The start-up Digital Moulds has been digitising injection moulding tools in collaboration with the BMW Group since 2019. Smart mould monitoring, a standardised interface and real-time data are creating greater transparency and efficiency in production.

Cutting tool manufacturer Seco is embedding circularity across its entire value chain — from product design to resource recovery — with the goal of achieving 90 percent circularity by 2030 and driving sustainable transformation in manufacturing.

Manufacturers seeking greater flexibility and durability in milling now have a solution: Seco’s revamped Round 20 series offers optimized insert usage and rugged reliability.

Guill introduces its patent-pending Series 400 extrusion tooling — engineered for strength, adaptability, and precision. Designed for use with a wide range of corrugated equipment, the new system eliminates weld lines, enhances product integrity and supports fast changeovers across automotive and medical applications.

Open Mind Technologies welcomed 450 participants from 33 countries to its 2025 International Sales & Tech Symposium in Munich, where the focus was on advancing Hypermill and Hummingbird-MES through global collaboration and technical exchange.

Designing with responsible materials often means working with imperfections — or embracing them. At K 2025, Chris Lefteri invites designers to rethink beauty, challenge conventions, and explore a new aesthetic language where recycled content, visible traces, and novel finishes become a badge of value, not compromise.

With a 2.5 million euro investment in all-electric multi-component moulding technology, HSK reaffirms its leadership in sustainable polymer processing. Supported by nearly 150 machines from Sumitomo (SHI) Demag, the company is expanding globally, and setting new standards for energy-efficient, high-precision manufacturing in Germany and Canada.

With its M5 geometry and plug-and-play function – no pilot drill required – the Corodrill DE 10 indexable drill sets new standards in terms of time and cost savings.

Tool manufacturer Tungaloy shows how you can get the most out of high-performance cutting (HPC) without investing in a new machining centre or relocating abroad.

Fotec Research and Technology Transfer at the University of Applied Sciences Wiener Neustadt has succeeded in making the reworking of additively manufactured components more economical with the help of a process known as ‘Hirtising’.