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Automated line for the production of hairpin stators of traction electric motors

Electric mobility is a promise and an unknown for the European market and West nations in general. For various reasons, the e-mobility is a need and an opportunity for a Country with a broad area of potential customers like China where Atop, now controlled by IMA, intends to play a protagonist role.

Amedeo Felisa, Executive Chairman of Atop Spa

Chaired by that outstanding Amedeo Felisa who until 2016 was Chief Executive Officer of Ferrari Spa and Ferrari Nv, Atop was established in 1993 and, since then, it has manufactured machines and lines for the production of wound stators and rotors of electric motors. Controlled by Charme private equity fund since dal 2017, at the end of last May the company was taken over by the Emilia Group IMA that acquired 84% of stakes and is going to make the enterprise the pillar of its diversification and control strategies in the e-mobility sector. Headquarters at Barberino Val d’Elsa, in Florence province, Atop has made research one of the feathers in the cap of its activity and develops innovative technological solutions for electric traction in strict collaboration with its customers, analysing their products to optimize inherent manufacturing. Their incidence on the corporate turnover (89 million Euros foreseen by the end of the year, +50% versus 2018) is expected to reach the 50% peak in 2019; lower is clearly the weight of supplies to traditional automotive, white goods, power-tools and industrial applications. In the course of its two last financial years, as also the financial press reported, as many as 50 workers have joined its human resources and now the company relies on 250 employees. It is not a secondary aspect, as Tuscan manufacturer’s force precisely resides in knowledge and human factor, as Amedeo Felisa in person has confirmed to Electric Motor Engineering.

Four-wheeled China: numbers
To outline the sizes of the Chinese automotive market, we should just think that, despite the 14.6% downturn versus 2018, in the only April month 1.98 million vehicles were delivered there. They have calculated sales of hybrid electric or battery models amounted to 1.3 million units in 2018, rising by 67% compared to the previous year. The local Government finances the start-ups operating in the e-mobility sector and in 2018 allocated budgets reached three billion dollars. Still institutional programmes impose the introduction of at least 30% electric models into the respective ranges to manufacturers; and 533 were the car lines withdrawn from the market owing to environmental reasons, and among them some Audi, Chevrolet and Mercedes.
Twisting machine for hairpin stators

The course is traced

«The investment in human resources will go on», Felisa stated in an interview, «also because some operations, despite the automation boost, are still entrusted to specialized operators. I personally try to bring as a dowry that precious capability of perceiving customers’ requirements, gained as automotive’s child». On the other hand, according to the manufacturer who in his experience heritage naturally encompasses on-board electronics and electric motors not intended for the vehicle ambit, know-how is an added-value appreciated by IMA to the ends of the takeover. «It was foreseeable that IMA’s share might grow and land in other high-potential segments», Felisa underlined, «considering the Bolognese brand’s presence in Charme operation. We have provided our partner with competences and professionalism, manufacturing lines and a branched and structured distribution channel. Last but not least, components upon design that are worth 60% of the business». The current evolution phase is completed by an enlargement of operational spaces, while the growth of activity and turnover will depend on the automotive industry’s trend, too.

In transition phase

The clarity of the industrial policy in the mobility matter is the reason why the People’s Republic of China is the main target of Atop and, consequently, of IMA. «Currently», the manager commented «we are living a transition phase on a global scale. The horizon is full electric but at present reality is dominated by hybrid and plug-in. The evolutionary course towards the full electrification has undoubtedly its sound reason for existence, especially abroad and, to an even bigger extent, in China, in the light of a variety of different motivations». Environment first, because Beijing is strenuously struggling against the atmospheric pollution, considering that, according to some estimates, its production of carbon dioxide would amount to 13 gigatons, 30% more than those emitted by Europe and USA together. Not only. The socialist State neither owns oil resources nor does it intend to depend on others to provision the necessary requirements to sustain its immense circulating fleet. «In the e-mobility ambit», Felisa commented, «Chinese players can proceed according to their own rates and rules, they own rare earths that represent a precious raw material for the production of batteries; they operate in joint venture with big western companies».

