At the Advanced Engineering Show in Birmingham, Goodfellow is set to spotlight additive manufacturing, sustainable materials, and cross-sector innovation. Alongside discussions on biopolymers, high-entropy alloys, and AI-driven material design, the company will also record a live episode of its Innovation Discussed podcast from the event, capturing key insights on the future of advanced materials.

A new partnership between Comau and Roboze aims to transform advanced manufacturing by combining automation and 3D printing for more agile, efficient, and sustainable production.

Materials specialist Lehvoss presents its comprehensive Smart Resourcing concept at the K2025 plastics trade fair as a response to the complex challenges of the plastics industry. The Smart Resourcing concept enables customers to find the optimal combination of performance, economic efficiency, and sustainability for their specific requirements.

Faster, more precise, more versatile: Speedpart is expanding its 3D printing portfolio with the Multi Jet Fusion process and setting new standards in additive manufacturing.

At Mach 2026, Solidcam UK showed how integrated CAM is expanding beyond programming efficiency alone. With advances in 5-axis machining, sliding-head applications, I-Machining, paperless production workflows and intelligent programming support, the company focused on helping manufacturers increase productivity, reduce complexity and strengthen process reliability across the shopfloor.

Grinding is becoming a system technology. At Grinding Hub 2026, examples from brake disc machining, in-process metrology, CBN tools and tool supply showed how closely machine, tool, measurement technology and process knowledge now have to interact to secure precision, efficiency and process reliability.

BMW is expanding its use of 3D printing in production, deploying lightweight, custom robot grippers and sand casting moulds to boost efficiency, cut emissions, and enable more flexible, automated manufacturing across its global plants.

At Formnext 2025, Carbon will unveil a new technology designed to slash post-processing time, labour, and solvent use in additive manufacturing — while showcasing how its advanced elastomers are already powering high-performance products from cycling saddles to safety helmets.

Formnext 2025 will bring together over 800 exhibitors and industry experts in Frankfurt from 18 to 21 November — showcasing cutting-edge additive manufacturing technologies, trends, and applications, with Spain as the official partner country.

The trade fairs K, Interpack and Drupa are further expanding their international reach by jointly entering the Saudi Arabian market. This step is made possible by the expanded partnership between Messe Düsseldorf and the Riyadh Exhibition Company. The Saudi Plastics & Petrochem and Saudi Print & Pack exhibitions will be expanded to include regional editions of K, Interpack and Drupa.