Gühring Thailand Elevates Cutting Tools, Swiss-Type Solutions, and Service Capabilities at METALEX 2025

Gühring Thailand is set to showcase advanced cutting tool innovations and comprehensive tool management services at METALEX 2025, held at BITEC Bangna. This year, the company emphasizes technology and services designed to enhance productivity, ensure machining stability, and help Thai manufacturers optimize total production costs amid rising demands for precision and competitiveness.

According to Mr. Ralf Alber, Managing Director of Gühring Thailand, the company continues to expand its commitment to local manufacturing:

“We are very committed to Thailand. We are investing in our One-Stop Service Center, and we now have a new drilling machine for regrinding and producing special tools. We can also offer custom branding to meet customer requirements.”

This aligns with Gühring’s long-term strategy of strengthening in-country capabilities—providing faster support, improved customization, and greater responsiveness to customer needs.

Mr. Alber also shared his perspective on Thailand’s industrial landscape:

“The automotive industry has been significantly down, and the economy has not recovered very quickly. As a result, manufacturers are focusing heavily on cost reduction. This presents an opportunity for us to provide high-quality tools that deliver real cost-down benefits.”

Beyond automotive, Gühring sees growth in the electronics and mold & die sectors, which are driving new demand for advanced machining solutions. Meanwhile, aerospace component manufacturing remains a smaller focus at this stage.

Highlights from Gühring Thailand’s Booth This Year

1. High-Precision Cutting Tools for Challenging Materials

A key highlight of Gühring’s new grooving tool range for Swiss-type machining is a special 24 mm-wide insert with FIRE multi-contour coating, engineered to deliver full-contour machining and chamfering in a single tool.

Paired with a specially designed tool holder, this insert provides high stability and consistent contour generation—demonstrated in a machining application involving multi-contour grooving on 42CrMo4 drive shaft components using water-soluble coolant with 40-bar through-spindle pressure on turn-mill machining centers.

Customers have reported significant gains, including:

• 20 seconds saved per component (notable productivity improvement)
• Tight tolerance of ±0.015 mm
• Surface roughness of 5 microns
• Burr-free contours and P9 broaching tolerance

This case represents just one example within Gühring’s expanded Swiss-type grooving tool range, which includes multiple insert geometries and tooling solutions tailored for high-precision and high-efficiency turning operations.

2. One-Stop Service Center: Resharpening, Coating, and Tool Management

Gühring Thailand’s Bang Phli Service Center remains a critical resource for local manufacturers, delivering integrated services that support long-term operational efficiency, including:

• Resharpening that restores tool performance to like-new condition
• Advanced coating technologies that improve wear resistance and extend tool life
• Professional Tool Management that reduces downtime and enhances cost control

Mr. Alber emphasizes that the company’s tool management approach goes far beyond logistics:

“Our professional tool management covers not only logistics but also optimization that saves cost. We have Continental, General Motors, Harley-Davidson, and other big names using our service.”

These services help factories better manage their Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) while ensuring machining stability across production lines.

3. Smart and Sustainable Manufacturing Solutions

With rising expectations around productivity, consistency, and cost efficiency, Gühring positions itself not merely as a tool supplier but as a Technical Partner. The company supports customers in selecting the right tools for real production environments—helping them achieve:

• Longer tool life
• Reduced machine stoppages
• More consistent quality
• Lower long-term operating cost compared to low-quality, low-price tools

Looking ahead over the next 3–5 years, Gühring expects increasing demand from:

• Thailand’s rapidly growing electronics sector
• The mold & die industry, where customers require tighter tolerances and more complex machining
• Select opportunities in high-precision mobility components, including EV-related parts

To support this growth, Gühring Thailand is strengthening its capabilities through expanded service offerings, enhanced technical support, and greater local engineering capacity.

Gühring Thailand’s participation in METALEX 2025 underscores its commitment to supporting Thailand’s manufacturing sector with cutting-edge tools, localized services, and strategic solutions that enhance cost efficiency, quality, and productivity. With expanded service center capabilities, new tool technologies, and a growing technical team, Gühring is positioning itself as a long-term partner for factories seeking sustainable, high-performance machining solutions.

Visitors are invited to meet the Gühring team and explore the latest innovations at Booth BE21 during METALEX 2025.