Fives Group, established over 200 years ago and headquartered in Paris, France, is a global industrial engineering leader specializing in the design and manufacture of machines, process equipment, and production lines for various industries. Their expertise spans sectors such as aerospace, aluminum, automotive, cement & minerals, energy, glass, logistics, oil & gas, steel, and sugar. Fives is committed to innovation, sustainability, and digitalization, aiming to enhance the energy efficiency and environmental performance of industrial operations. With a presence in 24 countries and a workforce of over 9,000 employees, Fives continues to pioneer disruptive solutions and technologies for the industry.
Fives Landis Ltd. has secured a large order for 5 x Landis LT2e and 4 x LT2He grinding machines to manufacture both camshafts and crankshafts. These machines will be installed into plants based in Western Europe and South America.
The custom nozzle design allows the flow position and shape to precisely match the challenging wheel geometry with less components in the assembly, while also providing optimum flow to the metal cutting zone in the grinding machine. This increases the machines performance and optimizes the grind cycle.
A large Tier 1 supplier and OEM in the automotive market has placed multiple orders with Fives Giustina to retool their Giustina Horizontal Double Disc machines, including partial refurbishments.
Nexter inaugurated its new high-speed machining cell in Roanne (France), in the presence of Sylvain Rousseau, Director of Operations, and around one hundred people, including representatives from Fives Machining, the President of the High Precision Machines Division, Raphaël Constantin, and the Deputy General Director of Fives Group, Denis Mercier.
Fives held an exclusive open house week event to showcase OTOMES, a highly flexible and modular manufacturing execution system for steel and tube manufactures, in mid-July 2021 in Sovizzo, Northern Italy.
AddUp, a joint venture created by Michelin and Fives in 2016, has announced the introduction of its latest metal 3D printing machine using laser powder bed fusion (L-PBF) technology.
After AMELIOS Suite and VirtuoTM OptiScale, two technologies developed by Fives have been also awarded the "Solar Impulse Efficient Solution Label": SmartLine and H.R.A. (Heat Recovery Area), intended for the steel and glass production industries respectively. A further recognition of Fives' ability to develop solutions that meet high criteria in terms of both profitability and sustainability.