At the Stuttgart Messe from the 13th to the 17th September, workholding experts Hainbuch will be returning to the AMB exhibition to demonstrate a host of new and established workholding technology. On Booth 1E10, the workholding specialists will be introducing their latest innovations.

Since the last edition of the World of Tooling study from 2018, the competitiveness of the tooling industry and the general macroeconomic situations in the respective countries has transformed. What are the key challenges that the industry is facing?

After a strong first quarter 2022, DMG Mori achieved new record figures for order intake and free cash flow in the first half-year — and this against the background of high volatility and a more difficult market environment. Based on this successful business development, the company is raising its forecast for 2022.

Milling challenging materials like tough steels, stainless steels, superalloys and titanium cause built-up or notched edges and broken inserts that increase tooling costs and cause unexpected downtime. To overcome these challenging ISO P, M and S materials, Seco developed the new next-generation High Feed SP milling system.

To carve a niche in the highly-competitive subcontract market segment, EDM Precision Technologies has a specialisation in EDM technology — it is here that Mitsubishi wire EDM technology from the Engineering Technology Group (ETG) has helped set this company apart from its rivals.

For four days, Formnext 2022 turned host city Frankfurt into the global capital of industrial 3D printing. And this year’s exhibition was very much in tune with the times.

Software provider CG Tech announced the latest release of Vericut, Version 9.3. The software features several improvements and operates independently, but also integrates with all leading CAM systems.

Unprecedented business growth at Walter GB has led the cutting tool manufacturer to restructure its external teams to support the surge in sales. The restructure at the Bromsgrove company has now seen three new Field Sales Engineers employed to strengthen the existing sales structure.

Invitations and registration forms for EMO Hannover 2023 are currently being sent out to around 60 countries. After a four-year break, the trade fair for production technology will be opening its doors again in Germany in 2023.

The specialist for motion control and positioning systems, Aerotech, will be exhibiting at Photonex in Birmingham from 07 to 08 December, at NEC on stand 317. The new IFOV function for expanding the field of view during laser scanning will be demonstrated on a demo system, as well as the latest features of the Automation1 control platform.