On Site Gas systems used SLS technology and hand-painted models from Quickparts to create scale models for an enhanced tradeshow presence.

UK — A new Sodick AG60L spark erosion machine from Sodi-Tech EDM brings extra capacity to Erodex' facility in Halesowen. The facility supports R&D efforts of the company's customers — around 75 percent of whom serve the aerospace and IGT (industrial gas turbine) sectors.

Germany — At Lantek's trade show appearance at Blechexpo, the pioneer of digital transformation of companies in sheet metal industry, shared details about its expansion plans following the new partnership with high-tech company Trumpf.

Germany — From the 12th through the 14th of October, 2021 Deburring Expo was held and roughly 1100 expert visitor followed the invitation of the 105 exhibiting companies.

The system supplier for machine tools, Haimer, is a premium partner and supporter of the Augsburger Panther hockey team in the German Hockey League. The company took this opportunity to demonstrate the performance capabilities of its tools and tool holders by creating a model panther. The CAM specialists at Open Mind took on the challenging programming task using their Hypermill software.

Germany — Machine engineering company DMG Mori registered high growth rates in the first nine months. The Ebit margin improved to 8.0 percent in the third quarter and free cash flow reached a record level as of September. The company therefore raised its forecasts for 2021 again.

For SRD Engineering, the change from a license to a subscription CAM system didn’t fit with what the Oxfordshire company wanted, so they made the switch to Hypermill from Open Mind.

Italy — EMO Milano 2021 closed on 9 October. Promoted by Cecimo, the European Association of Machine Tool Industries, and organised by the operational structures of Ucimu, the Italian machine tools, robots and automation systems Manufacturers' Association, EMO Milano 2021 registered more than 60,000 participants coming from 91 countries.

Germany — At EMO metalworking exhibition being held from 4 to 9 October 2021 in Milan, Italy, Open Mind will present its Version 2021.2, the most recent release of the Hypermill CAD/CAM suite.

Italy — Bologna based company Vetimec supplies the international automotive industry and foundries with moulds, including injection moulds. Since die-sinking EDM dominates the production of these moulds, efficiency depends on the production of the graphite electrodes. With the changeover to special milling tools from Hufschmied, Vetimec can now machine graphite 30 percent faster and 20 percent more economically.