Swedish company VBN Components, known for its wear and heat resistant Vibenite alloys, has appointed Magnus Bergman as its new CEO.

Convinced that the global challenge of more sustainable production can only be solved by working together, Molding Solutions — a business within Barnes — is bundling its expertise with partners and will be represented with its mould and hot runner technology and controls at the booths of Arburg, Netstal, Yushin, Fanuc, and Krauss Maffei.

With over 730 exhibitors and more than 50,000 m2 of gross floorspace booked by September, Formnext has already surpassed last year’s figures, paving the way for an exceptional 2022. The exhibition for additive manufacturing and modern industrial production also wants to set new standards in content.

The materials specialist company Schunk is now also a service provider for 3D metal printing. The supplier of series-production solutions for metal powder pressing and injection moulding as well as other technologies, has expanded its expertise to include 3D metal printing at its facility in Thale, Germany.

To industrialise the AM technology Digital Light Processing (DLP) from single machines to factory solutions, Siemens and Genera joined forces. Siemens’ portfolio of IoT-enabled hardware, software and digital services will further propel the partner’s fully automated clean DLP technology.

When JVD Engineering realised that its subcontract EDM supplier was looking to wind down the business, business owner Matthew Abraham-Thomas bought the business. He soon spotted an opportunity to improve EDM productivity with the acquisition of a Mitsubishi MV2400S EDM machine.

Cannon Tipos, a Cannon Group company, specialised in tooling processes for a wide range of technologies for polymer and composite materials collaborated with Coriolis Composites for the fast and precise high-pressure resin transfer molding (HPRTM) of a near to net-shape dry preform manufactured with Coriolis’ patented automated fiber placement (AFP) technology.

Hot runner specialist Günther has developed an app for its new smart control technology. The app ensures intuitive operation of temperature control units for hot runners and helps increase resource efficiency in injection moulding operations.

Following the promising return of the in-person event last year, Formnext wants to continue this development in 2022: More than 690 exhibitors with a booked gross exhibition space of over 50,000 m2 have registered, the organisers report.

Software company MV-Tec launched the latest version (5.2) of its easy-to-use machine vision software Merlic. The latest release enables complete machine vision applications to be quickly developed and deployed without having to write a single line of code.