Uk - Visi software supports this toolmaker with detailed tailored functions and automated algorithms for the design process. On the shopfloor, automatic feature recognition algorithms detect regular geometries and automatically generates the necessary NC data, maintaining company standards.

Production has to be more flexible and efficient. Efforts strive for simplicity, standardisation and process optimisation. Regardless of clamping system and machine type, the focus is the CNC system, says Joachim Zoll, head of machine tool systems at Siemens.

The compnay chose to invest in the Droop+Rein T portal by Starrag. This is the companies fourth purchase of a Starrag machine and the largest investment yet.

Spain – Now available from the exclusive UK and Eire agent, Warwick Machine Tools, the new range of ONA AV wire EDM machines is part of the Spanish company’s strategic plan to improve current product competitiveness with the introduction of high performance ‘Premium’ machines that was initially established with the recent launch of the highly capable QX die sink CNC EDM range.

Germany - Günther Heisskanaltechnik's Okta Flow type OMT multi-tip hot-runner nozzle was designed for the direct side gating of products in compact, multi-cavity moulds. According to the company, there are said to be a variety of unique selling points setting it apart from the competition.

Aerospace components supplier Rotec Engineering has invested in a Nakamura system to reduce their set-up time and achieve 'lights-out' manufacturing.

UK - Machining tool steel die nests is a complex operation at the best of times. A particularly intricate job used to be a loss-making operation for a UK-based toolmaking firm. But now the purchase of a 5-axis machine is said to save enough time to make the process profitable.

As 3D printers become larger, faster, and more accurate, their manufacturers face the next challenge: How do we bring additive manufacturing into an industrial manufacturing chain?

At MEX, experts at the DP Technology booth will demonstrate features of the company's Esprit CAM software.

At the EMO trade fair in Hanover, LMT Tools is expanding its product portfolio with a number of innovations for milling, threading and gear cutting. Users from the automotive, aerospace, energy technology, ­mechanical engineering, medical technology and mould and die-making industries receive new solutions to increase productivity in their individual machining applications.