Automated line for manufacturing single-pole brushless stators for electric power steering

Head in Europe, volumes elsewhere

Precisely, because if on one hand the vast majority of commercial negotiations is likely to concentrate in Asia, on the other hand Europe still constitutes the adoptive country of the most innovative and advanced R&D. Therefore, «Atop aims at preserving a strong focus» on the old continent that plays a crucial role for the «technological progress», but at the same time it stakes on the Dragon to go on increasing its sale volumes. From China to Italy, the gap is not small at all. «Italy suffers from the indecisions of Fiat Chrysler», Amedeo Felisa ended, «for which electric motors have been anything but the core business for a long time. Currently, FCA seems to show more propensity for the issue, although the missed agreement with Renault has been stunning. Apart from this, the matter is convincing users to shift to electric: for instance, making available the necessary infrastructures, of complex implementation. Elsewhere, in Europe, the road is already traced, also due to incentives allocated by various national Executives. The paradox is that, astride limitations to diesel and the strong debate about electrification, customers finally remain doubtful and uncertain. And they do not buy at all. In such a complex scenario, Atop confirms to be partner of the major world players, facing ever-changing challenges with customized solutions for state-of-the-art electric motors».

Pioneer of the e-revolution

GROB headquarters in Mindelheim, Germany

Today, “electromobility” is one of its keywords. We are talking about GROB, a top player who broadened its product range significantly by moving into this area. As a turnkey supplier in the system business, GROB already has an excellent reputation in the market, but with its technology, electromobility is calling for a new way of working and thus for changes in approach. And the company is ready.


Electromobility is gaining importance at an increasingly fast pace and transformations in vehicle drive technology have already begun. The markets have responded to these changes in various ways. GROB, with its inherent strength and experience of making highly productive manufacturing and assembly lines, has already squared up to this new challenge.

Plan of the new GROB plant in Pianezza, Italy

After several years in installation and development, this new line of GROB’s business is now well established. Indeed, four years ago, in response to the increasingly progressive pace of technological change with vehicle powertrains, GROB established a Research and Development team that focuses solely on electromobility. In collaboration with the automotive industry, engineering processes and methods for the series production of high-efficiency electric motors and extremely compact battery modules with a high power density are being developed and trialed on over 2,500 m² of space.

The choice to win

Modular battery module assembly system
Hairpin stator

To accelerate the set-up and development phase, GROB consolidated its knowledge of winding and inserting technology and, in early 2017, acquired a renowned mechanical engineering partner for the production of electric motors – DMG meccanica. To complete its integration and optimize its structure, DMG meccanica has undergone the final step of the acquisition and been renamed GROB Italy Srl in January 2018.
The cooperation between GROB and DMG meccanica was a win-win situation for both companies. GROB took this step in order to strengthen its many years of research and development work in the field of electromobility and DMG meccanica has found in GROB a strong, globally-oriented partner for series production.

A place to design and manufacture

Wire mat fitting
Inserting technology

To expand these technologies further investments are planned, like the new plant in Pianezza in Italy which is currently under construction. The transfer of the GROB Italy plant from Buttigliera Alta to Pianezza is part of a long-term development plan which intends to make Pianezza a place of reference regarding the design and manufacturing of special machines and automation solutions for the production of electric motors. To support this important technological development, GROB has set up the new plant in Pianezza as a highly functional center, with an area of 24,000 m², of which 4,800 m² are dedicated to production and 3,300 m² to offices and services. It is intended to pool the whole production cycle from conceiving an idea to its practical implementation and with its expertise as a turn-key supplier, recognized by the automotive industry on many occasions, GROB has already mastered all the processes and technologies required to offer system concepts for reliable and cost-efficient series production.

GROB headquarters in Mindelheim, Germany

Technical focus

One of the core processes in the production of an electric motor is the process of guiding the copper wires into the stator. GROB covers all known processes here, including wave winding technology, the hairpin process and fan-coil technology. GROB Italy Srl also covers the winding/inserting technology as well as the needle winding. The design of electric motors is aimed at a high power density and good efficiency. This requires very precise machines and systems. The challenge lies in the manufacture of process-stable and precisely timed systems, since very tight tolerances are specified to achieve performance. For battery cells currently round, prism and pouch cells are used. These are assembled to form a module. Planning parameters such as degree of automation, cycle time and output quantities are individually adapted to customer requirements. New processes, materials and technologies are researched and tested with regard to their suitability for use in the automotive industry. A very varied mechanical engineering is required for module assembly (cell assembly, module assembly, packing assembly). This means that GROB can market and operate all the production processes required in the automotive industry.

