“Falling quantities, a shortage of skilled workers, and now corona — how am I supposed to machine any components effectively?” Answers to this question will be provided at Metav reloaded 2020.

UK — With the objective of turning machine tool investment on its head, DMG Mori Finance was formed in Germany in 2007 and was launched in the UK in 2017, offering funding in GBP. Since then, the company has funded investment in machine tools exceeding 100 million pounds.

Germany — With quality products all around the machine tool, Haimer evolved from a small job shop to an innovative Global Player within 45 years. Thanks to continuous growth the family-owned company established itself as a leader for shrinking and balancing technology as well as for tool holding and as a leading supplier of presetting technology.

With a new turn-milling centre, Okuma will make a trade fair debut in the UK. The range presented at the stand of the Japanese company also comprises a vertical machining centre and Industry 4.0 applications.

UK — The economic rebound from the Covid lockdowns enabled Yamazaki Mazak to record a strong year for machine sales in 2021, including a record month in late autumn.

Germany — The trade fair business has been hit hard during the past months. For more than a year most of us were obliged to stay at home, organize work from our home offices and stop travelling around the world for business trips. What could be more compelling in these times than a Global Production Language to connect not only machinery but people as well?

Germany — It has been four long years since the leading industry platform for grinding technology was hosted in Augsburg. From 15 to 18 March, Grindtec 2022 will once again bring supply and demand together.

Sweden — A new specialist technology centre for laser machine users based in Sweden is due to officially open in December.

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.

Italy — At EMO Milano, Umati was connecting more than 50 machines from all over the world, almost half of them remotely. Using the updated Umati dashboard, anyone interested could follow live to see what these machines, connected via the standardised OPC UA for Machine Tools interface, were doing and how they were working.