acquire new customers. That is why it moved

engineering solutions for the poultry farming and breeding industry.

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to a new larger site, suitable for hosting its new work cycles (Fig. 1).

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ipcm® n. 50 - March/April 2018

Published on Mar 30, 2018

ipcm® International Paint&Coating Magazine

We are living in the era of mass customisation, a very strong trend facilitated by the logics of the fourth industrial revolution. However, a new era is already on the horizon, that of “market of one”. Although the two terms are often used as synonyms, there is a profound difference between “customisation” and “individualisation”, at least in the framework of industrial production. In this issue of ipcm®, a special edition for the PaintExpo 2018 trade fair, we will see just how companies are gradually transforming their production structure to meet the “market of one” needs and produce single-product batches, and how digital innovation is helping them.