24 Railway bogie manufacturer (ES) In the case of a Spanish company dedicated to the maintenance of railstock components, such as bogies, they optimized measuring and alignment process significantly, which means increasing the productivity and availability of the machine. VSET enables you to secure a decisive competitive advantage. In this case, only the VSET-Measuring module was used. This confirms the non-dependence existing among the three modules and the flexibility that it offers. In the same manner, the result that is obtained from the VSET-Measuring can be exported to metrological software or even the measurement of a laser-trac- ker can be an input of the VSET-Fitting module. Fagor Arrasate (ES) Fagor Arrasate is a company dedicated to the manufacturing of structural parts of large press machines, where a VSET has been Industrial Awards recently installed. According to Gaizka Uribarren, Development Responsible at Fagor Arrasate: “Although we are in the early sta- ges of implementation in Fagor Arrasate, the VSET system is truly promising for the alignment needs prior to the machining of high- volume mechanized structures of our presses. The first demonstrations give us hope that it will be an impor- tant advance; not only in savings of noteworthy times in the measurement, fit and alignment, which will result in a fast return on investment; but also, in providing us with a guarantee of quality assurance. Our technicians are acquiring the skill of use quickly and we believe that once their use in the area of machining, we can take advantage of its potential by expanding its field of use to the measurement of finished parts and the prescription of the system to our key suppliers.” • VSET system —protected under a European patent (EP2570236 B1)— is being recog- nised by the industrial sector. Since its launch to the market in 2017 in Soraluce’s Excellence Center in Germany (Bimatec Soraluce), the system was well-received by customers and awarded with the MM Zurb AMB 2018 under the Metrology and Quality Control category. As a result of this very first industrial recognition, Bimatec Soraluce qualified for and won the presti- gious Best of Industry Award 2019 in the category of Measuring and Testing tech- MEASUREMENT nology by the MM Maschinenmarkt prestigious industrial journal. In this award contest, 31 nominees in 11 categories were put to the vote. An independent jury of experts from research, industry and editorial staff and the readership of MM MaschinenMarkt decided on the award. In total, the readers of the journal had submitted more than 16,000 votes in different categories in the online voting process. The presentation of the Best of Industry Award 2019 took place during a festive gala in the Vogel Convention Center in Würzburg. Andreas Lindner and Thilo Borbonus, Managing Directors at Bimatec Soraluce, Claudia Ferri, Head of Marketing at Bimatec Soraluce, and Jan Lauer, Head of Sales Department at Bimatec Soraluce, attended the award ceremony on behalf of all the employees of Bimatec Soraluce and Soraluce. Claudia Ferri, Head of Marketing of Bimatec Soraluce, during the award ceremony: “The award recognizes pioneering, innovative products and solutions that create added value for the market. We are therefore very pleased that our position as one the technological market leaders for large milling and turning centers is confirmed with this prestigious award.” Jan Lauder, Sales Manager at Bimatec Soraluce, best synthetizes the bet in the VSET system: “An optimized measuring and alignment process significantly increases the productivity and availability of our machine. VSET enables you to secure a decisive competitive advantage!”.