Surface finishing specialist Joke Technology has announced that its new catalogue is now also available in Dutch. It also has a three-man team to take care of the Dutch market.

Leiria is centrally located in one of Portugal's tool and mould-making hubs. It is also the place that Knarr, the specialist for standard parts for tool and mould-making, has chosen for opening its first international location. Rainer Knarr explains why the company has decided on Portugal.

Germany – Machine to machine, or M2M for short, is the magic spell for the factory of tomorrow. Only when machines can communicate with other machines without any problems will the vision of Industry 4.0 come true. But for this to work, inline metrology, integrated into the production process, is essential. Experts from the academic community and the industrial sector will be showcasing the current state of the art at the Metav in Düsseldorf from 23 to 27 February 2016.

With vivid colours for the Stratasys J750 3D printer, Audi hopes to quickly produce transparent, mulit-coloured parts meeting texture and colour-matching requirements of its stringent design approval process.

When joining metals together, the usual method is welding. This, however, leads to changes in their structure as well as their appearance. Researchers have now developed an alternative that is able to join aluminium alloys with each other and with polymers.

Australia – Australian manufacturer Anca will be demonstrating its new linear motor tool grinders at Grindtec 2016 (16 - 19 March) in Augsburg, Germany, Hall 5, Booth 5057.

Two new multi-axis Walter Helitronic tool grinding/eroding machines have been announced by Walter Ewag UK, a member of the United Grinding Group. The machines for the production of carbide as well as PCD tooling have extended traverses to enable tools up to 380 mm long to be processed.

Germany – Audi’s toolmaking operation already includes intelligent tools with which the Ingolstadt-based automaker can translate ultra-stringent design requirements into a dependable process. Michael Breme, head of Audi Toolmaking, explains what it takes to be successful in tomorrow's manufacturing world.

At both AMB in Stuttgart, Germany, and IMTS in Chicago, USA, the Haimer Group will showcase digital solutions for tool management and will present the company's product programme from tool holders and presetters, shrinking and balancing technology to solid carbide end mills and 3D sensors.

Austria – Meusburger now offers the E 2030 marking system for marking cooling circuits.