Visi mould and die software has helped a 150-year-old precision stamping company overcome design issues, enabling them to ship around 150 billion individual products a year.

The products and services presented by exhibitors at Moulding Expo will cover all areas of tool, pattern and mould-making but it is the range of these exhibitors which is the true strength of Moulding Expo.

It was in the Japanese city of Nagoya that Eichii Okuma founded his company in 1898. Unlike their modern counterparts, the early Okuma machines were not built to meet the requirements of the aviation or automotive industries. Instead, the first Okuma products were machines for making udon noodles.

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.

Günther Hot Runner Technology has plenty of reasons to celebrate. Firstly, the company has been founded exactly 35 years ago. Secondly, the expansion and renovation of the company's headquarters in Frankenberg, Germany, have been completed.

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

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.

CNC machine tool manufacturer Okuma, represented in Deutschland by Hommel, welcomed visitors at the Technical Centre South in Langenau, Germany and at the Technical Centre East in Parndorf, Austria.