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by Walter Börsch

Dear reader,

The Starrag Group is looking back on the first half of the year, and it is one that has been exciting in all aspects. It reflects the diversity of our group, which is adding value on a daily basis in our three target markets: Aerospace & Energy, Transportation & Industrial Components and Precision Engineering. The milestones from the first half of the year include extremely well-attended technology days, the opening of a new technology centre for the medical technology sector and a wide range of projects and orders for all three target markets.

However, the focus was not solely on “diversity”; a term that is inextricably linked with the Starrag Group. The year 2015 saw the introduction of the new slogan “Engineering precisely what you value”, which expresses the philosophy of all ten brands of the Starrag Group. We always provide the customer with precisely what they need and what is important to them: nothing more, nothing less.

The third edition of our customer magazine illustrates how the individual business units in our group are implementing the new brand message with consistency, creativity and diversity. Marc Lehmann from the “Precision Engineering” business unit is a great example of this. Marc is very pleased with the extremely positive response in the German “Medical Valley” to the new TechCenter for Medical Technology and Precision Engineering. A neighbour of Marc’s is also in particularly high spirits: Judith Schmitt from the SMS group in Mönchenglad- bach reports how happy she is after she was able to reduce throughput times by 30% and manufacturing costs by 10% following implementation of complete machining on a vertical turning lathe. The feedback from visitors to the Aero Structures Technology Days 2016 in Mönchengladbach was also highly positive. As Dr Matthias Lange of Premium AEROTEC says: “Besides the enormously high levels of efficiency, the machines from the Starrag Group stand out due to then fact that the production systems have been developed and adapted exactly in line with our needs”.

A particularly successful example of the implementation of the slogan “Engineering precisely what you value” is the new Heckert Focus machining centre from Chemnitz: The new Focus machines have a consistent “focus on customer benefits”. They can be used without major, customer-specific adjustments, reducing investment costs by 20 % and delivery times by 60 %.

I hope that these and other “Star” stories have sparked your interest in us, our slogan and the services we offer. I am excited to hear your personal feedback.

Sincerely, Walter Börsch

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