100 years ago, Lach Diamant started out as a company for cutting diamonds for jewelry. After WWII, the family business from Hanau, Germany, discovered the benefits of diamonds for cutting a variety of materials. A century later, the manufacturer is known for his cutting-edge grinding and cutting solutions.

At the EMO 2023, the German software manufacturer Schott Systeme will demonstrate the significant performance enhancements of version 3.10 of its Pictures by PC-CAD/CAM software, with special focus on mould and model making.

Standardisation along the entire value chain plays a key role in the success of a company. In die making it also offers great economic benefits — but how?

3D printing company Stratasys announced that Team Penske, one of the most recognisable and successful teams in motorsports, has purchased a new Stratasys Neo 800 3D printer. The system is Team Penske’s first stereolithography-based 3D printer from Stratasys and will be used to rapidly print scale model components for aerodynamic testing.

Remaining booth locations are filling up in the exhibition halls in Friedrichshafen for the 28th Fakuma international trade fair for plastics processing. All involved parties are eagerly awaiting new impetus from the world’s leading trade fair for the injection moulding industry.

MSV, which will take place in Brno from 4 to 7 October 2022, is the most important mechanical engineering trade fair of the year for the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Arburg will demonstrate production-efficient series manufacturing on an electric Allrounder as well as the possibilities that adapted automation solutions can open up in day-to-day operation.

A US-based moulding company integrates game-changing processing software and machine learning with a state-of-the-art mould shop. Siemens NX CAD/CAM helps the company to integrate mould design and manufacturing as well as to realise automated mould development.

Even though Poland is yet to have its own car brand, the automotive industry is a very important part of the Polish industry which gives impetus to the whole Polish economy. The country is an important player in the European Union as a supplier of car parts, engines as well as cars.

The companies Strack Norma and Desoi agree on a closer cooperation at the beginning of the 4th quarter of the year 2023. The focus of the closer sales cooperation is, among other things, joint training for the designer as well as coordinated marketing and sales campaigns.

Germany — The German Machine Tool Builder's Association presents the figures relating to order intake in two divisions of the German mechanical engineering industry, shedding light on developments in the first quarter of 2022.