Digital manufacturing software specialist, Module Works, has opened an office in Pune, India. The new office adds to the company’s facilities in Germany, Romania and Japan and will support the company’s growing international customer base.

Software company Module Works has launched its Strategic Partner Program, which invites a selection of key partners licensing its technology to make a minority investment into Module Works equity and help accelerate digital transformation in manufacturing.

Holistic digitalisation is only possible if the administration (top floor) is connected to manufacturing (shop floor). We show how the individual systems are connected both horizontally and vertically by means of IIoT and interoperability.

April has come to an end and it is time to finally summarise what the standard parts specialist Hasco has added to its portfolio in recent months.

To simplify 3D CAD design for mould and die making customers, Meusburger offers standardised colour codes. Each colour represents a clearly defined tolerance, and work can be done directly from the 3D model.

Moulding Expo is this year’s most important trade fair for the European tool and mould making industry. The event offers an opportunity to come together to explore current trends and challenges. 400 exhibitors have registered, with more than a third coming from abroad.

Johannes Brinkmann (51) was 40 years old when he had to file for the insolvency of the family-run tool and mould making company. In this interview, the current managing director of the form & function company from Hesse talks, among other things, about how this came about, how he assesses the current situation of the industry and why he would like to pass on his wealth of experience in good time.

With the latest update of the Solid Works Database, Hasco is providing its customers with an exclusive tool with around 100 further products. The parametric data allows simple and precise working.

30-taper vertical machining centre (VMC) manufacturer Brother, Japan, has introduced a new 5-axis model with a swivelling rotary table, the Speedio U500Xd1. Despite having a nominal footprint of just 1.5 x 2 metres, it is capable of multi-face machining of components up to 500 mm diameter by 270 mm high and weighing up to 100 kg.

In the opinion of Hurco Europe, one of the exhibitors at this year’s Southern Manufacturing & Electronics exhibition, held from 7th to 9th February 2023 at the Farnborough International Exhibition Centre, the show certainly delivered in terms of visitor footfall and customer enquiries.