Volume 9 No. 2 March/April 2007 Contents
in this issue . . .
5 Editorial comment 30 F ocus on coil processing
Hot on coil What does it take to be a successful
6 News updates
steel service centre in today’s competitive global mar-
kets? ISMR visits Hövelmann and Lueg to fi nd out.
16 Face to face
Pressing matters ISMR visits German press
manufacturer, Walter NEFF GmbH, and discusses
new forming processes and technologies with its
managing director, Oliver Dörmann.
44 A ‘pre-painted’ perspective ISMR reports
on the 40th ECCA Congress in Brussels, whose
theme was ‘Reviewing the Advantages of Coil
Coating against Competitive Materials’.
48 Straight and level ISMR examines the
processes and elements involved in the develop-
ment of a corrective leveler.
54 E vent preview
Sheet metal showcase ISMR previews the
BlechExpo 2007 exhibition in Stuttgart.
24 Form and fi nish
ISMR examines invest-
ment levels, industry
56 E vent report
trends and new forming/
EuroBLECH in focus The second of a two-
product technologies for
part report on news, orders and new product/
presses and automa-
technology launches from the record-breaking
tion with specialist
EuroBLECH 2006 exhibition in Hanover.
Swedish manu-
facturer AP&T. 67 Events diary 2007
Editor Sara Waddington • ISMR Advertisement Manager Dean Salisbury • Production Manager Annette Kilroy • Production Editor Paul Cullivan • Production Executive Gary Wootton
Production Pat McMurray • Managing Director Dave Tellett BSc (Hons)
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