Maschinenfabrik Berthold Hermle AG, the midsize machine tool manufacturing company from Gosheim, Germany, has accelerated the pace of its innovation to respond to the enormous challenges faced by users currently and in the future. Accordingly, Hermle AG is not only presenting, in the form of the new CNC 5-axis high-performance machining centre C 42 U dynamic, a practically oriented addition to the C series, which has been successful worldwide; the development engineers have also turned their power to creating significant added value for users. The best example of this is the further development of the CNC 5-axis high-performance C 50 U dynamic machining center with an MT version (MT stands for Mill/Turn) which features a fully integrated rotary table. This machining center allows for challenging milling and rotational machining in one clamping. The C 42 U dynamic machining center which has just been introduced, also benefits from this innovation. It is also available immediately as a C 42 U MT dynamic in the Mill/Turn version.

With its presentation of the completely redesigned, all-purpose 5-axis CNC high-performance C 42 U dynamic machining center, Maschinenfabrik Berthold Hermle AG, the specialist for precision machining centers, continues the success story of the C series with universal and 5-axis machining centers. Featuring the proven gantry design with modifications, the C 42 U dynamic machining center is an optimum addition to the C-series with types C 20, C 30, C 40 and C 50. With traverse paths of X-Y-Z 800/800/550 mm optimally adjusted to the maximum tool size and consistently designed for 5-axis applications, the C 42 U dynamic represents the ideal machining system for applications requiring the greatest accuracy, smallest tolerances and best surface qualities, for example tool and mold manufacturing, medical technology, aviation and aerospace, machine and apparatus construction, engine and auto racing technology and the subcontractor industry.

Over 2000 visitors from Germany and throughout Europe, including groups from Japan, Korea, Russia, Israel, China and Thailand, attended the traditional in-house exhibition of Hermle AG in Gosheim from April 23 - 26, 2008.

When the modernisation of the sheet-metal fabrication area was completed in summer 2007 chip removal manufacturing at Hermle was expanded and new production equipment installed.

With its 5-axis machines in the C Series, Hermle has been setting standards for economical and high-precision machining of prismatic workpieces in various branches of industry for years. The often copied design with 3 axes in the tool and 2 axes in the swivelling rotary table has been an established concept in 5-axis milling for some time now. It was this principle that allowed Hermle AG to almost quadruple sales from about 43 million euros when these machining centres were introduced to the market in 1995 to about 193 million euros in 2006. This success story is based primarily on the high rate of acceptance of the modified gantry design. This technology was continually adjusted to meet the demands of the market over the course of the recent years. Thus, torque motors, stainless steel-lined interiors with no interfering edges for whatever the machining task, intelligent control units with safety devices, an ergonomic layout for the machine operator and special designs for individual customer requirements above all are now standard features.