Editorial

 For efficient production without downtime it is particularly important to ensure good accessibility of tools, and to minimize the cost of inventories it is important that they are rational. For both it is necessary to have the right solution for the control of tools, anytime and anywhere, and complete solution for automated procurement and inventory control. Such a solution is a storage system Pfeifer ProLog, offered by Pfeifer-TTI.
Pfeifer-TTI Ltd. was founded in Čakovac in 2000 and since 2003 has a business center in Zagreb as well. It is one of the leaders in selling tools, machinery and other associated equipment for the metal industry and offers customers a great number of solutions. The latest one is a comprehensive, flexible and fully integrated solution Pfeifer ProLog. Marijan Pfeifer 

 We discuss with Marko Kukić, director of the company BG reklam Ltd., about past successes and current ongoing projects and future plans in the newly opened production facility.
The development of the company BG reklam was guided by the intensive market development and convergence of visual presentation of brands to consumers. Following the modern world trends, the company has gradually morphed into a production system capable of fully support the party in the areas of visual communication with the market and consumers.   

 As the most specialized technical fair in Southeast Europe, it continuously contributes to the development and modernization of the industry as well as the inclusion of Serbia into the international market, through exposure to products and technologies that Serbia does not have.
Technical Fair in 2014 has a special significance, since the Government of the Republic of Serbia pointed out as its priority objective of launching a new cycle of industrialization, modernization and restructuring of large systems by applying a new framework for industrial development, which is based on human resources, technology, engineering, research and industrial innovation. 

 A flexible Tube Press and Weld System developed by ABB Robotics for the Ford Sterling Axle Plant in Sterling Heights, Michigan, has won the 2012 Ford Global Powertrain Technical Maturity Model Excellence Award. Installed in 2012, the ABB Tube Press and Weld system was selected for the “2012 Top Award” out of 126 global submissions. The top four North America finalists were invited to make a presentation of their entry at a November awards dinner where a second award, the “2012 People’s Choice Award”, was also awarded to the ABB designed system. 

 In 2011, Steve Jobs declared the beginning of a “post-PC era.” The same year, global sales of smartphones and tablets outnumbered traditional laptop and desktop computers. While PCs obviously aren’t obsolete, it’s clear that mobile technology is fundamentally changing the way we access and use information.
Initially created for consumers, smartphones and tablets have been adapted in a variety of industries such as health care for remotely accessing patient data and education as interactive textbooks. Similarly, mobile technology is revolutionizing data acquisition. Engineers and scientists are taking measurements in more places by combining mobile technology with data acquisition hardware to create extremely portable and interconnected measurement systems. Chris Delvizis 

 The global health market is characterized by a 6 percent annual growth, primarily due to aging of society, the exceptional increase in population, technological progress and increasing purchasing power in some parts of the world. Therefore health economy despite financial crisis has medium and long term positive sign of growth. Regardless of the general increase in demand for medical care and the related medical products and technologies, the structure of demand varies from country to country.
In some countries, in order to increase the density of care centers and clinics, has increased the demand for basic equipment, but the demand for innovations is very little. In the classical markets in major industrial countries of Europe, North America and Japan, the pressure to reduce costs in the health system is growing, which consequently reduces demand, but growth impulses are coming from specially funded market, so the focus on innovation is higher. 

 On Wednesday, 23 October closed the door of the traditional fair K 2013. The world's largest plastics fair, where this year presented 3,100 exhibitors from 60 countries, was held from 16th to 23rd October on the exhibition complex of the city of Düsseldorf. Traditionally the fair brought together all the threads of plastics industry in the broad sense of the word.
Injection moulding, extrusion, hot forming, blow moulding, welding, grinding ... All this and much more was possible to be seen in a week, although it is too short for such a large fair. Visitors were able to see everything that is needed for modern manufacturing process, from the materials and their additives, to injection moulding machines, extruders, dryers, dispensers, manipulators, mills ... 

 The effectiveness of infrastructure is necessary not only for the safety of people and the environment, but also due to the actions cost reduction. This is as true for power plants, industrial facilities, transportation networks and systems for water supply. When the infrastructure is outdated and there is no sufficient resources for thorough reconstruction, elaborate programs of modernization can help.
Most cities, though growing and evolving, are tormented by outdated infrastructure. Cities do not have unlimited budgets, so do not invest enough in the transport and energy networks, the corresponding expansion of water supply infrastructure, and often not even in certain industrial facilities. It is, of course, counterproductive, because modern infrastructure, not only improves the quality of urban life, but also brings cost savings.   

 Autodesk® Simulation CFD software provides a comprehensive, flexible set of tools for fluid flow simulation and thermal simulation. Autodesk Simulation CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) offers fast, accurate, and innovative analysis capabilities upfront in product development, where decision-making is critical. The Design Study Environment provides performance insight over a range of designs, allowing for greater product innovation and better product performance. Simulation CFD extends Digital Prototyping to electronics cooling, mechanical, AEC, industrial, and consumer product applications.   

 French manufacturer of art crystal glass Lalique, uses Germany five-axis technology to treat demanding moulds, models and tools, as well as for texturing the surface of a crystal of luxury products.
René Lalique, who was born in 1860. in the city of Ay in the province of Champagne, was one of the most famous artists of the periods art deco and art nouveau. Until his death in 1945, he developed from an illustrator and modeler of jewelry into enterpreneur with many employees and factories, which produced glass art according to his ideas. 

 Of the gradual improvements in processing technology can be heard almost every week, and only occasionally comes up a real quantum leap or breakthrough that brings significant manufacturing companies a competitive advantage.
Turning steel is certainly one of the major activities that bring money to workshops throughout the world. Since the tolerances in such work are very important, and the component due to any deviations has to go into finishing or in a crate for waste, the life of the tool must be reliable and predictable. Workshops therefore often reduce productivity and work with cutting speeds that are significantly less than recommended.