Although Formnext is fully online this year, it still aims be the leading international marketplace for innovations in additive manufacturing and intelligent production.

Lantek is currently developing some macros for ACE Ceiling Products to help it in the manufacture of specific families of parts.

Germany – With dimensions and complexity on the rise in the specialist plastic industry, companies increasingly rely on machine centres that can combine size with accuracy. Now an Austrian supplier has invested in a 5-axis system with a difference - and it’s not just the unusual controller.

In injection moulding, many sensors are not only installed in the machine to keep the process under control. The tools and moulds also score with high-tech. In China, German technology is now ensuring micrometer precision.

Installation of Fortus 450mc 3D printer results in cost-effective production and fast turnaround of high-quality customized parts with ESD-compliance.

According to a study, a mould making company spends an average of 600 hours per year on machine setup. This time can be significantly reduced by using a zero clamping system.

GOM announces the new software solution GOM Volume Inspect offering volume visualisation and inspection features for analysing volume data collected from any available computed tomography system.

The new Metrascan-R Black robot mounted scanner, additional models of the Cube-R 3D scanning CMM and the new digital twin environment software will resolve many manufacturers’ CMM productivity issues

The Teamziereis GmbH expands its customer services with an innovative electropolishing system from AM Solutions – 3D post processing technology

The Fakuma-Virtual digital marketplace deals with plastics processing in all of its aspects.