UL’s Sealed tube chemical compatibility test

FAET has made a strategic investment for the setup of the new advanced laboratory that offers an added-value service besides core business ones

The new added-value service by FAET aims at evolving its interaction with customers, mainly OEM. It is the new laboratory set up inside its Milanese headquarters, which takes part in UL DAP Program, able to execute the Sealed Tube Test for the UL Electrical Insulation System Modify

FAET’s strategic investment for the establishment of this new forefront laboratory and the participation in the Third Party Test Data Program actually offer an added-value service, in addition to core business ones. Targets are essentially two: in-house providing for the quality control of incoming materials, to achieve higher reliability certainty, and playing a protagonist role for the UL certification.

UL Third Party Test Data Program

When it comes to UL, Underwriters Laboratories Inc, the independent American organization for safety certifications that develops standards and tests for products, materials and components, often it is not clear how to operate and there is a lot of confusion on this side of the ocean. The American market is ruled by very severe regulations and any accident connected with insulation systems has a high cost for companies. In the United States, due to a matter of protection and safety, but also to stress safety in all markets worldwide, the UL certification is called to certify the compliance with strict rules.

Today FAET’s mission is simplifying the daily routine of OEM, including the manufacturers of electric motors or of other plants that need a certified Electrical insulation system in their inside: «After a certification course lasted one year, now we are a third party test Data program participant. – explained us Dario Ferrigato, Marketing Manager of FAET – It is a programme that allows us to carry out the Sealed Tube Chemical Compatibility Test per UL 1446 Standard for Systems of Insulating Materials”.

The Sealed Tube Chemical Compatibility Test per UL 1446 Standard for Systems of Insulating Materials consists in the comparison between an original insulation system called “Reference” and one or more systems customized by the customer and called “Candidate”, carried out in compliance with the provisions of the Standard UL 1446 seventh edition

The participation in such programme allows FAET to execute tests on customers’ behalf and results are accepted by UL as if UL itself had directly obtained them, certifying the conformity to the UL 1446 standard. The successive step is the certification that UL will issue after test results. «This laboratory – added Ferrigato – joins the very few other structures in the world not owned by UL able to perform the test. It is a precious opportunity for FAET, today able to provide the market with a very high added-value service allowing the company to become a reference reality in Europe and to rise exponentially the brand recognisability».

Whoever needs to interface with UL to modify an insulation system and to test it according to their standards, can then exploit the competences, the specific know-how of FAET, its rapidity and its laboratory, yearly subjected to a re-certification audit.

Why executing the test at faet’s? Here are the advantages
The laboratory headquartered at Rozzano is unique of its kind in the SEMEA area, then the relative proximity to the structure, especially for the South area of Europe, is a logistic plus that allows avoiding travels overseas. Highlights include the possibility of interfacing with a single partner in the process of modification and adoption of the insulation system, with specific advisor skills in design choices. Besides, the availability of the materials to be tested or their easier provisioning are benefits that add to the others, permitting a saving of the time needed for the test execution.

The soup metaphor

Insulation systems inside a motor are safety systems that prevent the risk of electric shock and fire during the normal operation of the motor itself. To comply with determinate severe safety standards, the various components in its inside must have determinate chemical, physical and electric characteristics and conform to different parameters depending on the used materials.

Silvio Cattinzoli, engineer and Quality System & Technical Manager of FAET, explained us the insulation system with a metaphor that compares it to a “soup”, then a recipe that contains a multiplicity of ingredients “mixed” one another and expected to have some determinate features, both individually and in combination. The manufacturers that need to change and to add ingredients to such dish must previously carry out a test that certifies the new mix of components.

