Beat Brunner

Tornos SA manufactures and markets automatic lathes. The firm's products include single spindle automatics with sliding headstock, numerical control and multi-spindle automatics with parallel numerical control, cam driven multi-spindle automatics with programmable automation and bar loaders. Tornos was founded in 1880 and is headquartered in Moutier, Switzerland.

Part of Georg Fischer AG, George Fischer Corp. is an American company that offers complete and efficient solutions for product manufacturing needs. The company's brands include agiecharmilles, microlution, mikron, liechti, step-tec, and system 3r.

Maag Pump Systems AG manufactures gear pumps, pelletizing systems, and filtration systems for plastics and other industries. It pumps uses for conveying polymer melts, chemicals and even lubricants. The firm focuses of their activities lies on applications involving high-viscosity media, high temperatures and low inlet and or outlet pressures or applications involving corrosive or temperature-sensitive media. The company was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Oberglatt, Switzerland.

Part of Hofast AG, Calorifer AG is a Swiss company that manufactures heat and cold transmission equipment. The company is based in Elgg, Switzerland.

Fastems manufactures flexible manufacturing systems (FMS) and robot cells for automating metal cutting CNC machine tools, and provides services related to automation. They work together with all major metal cutting machine tool manufacturers and integrate their products into automation solutions. Fastems currently employs 300 professionals in Europe, the USA, and Asia. Its headquarters is located in Tampere, Finland.

CECIMO - European Association of the Machine Tool Industries is based in Brussels, Belgium. The Belgian company operates an association for machine tool manufacturers.