Smart Molding International 2-2020

medical application 24 smart_molding international 2/2020 F T-TEC, a medium-sized company based in the Austrian province of Burgenland, was founded in 2005 by its present Managing Partner Friedrich Trobolowitsch. The company has been located at its present address in Neutal since 2012. On its production floor, 8 injection molding machines from WITTMANN BATTENFELD are used, ranging from 650 to 4,000 kN in clamping force and equipped with robots and auxiliary appliances from WITTMANN. According to Friedrich Trobolowitsch, WITTMANN BATTEN - FELD owes the exclusive use of WITT - MANN BATTENFELD technology at FT- TEC not only to its excellent personal support and fast response, but also pri - marily to the availability of machines, robots and auxiliaries all from a single source thanks to the company being a member of the WITTMANN Group. “For me, it is important to have just one contact partner for machines, au - tomation and auxiliaries, especially for international projects,” says Friedrich Trobolowitsch. Another great advan - tage for Friedrich Trobolowitsch is the possibility to access the machines via WebService in the event of any prob - lems. FT-TEC basically specializes in three main business segments. Firstly, it develops and manufactures high-tech products for the automotive industry and is one of about 200 com - panies worldwide which are certified according to the IATF 16949 automo - bile standard. The company’s second line of spe - cialization is railway engineering prod - ucts, such as components for concrete sleeper production, fastening systems and dowel anchors. In this sector, FT-TEC holds the HPQ certificate (Manufacturer-related Prod - uct Qualification) from the German rail - way company Deutsche Bahn AG. Thirdly, FT-TEC supplies emergency systems for the shipping industry and special fishery products. Worth men - tioning in the fishery sector, for ex - ample, is an inductively rechargeable crab catcher which operates with light, sounds and vibration and partly replac - es the bait fish which would otherwise have been used. For this product, FT- TEC won an innovation award in 2019. The emergency devices for the shipping industry areman-over-board (MOB) sys - tems. The appliance developed by FT- TEC is the world’s smallest MOB system licensed for professional navigation. FT-TEC, domiciled in Neutal, specializes in the development and production of high-tech solutions for the automotive industry, railway engineering and the security sector. As an answer to the current COVID-19 situation, FT-TEC has developed a high-grade protective face shield. Injection molding technology from WITTMANN BATTENFELD is used to make the fastening devices for the shields. WITTMANN BATTENFELD molding technology for FACEshield fasteners from FT-TEC Finished FACEshields