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Together with SLF, AGTOS presented solutions for pre-machining and post-machining at this year’s MSV trade show in the Czech Republic (October 3rd through 7th). The trade fair itself as well as the booth shared by the two companies were well-attended. The visitors came from all over Europe. Especially noticeable was the increase in visitors from Eastern Europe.

We welcome the company IEPCO AG, 8181 Höri, Switzerland as our new commercial representative in Switzerland and Liechtenstein. IEPCO AG is a production, commercial and service company that has working primarily in the field of mechanical and galvanic surface treatment on machine components and forming tools for more than 37 years. We are pleased that they will also provide our customers in Switzerland with advice. iepco ag Hofstrasse 21 CH-8181 Höri Phone +41 (0)44 861 16 16 Fax +41 (0)44 860 63 86 Mobile +41 (0)79 706 25 06 Internet: www.iepco.ch Email: r.furrer@iepco.ch

AGTOS also attended the trade fair Surface Russia in Moscow. In the framework of the joint German stand, we, together with our partner company SLF, spoke with interested parties from Russia and other GUS states from September 27th through 30th.

From the 28th to the 30th of September, 2011 AGTOS participated in the METAL Trade Fair in Kielce (Poland). At the stand, the AGTOS Team informed visitors of the AGTOS catalogue of products. Displayed at the stand was an AGTOS-high-performance turbine along with a robot from FANUC. With the aid of a special camera, the robot can identify work pieces in order to place them on the conveyor system that then feeds them into the AGTOS shot-blasting machine.

After the German AGTOSians paid a visit to their Polish colleagues in Konin in 2006, they in turn visited us. On the occasion of the company’s tenth anniversary, our Polish colleagues visited the works in Emsdetten on the morning of Saturday 09/24/2011. In the afternoon we enjoyed different activities together. Thanks to the good weather, we were able to enjoy a football game with two mixed teams, bow and rifle shooting, and an opportunity to relax and talk over coffee and cake. That evening we celebrated a Polish-German Oktoberfest. Here, the band „Teichrebellen“ provided good humour and a good mood to accompany the tasty foods and drinks appropriate to the occasion.

For the first time an AGTOS-relay participated at the Münsteraner Marathon in 2011. Thanks to the kind support of Benedikt and Christa Hemker of the Steinfurter Marathon Verein the team reached the 143rd place. The picture shows, left to right, Benedikt Hemker, Jochen Tertelmann (AGTOS), Christa Hemker and Ulf Kapitza (AGTOS) before the run.

He was with us (almost) from the beginning, now he is enjoying his well deserved retirement. Our draughtsman Bernd Schmitt celebrated his retirement by offering the AGTOS crew a chicken barbeque and accompanying refreshments. The colleagues presented him with a collection of typical items from his work place and a farewell card which all of them signed. He also received a collection of fine wines from the board of directors as a thank you and to enjoy his retirement even more. Mr. Schmitt started working for AGTOS in 2002, when we were still located in the little building on Hollefeldstr. Due to his experience and dedication a lot of machines were realized that are now situated on customers’...

Our team of trainees has expanded. Anna Mersmann (industrial engineering technologist), Alexander Renger (mechatronic engineer) and Markus Heckmann (industrial clerk) started their apprenticeship August 1st, 2011 in our company. We are very happy to welcome the new colleagues and wish them good luck! At the moment, AGTOS is training 9 young professionals. In addition to the above mentioned jobs we also offer training to become an industrial mechanic.

We are happy to announce that since July 1st the Industrievertretung Harald Wolf, hailing from Berlin, is part of the AGTOS team of agencies. This enables us to improve the servicing of our clients and interested parties in the eastern part of Germany. The couple, Ines and Harald Wolf, is in the sales business for machinery engineering and steel construction for many years already. Shot blasting plants by AGTOS add to their portfolio, which includes among others sawing-drilling-lines by Peddinghaus. If you want to contact IV Wolf dial 0049 (0)30-5435877 or cell: 0049 (0)171-9908476, write to ivwolf@gmx.de or visit their webpage www.ivwolf.de.

