FACE TO FACE
“ The award-winning manufacturer will launch its new SER1200 Multibrush deburrer at EuroBLECH in Hanover , Germany .
Joost Kouwenbergh , Business Officer , Q-Fin .
SMOOTHING
The new SER1200 Multibrush deburring system will be launched at EuroBLECH 2022 .
THE EDGES
Q-Fin continues its journey from start-up to ‘ scale-up ’ with imminent surface-finishing product launches , new investments and an increased focus on automation and handling .
Q-FIN ’ s showroom at Bergeijk , The Netherlands .
Dutch manufacturer , Q-Fin Quality Finishing Machines , specialises in the development , production and sale of machines for deburring , rounding and finishing sheet metal parts , as well as installations to extract grinding dust . The surface-finishing specialist aims to introduce at least two new innovations every year and is currently building a second hall , for handling solutions , at its new premises in Bergeijk , The Netherlands . It is part of a group of four companies which support Q-Fin with materials such as steel parts .
Founded in 2013 by Anton Bax and Koen de Waard , with a combined thirty years of experience in deburring and machine construction , it has already picked up several awards . These include the surface-finishing technology prize at EuroBLECH 2018 in Hanover and , in 2019 , a Blechexpo award for its F200 XL small parts machine . This year , the F1200 XL with SmartLink was nominated for the Technishow Innovation Award .
Q-Fin unveiled three new surface-finishing machines , as well as networked software , at the Blechexpo trade show in Stuttgart last November . At this October ’ s EuroBLECH sheet metal exhibition in Hanover , Germany ( 25-28 October 2022 ), the surface-finishing specialist intends to launch a new ‘ all-in-one ’ SER1200 Multibrush deburring system .
Strategic vision
“ Our turnover has almost doubled every year since our set-up ( except for the last two pandemic years ). We are no longer a start-up but are firmly evolving into a ‘ scale-up ’. By 2025 , in terms of turnover , we want to be one of the top European producers of deburring machines . In terms of machine technology and Industry 4.0 innovations , we believe we are already in the top three ,” explained Joost Kouwenbergh , Business Officer , Q-Fin .
“ Continuous innovation in software and handling solutions around our machines , as well as further development of the German