SABC Winter Newsletter 2022
 
Thank you to the Swiss Benevolent Society of Chicago
for being the prime sponsor of this newsletter!
In 2022, the Swiss Benevolent Society celebrates its 150th Anniversary, and we are pleased that the Swiss American Business Council has enthusiastically agreed to support our events. From early on, Swiss-Americans in business, education, medicine, science, politics and the trades have supported the Society and, while focused on helping those in need, have also worked to build a stronger Swiss-American community on the shores of Lake Michigan. We are pleased that our local Swiss organizations join us in celebrating this historical event.

On Sunday, May 1st , we will gather at the Great Central Brewing Company to honor the legacy left by the Society’s first Board of Directors (represented professions: teachers, physicians, shopkeepers, carpenters, bankers, saloonkeepers, tailors, cigarmakers, opticians and a bookseller, who served as Swiss Consul General).

At our kick-off celebration, we will launch our own Swiss Beer, “Hop Swiss!”, which aims to memorialize an early Swiss contribution to Chicago – The Haas and Sulzer Brewery. This first commercial brewery was founded in 1833 by Swiss immigrant Andrew Sulzer and German William Haas. We are proud that we can use this special Swiss-Chicago connection to add to the city’s booming craft beer tradition.

We invite members and friends of the Swiss American Business Council to include a personal or business message in our 150th Anniversary Book publication and, likewise, to consider attending SBS sponsored events that will highlight both Swiss and SBS history. Access registration and other information at our new website! https://sbschicago.org/

SABC Swiss Innovation Highlights 2021
For the past 4 years the Swiss American Business Council in Chicago has presented the SABC Swiss Innovation Awards to small and medium sized business for demonstrated innovation in their respective industry. It is our great pleasure to highlight some of these great Swiss innovations from 2021. We recognize Swiss-affiliated manufacturers and service providers in the US Midwest that have made special efforts with products or services that meet an unmet need and provide direct benefits to society, including the US Midwest.
Learn more about Innovation Initiative


Asia meets Europe
A TCM proverb says: “People under the apricot tree live for 1000 years.” But what happens when you eat its fruit, preferably in fermented form? Yasmin Stuffer-Hong found an answer to this question. Under the leadership of the family in the Far East, who owns this fermentation recipe inspired by an ancestral recipe from the Tang dynasty, developed the Share® fermented snacks and drinks product line, in which she combines Far Eastern tradition with Swiss expertise. During her travels to South-East Asia she discovered that peasant families there had been growing and processing Japanese apricots, also known as green plums, since the 18th century. She learned that the Japanese apricot, which has been fermented in its own fruit juice for over 30 months and is rich in microorganisms and enzymes, has been used as a medicinal fruit in China for over 1,500 years to strengthen the Qi, i.e. the vital energy in the digestive system. 

Besides the herb-coated Japanese apricot ShareOriginal®, she also developed SharePomelozzini®, a delicately bitter fruity praline made from pomelo, rich in essential oils, and she also invented a refreshing drink made from fermented fruit and vegetables: ShareAquad’Oro®. 

Yasmin develops its products with in-depth specialist knowledge, the greatest care and the greatest appreciation for its suppliers. It is important to her to leave the smallest possible ecological footprint. Share®-Products are distributed very successfully through alternative practitioners, pharmacies, health product stores and online shops in the US, EU and numerous other countries. The company’s goal is to share its products worldwide so its customers can experience “love, peace, and harmony”.

Please contact Share for samples of their products.
Please visit online shop get your samples… lots of joy by eating and drink share®️Products

Rödl & Partner & VonLehman Announce Joint Venture:
Rödl & Partner and VonLehman CPA & Advisory Firm, a regional accounting and advisory firm headquartered in Ft. Wright, Kentucky, have formed a joint venture to better serve the region’s leading foreign owned companies. Known as Rödl & Partner | VL, the combination of global reach, interdisciplinary approach, and focus on foreign owned mid-sized companies makes the joint venture unique and will provide international companies across the region with better insights for their success. Please visit our website to read more about our newly formed relationship in the Greater Cincinnati area.
 
As an integrated professional services firm, Rödl & Partner is active at 106 wholly owned locations in 48 countries. Rödl & Partner USA has specifically tailored our accounting, auditing, tax and business consulting services to the unique needs of your foreign owned business in the United States of America. For more than 40 years our core practice has been serving the accounting and tax needs of primarily German speaking and other foreign owned “Mittelstand” companies operating in the U.S.

Lamprecht and American Lamprecht - A winning combination for Swiss to US Supply Chain Solutions

The global pandemic has caused continued disruptions to supply chains throughout the world.  Everyone is experiencing challenges with cost, timing, and availability. American Lamprecht is here to assist you with your freight forwarding and customs brokerage needs from Switzerland to the United States.

