It is with great sadness and shock that we received the news that a longtime and much respected member of our Fuji Machine Europe family, Niels Finzel has suddenly passed away.
We mourn his passing and send our love and condolences to his family, he will always be held in our hearts and his memory will live on in us.
Sometimes, only one person is missing, and the whole world seems depopulated (Alphonse de Lamartine)
FUJI MACHINE MFG. (EUROPE) GmbH
The construction period of the new European headquarters of FUJI MACHINE MFG. (EUROPE) GmbH in Kelsterbach is record-breaking. While the ground-breaking ceremony took place on March 1st, the company celebrated yesterday the topping-out ceremony. Almost every day, the construction site on the territory of the new industrial estate “Staudenäcker” changes. The shell of building is completed. Completion of the outer contour of the building and all structural load-bearing components. The completion of the roof, masonry and concrete work allow a safe access. The notification of the bodywork completion is already submitted to the building supervisory authority. As it is mentioned in a current news at the website of Fuji Machine Europe from the still-based headquarters in Mainz-Kastel.
“I am pleased that the creation of our new European headquarters is making such good progress, and I’m thanking all those who have been involved in celebrating the topping-out ceremony today,” said Klaus Gross, Managing Director of Fuji Machine Europe. Gross handed over the microphone to the most important person that day – the carpenter Johannes Schmitz. Since almost no wood was used in the construction of the new European headquarters, the carpenter had adjusted his sentence accordingly.
„Mit Gunst und Verlaub, es ist seit guter alter Zeit der Brauch, das Richtfest zu begehen. Das meint der Bauherr sicher auch und all die Leut’ die heut hier stehen. Ein Dach aus Holz, das seht ihr nicht, innovativ, modern mit neuem Gesicht. Hier waren Beton, Glas und Stahl für den Statiker erste Wahl. Die Architekten, Betonleut’ und Maschinisten, die Helfer und Büroartisten, sie alle haben keine Müh’ gescheut und es entstand der Bau in Rekordzeit“, said carpenter Johannes Schmitz, who then had the glass smashed traditionally on the ground.
As construction manager Norbert Schmitz emphasized, everything went like clockwork. “We are already two days ahead of the plan,” confirmed the manager. He also praised the cooperation with the city of Kelsterbach, which certainly pleased the present Mayor Manfred Ockel, but also the other authorities. The construction project is created by the company Takanaka with seat in Duesseldorf and will be handed over turnkey to the company FUJI MACHINE MFG. (EUROPE) GmbH.A lot of glass
“If everything goes according to plan, and that’s what it looks like, then the first employees can move in here in March next year,” explained project manager Britta Kessler. “All structural work is already finished and even the first windows are installed,” says the manager. Overall, a lot of glass is used in this construction. “The entire foyer with showroom will receive a glass front and on the office floor there is a patio, which is also surrounded by glass walls,” Britta Kessler describes the flooded building.
by Leo F. Postl
Automatic electronic parts warehouse supplier, Tower-Factory GmbH (Germany) is now a subsidiary of Fuji Machine Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (Japan).
– Strengthening support for smart factory –
As of March 29, 2017, Tower-Factory GmbH was acquired as a full subsidiary of Fuji Machine Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
Amidst the growing demands for factory automation, smarter operation, and improvements to part supply logistics in particular, we are strengthening automatic warehousing to increase its market appeal, and to deliver even more support for smart factories.
Background
Tower-Factory GmbH was founded in 2013 as a venture company in Germany, where high-mix, low volume production of varying product types and volumes in the norm.
Tower-Factory GmbH has shown promising results and it is at this time that Fuji has acquired Tower-Factory as a full subsidiary to provide full technological and overall support for the purpose of improving quality.
In regard to new product development, it is our goal to work to the needs of the marketplace while strengthening the compatibility with Fuji products to be able to propose the best solutions in view of the shift toward smart factories.
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Availability
As Tower-Factory has become a Fuji subsidiary, product sales are to be expanded from mainly being sold locally in Germany to being sold in the Japanese market, with expansion also planned for global sales.
Fuji will continue to further product development by utilizing the automation technology and IT skills cultivated for our industrial robots for new product value.
Company profile
Fuji Machine Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
President & CEO: Nobuyuki Soga
Address: 19 Chausuyama, Yamamachi, Chiryu, Aichi Prefecture Japan
Foundation: April, 1959
Business: Manufacture and sales of electronic assembly machines and machine tools
Capital: 5,878 Mrd. JPY
Website: http://www.fuji.co.jp/e/
Press contact for detailed information: Hattori Masami, Sales Engineering Dept. +81(566)81-8263
FUJI MACHINE MFG. (EUROPE) GmbH in Mainz-Kastel, a strong and competent partner in terms of full-line-supplier, can look back on more than 25 years of best service and sales support in the field of electronic assembly machines.
Innovative placement systems from the NXT and AIMEX series are the foundations of your SMT requirements. Constantly new innovations always put Fuji at the top of the market.
With this wealth of experience, Fuji Machine Europe can cover all areas of modern production, from highly flexible high-mix placement systems to complete high-volume assembly lines. Regardless of where the emphasis lies within manufacturing, Fuji Machine Europe is and always will be your competent partner.
Fuji Machine Europe presents itself at the 2017 SMT fair with a harmonious machine concept that takes into account the requirements of the lower and medium-sized market segments as well as high-end production lines.
