Supplier of polymer 3D printing solutions, Stratasys, introduced three new 3D printers that together address a large portion of the multibillion-euro market opportunity in additive manufacturing of end-use parts. The systems collectively are aimed at accelerating the shift from traditional to additive manufacturing for low-to-mid-volume production applications underserved by traditional manufacturing methods.

Francesc de Haro has become the new Cumsa General Manager since November 2018.

Italy — Giancarlo Losma passed away last Friday, 30 April. He was past president of Ucimu, the Italian machine tools, robots and automation systems manufacturers' association, which he led from 2008 to 2011.

DPS Software, IT system house with focus on digital solutions for the manufacturing industry, presents itself at the Intec 2019 with three main topics: Design solutions with Solidworks CAD and production-related solutions in CAD, manufacturing software CAM using SolidCAM as well as the simulation of factories and manufacturing plants with Visual Components.

At the Automatica show in Munich, the software and equipment manufacturers worked together to show the feasibility of robot machining with the production of a wooden miniature Kuka-robot model at the Fraunhofer IPA booth and a bicycle component at the Robotmaster booth.

USA/ Canada – Large investments in the manufacturing industry have been driving the US tool and die making industry's growth in recent years. The Canadian tool and die industry is closely linked to the production in the US. However, most of the North American investments in the automotive sector are currently made in Mexico.

Germany — DMG Mori Aktiengesellschaft has nothing to complain about in the first quarter of 2021. In monetary terms, orders were up by around 149.6 million euros compared to 2020.

UK — In advance of its physical launch event 19th May 2021, Wayland Additive announced the first sale of its Calibur3 metal AM system to Exergy Solutions, Calgary, Canada.

Germany — With its expansions to the tool range for slot milling and slot cutting, Paul Horn is responding to the requirements of users. The company now offers the cutter body of the M310 milling system with an internal coolant supply.

With an eye on the German, Austrian and Switzerland market, Sesto Robotics is collaborating with automation specialist Baumüller, to bring its flagship autonomous mobile robot ‘AMR Sesto Magnus’ to these European countries.