Germany — Already in 2019, on the occasion of the EMO exhibition, Lach Diamant wrote „the trend in milling is towards Monoblock“ — or, in other words, to “renounce“ profitably the use of cartridge milling cutters. The PCD-Monoblock is, in direct comparison with cartridge milling cutters, immediately ready for use — without time-consuming adjustment of the cutting edges needed.

Germany — Supplier of CAD/CAM software components, Module Works, and Robotized, supplier of CNC and robotic manufacturing solutions, have extended their partnership to offer customized, automated solutions that accelerate robot-assisted additive manufacturing, including CMT (Cold Metal Transfer).

UK — Provider of integrated CAM software, Solidcam UK, joined The British Turned Parts Manufacturers Association (BTMA) as a Technical Member.

Big Kaiser has just announced a change at its executive level. Takuya Ichii will make way for Reto Adam.

Poland – Foreign automotive concerns may rely on the friendly business environment in Poland whilst the country itself has a few attributes which make it one of the best locations in the region.

Big Kaiser presents Dyna Force, a testing device for determining the withdrawal force of machine tool spindles.

Standardised high-quality mould units provide a reliable basis for modern mould- and toolmaking. This was reason enough for Schoform, a German mould and toolmaking company based in eastern Saxony, to opt for standard mould units from Hasco for the last 20 years. The latest example is a 32-cavity hot runner mould, for which Hasco supplied the complete, ready-to-assemble “hot half” as well as most of the associated standardised components.

Italy — Baowu Steel awarded Tenova two contracts for the revamping of a fully automatic roll shop for its silicon steel plant at Baoshan Iron and Steel, in Baoshan, Shanghai, China.

UK — More than 150 machine tool manufacturers worldwide are already adopting the Big Kaiser BBT spindle interface technology that is available from Industrial Tooling Corporation (ITC) under license. The company recently put its equipment to the test against leading industry rivals to underpin the underpin the superior performance claimed by the manufacturer.

We caught up with IMC President and CEO Jacob Harpaz at AMB in Stuttgart to chat about how the cutting tool supplier Iscar is performing after U.S. billionaire Warren Buffet bought the remaining 20% of the IMC International Metalworking Companies last year, seven years after snatching up 80% of the company.