Germany — For 50 years, standardised components from Hasco have been enabling mouldmakers throughout the world to ensure efficient cooling of injection moulding tools.

Beck Automation is presenting a dynamic IML system on Engel's booth at Fakuma 2014.

The veil has been lifted: In mid-September, Volkswagen (VW) presented the chassis of its new "ID" electric model family for the first time in Dresden – and provided deep insights in its platform strategy for electric cars.

Open Mind Technologies has announced that its Hypermill CAM software has been utilised to conduct the 5-axis programming of a replica basketball hoop.

Germany/UK — As of March 2021, Edmund Boland has taken on the role of General Manager Europe at Anca; Martin Winterstein will take the position of Sales Manager Europe and Jan Langfelder moves to the position of Global Key Accounts Manager.

For the development of a new helicopter model, Airbus had to machine large gear components. To this end, Rösler Oberflächentechnik designed a drag-finishing machine with automatic workpiece clamping and a manipulator for part handling.

Germany – Ewikon valve gate nozzles with flow channel diameters of 6 mm, 9 mm and 12 mm are now available with a new gating option.

CNC machine tool manufacturer Okuma, represented in Deutschland by Hommel, welcomed visitors at the Technical Centre South in Langenau, Germany and at the Technical Centre East in Parndorf, Austria.

Italy — The Italian Machine Tools, Robots and Automation Systems Manufacturers’ Association (Ucimu-Sistemi per Produrre), in cooperation with the Italian Trade Agency ICE, organized a press conference for the Chinese market.

UK — Materials informatics (MI) is one of the most exciting areas in materials science. 3D printing has presented an obvious target for the use of materials informatics and is already producing some very promising results.