With its own press shop serving the production facility of a major automotive plant in Eastern Europe, Essex-based Alpine Tools recently entered the market for a new wire EDM machine. Faced with a requirement to manufacture tools for its in-house press operations and various subcontract customers, the company selected a Sodick VL600Q CNC.

Due to considerable business growth, UK toolmaker Denmark Products has added a Mitsubishi wire EDM and a spark erosion machine to its shop floor. With features such as precision automatic wire rethreading, IoT technology, next-generation drive systems and a user-friendly control system, the new machines significantly reduced lead times.

The machining of complex forms can be a significant challenge for manufacturers, especially if the batch size is considerable. Floyd Automatic Tooling can now provide very precise form tools for challenging material types thanks to the Schwanog range of form tool solutions.

At the recent DMG Mori open house held at the machine tool manufacturer's Pfronten factory in Germany, a new 5-axis machining centre was launched aimed at the entry-level market.

The workholding and tooling solutions distributed by Hyfore have now been expanded further with the company becoming the exclusive UK and Northern Ireland distribution partners for the Heimatec brand of precision tools and systems.

Software company Module Works announces the 2023.04 release of its digital manufacturing software components. This first major release of 2023 offers several new options for controlling the machining parameters across different subtractive and additive processes.

At JEC World 2023, one of the largest global composites shows, held 25th to 27th April, at the Paris Nord Villepinte Exhibition Centre, CG Tech will demonstrate how advanced programming strategies and simulation can lead to the production of better composite parts.

As one of the fastest growing end mill and drill areas in the Seco Tools portfolio, the company’s solid-round tool reconditioning service experienced an increase in use by over 30 percent in 2022.

A new supplier partnership focused on ensuring engineering and subcontracting firms receive high-precision tooling and value-added service has been announced between MSC Industrial Supply UK (MSC) and Walter Tools.

The zinc die-caster Wissler & Rademacher knows that the production of die-cast parts depends squarely on the tools. If a mould is defective, large series production of millions of units comes to a standstill. To prevent such unplanned downtimes, the zinc foundry has equipped its high-performance mould construction department with three new EDM machines.