For five days, Hannover became the global hub of production technology as EMO 2025 welcomed 80,000 visitors and 1,600 exhibitors. With automation, robotics, AI and sustainability in focus, the world’s leading metalworking trade fair once again set the pace for the future of manufacturing.

Global engineering technologies company, Renishaw, will demonstrate its latest innovations for process automation, closed-loop process control and rapid part verification at EMO Hannover 2025 (22-26 September). This includes an innovative new dual-method gauging system and dedicated gauging software.

At the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics in Garching, groundbreaking Nobel Prize-winning research depends on ultra-precise components. A dedicated in-house workshop, equipped with DMG Mori 5-axis machining centres, enables engineers to craft delicate parts with micrometer accuracy.

Horn has expanded its PCD milling programme with the new DM50 series, an exchangeable-head system designed for fast and precise aluminium machining. The cutters offer high surface quality, quick adaptability, and reduced wear, helping manufacturers shorten cycle times while lowering operating and service costs.

With the GC1240, Sandvik Coromant is introducing the latest generation of indexable inserts for machining stainless steel, featuring a multilayer nano-coating applied via a PVD process.

With the investment in two new portal milling machines from Zimmermann, industrial packaging specialist Schütz has modernised its in-house toolmaking for IBC production, achieving higher precision, greater flexibility in cooling channel design and significantly shorter machining and rework times for large blow moulding tools.

With the Alliance Country Canada, EMO 2025 is breaking new ground. Canadian manufacturers, keen to diversify beyond their dominant U.S. market, will present advanced solutions in metalworking, automation and digital manufacturing in Hannover.

SIMTOS 2026 (Seoul International Manufacturing Technology Show) is Korea's largest trade fair for manufacturing technology, taking place from 13 to 17 April in Halls 1 and 2 of KINTEX in Goyang.

Rising costs and a shortage of skilled workers are driving automation even in small-batch production. At EMO 2025, Hurco will show how its Procobot system and the new Profeeder Easydesk 30 make robotic support easy to integrate – and accessible for a wide range of machining tasks.

Pre-Met is expanding its in-house toolroom with new investment in wire erosion technology, as the British specialist gears up for its next wave of high-value manufacturing opportunities. With precision tooling capacity increasing and fresh enquiries emerging from demanding sectors, the company is positioning its toolmaking expertise as a strategic growth driver.