THE TEST
It is called precisely Sealed Tube Chemical Compatibility Test per UL 1446 Standard for Systems of Insulating Materials and consists in the comparison between an original insulation system called “Reference” and one or more systems customized by the customer and called “Candidate”, carried out in compliance with the provisions of the Standard UL 1446 seventh edition. «It is a comparison between something existing and something new or modified and it aims at assessing whether a determinate material added to the material already tested is compatible or not at chemical level. Actually, it is an electric test that ascertains the chemical compatibility». The test provides for the insertion of all components into two glass tubes, one containing the components of the original system and one with the components of the new system. The inserted elements concern the primary insulation, which divides the copper conductor with all other live electric parts, and all those components that are not specifically needed for the insulation but are present for the motor implementation. Those auxiliary components that do not constitute the real insulation must be tested to conform to determinate parameters, too. «Components –Mr Cattinzoli explained us in detail – are introduced into tubes together with copper twisted pairs that are manufactured according to specific standards and can be both coated or not coated with electro-insulating resins or varnishes. Afterwards, tubes are closed with specific flanges and stored in a oven for 14 days, at a temperature exceeding by 25° the one of the system under testing. After opening them, the electric discharge test is executed on twisted pairs, at least 10 per tube. Therefore, 10 results per tube are achieved and averaged out, the average value of the “candidate” tube is compared with the average value of the “Reference” tube. If the average calculated for the modified system is within 50% of the original one’s value, the test is passed and then that new “recipe” can be used for manufacturing the electrical insulation system under construction». It is a propaedeutic test to achieve the certification of the final product. Recalling our metaphor, the single vegetables composing it must be certified, the soup in its whole must be certified and then the entire laid table, too.
What is brewing …
If with the Sealed Tube Chemical Compatibility Test per UL 1446 Standard for Systems of Insulating Materials we “modify the soup recipe cooked by uncle Tom in America”, to start instead from scratch and to create a new insulation system ex-novo, it is necessary to carry out other tests, like the full thermal aging. To create this new original recipe, the test is much more challenging, also in terms of investment, and it can last even one year and a half. «We are evaluating – the Marketing Manager ended – a further growth in next years and the unceasing innovation and evolution that will involve the new FAET laboratory, likely to result in the introduction of other tests».
Components are introduced into tubes together with copper twisted pairs that are manufactured according to specific standards. Afterwards, tubes are closed with specific flanges and stored in a oven for 14 days at a temperature exceeding by 25° the one of the system under testing

«The possibility of executing the Sealed Tube Chemical Compatibility Test per UL 1446 Standard for Systems of Insulating Materials inside FAET is very advantageous because the company can rely on a very broad availability of insulation products and it is much easier to find the ideal solution for each manufacturer. Continuing the metaphor, we can compare FAET to the biggest vegetable garden in Europe to cook the perfect soup».

The company
FAET is third party test Data program participant and this allows it to execute tests on customers’ behalf: results are accepted by UL as if UL itself had directly obtained them, certifying their conformity to the UL 1446 standard.

Established in 1965, today FAET is one of the leader European realities in the electro-mechanical market, with the primary core business consisting of insulation systems for electric motors. The company can supply any processing on insulating materials, needed for the manufacturing of windings for electric motors, pumps, generators and transformers in all insulation classes and proposes also a broad range of electromechanical components for their repair and finishing. Currently, the Group’s turnover exceeds 20 million Euros, the company exports in over 50 Countries, manages about 10,000 stocked references and in-house performs all production processes, to assure the highest quality of its products.

The test is a propaedeutic to achieve the certification of the final product. According to the “soup metaphor”, the single vegetables composing it must be certified, the soup in its whole must be certified and then also the entire laid table, therefore the finished product

However, advantages go far beyond thanks to such a wide warehouse and the privileged ranking held by FAET today in Europe and in the world. «The thousands of contacts we entertain with manufacturers on a world scale – stated the technical manager of FAET – allow our customers to simplify the research of the products to be inserted, often mandatorily used in the reference insulation system, for instance because it was manufactured in the Sixties in the United States with now unavailable products in Europe and hardly found even in the United States. Relying on a partner like us, able to interface on their behalf, is then an advantageous key factor».

 

Vattenfall and Echandia Marine Superfast charging for electric ferry

Vattenfall

Vattenfall and Echandia Marine have developed a new solution for electric ferries that is designed to minimise emissions and noise and at the same time lower operational and maintenance costs and provide superfast charging.
The systems are installed on E/S Movitz that operates in central Stockholm and can be fully charged within 10 minutes with up to 500 kW charging power.
The solution is called “Power as a service” and means that the ownership and management of the equipment, which includes the charging station, the battery system and the driveline, lies with Vattenfall with long experience of owning and operating electric power systems.
This includes, among other things, operation and maintenance, electrical safety responsibility and any further investments during the contract period.

UL certification of insulation systems: inaugurated FAET Italian laboratory

Last October 3rd, in the prestigious venue of Golf Club at Tolcinasco (Milan), was held the first workshop signed by FAET, a meeting aimed at establishing a connection among the OEM world companies interested in the UL certification of the components for insulation systems equipping electric motors.

