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December 2008
Event News
SCS Paris 2008: Visitors with a Wide Range of Industrial Projects
From Tuesday 2nd to Friday 5th December, in Villepinte, SCS Paris 2008, the biennial for electrical, automation and mechatronics technologies for the industrial and energy performance of companies, hosted a conveniently-sized and active event, despite the current economic context.
In fact SCS Paris 2008 was attended by all the sector’s key players, owners of real projects, who met in surroundings and at events which met the expectations of professionals seeking to position their company within a more long-term movement.
The stark industry crisis had a significant impact on visitor numbers, which was compensated for by the very high quality of the professionals who attended the trade show.
High quality visitors according to the exhibitors… and the organizers
SCS Paris 2008 offered its exhibitors and visitors a conveniently-sized trade show built around numerous events and themed areas. These focuses resulted in high quality visitors who came to meet exhibitors with specific projects.
In an atmosphere of professionalism and efficiency, visitors and exhibitors, sector professionals, were able to progress together in their future projects.
For the 2008 event, SCS Paris welcomed 9171 visitors, of whom 10% came from 63 countries other than France.
Key events from SCS Paris 2008
Expert pathway
- Themed pathways very popular with visitors
Visitors discovered expert pathways at their disposal covering four user markets: food processing, chemicals, automotive suppliers, paper/card. This enabled participating visitors to promote their offer and, for the food processing industry, the trade show received an official visit from Mr Philippe Rouault, French interministerial delegate to the food processing and manufacturing industries.
Awards presented at SCS Paris 2008
- Engineering offices’ awards
Tuesday, December 2nd, four independent engineering offices and three in-house engineering offices were awarded prizes by leading industry figures.
Winners from independent engineering offices: ARGENCE AUTOMATION (Production of an automated scarification machine for the food processing domain); CAREWAVE SHIELDING TECHNOLOGIES (Big Cold Sputter – a new generation machine for EMC treatment); HAREL (Source selector for domestic wind turbines); SCC (LumiStreet.net).
Winners from in-house engineering offices: PROCOPI (diving into 3D, calculation, GDT and Missler imaging); SYNAPSE-CONCEPT (design and management of facilities with Inventor) and SODIMAS (development of turnkey elevators with SolidWorks).
- Mechatronics Awards
On Wednesday, December 3rd, mechatronics innovation was rewarded for the first time at SCS Paris 2008. Organized at the initiative of ARTEMA, CETIM, SCS and THESAME, the awards were handed out by a panel of judges comprising technical experts and journalists from the specialized press.
*see the list of prize winners below
Areas at SCS Paris 2008
How can productivity be improved while achieving a sustainable development approach? This question, first posed at SCS Lyon 2007, was highlighted via two fantastic areas at the trade show.
- The Energy Efficiency Area displayed 45 products, software and services and a series of around 20 conferences which brought together industry players in order to improve their energy performance.
- The Mechatronics Area, produced in partnership with Artema, Cetim and Thésame, explained how to improve the performances and productivity of industrial equipment in a series of 22 conferences which brought together 171 participants over the four days of the trade show.
Heading for 2010
The next trade show will take place in 2010 to allow the time required to strengthen supply and reorganize its theme. Building on the solid foundations of the 2008 concept, a larger and more appealing event will therefore be developed.
All the trade show’s news at www.scs-expo.com
Mechatronics Awards winners
Grand Prize all categories
Large group: SNR for the third generation instrumented roller-bearing incorporating strain gauges, representing a real technological break-through.
SME: SIAM RINGSPANN for development quality and the mechatronics strategy in the context of development of a mechatronic safety brake.
Automobile sector award
ELECTRICFIL for a module to control dual clutch transmission (DCT).
Industry prize SKF for its production of a PIN ENCODER giving the position of construction site vehicles’ articulated arms.
FREUDENBERG SIMRIT for the production of a sealing ring including leak detection. This product is designed in particular for wind turbines.
Strategy award
BOSCH REXROTH for the implementation of a mechatronics strategy aiming to involve all the company’s resources. This project is being built around development of a CamoLINE presented at SCS.
BA SYSTEM for the ability of an SME to mobilize internal and external resources, including academic research in order to design and market a self-guided dual-drive mobile robot.
General public prize
INDEEP, the engineering office which developed a device for digitizing 78srpm records for the INA.
Organization-communication award
SENSOREX for the technical and marketing campaign for REDS smart sensor technology, based around the color red.
SEW-USOCOME for the organization of a pool of developers from various group research entities, under the responsibility ofa mechatronics “conductor”. Movigear project, a mechatronics training unit.
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