You could not have made your feelings clearer! Our usual visitor satisfaction survey conducted at the end of EPHJ 2023 found that 98% of respondents rated the quality of exhibitors as good or excellent! As if that weren’t enough, the survey also reveals that the EPHJ Show, besides being very good for business, serves as […]

Colorcatch Nano 2, the ultimate in colour measurement, has arrived! This patented and highly accurate colorimeter is the only one in the world to be equipped with a Bluetooth camera that can be connected to a smartphone or tablet, allowing you to point to a precise detail of the colour you want to measure. Both compact […]

What an ingenious idea! While a laser can operate as a micromachining tool, with its point of light (measuring just a few tens of microns) scanning the surface at full speed, without heating up the material, without contact and without burrs, what happens when the area to be treated extends beyond the scanner’s field of […]

Every month that passes sees companies in the manufacturing sector grow horizontally, by expanding their markets, or vertically, by extending their technological expertise. These two types of development are made possible by tie-ups between companies with different backgrounds. The EPHJ Show is an excellent opportunity to forge such contacts. Here are a few examples: Manufacturing […]

The four finalist projects in the 2023 Watch Medtech Challenge have just been revealed. Precitec, Werth, GrindoSonic and Permapack will be developing their ideas over the coming months before pitching them in a bid to win first prize next summer. The aim? “To enable our exhibitors to diversify their operations with the medical sector, which […]

Nicola Thibaudeau, CEO of MPS, winner of the 2023 Exhibitors’ Grand Prix What was your reaction when you learnt MPS had been chosen by exhibitors as the 2023 winner of the EPHJ Exhibitors’ Grand Prix? We were extremely proud because developing Oscrew, our innovative weight and bearing system, meant a lot to us as we […]

Jean-Daniel Pasche, President of the Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry (FH) Your time as head of the FH is coming to an end in December. How are you feeling as the big day approaches, after 30 years of service to the Swiss watch industry? I’m preparing myself for this milestone and the prospect of […]

We continue our presentation of the major innovations honoured at EPHJ 2023 with Percipio Robotics, a spin-off from the FEMTO-ST research institute, which has designed the Tulip gripper. This compact, lightweight gripper, weighing less than 30g, is designed for micromanipulation and can grip objects from 50µm to 10mm. It solves the problems of large grippers […]

A number of innovations that marked the 2023 edition of the EPHJ Show deserve a fresh look. We begin this series with GF Machining Solutions, which presented its Microlution ML-5 machine, a laser micromachining solution for the watchmaking industry. The ML-5 offers consistent precision, reduced machining times and great design flexibility. Using femtosecond laser technology, […]