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Soluciones a medida para el ensayo de materialesThe Zwick Roell group inaugurates Zwick Iberian in Spain
Tailor-made solutions for testing of materials
The Zwick Roell group, manufacturer of systems of static and dynamic test for materials and components, is present in more than 55 countries around the world. On May 8, the new headquarters of the multinational German Spain, Iberíca Zwick, s.l., organised a Conference to show their products, as well as the new version of testXpert, its software for the management of test machines.
Jan Stefan Roell, CEO of Zwick Roell, during his speech.
The singular BCIN building of Badalona (Barcelona), headquarters of the new Iberian Zwick, brought together a group of professionals and companies from different sectors, interested in the machinery of the multinational. The company also took to present its new organizational structure in Spain, with the addition of Robert Cubells, as the new director of Zwick Ibérica, S.L., who explained the new situation in the company: restructuring and an expansion of the team with a view to improving "the attention and service to customers".
"We are looking for a face to face communication with our customers"
The day also featured the presence of Dr. Jan Stefan Roell, director-general of the Zwick Roell group. Roell, heir to the family business, explained the evolution of the multinational since its inception 80 years ago. With more than 800 employees, an annual turnover of more than 100 million euros and presence in Europe, America, Asia and Africa, recorded "an average annual growth of eight percent". Despite the figures, the cold sense of the data and the possible distance involved, the company opted for a direct and personal treatment with the client. "From Zwick Roell Group seek a face-to-face communication with our customers", said Roell.
The machines of the group can perform tests of fatigue, components, torsion, fracture, rotating bending resistance and high speed. Also, the company has machines from static and dynamic tests to measure traction, compression, bending, tear and friction, as well as fluidity, hardness and impact in materials, among other variables. "We invest many resources in research and maintain close contact with universities and technical institutes," said Roell, who assured that, as a result, the company provides "solutions tailor-made for almost all of the requirements of testing in the area of the modern material testing".
Although 80 per cent of the production of Zwick Roell focuses on Europe, said Roell, currently, the multinational has hubs at Ulm (Germany), Singapore (Asia) and Atlanta (USA).(UU.), offices in Badalona (Spain), Paris (France) and Birmingham (United Kingdom) and is present in Vienna (Austria), Moscow (Russia), Shanghai (China), Chicago and Los Angeles (USA.)(UU.) and Cape Town (South Africa).
Zwick testing machine, model Allround Z010, with one
maximum capacity of 10kN.
Headquarters of Iberian Zwick in the BCIN building of Badalona.
testXpert II: new software Zwick Roell
for the management of test machines
On the day, Alberto Ciruelos, Zwick Iberian technical engineer, took the opportunity to present one of the star of the company. It's the software trials testXpert II, devised for the management of any Zwick Roell testing machine. The programme, designed in several languages, facilitates the evaluation of the mechanical properties of plastics, metals, composites, rubber and rubber, textiles, paper, ceramics, food and stickers, among other materials. It is, as it describes plum, "intelligent, reliable, simple, flexible, intuitive and dynamic". In addition, "presents easily identifiable symbols, complies with the requirements of more than 900 standards and incorporates a virtual test machine".
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