Take the chance now to help shape the direction of development and to rethink innovations in the component sector! Experience numerous Fuji highlights of the future-oriented production of Industry 4.0 at the
SMT Hybrid Packaging 2017 / May 16th – 18th in Nuremberg
Hall 4, Booth 131:
“Future is now: the self-organized production”
FUJI MACHINE MFG. (EUROPE) GmbH celebrated today the ground-breaking ceremony for the new business building at industrial area Staudenaecker, close to the Suedpark of Kelsterbach. In addition to the management team of FUJI MACHINE EUROPE and TAKENAKA EUROPE GmbH, invited guests from the city of Kelsterbach as well as the press took part in the celebration at the site. The ground-breaking ceremony was held in Japanese traditional symbolism.
FUJI MACHINE EUROPE is since 1991 a direct subsidiary of the Japanese FUJI MACHINE MFG. CO., LTD. working on the european market. The group has already been managing european customers from the Rhine-Main area a decade ago.
“At that time, the Group operated an office in Kelsterbach. In one year from today, we are moving back to Kelsterbach and realizing a long-cherished wish,” so Klaus Gross, Managing Director of FUJI MACHINE MFG. (EUROPE) GmbH.
Kelsterbach is a city in the heart of the Rhine-Main region and is as a business location very popular with its proximity to Frankfurt am Main airport. The city has a number of commercial areas and settlements. More than a thousand companies are registered here. “With the arrival of FUJI MACHINE EUROPE in our city, our location is enriching. We warmly welcome you and will appreciate you at Fujiallee in the future,” said Mayor Manfred Ockel, symbolically presenting the new road name.
Today, the european head office has about 60 employees and has been located in Mainz-Kastel since its foundation. As a strong and competent partner, FUJI MACHINE EUROPE can look back on more than 25 years of best service and sales support in the area of electronic placement systems for full-line suppliers.
“The new building is designed to achieve a growth factor of 1.5,” adds Bernd P. Buetzler, Managing Director of TAKENAKA EUROPE GmbH. Due to the positive business development and considerably expanded activities in Europe, an expansion of the business building had become inevitable.”As a planning and executing general contractor, we are very pleased to be able to carry out the new project for FUJI MACHINE EUROPE in the city of Kelsterbach.”
The modern business building includes office premises as well as showroom and warehouse. FUJI MACHINE EUROPE has the opportunity to grow innovatively and forward-looking – both technologically and in terms of staff.
Together with Mayor Manfred Ockel, Messrs Gross and Buetzler presented the cleansing of the plot in a symbolic act. At the four outer corners of the future building were spread, salt, against negative influences, rice, for good results, and sake, as thanks to god. Subsequently, the gentlemen made the first cut of the ground, the KUWA-IRE, for a safe construction and a brilliant future of the new business building of FUJI MACHINE EUROPE.
Statement from Jabil Corporate about Fuji as their long term key supplier (Nov 2016):
Since the advent of mainstream SMT in the 1980’s, our industry has come a long way. From the standard chip package size in the 80’s being 1206 and larger, to now where we consistently see 0402 and smaller.
50+ years in manufacturing machine tools, coupled with Jabil’s roadmap direction, Fuji has been able to supply solutions to the industry that have outperformed many of their competitors.
Fuji has been a key Supplier of placement systems to Jabil. They have supported Jabil through times of rapid expansion of high volume and higher technology products. It shows how Fuji and Jabil have enjoyed a great working relationship & growth during that time.
As Fuji has been a major part in our success as a world leader in electronic assembly, we would like to recognize Fuji as a “Preferred Supplier” and say thank you for the past 30 years and we hope to enjoy many more years in this partnership.
As we move forward with our development of the “Factory of the Future”, SMT placement will be an integral component and we believe Fuji will be well placed for supporting this initiative.
In regard to the placement processes used for electronic circuit boards, there are ever growing calls for high-mix, as well as variable-mix and variable-volume production in order to keep up with changes in the marketplace.
In order to meet these demands, Fuji developed the flexible and expandable AIMEX IIIc, which was announced in October 2015. On this occasion we would like to announce the release of the AIMEX III, a machine built with the same concepts as the AIMEX IIIc, as well as the ability to produce large panels.
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The FUJI MACHINE MFG. CO., LTD（headquarters: Chiryu, Aichi; president & CEO: Mr. Nobuyuki Soga; hereafter called as “Fuji”）invests in a 34% share of the TOWER-FACTORY GmbH, a German based company in Friedberg providing intelligent storage solutions for the SMT market. The common goal of both companies is the optimum use of the potentials of highly innovative product and the national and international markets. The intelligent storage solutions are already well integrated into Fuji’s material handling solution as well as prepared for other future manufacturing solution like Industry 4.0 and IIC.
According to our exhibition slogan 2015 “Hightech meets human and nature” Fuji got a visit on its booth of an ‘extraterrestrial’ robot on his search for the best SMT-equipment. Read more
Fuji Machine Manufacturing Co., Ltd. has shipped its 50,000th NXT module. This goal was reached just two years after the 40,000 module milestone and represents a great achievement for all those involved in the development, manufacture, sales and support of the NXT.
Sales of the NXT started in 2003. The series has a revolutionary modular concept in which the platform is split between modules and bases, and features lightweight compact heads which can be exchanged in seconds without tools. These have helped to make the NXT series the flagship model of the SMT market.
The current NXT III supports world class quality levels with 25 µm placing accuracy and 0.5 N placement impact values, as well as being able to handle advanced placing technology such as placing 0201 mm sized parts. This machine has excellent surface area productivity with its compact design, and a whole new level of versatility is provided by using the DynaHead.
Fuji will continue to develop machines that amaze and inspire customers based on our original concepts and world-leading technology.