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The year 2024 will be remembered as an economically turbulent and historically significant year. For pro-micron, it was one of the most important years since the company was founded. With the acquisition by Sandvik and upgrades to our “fusion” software product, the year began very purposefully.

In the course of the year, we also reached an important milestone in the hardware sector: the delivery of the 700th individually specified spike® holder variant.

Thanks to personnel reinforcement in our Tech Center, we were able to significantly expand our capacities for live demonstrations and customer visits. In addition, pro-micron was present at numerous important events and trade fairs.
At the end of the year, we received a special visit from high-ranking representatives from Sandvik Coromant.

In February, the acquisition of pro-micron GmbH by Sandvik, which had already been announced in December 2023, was successfully completed. Since then, both companies have been working intensively on integration as well as on the joint further development and optimization of our product range.

The first of two planned software upgrades was successfully rolled out in February. This upgrade included significant improvements in user-friendliness as well as a new analysis area that enables deeper insights into the recorded process and force data.

In the course of a further upgrade, both customer feedback was responded to and further features were added in the analysis area.

Since spike® can be individually adapted to customer requirements on tool holders of various manufacturers and sizes, the 700th spike® with individual specifications left our company this year.
This number underlines the versatility and adaptability of spike® as well as the high competence of our team.

In the middle of the year, we reinforced our Tech Center with personnel and made extensive optical and capacity-related changes in order to offer visitors an even more impressive experience.
Our new 140-inch video wall is particularly worth mentioning.
We look forward to welcoming you to our Tech Center soon!

At the beginning of 2024, our spike®Inspindle was presented at the Open House event of DMG MORI in Pfronten. In April, we were represented at the GROB in-house exhibition in Mindelheim to present the new analysis feature within fusion.
As part of the new cooperation and ownership situation, we took part in the Sandvik TechDays in Renningen in April, with a stand, on a machine with spike® live demonstration and a lecture slot.
In September, we concluded the trade fair year with our participation in AMB 2024 in Stuttgart, the leading trade fair for the industry.

In November, Sandvik Coromant CEO Helen Blomqvist visited us in Kaufbeuren together with Sanela Lundqvist (Vice President HR) and Rüdiger Mannherz (CFO). After a tour of the company, a live demonstration followed in our Tech Center as well as a subsequent Q&A session between Sandvik and pro-micron, in which the common future was discussed.