We caught up with IMC President and CEO Jacob Harpaz at AMB in Stuttgart to chat about how the cutting tool supplier Iscar is performing after U.S. billionaire Warren Buffet bought the remaining 20% of the IMC International Metalworking Companies last year, seven years after snatching up 80% of the company.

Germany – When Germany-based KTR Group was looking to reduce set-up times in the manufacturing process, as well as improvements in handling chips and contamination, they talked to Hainbuch at the EMO exhibition in 2013. The result is a good partnership and optimised processes.

Lightweight construction is often difficult. When even researcher teams have problems to predict the behaviour of a certain material, it is even harder for manufacturers. MAP Werkzeugmaschinen has now teamed up with Fraunhofer IPT for examining how a component made of carbon-fibre-reinforced plastic behaves during machining.

In September, Germany’s President Frank-Walter Steinmeier will be ceremonially opening the EMO Hannover 2017.

The term industry 4.0 is hyped especially at trade fairs, but the digital transformation is also met with fear among manufacturers and their professionals: will their expertise become obsolete in the age of digitalisation? Alexander Epple and Michael Königs explain, why the knowledge and experience of experts will still be needed in the future.

Toolholding innovator Gewefa will have a new taper toolholder on show. Other presented innovations are the Hydropin hydraulic chuck with a fixed stop pin, the Easy Fix boring bar toolholder and a new shrink collet system, called Induterm M96.

Tool manufacturer Sandvik Coromant has announced it will focus on automation on their presence at EMO Hanover 2017. According to the company, “the future of machining and production” will be în the centre of their presentation on a 528 m² booth.

Tool manufacturer Lach diamand presents a wide product range at EMO 2017. The company informs about the advantages of electro-plated grinding and deburring tools at the trade fair.

Germany/Switzerland - Additive manufacturing enables the production of metal mould inserts that feature conformal cooling to ensure and control temperature homogeneity for shorter cycle times. GF Machining Solutions and EOS collaborate to integrate AM into companies’ production process. By Barbara Schulz

Germany - Two prototypes of a machining centre show the way towards digital production. The networked machines are equipped with sensors which initially supply the data. Intelligent evaluation in correlation with other data provides a new quality of statement of the machine status. By Jörg-Oliver Hestermann, Schaeffler Technologies