Chiron makes winners: The best German CNC milling technicians come from Tuttlingen

20-year-old machining technician Eva-Maria Wahl won the German championship in CNC milling at the WorldSkills Germany professional competitions. The second and third places were also won by CHIRON employees.

The CHIRON Group is not only one of the most innovative and successful manufacturers of vertical machining centers. The company also has the best-trained young professionals: At the WorldSkills Germany professional competitions in CNC milling, all three podium places were taken by CHIRON employees.

20-year-old machining technician Eva-Maria Wahl secured the national title, Steffen Sigrist (21 years, industrial mechanic) finished second while Marius Rüdinger (20 years, machining apprentice) took third place. "I am very proud of our next generation. The WorldSkills is a very demanding competition which requires maximum expertise of the young talents. But it also shows what can be achieved by solid training", commented Herbert Mattes, head of training at CHIRON, about the excellent results.

The WorldSkills Germany national competitions are the German Championships for non-academic professions. The championship in CNC turning and CNC milling took place at the International Exhibition for Metalworking (AMB) in Stuttgart. At the biennial competitions, talented young technicians under 22 years can prove their abilities in two machining disciplines.

Working on their own, the participants in the competition have to produce different work-pieces based on drawings. In addition to general professional knowledge, it was especially skills in programming and operation of the ultra-modern computer-controlled machine tools under time pressure that were required. Finally, a quality inspection and evaluation was carried out by a jury of specialists.

Her victory at the German Championships means the young machining technician Eva-Maria Wahl receives a ticket for the World Championship. She will represent Germany at the WorldSkills 2017 in Abu Dhabi.