Industrial identification systems for tool handling and management benefit shops, according to Siemens. Quick, reliable and clear tool identification eliminates errors during tool data capture and transmission to save time and costs while boosting quality and productivity.

Germany – New types of barrel-cutters are now available for broad application. But the potential of the tools can only be exploited fully with suitable CAM technology.By Karl Obermann, freelance journalist.

Germany - Euromold is back, now in Düsseldorf. With a new face, a new strategy, less exhibitors and trade show organisers who say they have learned their lesson and have listened to exhibitors and visitors to create the "new Euromold". Here are some impressions from day one.

The Eye-Vision software from EVT is a machine vision software with a graphical user interface, which enables the user to create inspection programmes with drag-and-drop programming. It has commands that solve every image processing application.

Germany - The 24th Fakuma fair, held from 13 to 17 October in Friedrichshafen, Germany, drew a record number of 45,721 visitors from 120 countries as well as 1,780 exhibitors from 38 nations, reports organiser P.E. Schall.

Today’s global market has created a variety of challenges for consumer brands. Products that used to be visibly unchanged for years may now be in a state of continuous evolution. The ongoing development of product design can be time-consuming and costly for companies because of the scale and processes involved.

Rutland Plastics is a custom injection molding company located in Rutland, United Kingdom that produces products for a wide range of companies and industries.

Based in Bangor, Northern Ireland, Whale Pumps designs and manufactures a diverse range of pumping and heating systems that include plastic and rubber parts for consumer and industrial applications around the world.

Genesis Systems Group, headquartered in Davenport, Iowa, designs, builds and implements robotic automation systems. Its expertise enables the production of a wide array of products in the automotive, construction, aviation and recreational vehicle industries, to name a few.

Netherlands – Visiting Additive Industries' stand at Formnext 2015 was truly worthwhile as the company offered visitors a unique view into their industrial 3D metal printing system via a 3D movie. The dutch company has unveiled what they refer to as the world’s ‘first truly industrial’ 3D metal printing system.