If you drive a BMW in Philly and are on the lookout for an added jolt of power or a spin on the racetrack, chances are you know Tony Salloum and his team at VAC Motorsports. "Most of our customers are BMW enthusiasts looking for ways to further enhance their already top-performing vehicles. So, we finetune their cars and take their performance to the next level," promises Salloum. A racing enthusiast through and through, Salloum is, however, first and foremost a passionate and talented machinist who manufactures custom components that increase the performance of vehicles entrusted to him.

In the shimmering outback of Australia, where the scorching sun heats up the red dust, the Sonnenwagen team from RWTH Aachen University is competing in the World Solar Challenge 2023. They are aiming for victory with their customised, solar-powered vehicle. Thanks to the collaboration with CERATIZIT, an expert in titanium machining, victory in the sun is within reach despite adverse conditions, technical challenges and unforeseen events.

Bernd Ivanov had a vision of a bike with frames milled entirely using the CNC process and produced without weld seams – a wild idea that no manufacturer has ever been able to implement in series production. Together with machining specialists from CERATIZIT, he has succeeded in milling the bike from a 70 kg aluminium block.

Many contract manufacturers are under enormous cost and time pressure. Only those who produce products cost-effectively and reliably can succeed on the international market. Harald Kosche GmbH based in Klagenfurt, Austria has gradually overhauled its entire production process and has therefore been able to achieve huge time savings in the machining of its components. This makes for an efficient process and creates free capacity for new orders!