Mapal has launched a new series of drills for machining in the micro range. The drills of the new series Micro-Drill-Steel are available in a diameter range of 1-2.9 mm.

Germany – The economic impact of the coronavirus has drawn a negative effect on Germany’s precision tools industry in 2020. Nevertheless, manufacturers are confident of being able to achieve a significant increase in sales this year, the German VDMA Precision Tools Association announced at its annual press conference in January.

Austria — After a challenging year 2020, Meusburger is looking positively to 2021, mainly due to the new office building in Hohenems, the numerous digital solutions that have been newly and further developed for customers, and the product diversity as a full-range supplier in tool and mold making.

UK – All businesses will be glad to draw a line under 2020 and move into 2021, but for Industrial Tooling Corporation (ITC), 2021 will be a landmark year as the UK cutting tool manufacturer celebrates 30 years of business. Here, we take a look back at 30 years of ITC and how this prestigious UK manufacturer has grown over the last three decades – a brand that will be celebrating its anniversary with several 2021 special offers for manufacturers to look out for.

EMO, the leading trade show for the metalworking industry, returns to Italy in October 2021. According to the organisers, the number of exhibitor applications is rising, and new regulations are to ease the application process amidst the current COVID-19 pandemic.

Switzerland — Many tool and mould makers are also located in Asia, and they are giving the European industry a hard time. A Swiss mould maker shows how to arm oneself against this with its well-selected milling machine park.

To meet the criteria of ever-expanding customer demands, Chiron has now launched its latest machining centre, the 5-axis Chiron DZ22W.

DP Technology, the developer of computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) software, has introduced a new update to their popular New ESPRIT series.

The trend of the year 2021 should be completely different compared to 2020 and, even if the ground lost over the last twelve months cannot be fully recovered, the forecasts are really positive.

With the ongoing demands to the business to reduce lead times and costs from initial design concept to final production components coming off tooling, a toolmaker needed to look at new opportunities.