CIMT 2013: GROB to exhibit for the third time

But what is new is that GROB is represented here for the first time by its newly-opened production plant in Dalian (2012), plus of course its two Chinese branches in Beijing (2003) and Shanghai (2005). In GROB's view, the CIMT, the most important trade fair for the Asian machine tool industry – to take place at the end of April – will be the company's first "home game". Exhibited here will be the new GA350 from the GA350 and GA550 Asian series, which grew out of the successful G350 and G550 universal machine series, and is produced entirely in Dalian.

Mindelheim/Beijing. So, ten years after its first appearance at the CIMT, the GROB Group will be there againfrom 22 to 27 April 2013. On this occasion,it will, for the first time, be represented by its new Chinese GROB plant in Dalian, thereby highlighting the massive steps that GROB has taken in the growing Chinese market – from its first sales in the late 1980s right through to the present day. At the  XIII. CIMT,GROB has something new to offer and not just what is on show in Hall E2 on the 90 sq.m two-storey stand no. 807 in the German section.

World première of the GROB GA series
When it the premieres its GA350 universal machine at the CIMT, GROB will be exhibiting the Asian variant of the G350, the main difference being the options structure, which is adapted to meet Asian requirements. Like its sister version GA550, the GA350 is made in Dalian to German quality standards. The machine on show at the trade fair is the GA350 5-axis uni-versal machining center GA350 with SIEMENS SINUMERIK controls and a disk magazine with 40 tool locations. With a steel chipping demonstration and 5-axis simultaneous machin-ing in aluminum, the GA350 will be showing off its capabilities to CIMT visitors.

GROB showrooms in Dalian und Shanghai
Running in parallel to the trade fair is the Technology and Applications Center (TAZ) in GROB's Dalian plant, which was equipped with new machines that are precisely what the market demands. In the new showroom in Dalian, customers can see at work a GA350 with Fanuc controls and pallet changer, a GA350 with SIEMENS controls and a tool magazine with 133 storage locations, plus a GA550, which boasts an extremely powerful motor spindle with 9,000 min/1 and a torque of 575 Nm. In addition to another G550 in Shanghai. It is equipped with a SIEMENS 840D sl and a motor spindle with 16,000 min-1 and 223 Nm torque and shows what GROB's G-series can achieve.

GROB has had a presence in China for nearly 25 years
The success story for GROB in China started in the late 1980s, when tendering and orders were still processed together from Germany through local agencies. The first orders were handled by the Chinese joint venture partners of western automobile manufacturers. So, for example, the first delivery of a production line for automobile cylinder heads and special machines for camshaft bearing covers dates from 1989, the year of the first CIMT. The first direct order with a Chinese partner, not within a joint venture project, was completed in 2Womens Running Shoes