Time travel: 1996 - 2000 |
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Tapping New Fields: Lasers, Bending, Tube Machining and Medical Technology
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Time line
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| | Apart from consistent expansion of the product range in the area of sheet metal fabrication by integrating further methods, such as bending in 1992 and tube machining in 1999, TRUMPF is also tapping totally new fields such as medical technology. In all sectors, the company is pursuing intensive strategies of growth and innovation. |
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Tube processing with high level automation: TUBEMATIC (1999) |
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| 1997 | | The 10,000th TRUMATIC is delivered. |
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The new laser factory in Ditzingen (1998)
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The company quietly celebrates its 75th anniversary. The orientation towards the future determines the company's thinking and doing.
The expansion of its production capacity is a part of that. On November 20, 1998 a new laser factory is opened at the company's headquarters in Ditzingen – underlining TRUMPF's faith in Germany as a production location.
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| 2000 | | With a new holding structure, the company adapts to the requirements of globalization and internationalization. TRUMPF has 4,800 employees worldwide and achieves sales of 1 billion Euros. |
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