Austria — Despite a global pandemic, there are still some good news from some companies: One such piece of news comes from the mould making company Haidlmair in Nussbach, Austria. The mould making specialists were able to secure the largest order in the company's history.

Germany/Austria – Cutting Tool specialist Paul Horn used the opportunity of AMB, a home match for the Swabian company, to unveil a strategic innovation. Two independent carbide and tool manufacturers are about to embark on a joint sales cooperation for ISO turning and milling tools: Horn in Tübingen and Boehlerit in Kapfenberg (Styria, Austria). As part of this, Horn will be responsible for selling Boehlerit-branded ISO turning and milling tools in Germany, France, the UK, the USA and China.

Italy — Fincantieri and Comau signed a letter of intent to develop prototypes of robotized steel welding solutions and the resulting construction of a series of machines. The prototypes are planned to be initially used in Fincantieri shipyards.

Russia — From May 24 to 28, 2021, the global machine tool industry will meet at Metalloobrabotka 2021 in Russia. Used machinery dealer Gindumac will be exhibiting at Metalloobrabotka for the first time.

Germany – Standards are expected to play a major role in the success or failure of Industry 4.0. Because the road to digital transformation requires a digital twin of the physical product, the pressure to standardise also includes the product data itself. Cutting tools are no exception to this rule.

Moulds – Finland-based Sabriscan supplies moulds internationally, with the business model of the company being based on local service partnerships globally.

An important event was organized in Lyon on the 20th of November by CARA (the European Cluster for Mobility solutions) : the 4th edition of Automotive Techdays.

UK – In a report by industry consultants, AMI Consulting, to quantify and analyse the global market for polypropylene compounds, interesting data and trends were revealed.

Two years after the last trade fair for the metalworking industry took place, there is finally light at the end of the tunnel. Metav 2022 is set to open its doors from 8 to 11 March in Düsseldorf.

UK — As a supply chain partner to a multitude of blue chip OEMs that are household names, Unilathe has been providing a complete engineering service to industry since its inception in 1977. Applying the latest generation of machine tools, the Stoke-on-Trent Tier 1 subcontract manufacturer has recently invested in a Kitamura Mycenter HX500iG horizontal machining centre from Dugard Machine Tools to add to its three previously installed Kitamura machines.