Ricard Roijals, head of sales of Machine Center

"In recent years, the evolution has been most notable in the automation of processes in the machinery itself"

The CNC machine tool industry has evolved very considerably in the last fifteen years, the industry has gone from being manually or with machines of semi-control, to 100% CNC machinery. Fifteen years is a very long time period to assess the evolution of our industry, it has been very large. Fifteen years ago only some machinery manufacturers could offer solutions fully CNC machines in addition to a price much higher than is being paid today. However, employers that fifteen years ago bet on this technology are entrepreneurs who have had more success over the years and today in day directed the majority of the most important companies.

The evolution has allowed access to the CNC technology of all the companies in the sector, and has greatly simplified programming of machines, which have increased the complexity of them to move and control different axes. In recent years, the evolution has been most notable in the automation of processes than on the technology of the machinery itself.

On current trends, I think that they show us an increasingly less important of the mechanization of parts of major series, which is becoming increasingly more in countries of Eastern Europe, or in emerging economies such as China or India for example. This type of trend makes the car, which has been in the last decade most important machining in Spain sector, decreases gradually and stop move to new areas that are already very introduced in our country such as aeronautics or alternative energy sources. The future therefore is to be prepared to be able to introduce into these new markets, as well as possible future trends such as the nanomecanizado or parts for the medical sector. In summary, the trend of the future for our customers through machining parts of greater added value, either due to complexity, dimensions or tolerances.