The third Deburring Expo, which took place early October, registered, among various positive notes, quality leads and valuable visitor discussions and enquiries for happy exhibitors, following on its success two years ago.

Israel – ETMM's Editor-in-Chief, Barbara Schulz, visited Iscar’s headquarters in Tefen in the northern part of Israel in March this year and had the chance to talk to Jacob Harpaz, CEO of Iscar and president of the IMC Group.

Germany - EDM and HSC specialist OPS Ingersoll hosted an Open House last month which attracted nearly 200 visitors from around 100 companies. The event featured a variety of presentations from long-standing OPS Ingersoll partner companies, covering the whole process chain from design to the finished product.

Lego’s Engineering, Prototypes & Tooling department uses Vericut to simulate all NC programs so engineers can sleep soundly.

The Curvemax series by Inocatools, a series of universal solid carbide curve segment mills in tangential and conical form, shorten the process times required for finishing complex, freeform surfaces in a wide variety of materials.

Great Britain - Manufacturing companies see positives and negatives in what the future holds but are preparing themselves for the worst.

Tebis's advanced simulation technology enables a detailed representation of the actual manufacturing environment in the virtual world.

France/USA – Combining smart methodology and efficient CAM software, die manufacturer MDL Europe has reduced programming and machining times. The France-based company specialises in the manufacture of die sets, blanks of punches and dies, punch retainers and special guiding elements.

The two companies are collaborating on the development of the next generation of touch-based programming technology that enables users to quickly create and simulate CNC programs.

Open Mind Technologies has announced that its Hypermill CAM software has been utilised to conduct the 5-axis programming of a replica basketball hoop.