Mark Raymond, principal Engineer-Ul, illustrated the highlights of the specific Sealed Tube Chemical Compatibility Testing

Spotlights were cast on the new FAET laboratory, on Third Party Test Data Program and on all related advantages for sector players, an ambit that is calling for higher and higher performances. As DuPont perfectly knows, company that during the meeting reported various case histories (by Roger C. Wicks, Global Technical Marketing Manager), as well as UL that, through the speech by the American Mark Raymond, one of the major experts in insulation systems in the world, illustrated the highlights of the specific Sealed Tube Chemical Compatibility Testing.

Roger C. Wicks, Global Technical Marketing Manager- DuPont

Since today, in the up-to-date structure at Rozzano (Mi), FAET can in fact test whether the mix of the various components inside the insulation system is appropriate and then it can achieve the UL certification.

Silvio Cattinzoli, Quality System & Technical Manager of FAET

The details of the accomplishment of this important partnership were finally explained by Silvio Cattinzoli, Quality System & Technical Manager of FAET, who underlined how it is strategic to supply, in the whole Mediterranean basin, an added-value service to customers that so benefit from not being compelled to directly interfacing with UL.

Gabriele Guidi, Ceo and owner of FAET

 

«We are speeding up an important phase for FAET and UL, in the name of insulation systems’ safety. We hope this workshop is the first of a long series because companies increasingly need information, dialogue and aggregation» – the Ceo and owner of FAET, Gabriele Guidi, stated at the event start.

Electric bus without driver under test in Merano

The first experimentation in Italy for a 100% electric autonomous shuttle bus for the transport of passengers recently started in Merano, close to downtown.
The bus, produced by the French company Navya, counts fifteen places (eleven seats and four standing) and steering wheel and driver are not present because the whole is run by an artificial intelligence assisted by seventeen satellites and sensors and cameras that allow reading the pace and detecting sudden unforeseen obstacles.
This initiative is backed by the Mentor project, funded with 1.5 million Euros by the European cooperation programme Interreg V/A Italy-Switzerland.
The Interreg V-A Italy-Switzerland Co-operation Programme 2014-2020 contributes to achieving the objectives of the Europe 2020 Strategy in line with the EU Regulations and the New Swiss Regional Policy (NPR), identifying the common needs on both sides of the border.

Machines, systems and automated lines for the production of electric motors

What factors determine the success of a company and allow remaining on the international stage, keeping pace with times and technologies? Every entrepreneur ponders this question when he must implement a successful strategy for his business, analysing all the elements that share in the achievement of wished results.
We have discussed this key issue with the Managing Director Massimiliano Signoretta and Fausto Rinaudo, Sales & Marketing Director of CM, who have highlighted the company’s history and present reality.

The human capital

Massimiliano Signoretta, Managing Director of CM, relies on a technical background that plays a fundamental role in the business management, as well as on specific competences that allow him to focus the company’s entrepreneurial vision on technology. «We started as manufacturers of machines for the production of electric motors in years when the technological forefront was represented by automation; several customers used manual or semi-automated machines suiting productions that currently would seem minimal. A market with growing attention to performances, the reduction of manufacturing costs and increasingly high qualitative standards has made our sector more and more demanding and has urged players to keep pace with technology and automation, without however neglecting the economic aspect because the competition still concerns prices, despite all. Certainly, it was strategic to build an in-house division intended for the production of our machines’ equipment – the core of the system – thing that permits us to manage directly the design, the production and commissioning, assuring customers the utmost quality and shorter times between the testing and production start. However, I would like to acknowledge that the credit of CM’s growth goes not only to the technological and performance level but it must also be acknowledged to an internal staff composed by highly specializes resources, able to work in team and aimed at a successful goal that belongs to the whole company but, first of all, to the workers who are daily committed so that management strategies are not only theory but are mirrored in results».

