{"id":16542,"date":"2020-03-18T22:12:46","date_gmt":"2020-03-18T21:12:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sonimat.com\/?page_id=16542"},"modified":"2020-03-31T14:17:55","modified_gmt":"2020-03-31T12:17:55","slug":"our-history-profile","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sonimat.com\/en\/company\/our-history-profile\/","title":{"rendered":"Our History & Profile"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Profile<\/h2>\n

Our know-how<\/h3>\n

As an ultrasonic equipment manufacturer, SONIMAT provides assembly, welding, cutting and slicing solutions. We also master assembly technologies using hot plate assembly as well as mirror, infrared, spin and laser welding.<\/p>\n

SONIMAT provides its expertise for many business sectors: aeronautics, food-industry, automotive, cosmetics, electronics, medical, energy, plastics, fabrics and more. For our customers, we continuously innovate to design solutions and processes in many areas: Plastic welding, food slicing, packaging sealing, welding and cutting of woven or non-woven textiles, composite cutting and welding.<\/p>\n

From design to making your products, processes and machines, our technicians and engineers provide a quality service and tailor-made responses fully adapted to your needs and requirements. From our experience, we now use an approach based on fully understanding needs in order to implement tailor-made solutions.<\/p>\n

With 20% of our turnover from export, SONIMAT supports its customers all over the world, based on the international development of the Europe technologies group.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Our technical means and locations<\/h3>\n

Design office, machine fleet, assembly workshop, testing room, testing laboratory and more. To ensure a high level of services and allow our employees to work in the best possible conditions, we are equipped with the most efficient equipment.<\/p>\n

We now have 3 locations: in Lenclo\u00eetre (Vienne), in Valserh\u00f4ne (Ain) and in Carquefou (Loire-Atlantique)<\/p>\n

SONIMAT solutions are also available in China and the United States via our\u00a0 EMPOWERING TECHNOLOGIES<\/a> subsidiaries.[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_gmaps link=”#E-8_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” size=”400″ title=”Lenclo\u00eetre (Vienne – 86)”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_gmaps link=”#E-8_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” size=”400″ title=”Valserh\u00f4ne (Ain – 01)”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_gmaps link=”#E-8_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” size=”400″ title=”Carquefou (Loire-Atlantique – 44)”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

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1993<\/h3>
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With 15 years of experience in the ultrasound sector, Luc Hachette establishes SONIMAT.<\/p>\n

A distribution agreement is signed with an American company.<\/p>\n

The thermoplastics market generates most of our work.<\/p>\n

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1994-1995<\/h3>
1st application of non-woven product welding.<\/p>\n

Commissioning of the 1st food industry slicer.<\/p>\n

Carbon fibre cutting via robot and Cartesian movement.<\/div><\/div> <\/div><\/div>

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1997-1998<\/h3>
In addition to distribution, SONIMAT moves towards the production of equipment incorporating ultrasound (machines and processes).<\/div><\/div> <\/div><\/div>
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1999-2000<\/h3>
SONIMAT develops its own digital ultrasonic generator unit. With more communication features, it facilitates commissioning of machines and ease of use by customers.<\/p>\n

The range of products is transferred to the new generator (press, metal welding, hand-gun).<\/div><\/div> <\/div><\/div>

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2001-2002<\/h3>
SONIMAT moves onto the packaging market – High speed continuous ultrasonic welding of Doypack type sachets (500 sachets\/minute).<\/div><\/div> <\/div><\/div>
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2003<\/h3>
Development and marketing of a new, more competitive generator (single board) in order to position itself in high-volume business sectors.<\/div><\/div> <\/div><\/div>
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2004<\/h3>
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International development. We sign a partnership contract with a Canadian company for food industry slicing equipment in North America.<\/p>\n

1st<\/sup> continuous welding application of long fibre composites.<\/p>\n

SONIMAT joins the Europe Technologies group.<\/p>\n

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2005-2007<\/h3>
Establishment of partnerships in Italy in the textile industry, and in France in the non-woven fabrics sector.<\/p>\n

Acceleration of developments in aeronautics (composite).<\/p>\n

Spin, hot plate and infrared welding on fully digital machines, new processes are released on the market for thermoplastics welding.<\/div><\/div> <\/div><\/div>

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2008<\/h3>
Marketing of a new generation of food industry slicers.<\/div><\/div> <\/div><\/div>
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2011<\/h3>
Launch of a SONIMAT branch in Ain (Oyonnax, France – SONIMAT EST) in the heart of the Plastic Valley, specialising in thermoplastic welding using hot plate, infrared, laser, spin and ultrasonic technologies.<\/div><\/div> <\/div><\/div>
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2014<\/h3>
Our CARQUEFOU base (SONIMAT OUEST) increases its skills level with composite welding and cutting solutions developed for our aeronautical customers (Airbus, Daher, etc.).<\/div><\/div> <\/div><\/div>
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2016<\/h3>
Strong growth in the automotive plastic welding activity. SONIMAT (EST) is inaugurated and moves into the new building in Valserh\u00f4ne (Ain). The staff on site grows.<\/div><\/div> <\/div><\/div>
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2017-2018<\/h3>
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The automotive plastic welding activity undergoes record growth with 60 welding machines delivered per year for these 2 years.<\/p>\n

Thermoplastic welding and composite cutting solutions have now gained strong international visibility.<\/p>\n

The food industry slicing activity earns some good references with Boncolac and Lactalis (customized machine for ultrasonic slicing).<\/p>\n

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2019<\/h3>
Launch of the new ESW range unveiled at K2019.<\/p>\n

Development and structure of the Composite Effector range (SSP, SONIBLADE, SONIWELD).<\/p>\n

Extension of the Valserh\u00f4ne building (new locality of Ch\u00e2tillon-en-Michaille) to cope with the growth of the thermoplastic welding sector<\/div><\/div> <\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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