Italy — On February 24, a press conference for the South Korean public was held to present EMO Milano 2021, the Italian exhibition of reference for the metalworking machine tool manufacturing industry, scheduled to take place at Fieramilano in October 2021.

Italy — The international exhibition focused on the industry of sheet-metal forming machine tools and innovative technologies related to the sector, Lamiera, scheduled to take place at fieramilano Rho from 26 to 29 May 2021, has been officially postponed for one year. The new date of the event promoted by Ucimu-Sistemi Per Produrre and organised by CEU-Centro Esposizioni Ucimu is set for 25 to 28 May 2022.

Germany — The first edition of the new leading trade fair and the center for grinding technology, Grinding Hub, will be held from 17 to 20 May 2022 in Stuttgart.

Italy — On an annual basis, machine tool orders in Italy dropped by 18.6 % in 2020 versus 2019. Even in the last quarter of 2020, the collection of machine tool orders shows a negative trend.

EMO, the leading trade show for the metalworking industry, returns to Italy in October 2021. According to the organisers, the number of exhibitor applications is rising, and new regulations are to ease the application process amidst the current COVID-19 pandemic.

The trend of the year 2021 should be completely different compared to 2020 and, even if the ground lost over the last twelve months cannot be fully recovered, the forecasts are really positive.

A press conference for the Japanese public was held to present EMO Milano 2021, scheduled to take place at fieramilano in October 2021.

The European launch of the Field system, a new IIoT platform, was carried out by Fanuc at the recently concluded EMO Hannover exhibition in Germany.

EMO Hannover made headlines - with over 2,200 exhibitors and a premiere as the event witnessed a live demonstration of the universal machine tool interface – umati.

With changing times, there is a need for more advanced and convenient solutions for the global machine and machine tool industry. Here, one innovation that is breaking ground is Umati.