Digitalisation will be at the forefront of Arburg's presentation at Chinaplas this year. There, the new customer portal will be presented for the first time.

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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.

Strack Norma introduces a new centring unit allowing for more precise positioning.

DK introduces a new fixturing system for working with laser technology. They are said to be easy to implement and offer the required degree of precision.

Germany - Small batches and mass production are somewhat incompatible, because the lower the product price, the more important are high production numbers. While additive processes are not ready for mass production yet, they may be able to mitigate these conflicting interests.

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HRS flow presents a new family mould for one-shot production of three high-quality visible parts for a door module for car interiors. The use of the Flexflow technology ensures finely grained surfaces without pressure lines or flow marks.

Germany – Germany’s precision tooling industry grew by 3% to around €9.9bn in 2016 and is expected to rise another 3% in 2017, the VDMA Precision Tools Association said at its annual press conference in Frankfurt yesterday.

UK – Gewefa has introduced its Grindtec range of hydraulic chuck toolholders designed to work with tool grinding machines.