Protecting frontline workers against the threat of Covid-19 has been the catalyst for nine manufacturers and an engineering design agency to come together to launch a new product.

The European tool, pattern and mould making industry is meeting in Stuttgart in 2021. The organisers of Moulding Expo already report the registration of the first key players of the industry.

Recognising new, creative, viable, and above all, sustainable business ideas: This year’s Formnext Start-up Challenge once again invites submissions from innovative young companies.

An injection moulding specialist helped a public school in Rutland to produce thousands of pieces of PPE for frontline workers during the early days of the Covid-19 crisis.

Process automation, additive manufacturing and the rise of electric vehicles are the three core trends that are changing the dimensions of the machine tool industry.

Meeting the demand of 3D printing technology — Protolabs is undertaking a huge investment.

After keeping a close eye on additive technology over the last years, Horn has entered into the additive manufacturing sector themselves.

Hungary - The railway business unit of the Knorr-Bremse Group has launched a test to introduce 3D metal printing in Budapest. The company expects the new technology to lead to significant time savings in the manufacturing time of prototypes, individual manufacturing tools and spare parts.

Three new tools that will produce tens of thousands of critical parts for a new breathing aid designed to support Covid-19 patients are being manufactured in Telford.

Kingsbury has been appointed to represent German WAAM (wire arc additive manufacturing) equipment builder Gefertec GmbH in the same markets with immediate effect.