Technology company JPB Système has announced a significant expansion in Poland with a new production site. The move signifies the company’s ongoing commitment to serving its global client base and achieving ambitious targets moving forward with an increased ramp-up.

Germany — On the occasion of this year's Kuteno Kunststofftechnik Nord (plastics exhibition in Northern Germany) and in time for K 2022, Andreas Bexte, Bexte Kunststoff-Technik -BKT-, Essen, presents details of the cooperation agreement with LK IMM Europe, Travagliato, Italy.

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.

Outsourcing non-core manufacturing activities could provide a hidden answer to industry’s growing skills shortage according to one of the sector’s leading CEOs, believes PP Control & Automation’s Tony Hague. He argues that companies, struggling with the recruitment puzzle, are missing out on a golden opportunity to solve their ‘people woes’ and become faster and more efficient in the process.

Swedish VBN Components 3D prints wear-resistant alloys with the brand name Vibenite, which noticeably enhance the lifetime and performance of components. In 2018 the company won the ”Innovation of the Year” award in its county for “The World’s Hardest Steel” and clients can be found globally. Until now, VBN’s products have only been used in industrial applications, but now they have also come into royal use.

Researchers at the IWF of TU Berlin and specialists at Gezea GmbH can recycle environmentally harmful graphite dust. The electrodes can be finished in a matter of days! This is how they do it.

The Portuguese mould making industry has been growing and has consolidated its market position as No. 8 in the world over the past years. One of the secrets to the success of the industry is its willingness to cooperate, a visit to this year’s Moulds Event revealed.

Numerical modelling experts for robust generative design, Rafinex, and digital manufacturing specialists, Module Works, have combined workpiece topology optimisation with intelligent toolpath planning in an efficient, sustainable solution for Powder-Bed-Fusion (PBF).

With the latest update of the Solid Works Database, Hasco is providing its customers with an exclusive tool with around 100 further products. The parametric data allows simple and precise working.

The Chair of Microfluidics at the University of Rostock is working together with Stenzel MIM Technik (Tiefenbronn near Pforzheim) on a project to print a 3D metal injection moulding (MIM) tool. The basis of the development is the use of Aim 3D's CEM technology with an Ex-AM 255 system.