Japanese machine tool manufacturer Makino Milling Machine reports a flying start to the new financial year after the record year 2017. Major investments are being made to increase production capacity and expand smart production and IoT technologies, the company states. read...
Sabotage, data theft and espionage have caused the German industry a loss of €43.4 billion in the past two years. Seven out of ten industrial companies (68%) were victims of such attacks during this period; one in five companies (19%) suspected this. read...
It was in the Japanese city of Nagoya that Eichii Okuma founded his company in 1898. Unlike their modern counterparts, the early Okuma machines were not built to meet the requirements of the aviation or automotive industries. Instead, the first Okuma products were machines for making udon noodles. read...
Machining of large-sized parts at Pilatus Flugzeugwerke: Medium-sized structural components made of aluminum are machined on a flexible manufacturing system (FMS) from the Starrag Group equipped with two Ecospeed F machining centers. Production capacity could be increased by about a third. read...
Fakuma is approaching rapidly. This year's trade show comes with more than 1,800 axhibitors. Here are some of the product highlights. read...
Australia – Anca has just announced the winner of its first Tool of the Year award at IMTS in Chicago recently. read...
The 450 tonne machine – the Roboshot α-S450iA - will be one of the firm’s show stoppers at the upcoming l trade show for plastic processing, Fakuma, which is scheduled to be held in Friedrichshafen, Germany. read...
Constellium announced that it has expanded its operations in Dahenfeld to increase supply of aluminum automotive structures. Constellium will manufacture a wide range of components for the body structure of a premium sports car. read...
This year's Euroblech, taking place in Hanover from 23 to 26 October, is keeping fully abreast of the times, for not only do exhibits include lightweight construction, hybrid production and additive manufacturing, they also – and above all – concentrate on networked production. read...
Open Mind Technologies, a developer of CAD/CAM software solutions, has announced it has recently partnered with Okuma America Corporation, joining the Partners in Thinc collaboration, which was founded by Okuma. read...
In late August, CNC manufacturer Okuma won the Good Factory Award issued by the Japan Management Association for Dream Site 2. read...
At Fakuma 2018, Arburg plans to offer trade visitors a chance to experience the future of injection moulding, both digitally and in reality, on the so-called “Road to Digitalisation”. read...
