On July 1st, 2008, Schleuniger has acquired PAWO Systems AG. You will find more details about this strategic expansion in our lead article “Marriage with potential”. In the future you will receive information about product innovations and news from both Schleuniger and PAWO in one newsletter. Read more in our next newsletter.

The Schleuniger Group, based in Thun, Switzerland, a worldwide leading supplier of wire processing machines, has acquired PAWO Systems AG, with headquarters in Unterägeri, Switzerland, as of July 1st, 2008. PAWO has a staff of about 100 employees with annual sales of 25 Mio CHF. For PAWO, this step means an early succession for the current ownership.

The new AutoCoiling System (ACS) for coiling, binding and gathering of long cables is a modular station, which can be integrated with or retrofitted to CrimpCenter fully automatic crimping machines instead of a depository band. This requires minimal assembly effort.

In recent years, “Just in Time” production and batch size reductions have led to an increase in the number of item changes on machines, which also leads to an increase in material changes on the machines. The simplification and automation of operations scheduling is becoming increasingly important for production.

... but a sausage has two”. And so does cable. A new module available from Schleuniger makes it possible to coil and bind longer cables so they can be processed on fully automatic transfer systems.

The Schleuniger ground cross-sectional view system: create a ground cross-sectional view of your crimped terminal, ultrasound-weld or splice-connection in three simple and precise steps.

MINIC II (Ultrasonic Welding)
With integration of the MINIC II Compacting Station from Schunk on Schleuniger CrimpCenter fully automatic crimping machines, stripped wire ends from 0.22 – 6 mm² can be compacted in an ultrasonic welding process.

KM-CFK (Resistance Welding)
With the KM-CFK Compacting Station from Strunk it is now possible to compact stranded wires from 0.5 – 6 mm² (AWG 20 – AWG 10) by resistance welding on Schleuniger CrimpCenter fully automatic crimping machines.

VIP Delegation at Schleuniger in Shanghai
Just before the opening of the Olympics a top-level delegation of the Swiss Economic Forum - including former Swiss President A. Ogi - visited selected Swiss companies in China - amongst them also Schleuniger Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd..