Iran - With 5,736 trade visitors (2016: 2,027), 202 exhibitors (2016: 111) at the joint event by Messe Stuttgart and the German Machine Tool Builders' Association (VDW) in late May at the Shahr-e-Aftab Exhibition Centre in Tehran, AMB Iran outperformed its previous edition and expectations, the organisers reported.

As a precision manufacturer at the high end of its sector, Eropräzisa makes no compromises with its milling tools. This is why, for the last few years, it has decided to commit to using the MMC Hitachi Tool range of tools for 'hard milling' operations, i.e., machining after the heat treatment process.

Poland/Australia – Tool manufacturer Fanar is known for its uncompromising quality. The Polish company supplies a wide range of cutting tools for threading, drilling, milling and turning. Technical Director Dariusz Ptaszkiewicz explains how they found a solution to produce tools for a highly demanding market.

Gebr. Heller Maschinenfabrik has long been a leading supplier to the world's mechanical engineering industries. Recently the company decided it wanted to increase sales to mould shops. Managing Director Klaus Winkler discusses the reasons for the interest in the sector.

Starrag UK has expanded the number of machines it has in-situ at the Advanced Manufacturing Park with a seven-axis Bumotec s191 linear CNC turn-mill centre being installed at the AMRC with Boeing Centre.

Czech Republic-based Tirad, a locally owned and operated specialist in custom bases and plates for injection moulds, said it can machine parts weighing up to 6,000 kg.

Manufacturing mould tools with a weight of 19 tons does not mean that the milling is less complex than with smaller tools. When German-based Pestel Pur Kunststofftechnik reached the limits of their CAM programming in difficult areas, they had to look for an alternative and turned to Solidcam.

According to the company, Anca’s Linx cylindrical linear motor ensures rigidity to deliver a superior finish on cutting tools every time achieving a surface finish roughness average as low as 0.16 Ra. Find out, how you can achieve a superior tooling surface finish with Anca's tips.

USA - Mastercam developer, CNC Software, has announced the integration of Sandvik Coromant's Coro-Plus tool library in its new release of Mastercam 2018.

In September, Germany’s President Frank-Walter Steinmeier will be ceremonially opening the EMO Hannover 2017.