In a suburb of the Danish capital of Copenhagen Erik Schmidt, 3 years old, is listening to the well known sound of the lathes while helping his father producing lighters. Where the rhythm of the lathes became as natural as the rhythm of Eriks heart beats. Several school years later, ten thousands of geometry calculations later Erik Schmidt invented the WhizFix toolholder system. WhizCut was found
ed in 1996 - in Sweden. To this day Erik still develops new products and inventions for WhizCut, he is the designer behind the original patents and he is a well known figure within the metal cutting industry: Inventing smart tooling solutions on the cutting edge. The tomorrow of the industry
The rhythm of the band driven lathes is still heard within the Schmidt family - even if the well known sound is long gone in today’s modern machines. WhizCut is a leading brand of tooling for CNC automatic lathes. Eriks youngest son Chris Schmidt is MD, and he is committed to brighten the future of the metal cutting industry, locally, nationally and worldwide. As chairman of MTAS - Machine and tool association of Sweden Chris Schmidt is engaged in issues regarding competence, education, validation, competitiveness and growth of the industry. He is dedicated to making the metal cutting industry - our industry - stronger, healthier and smarter.
