Aaron Farrag becomes the new chief operating officer at FarragTech and is planning to extend production abroad.

Hard times for foundries: The boom of 3D metal printing is threatening their market shares for metal-cast components. They need to modernise their production processes.

Moulding Expo was firmly on the schedule of many equipment suppliers and end users, but the organizers of the Stuttgart Exhibition Center had to pull the emergency brake due to the pandemic development and cancel the industry’s highlight event. But what are the consequences for the industry? ETMM asked Moulding Expo Project Manager Florian Niethammer about what happens next.

On 1 January 2019, a new subsidiary manager took over at Arburg's Italian subsidiary in Peschiera Borromeo: Raffaele Abbruzzetti was appointed to the role as the successor to Björn Norén, who retired from his position at Arburg at the end of 2018.

Germany – When Germany-based KTR Group was looking to reduce set-up times in the manufacturing process, as well as improvements in handling chips and contamination, they talked to Hainbuch at the EMO exhibition in 2013. The result is a good partnership and optimised processes.

Germany – Haimer and Mapal have announced that they have successfully completed a formal partnership and licensing agreement.

USA — The Crain Global Polymer Group and AMI are launching a major American exhibition focused on the design and production of injection-moulded plastic parts and products.

Germany/China – One year after the merger with the Chinese company Powerway, Berkenhoff, a German specialist for high-quality wire solutions, draws a positive conclusion, and launches a new, joint EDM product line in the mid-range segment. Berkenhoff boss Askan Duhnke expects further synergies.

Global manufacturing leaders move beyond prototyping to fully embrace 3D printing for series production. Printers are getting faster, can produce bigger parts and create reproducible qualities. What are the latest developments?

Germany – Ewikon will be showcasing its micro-manifold technology, a new standardised solution for the efficient large scale production of polyolefine parts in moulds with an extremely high number of cavities.