Affolter Group Competitors

GF Machining Solutions is one of the world’s leading providers of precision engineering and advanced manufacturing technologies for high-precision components and tooling industry. These competencies and technologies are incorporated into the UNITED MACHINING division. The group's portfolio includes the brands AGIE CHARMILLES, CHARMILLES, MIKRON MILL, LIECHTI, STEP TEC, and SYSTEM 3R. This includes machines for high-speed milling, EDM (Electrical Discharge Machining), laser texturing, and laser micro-machining. In addition, the division offers state-of-the-art spindles as well as solutions for automation and digitization, backed by global customer and application support.

Billions of people come into contact with Bühler technologies to cover their basic needs for food and mobility every day. For this, we develop the best process solutions along complete value chains and make full use of digitalization, for example with our digital platform Bühler Insights. It monitors, analyzes and adjusts industrial processes to make them more efficient. Digital solutions are the key drivers to reach our targets of reducing energy, waste and water usage in our customers’ value chains by 50% by 2025. Two billion people each day enjoy foods produced on Bühler equipment; and one billion people travel in vehicles manufactured with parts produced with our machinery. Having this global relevance, we are in a unique position to turn today’s global challenges into sustainable and good business in close collaboration with customers, academia and start-ups.

DMG MORI is a leading global manufacturer of high-precision machine tools and is represented in 44 countries – with 124 sales and service locations, including 17 production plants. In the “Global One Company”, more than 13,500 employees are driving the development of holistic solutions in the manufacturing industry. With technology integration, end-to-end automation and digitization solutions we make it possible to increase productivity and resource efficiency at the same time.