With the value of collaboration in the pursuit of innovation in mind, Seco and its technical partners hosted Aero Inspiration Through Innovation (ITI) on 23-24 November for aerospace manufacturers. The event drew more than 1439 registrants.

Hermle board member Franz-Xaver Bernhard was unanimously elected new chairman by the board of the VDW (German Machine Tool Builders' Association) and the Machine Tools and Manufacturing Systems Association within the VDMA at its fall meeting.

HIG, based in Austria, will be attending EMO 2019 in Hanover and present their range of EDM wires.

With the Dualmaster series, FPS Werkzeugmaschinen, Germany, is launching the new FPS 425 and FPS 630 universal milling machines. They will replace the previous FPS 420 and 620 as of January 2022.

Orders continue their downward trend in the machine tool industry in the second quarter. The VDW reports that many sectors are currently reluctant to invest.

An independent study at the Technische Universität (TU) Darmstadt in Germany shows that customers who invest in multiple, affordable CNC machine tools instead of one or two high-end, special purpose machines benefit in many respects. By Stephan Möller, MBMC

3D Systems and GF Machining Solutions expand their partnership to enhance their metal production in the Greater China region and provide local access to manufacturing experts.

With its Flexflow technology, Italian hot runner specialist HRS Flow has developed an innovative solution for the injection moulding of high-quality parts primarily for the automotive industry.

USA — Desktop Metal has received a $7.9 million order for binder jet additive manufacturing systems from a major German car maker for the mass production of metal automotive powertrain components at scale.

Cutting tool expert Union Tool leads in the domain of hard milling. Here, the Japanese manufacturer demonstrates the optimal way of milling a solid block of 1.2344 steel, tempered to 54HRC to 100mm from each side.