Recently, American Lamprecht has been winning business from large multinational logistics companies.  The reason is, these multinational companies cannot compete with American Lamprecht on service, options, price, and efficiency.  

Beyond freight forwarding and customs brokerage:  Swiss and US resources

Lamprecht Transport, American Lamprecht's parent company in Switzerland, has extensive resources, personnel, warehouses, trucks, barges, and rail car facilities to accumulate, process, and ship goods to the United States.

These resources and established shipping lanes provide the most cost-effective and timely transit times from Europe.  Ocean, air, air consolidation, and ocean consolidation transport are all efficient, flexible options for moving goods. If you are moving machinery, spare parts, or other goods from Switzerland to North American markets, it’s beneficial working with an organization that specializes in this trade lane.  

With 9 locations in the United States, American Lamprecht has the necessary geographic touchpoints to service all endpoint destinations.
 
Rollomatic Group Appoints Group Applications Manager and Senior Applications/Sales Engineer
 
Rollomatic Inc., a subsidiary of Rollomatic Holding Switzerland, is pleased to announce the appointment of Jeremy David as the Group Applications Manager for both the Rollomatic and the Strausak brands within the North American market. Jeremy David is also a member of the Group Management Team. “We selected Jeremy David for this role based on his extensive experience in tool grinding applications. His support-oriented customer approach and his skills in training both customers and peers will benefit the company and the applications team. Such qualities are key to expand the team of applications engineers and introduce the ever-evolving new technologies of the companies.” said Joe Kane, Group Chief Operating Officer, North America. “Jeremy will be instrumental in cultivating and developing a growing and young team and elevate the group’s capabilities in test grinding and customer training.”
 
In addition, Rollomatic created a separate business unit within Rollomatic Inc. for the product range of laser cutting machines. In line with this re-structuring, Will Nash was promoted to the position of Senior Applications and Sales Engineer. “We selected Will Nash for this role based on his extensive experience in laser cutting applications. His support-oriented customer approach and his skills in training customers will benefit the company. Will’s qualities, such as his passion for ultra-hard materials and his motivation to push the technology into unchartered territories, are key to expand the sales of the Rollomatic laser cutting machine.” said Joe Kane. “Will Nash will be instrumental in advancing both the technology and Rollomatic’s capabilities for laser cutting.”
      



PERIPHERAL VISION
For machine tool peripherals, it’s LNS, then all the rest.
 
Peripherals, by definition, are an outer boundary. But at LNS, that boundary is where we put our focus. Because here’s the secret—with LNS peripherals on their side, our customers are able to turn their attention to what they do best:  making chips and making money.  That’s why we do what we do.

Five product categories and industry-best expertise means no company on earth can match the passion and vision we have for machine tool peripherals.
 
We design, build, and stand behind every high-pressure coolant system, bar feeder, chip conveyor, steady rest system and mist collector we sell – we know every model inside and out, we stock replacement parts, and local support is just a phone call away
 
LNS offers 14 different bar feeders for fixed or sliding headstock machines that accommodate bar diameters from 0.8 mm to 120 mm, many with automatic or no-tool-required quick changeovers
 
LNS ChipBLASTER high pressure coolant systems provide precise high-pressure force to allow cutting tools to operate at higher speeds and reduce tool wear
 
eConnect Ethernet communications system that enables data exchange between CNC machine controls and peripherals to reduce material waste and speed production 
 
LNS Turbo chip conveyors handle all chip and material types – models include magnetic and self-cleaning models that filter out 500, 250 or even 50-micron particles
 
All models of LNS Fox mist collectors exceed OSHA and NIOSH requirements, eliminating oil/coolant mist, smoke and other fine aerosols and particulates
 
Steady-rest based workholding systems are custom designed and built to address each specific machining application
 
To learn more visit: www.LNS-northamerica.com
P: 513-528-5674
E: allproducts-sales@LNS-northamerica.com
     
EROWA Technology, based in Arlington Heights, Illinois, is a full service supplier of palletization and automation systems for the North American manufacturing market. Our goal is to provide complete turnkey solutions for precision parts handling through most any group of manufacturing processes (from one type of machine to the next). We are capable of providing a simple manual palletization system or a fully integrated, custom designed workholding and automation system to meet the current needs and expectations of our customers.

In the market segments of precision mechanics, tool- and mold-making, as well as chip-cutting production, we offer concepts and products that provide customers with considerable optimization possibilities throughout the whole range of machining processes. Primarily, we achieve this through comprehensive knowledge of the application of our products, through individual and customized consultation, and through the use of our Flexible Manufacturing Concept (FMC), which cover the following four areas:

- Standardization (tooling system, tooling technology)
- Organization (setting-up, presetting and measuring technologies)
- Automation (loading/unloading technologies)
- Integration (process sequence, process control and planning technologies)

EROWA Technology, Inc.
2535 S. Clearbrook Dr.
Arlington Heights, IL 60005
www.erowa.com
info.usa@erowa.com