Tezmaksan has introduced a compact, high-capacity robot tending cell designed to bring automated CNC handling to space-constrained shop floors.

By acquiring Italian machine tool specialist Pietro Carnaghi, Fives strengthens its High Precision Machines division, broadens its portfolio for large-scale machining, and enhances its global presence in key sectors such as aerospace, energy, defense, and nuclear.

Hurco Europe will put the spotlight on “Smarter CNC for Smarter Shops” at its Mach stand, highlighting intuitive controls and automation designed to speed up high-mix machining without relying on specialist programmers.

High-precision subcontractor Optimal Manufacturing has boosted its machining capacity with a bespoke robotic handling cell retrofitted to a DMG Mori 5-axis machining centre at its Redditch facility.

With the appointment of Dr Volker Nilles as Chief Executive Officer, Arburg is strengthening its top management team and setting a clear strategic focus on long-term growth, internationalisation and future-oriented transformation at the family-owned company.

At EMO Hannover 2025, Ucimu revised its forecasts for the Italian machine tool industry: production will remain almost flat, weighed down by a sharp drop in exports despite a modest domestic recovery. Association president Riccardo Rosa calls for a new industrial policy plan to support companies beyond 2025.

Pibomulti expands its portfolio with the next-generation CEP-NG tool-holding heads, enabling precise milling and drilling at right angles while combining higher speeds, lower vibration and reduced weight to boost productivity, surface quality and machine-friendly performance across demanding multi-axis machining applications.

Hybrid machining is setting new standards in grinding technology. At Grinding Hub 2026 in Stuttgart, manufacturers such as Vollmer, Studer and Liebherr will showcase how combining grinding, erosion and laser processes boosts precision, reduces downtime and can deliver productivity gains of up to 70 percent.

Timtos 2025, a global leading smart manufacturing and machine tool expo in Taipei, Taiwan, is set to feature another key highlight — Timtos Forum — on the second day of the exhibition, March 4, show organizers announced.

Strong visitor growth, record exhibitor numbers and a clear willingness to invest shaped Southern Manufacturing & Electronics 2026, leaving exhibitors such as Hurco with high-quality enquiries and a clear signal of renewed confidence across the UK manufacturing sector.