Austria — After a challenging year 2020, Meusburger is looking positively to 2021, mainly due to the new office building in Hohenems, the numerous digital solutions that have been newly and further developed for customers, and the product diversity as a full-range supplier in tool and mold making.

Trumpf Venture announces the final closing of the $ 15 million Series A funding round for Carbice Corporation led by Downing Ventures with additional funding provided by Trumpf Venture and Toyota AI Ventures.

The contract manufacturer MCC Tooling has decided to program its CNC grinding machines and its wire EDM machine with CAD/CAM software in the future. The selected software is on the one hand easy to use; on the other hand, it shortens the offer, programming and processing times.

Germany — A host of training opportunities in technical and administrative positions will be offered by the British high-tech company Renishaw this year — including in Germany...

Walter extends the concept of its multiple-row thread milling cutters for producing shorter threads.

Tool and mould makers in German-speaking regions are busy to remain competitive as they are exposed to an intensive price war.

USA — Boston Micro Fabrication (BMF) specializes in micro-precision 3D printing. The company's Micro Arch system is based on a 3D printing technology called PμSL (Projection Micro Stereolithography).

Siegfried Wendel and Jacek Kruszynski join the precision tools manufacturer's management board.

Despite the triumph of electric cars, there is a long way back to success for the German automotive sector. The prospects in this segment remain good, but this will not compensate for the losses in other segments. According to a study by the credit insurer Euler Hermes, car dealers and automotive suppliers are particularly at risk.

Germany-based AHP Merkle has optimised the damping in hydraulic cylinders and introduced a linear damping concept, an innovative and ground-breaking new solution, the company claims. We wanted to learn more and talked to Development Engineer Philipp Santen.