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lines and household appliance lines. Each press is designed, built and manufactured in-house.
NEFF Pressen, formed in 1947, is a manufacturer of hydraulic presses and manufacturing / hot forming lines for the complete forming industry. The NEFF SERVO- Drive combines hydraulics with advanced servo drive technology. Its hot forming lines feature hydraulic presses, a heating furnace and automation( robots and / or feeders). For sheet metal forming, it offers one-sided and double-sided hydraulic presses as well as twoand four-column presses.
The Nidec Press & Automation( NP & A) brand includes Minster; Arisa; Kyori; Vamco; CHS; SYS Automatic Feed Company and Canadian-based Linear Automation Inc. products to the market. NP & A group products therefore include presses, equipment and automation around the press such as material handling and high-speed roll feeding solutions. The group operates a shared global customer service network with major service centres in Minster, Ohio( USA); Mexico; Germany, Spain and China.
Nidec Drive Technology Corporation opened its new press machine assembly factory in Ritto, Shiga Prefecture, Japan, in April. In February, Nidec Corporation opened its new Technical Centre in the city.
A fully integrated high-speed stamping system was demonstrated at Nidec Press & Automation’ s stand at Blechexpo 2025 in Germany last October. Nidec SYS GmbH was also awarded a Best Award 2025 at Blechexpo for its‘ Inline Vision & Weld System with Marking-on-the-Fly( IV & WS Marking).’
Nidec Arisa stamping technologies encompasses servo, blanking, tryout, mechanical and multi-purpose presses, as well as presses for transfer / progressive dies. The Nidec Arisa GS2“ Global” Servo Series press has a capacity range of 3150 to 8000kN. The Kyori VX-50 high-speed press features Nidec SYS feeding systems. Nidec Kyori ANEX presses are designed for automated highspeed blanking and bending operations. Highspeed automation machinery; controls and integrated solutions are also offered.
A Nidec Arisa 800-ton servo press.
OMERA specialises in automatic lines and integrated production projects. It designs and produces trimming / beading machines, energysaving mechanical and hydraulic presses and automatic lines for turnkey production processes. It has long experience in the construction of strain-hardening machines.
At FABTECH in Chicago last September, OMERA presented its R400-I trimmingbeading machine, as well as its hydraulic and mechanical presses plus automation. OMERA completed the acquisition of TIMAC Srl in January 2025.
Quintus Technologies produces fluid cell presses for sheet hydroforming and similar sheet metal forming applications. Its Flexform press process requires only one rigid tool half; the other tool half is a flexible rubber diaphragm under uniform hydrostatic pressure.
The company’ s High-Pressure Warm Forming( HPWF) combines high pressure with a moderately elevated temperature for more rapid and efficient fabrication of titanium parts. It offers hot, warm and cold isostatic presses. Headquartered in Västerås, Sweden, it is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Kobe Steel.
QS Group SpA has over 50 years of experience and specialises in designing and manufacturing automated machines; dies; hydraulic presses and special equipment for the production and assembly of the structural parts of washing machines; dryers; refrigerators; dishwashers; ovens and water heaters.
SEYI’ s booth at Blechexpo 2025 in Stuttgart, Germany.
Sangiacomo Presse in Italy produces C-frame presses( flywheel and back-geared) as well as straightside mechanical eccentric presses( from 50 to 500 tons). Turnkey stamping lines can also be supplied.
Taiwanese press specialist, Shieh Yih Machinery Co., Ltd.( SEYI) manufactures mechanical, deep drawing and hot forming presses( including servo presses). In 2022, it celebrated its 60th anniversary. In March this year, it established a new SEYI- Mexico operational site in the Bajío industrial corridor of Mexico.
SEYI-Europe introduced its high-torque servo press, designed to support a broad range of stamping applications, at LAMIERA 2025. At FABTECH in Chicago last September, the company demonstrated the new SDN1- 121 servo gap frame press. At Blechexpo last October, SEYI’ s exhibit focused on complete press line solutions using servo and mechanical presses with 3D-printed models of hot forming and blanking line applications on display. A dedicated metallic bipolar plate display zone featured stamping samples to illustrate each stage of the stamping process.
Sigma Presse Srl designs and manufactures custom-made hydraulic presses, with tonnages of up to 50,000kN( 5,000 tons), with design based upon specific customer needs. It also makes electric screw presses and has designed a new line of Energy Save servo-hydraulic presses.
South Korean press specialist, SIMPAC, has over 40 years of experience in metalworking press production and over 10,000 installations worldwide. Its wide product range includes mechanical and hydraulic presses, servo presses, tandem lines and automation solutions.
Stampitalia Srl specialises in the design and manufacture of dies for blanking and bending metal sheet. Blanking and bending progressive dies, in carbide and special steels with surface coatings if required, are provided.
VAPTECH is a Swiss-owned, Bulgarianbased company with over 100 years of experience in the development, design, manufacturing and installation of customised and standard metal forming solutions based on mechanical and hydraulic C-Frame, H-Frame and O-Frame presses with nominal forces from 300-30 000kN. Its metal forming solutions include complete press production lines( mechanical, hydraulic and eccentric presses) and press refurbishment.
YAMADA press models include its NXT- Press Series line of stamping presses; MXM series link motion presses; OMEGA-F1 fixedstroke, crank motion, high-speed press; ALPHA series fixed-stroke, crank motion presses and EPISODE three-plunger, four-post slide guiding lamination presses. Feed automation around the press is also offered.
At Blechexpo last October, YAMADA demonstrated a fully equipped stamping line featuring its NXT-45XL 450kN adjustablestroke link motion press. At the MF-TOKYO 2025 exhibition, YAMADA’ s newly developed X2S-18 concept machine made a 5,000 SPM demonstration. In collaboration with ASAI, YAMADA also introduced the KTN-1000e hydraulic press for specialised deep drawing. The company also showcased its LineVision press control system.
Italian press specialist, ZANI SpA, has four press types in its arsenal: the Power Master eccentric press, the Motion Master( double knucklejoint press), the Servo Master( eccentric or knuckle joint servo-driven press) and the Servo Smart. Its cold / hot forming technologies include eccentric, mechanical and four-column presses whilst its multi-functional sheet metal processing technology features multiple-die / transfer presses. n
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