The company is headquartered at Moncalieri, in Turin province and for over 20 years it has designed and manufactured machines, systems and automated lines for the production of electric motors

Fausto Rinaudo, Sales Director of CM, has operated for several years in the electric motor sector and is specialized in international marketing, with specific expertise in China and United States, where over the years he has gained direct experience. «When I started my collaboration in CM, our market of electric motors was specifically dedicated to the household appliance industry. In the last four years, we have focused our attention on the automotive sector, especially on the electric/hybrid car, with automotive engines. The e-mobility sector has then proved to be the trump card on which to stake at present and in the future, considering to what extent the boost towards the environmental sustainability has become the main priority for many Countries. It was not easy to approach such an innovative and unexplored ambit and to develop business through a strategy taking many factors into account, like the technological content, the economic factor, delivery times and technical specifications. We are very proud of our positive trend, the market has positively welcomed our proposal and our commercial network has been implemented along the years with dynamic efficient collaborators who locally operate abroad, where we are currently present, in particular in China and United States. In Europe, we had been already operational for several years and we count among our customers some historical industrial Groups that in the sector of electric motors are considered market protagonists in international ambit. Obviously, the challenge is not won, we are boosted by the market itself to provide proactive answers, possibly anticipating sector trends to be proactive immediately ».

Fausto Rinaudo, Sales Director of CM

In the last four years, we have focused our attention on the automotive sector, especially on the electric/hybrid car, with automotive engines. It was not easy to approach such an innovative and unexplored ambit and to develop business through a strategy taking many factors into account, like the technological content, the economic factor, delivery times and technical specifications. We are very proud of our positive trend, the market has positively welcomed our proposal. Obviously, the challenge is not won, we are boosted by the market itself to provide proactive answers, possibly anticipating sector trends to be proactive immediately.

From engineering to production start

In its first years of life, CM has integrated outstanding specialized resources of the former PAVESI, top player in the manufacturing of machinery for electric motors. Afterwards, CM’s production has evolved, implementing automated systems and lines with a high level of integration and automation, thus suiting a more and more challenging market in terms of technology and performances.
«The activity ranges from the production of stand-alone machines to machining centres and fully automated lines, from the retooling of already existing machines to the supply of specific equipment and spare parts. Hand in hand with the rise of the manufacturing capacity, CM completes its staff with highly specialized resources, able to take care of customers suitably in each design phase, from the engineering to the commissioning».
The company has succeeded in developing systems to supply the ideal solution for each operation, like Slot Insulation, Winding & Insertion, Phase Barrier Insertion, Pre- Forming, Lacing&Knotting, Final Forming, Leads Connection and Testing. All referred to a complete range of motors like EV-HEV, compressor, pumps, brushless, servo, stepper, in the IEC 56Ă· 355 range.

Line 4.0, a real case
Recently, at the factory of an Italian top player they have installed a fully automatic winding line for the production of IEC 56Ă· 115 electric motors, managed by a single operator. The stator coming from shearing is directly loaded/unloaded on a palletized line by a robot equipped with vision system, all work/pallet stations are prearranged with RFID readers and scanner for reading barcodes/QR of materials that are processed and managed by the integrated traceability system. Moreover, the line is interfaced with Industry 4.0 technology and connected for after sale service, maintenance and updates in remote.

Manufacturing processes conform to the most severe international regulations about the quality control and CM’s main commitment consists in searching for the best solutions, aimed at improving quality and productivity for the utmost customer satisfaction

«The experience gained on the field goes on hand in hand with the constant unceasing commitment to training: the autonomous design and production of all equipment, which are the technology’s core, the process control, from the motor analysis to the equipment production, assure the finished product quality».

Flexible automation

The automation level of the machines produced by CM is determined according to customers’ requirements: the range of catalogue machines goes from manual stand-alone models to extreme automation, accomplished with an operating line managed by a single operator.
«Manufacturing processes conform to the most severe international regulations about the quality control and the main commitment consists in searching for the best solutions, aimed at improving quality and productivity, with customer satisfaction as goal, the focus of all of our activities and undisputed protagonist of the corporate mission».

An international sales network

The production increment, together with a constantly changing organization, have allowed CM to develop an international sales network operating on various strategic markets. «We can work directly on the spot, in both the commercial and in the operational design stage, sending our team directly to customers’ factories or through our remote support, for the standard daily activity of assistance in production».

Development drivers

The innovation upswing has been an irremissible condition for CM and its growth. Besides, all development assets have been actually dedicated to the automotive industry, with specific focus on motors for hybrid and full electric vehicles, making the company become a reference reality for all primary automotive Groups in Europe, Asia and North America.
The use of high capacity/speed communication protocols in the data transmission has allowed further enhancing the services of integrated diagnostics and remote assistance, in line with the requisites of Industry 4.0, with the target of providing customers worldwide with a constant process monitoring.

