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Helmut Fischer Srl Tecnica di Misura Turns 40
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Figure 1: Group photo of all Helmut Fischer’s employees with Adriano Colombo, the second from the left, and Wolfgang Babel, the fourth from the right.
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elmut Fischer Srl Tecnica di Misura
di Misura. Helmut Fischer specialises in
celebrated 40 years of activity
the production of tools for measuring the
and the expansion of its Italian
thickness of paint and galvanic coating
headquarter with the addition of new
layers; however, it has recently expanded
laboratories on February 20, 2018 in Sesto
its range with ultrasonic devices for metal,
San Giovanni (Milan, Italy – Fig 1).
enabling to measure no longer just the
Its parent company Helmut Fischer AG,
thickness of films but also the total thickness
established in Germany in 1956, is a world
of substrates. Its production is divided into
leader in the production of measuring and
two large categories: bench tools, more
control devices. Initially, its products were
suitable for galvanic coatings, precious
distributed in Italy by representatives of
metals, and hard depositions, and portable
the German company, but in 1977 two
tools, which are ergonomic, highly precise,
farsighted control tool experts, Luciano
and able to measure even the thinnest films.
Marcomini and August Von Wartburg, decided to establish an independent company in Italy: Helmut Fischer Srl Tecnica
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Figure 2: The new device Dualscope®FMP100.