AGTOS presented themselves at the exhibition GIFA in Düsseldorf (28. June - 02. July 2011). The machine that was exhibited, a wire mesh shot blasting plant, was met with great interest and approval by the visitors. The advantage of this type of machine is its huge flexibility. The work pieces can be fed to the machine either manually or by a robotic or handling system. The pieces then are treated from above and from below simultaneously. AGTOS manufactures wire mesh shot blasting plants of various sizes. Especially striking was the massive international feedback.

Since 1954 the Atik family from Izmir carries on foundries on several sites. In 2008 it was decided to start up fresh in Aliaga, approx. 60 km north of Izmir. On the new site which is approx. 80.000 m2 in size, a new building has been erected since then on approx. 40.000m2 of paved surface. In a short while approx. 70.000t of cast parts per year are to be produced here. The systems engineering is mainly of German origin, where the cousins Mehmet and Murat Atik have studied. Now the production started which means that the AGTOS continuous overhead rail shot blasting plant is now also in full activity. It has been designed as a double chamber plant. The AGTOS scope of delivery also includes the...

We congratulate with all our heart our dear investor and associate Elsbeth Schlick on the award of the Order of Merit of North Rhine-Westphalia. She received the Order for her economic, social and political commitment. Premier Hannelore Kraft recognized the successful expansion of the family business Schlick, which became the market leader, as well as her dedication to the Free Democratic Party (FDP), where she advocates sensible and pragmatic solutions for her village. The promotion of arts and culture was also included into the laudation. The Order of Merit is limited and it is conferred to citizens of all groups of the population for their extraordinary merits to the general public in all...

AGTOS and Peddinghaus cooperate globally in the field of sawing/drilling lines in combination with shot blasting plants. This is why Carlos Israel Torres, sales manager for Latin America, together with customers, came to visit our facility in Emsdetten on April 1st, 2011. Our guests were provided with an overview of the solutions that we already delivered for the surface treatment of profiles and metal sheets. The solutions of our sister company SLF (www.slf.eu) were also presented. The picture shows Carlos together with Stephanie Schröder (services) and AGTOS sales engineer Christian Remmes.

In Kutno, Poland a new hanger-type blast machine has been put into operation. The machine for the treatment of parts and welded constructions for agricultural machinery has a width of passage of 2000 mm and a height of passage of 3000 mm. After automatically treating the pieces it is possible to manually blast the surfaces that cannot be reached with the turbines in a blast room.

Together with SLF (www.slf.eu) we presented our wide range of products at the exhibition STEELFAB in Sharjah, UAE. The AGTOS booth was part of the German pavillon. The locals were especially interested in conservation lines for the treatment of steel constructions and pipes. Other projects include the surface treatment of aluminium through turbine-wheel shot blast machines. In the picture André Felchner (SLF), an interested local and Ralf Scheibler (AGTOS) discuss possible solutions (left to right).

At the beginning of the new year the Danish AGTOS agency, G.A. Hansen, visited our facility in Emsdetten. There was a lively exchange of ideas concerning the market development in Denmark. Since AGTOS offers a wide variety of products, ranging from spare parts and used machines to new turbine-wheel shot blast machines, the prospects for the new year look quite promising. Of special interest for our visitors were the new developments and enhancements especially in turbine technology. In the picture (left to right): Dan Borup Iversen (Hansen), Thomas Herhold (AGTOS), Preben Borup Iversen (Hansen), Heike Siemer (AGTOS), Ulf Kapitza (AGTOS), Ralf Scheibler (AGTOS), Finn Christensen (Hansen).

2010 offered AGTOS many possibilities to succeed at the international market. In fact, just before the year was over AGTOS received some very interesting orders. For instance, by a Tunisian client who already uses AGTOS shot blast machines and now ordered two more machines for the shot peening of leaf springs (see photo). Further offers were assigned to us by clients from Brazil, Finland and France – to name but a few.

