ing all the tasks that are labour-intensive to minimise our production costs and maintain our competitive edge.” “We are market leaders in monorail roller technology especially in Germany and Japan and our latest feedback system is also unique in monorail systems technology. Mechatronics application technology is another area where we lead the field and this is all part of our drive towards providing more integrated business systems. Today our semiconductor business remains our biggest business sector and represents 75 per cent of sales, with industry, life sciences and others making up the balance”. Mr Fuscher added, “In terms of our geographical reach, Asia remains our main target market when it comes to our future growth prospects. This region is currently 152 Industry Europe
contributing 40 per cent to our revenues with Europe providing around 50 per cent and North America representing approximately 10 per cent. We can see what the world economy is telling us and we believe that India will surpass China when it comes to growth potential over the next few years. Our future drivers for growth will clearly be the Asian markets, as well as our new technology offerings in mechatronics, the Minirail commodity markets and our lowcost production technology.”
Extending the boundaries of linear technology Positioning systems used in particularly demanding branches of industry such as semiconductor technology, medical engineering, and solar technology must
guarantee the highest level of precision and reliability while maintaining an extremely high degree of cleanliness. Schneeberger Linear Technology is able to meet these requirements effectively by providing customer-specific solutions. This is possible thanks to the investments made in its new clean room designed specifically for the production of these systems in accordance with ISO 14446 Class 6. This clean room is used exclusively for the production of positioning systems which must meet the most stringent cleanliness requirements. If extremely high accuracy is consistently required in the most compact spaces, the Schneeberger MINIRAIL is the number-one option. MINIRAIL guideways always ensure that linear movements are carried out extremely quickly and precisely. Preferred