Massimiliano Signoretta, Managing Director of CM

A market with growing attention to performances, the reduction of manufacturing costs and increasingly high qualitative standards has made our sector more and more demanding and has urged players to keep pace with technology and automation, without however neglecting the economic aspect because the competition still concerns prices, despite all. The credit of CM’s growth goes not only to the technological and performance level but also to an internal staff composed by highly specializes resources, able to work in team, and to the workers who are daily committed so that management strategies are not only theory but are mirrored in results.

All necessary resources for the design, development, production, installation and production start by customers’ plants are in-house and make up a highly specialized multicultural work team, able to interact with Italian and foreign interlocutors and to solve whatever problems in very short times.
Besides satisfying the various demands, the company’s commitment to production aims at exceeding market expectations, optimizing the various manufacturing phases at best due to the experience gained along the years. «Our specialized engineers are entrusted with the customer care under all respects and, in particular, in the machine setup. The manufacturing management is focused on delivery terms that, consistently with the machine complexity, must be strongly reduced to meet customers’ productivity requirements: the time factor is a crucial element for them in the plant choice».

The corporate propensity for accepting the new challenges issued by the market, maintaining a high qualitative level and a constant research and implementation of productive processes aimed at the time and cost optimization. «It is a mix of elements that makes CM agile, reactive and ready to anticipate sector trends».
All equipment of CM machines are in-house designed and manufactured in a dedicated division, to offer absolute quality, with the possibility of being very efficient for the optimization/debug.

Taxis and electric scooters in the same APP

The urban mobility platform, top market player in Europe, has recently integrated in Turin, first city in Italy, Hive, the service of electric scooters in sharing already operating in 5 European Countries. FREE NOW and Hive are both part of FREE NOW Group, the ride-hailing company established last February by the mobility joint venture between BMW Group and Daimler AG. In the Piedmont capital city, Hive urban micro-mobility devices have been integrated and made available also through the App by FREE NOW. Therefore, from our own smartphone we can choose whether to call for a taxi ride or to rent a Hive scooter for the first and last mile displacements or, furthermore, whether to combine both vehicles to reach our destination. «We are very pleased – stated Barbara Covili, General Manager of FREE NOW Italia –with the integration of Hive electric scooters in our App. We believe electric micro-mobility represents a perfect complement to our business, which in Italy is focused on the taxi service, because it is an ideal solution for those making short journeys of about one or two kilometres. Adding Hive to the services offered by our App, we supply a further service to our customers who, by means of a single tool, will have the opportunity of choosing how to move at best in cities, in flexible and intermodal way. Therefore, the announced integration today represents a further step forward to strengthen our ranking as European leader platform for mobility ».

The iconic Hummer becomes and electric pickup

GMC HUMMER EV brings bold design and remarkable capability to the electrified vehicle space.

General Motors’ vision of an all-electric future is coming into clearer focus and gaining momentum with a $2.2 billion investment at its Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant to produce a variety of all-electric trucks and SUVs. GM’s first all-electric truck will be a pickup with production scheduled to begin in late 2021.The first advertising spot lasting 30 seconds and regarding the new GMC Hummer EV appeared for the first time during last Super Bowl. Currently General Motors has diffused the front image of the new electric Hummer. The predominant element that catches the attention? When the vehicle starts, the front of the car lights up, highlighting a design of great visual impact. Concerning technical specifications, at present we know the vehicle features 1,000 HP power and maximum torque exceeding 15,500 Nm. Performances? In 3 seconds, the electric pickup accelerates from 0 to 60 hourly miles, corresponding to 96 Km/h; values that seem to belong to a super sports car.

40 million euros for electric and hybrid cars

Ecobonus is the measure promoted by the Ministry of Economic Development that offers contributions in Italy for the purchase of low-emission vehicles, as provided for by the Budget Law 2019.
Since January 2020, it has been possible to book contributions for cars (M1 vehicles) and demands will be accepted until June 30th 2020. They have allocated almost 40 million Euros for this second phase, an amount that results in incentives for electric and hybrid cars from 1,500 to 6,000 Euros. The discriminant consists in the different characteristics of the vehicle and in the scrapping of a previous vehicle.
To receive the contributions, the purchased cars must mandatorily feature various characteristics: they must be new, from the factory, they must release CO2 emissions under 70 g/km, they must have been bought and registered in Italy from March 1st to December 31st at a list price under 50,000 Euros, options included.
The state contribution is concretized through compensation with the purchase price of the new electric or hybrid vehicle.

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