On November 24th the employees of de Ploeg (Helmond, NL) met their German AGTOS colleagues. The day together marked the beginning of our collaboration, since, from now on, de Ploeg will represent AGTOS in Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. The company de Ploeg specialized in sale, modification and service of blast machines and has been at the market for almost 50 years now. This includes the sale of used machines, after modifying and modernizing them. In the future the two companies will closely work together in all of the aforementioned areas. The picture shows (from left to right) Ralf Scheibler (AGTOS), Stephanie Schröder (AGTOS), Guus Hofmann (de Ploeg), Dick ten Have (de Ploeg),...

During the Euroblech in Hanover (26.-30. October 2010) we were honoured to be visited by the mayor of Emsdetten, Georg Moenikes. He was accompanied by Elmar Leuermann, head of the economics and habitation department. The gentlemen were heartily welcomed by two of our colleagues from Emsdetten, Heike Siemer and Christian Remmes. The picture shows, from left to right, Elmar Leuermann, Christian Remmes, Georg Moenikes and Heike Siemer. The main topic was, besides local politics, the roller conveyor blast machine RT 1500 we exhibited. Both gentlemen were thoroughly impressed by the size and performance of the machine, whereupon the mayor asserted to have already seen much bigger machines in the...

We congratulate our partner company SLF for being in business for 20 years. On occasion of the anniversary the new developed blast robot “ReCo-Blaster” has been presented on 30th September. Read more on www.slf.eu.

AGTOS supports book project „GRUEN PRODUZIEREN“ The new compendium presents German innovation and market leader in the field of efficiency technology – initiative of the Federal Ministry for Education and Research and of the VDMA – book premiere on the occasion of the “Hannover Messe 2010”. From CO2 reduced power generation, intelligent electric motors to innovative fine dust filter technology: German companies are pioneers in the field of energy efficiency and resource protection. The new compendium „GRUEN PRODUZIEREN“ presents around 100 of these companies. The book comprising more than 600 pages has been an initiative of the Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF)...

It was the first time that AGTOS was represented at the most important fair for the metal working industry in the United Arab Emirates. Bedside local visitors also people from Saudi Arabia and India were interested in innovative concepts in the field of surface technology.

At the end of the year AGTOS obtains tender to modernize a foundry in the Bosporus. The scope of delivery includes a modern concept for the finishing of castings. After the casting process the work pieces are passing through a cooling section before they will be burred and de-sanded in the AGTOS blast machine. A high-capacity transport system brings the pieces to the manual separation places and finally to the distribution.

Mr. Hintzen has been at AGTOS for 4 years. He started his career, as metalworker and now he shall call himself precision mechanic. The management is very pleased about the great mark. After finishing school Mr. Hintzen became part of the service department. He consults users of shot blasting machines regarding spare -and wear parts and how it is possible to increase the machines´performance.

Since 2001, founding year, the production area of the plant in Konin has been doubled. Further investments have been made in a sheet high rack warehouse and a sheet metal folding machine. Therefore, it is always possible to respond to the continuously increasing demand by internal means and by job order production.

Emsdetten: Florian Teuber is the name of the new colleague at AGTOS. On August 1st, he begins an apprenticeship in order to become industrial clerk . The engineering company in Emsdetten, was founded in 2001. Since then, it has experienced a steady positive development. During a training of several months, Mr Teuber was able to gain first impressions and skills. Afterwards, he wants to begin an apprenticeship at AGTOS. During the next 3 years he will experience the work in the sales, purchasing and accounts departments as well as materials logistics. Legend: General manager Antonius Heitmann welcomes Florian Teuber as the first apprentice at the company AGTOS.

Düsseldorf. The positive mood in the foundry sector was noticeable at the AGTOS-stand. Many visitors were very interested in the presented tumblast machine. This blast machine is equipped with a magnetic air separator, especially for foundry matters. Also blast machines made according to the same principle but equipped with a steel mill, have called the attention of the visitors.

Emsdetten. Over its first 5 years, the company was able to create approx. 100 work places. Besides new machines, the company is also very successful in the sale of used machines, service and spare parts for blast machines from different manufactures.

Emsdetten: A foundry was equipped with three AGTOS-blast machines (two steel mill tumble blast machines as well as one continuously hanger-type blast machine), one cooling section and a large hanger type system. The assembly was made in the short summer brake and presented a particular challenge.