Mold and tool makers are under pressure to reduce their throughput times and unit costs in order to stay in business. How much of a competitive edge do companies enjoy with a zero-point clamping system and a measuring machine? The CEO of WESCHU GmbH ran the numbers.
Standing in front of a ZEISS Contura in the middle of his demo center, Werner Schumacher says, “My ZEISS measuring machines truly do make me money.” Although two of his staff members have heard that sentence numerous times before, they still nod their heads in agreement. The CEO of WESCHU GmbH und Co. KG, headquartered in Nuremberg, Germany, frequently takes potential customers through the large modern building featuring two automated manufacturing cells with multiple milling, erosion and measuring machines. “Here customers can see for themselves how efficient they could be,” says the 73-year-old manager Schumacher. This explains why he and his daughter opted to invest three million euros to construct the demo center.