Vert Rotors, Edinburgh-based micro screw compressor manufacturer, has recently won the Innovator of the Year title at the Made in Scotland Awards for its innovative, patented conical screw compressors.

China - Over the course of the entire year 2016, WBA Aachener Werkzeugbau Akademie, Germany presents spotlights of the most important international tool and mould markets. This edition focuses on China, the world’s largest and most complex tooling market.

Highlights on machining equipment and accessories as well as cutting tools.

The CEO of the world’s third-largest machine tool builder says his company will continue its expansion outside China by setting up additional operations in Germany as part of a plan to raise exports to 30% of sales over the next five years from their current level of 8%.

At both AMB in Stuttgart, Germany, and IMTS in Chicago, USA, the Haimer Group will showcase digital solutions for tool management and will present the company's product programme from tool holders and presetters, shrinking and balancing technology to solid carbide end mills and 3D sensors.

Germany – Special machinery is required to bring paste-like materials such as marzipan into the required form. A company based in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany produces complex rolling tools, using machine tools equipped with a state-of-the-art CNC.

Germany/Japan - The term "world premiere" is almost synonymous with DMG Mori, at least when we are approaching a major machine tool exhibition. For EMO Milano 2015, the company announced a total of seven world premieres.

United States - When mould makers employ 5-axis machining, it’s common for geometric errors to occur during the course of normal operation. Probing and 5-axis auto-tuning can correct machine misalignments in minutes, not hours, explains Jim Endsley, Okuma America.

UK - Following the recent move from its longstanding Lichfield location to a purpose built facility in Burton-Upon-Trent, UK, Blum Novotest has acquired a Bridgeport GX710 machining centre to conduct on-machine demonstrations, testing and customer training.

Japan - DMG Mori used the opportunity of the Iga Innovation Days (22-25 July 2015) to open its largest global solution centre. The event drew more than 8,900 visitors.