Wittmann hosts successful 2024 Competence Days
The Wittmann Group, headquartered in Kottingbrunn, Austria, welcomed over 1,000 customers to its 2024 Competence Days event. Held June 19-20 in the Marx Hall, Vienna, the event offered a variety of specialist presentations focused on digitalisation as well as a showcase of the company’s range of injection molding machines, robots and auxiliary equipment.
Michael Wittmann, president and co-owner of the Wittmann Group, shared, “The Competence Days surpassed our expectations. We were able to welcome more than 1,000 guests from thirty-seven different countries. The interest in our presentations and exhibits was enormous, and the general atmosphere was excellent.”
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The first speaker at the event was Dr Mikula Thiem from the Association of German Machine manufacturers (VDMA), who discussed the topic of digitalisation from many different angles. This was followed by specialists from the Wittmann Group, who led several interactive presentations to familiarise guests with the group’s current developments in the area of digitalisation. The topics included production integration using Wittmann 4.0, as well as data transparency through intelligent assistance systems, plus the use of artificial intelligence for further improvements in customer service.
Following a keynote speech by Dr Alexander Kronimus, Acting Chief Executive Officer of PlasticsEurope Germany, guests were invited to finish the day with a networking event.
Both days, visitors were given the opportunity to view the latest developments at Wittmann via numerous exhibits. The work cells presented tangible evidence of digitalisation, the use of AI, preservation of resources in the form of in-line recycling, lightweight construction, as well as the use of DC energy in the injection molding process, including solutions in the field of automation. In micro injection molding – a specialty of the Wittmann Group – nanostructures could be viewed under a microscope.
Sites open to visitors included the premises of Wittmann Battenfeld in Kottingbrunn, where several operational injection molding machines were on display. Visitors also enjoyed a guided tour of the company’s production plant. Further visits included a tour of the robot production plant at Wittmann Technology in Vienna and a visit to the Wittmann facility in Mosonmagyaróvár, Hungary.
