Tuesday, June 21, 2022
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The Edgeband Symposium, the annual event that REHAU takes turns to organise along with the IMA Schelling Group and HOMAG GmbH, was held online again this year. Numerous participants representing the industrial and craft sectors logged into the specialist event, which this year concentrated on zero-joint technology, digitalisation and sustainability.
“Of course, we regret missing out on personal contact once again this year,” admits Dr. Uwe Krämer, Head of Engineering Edgebands at REHAU, who welcomed guests along with Christoph Geiger, COO of the IMA Schelling Group. “On the other hand, it has been interesting to see how quickly the sector has got used to the digital version of the event, which has become routine. You would barely notice the difference – except, of course, for the absence of the ‘Kantenschmaus’ evening function, which we hope to issue invites for again next year.” The online seminars took place between May 24 and 30 and were divided, as usual, into four parts. REHAU employees and speakers from the IMA Schelling Group, Leitz GmbH & Co. KG and RIEPE GmbH & Co. KG addressed the various themes.
The event began with an update as Matthias Hacker, Senior Engineer Edgebands at REHAU, reported on the status of edgeisdigital. REHAU has been pushing ahead with digital edgeband management via edgeisdigital for around three years. REHAU offers three variants – and as Matthias Hacker confirmed, feedback from customers has been highly positive.
In fact, some partners are already engaged in serial production. This can be explained by the potential savings for the industrial and craft sectors: on average, the industry can save 34 whole days a year by using edgeisdigital in areas such as automatic machine set-up, missing parts, management of residual quantities and inventories.
This section was rounded off with a presentation of the new tool REHAU MyEdge. The clever service, which is also available in English with immediate effect, offers a product scanner, edgeband calculator and edgeband search link as well as a direct service and support hotline. The integrated ordering system is expected to start at the end of 2022.
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