MOBILE WORK HOW TO GAIN FLEXIBILITY AND INDEPENDENCE IN YOUR WORK FLEXIBLE & INDEPENDENT FOCUS MOBILE TOOLS ARE INDISPENSABLE IN THE PAINTING TRADE 04 TOOLS GAIN COMPLETE INDEPENDENCE FROM MAINS POWER THANKS TO THE NEW SYS-POWERSTATION 12 DEDICATION THE PAINTERS OF THE COMPANY DIDIER WORK WHERE OTHERS TAKE THEIR HOLIDAYS 20 TOOLS TAILOR-MADE CORDLESS SOLUTIONS FOR ANY PAINTING APPLICATION 44 LOOK INSIDE THE NEW SYSTAINER³ SYSTEM COMBINES THE BEST OF THREE WORLDS 54

EDITORIAL Dear Readers, Over the past several months, we have been confronted with the fact that we can’t really plan anything and that we must therefore be extremely flexible in many situations. In our personal lives as well as in our professional lives. You have also experienced this as professionals in the painting industry. It is extremely important to us that you can continue to plan your work and execute it independently and flexibly. Our tailor-made cordless solutions are perfect for supporting you in achieving that – for each of your assignments. What’s more, with the new SYS-PowerStation...

04 Focus MOBILE WORK Mobile tools and devices give you more flexibility and independence in your work. 44 Tools READY. You can work fully independently with tailor-made cordless products from Festool. 12 Tools POWERSTATION Your power socket is always at hand wherever you are with the new SYS-PowerStation. 53 Solutions CUT BY CUT How to achieve optimum results with the Festool ISC 240 cordless insulation saw. 20 Dedication HAUT DE GAMME Painting company Didier from Nice specialises in fulfilling high-end customer requests. 54 Look inside EASY. SAFE. MOBILE. Everything stays safely stowed in the...

Focus Mobile work Radfeld, Austria Deventer, Holland

Mobility and flexibility are essential in the painting industry. Digital aids and cordless tools provide valuable support in these areas. We visited two companies in Austria and Holland and had a look around. Text: Ralf Christofori | Photography: Torben Jäger, Martin Wagenhan, TNO Hol

Focus Mobile work Mobility everywhere. Out and about in Tyrol with master painter Michael Laiminger. ichael Laiminger, director of a painting company in Radfeld in Austria, actually is always on the move – in his head or in his car. As a young boy, Michael was already accompanying his father on visits to customers and to construction sites. A lot has changed since then. The range of jobs has become much more varied and the flexibility and speed required has increased immensely. ‘In our company there’s less and less work in the workshop – most of it is done directly on the construction site,’...

DIGITAL MOBILITY Anyone wanting to keep an eye on all of their tools and accessories even when on the move will not be disappointed with Festool’s digital tools and apps. Thanks to the Festool Work and Order apps, you can stay up to date no matter where you are. Plus, your personal MyFestool account lets you access tool and warranty overviews, repair orders and much more at any time.* Get a digital overview of your registered tools with the Festool Work app: Using Bluetooth®** it is super easy to link up your devices and battery packs. You can check the charging status or temperature of the battery...

Mobile work. Healthy work. Mobile work should not mean overlooking your health, says André Moons from TNO Holland. FM: Do you think painters are expected to be more and more mobile and flexible? AM: Yes, that is my impression. But there needs to be a distinction: projects on existing buildings tend to require more work on the construction site, while bigger new-build projects especially are seeing a stronger trend toward prefabrication. When we talk about mobility and flexibility, I think we always have to keep both aspects in mind: the prefabrication work in the shop or even the industrial plant...

Focus Mobile work Always, everywhere. Visiting the Wolters enterprise in Holland. he landscape opens up dramatically as we go from Tyrol to Holland, where there are no mountains and no valleys, just flat countryside and endless expanses. But the painting industry is still much the same. We visit Wolters B.V., a large painting enterprise with more than 100 employees. At its headquarters in Deventer, about one and a half hours east of Amsterdam, projects throughout the entire country are prepared and coordinated. Extensive painting work is carried out in the large plant hall and the modern spray...

Focus Mobile work ↑ Project manager Martin van Bussel is in charge of a large restoration project in Amsterdam’s city centre. ↓ A Wolters employee works to refurbish a window. In Holland, mobile work on the scaffolding always means working with dust extraction.

Focus Mobile work Always mobile. Best equipped with mobile devices and tools. or the modern painting industry, the working world has become more complex, some say – more complicated. It’s partially true. Then again, digital tools and sophisticated power tools make the job easier, maybe even more efficient. Both of the managing directors of Wolters use smartphones or tablets to stay in direct contact with their project managers and employees. ‘Mobile tools and apps help keep the flexibility required of us from turning into a source of stress,’ explains Gert-Jan Wolters. ‘And when service or repairs...

Tools PowerStation Wendlingen Germany Gain complete independence thanks to the new SYS-PowerStation. Now your power socket is always at hand: 1,500 watt-hours of energy in a Systainer format that you can take with you wherever you go.* Text: Melissa Berger | Photography: Thomas Baumann, Torben Jäger | Wurzel Medien * The SYS-PowerStation will not be available in every country or not be launched at the same time. Please contact your local dealer.

Tools PowerStation

Tools PowerStation Constant power, wherever you are. The new SYS-PowerStation in a mobile Systainer format.* here’s always something. Dragging cables around the construction site is a nuisance. The diesel generator roars on in the background, stinking up the place. The on-site power distributor is overloaded. And just when you snatch up a rare prized power socket, the fuse blows. It’s not just annoying – it’s costing you time and money. Wouldn’t it be unbelievably useful to be free of it all – free from the mess of cords, overloaded power distributors and stinking generators? It would – and it...