Germany — No bore without a countersink, that is a widely applicable rule. For this reason, Mapal has a product in its portfolio for the machining step. With a huge investment, the production of the patented countersinks is being taken to a new level in 2022, the company announced.

Austria — 2021 was complicated by both supply shortages and rising commodity prices, as well as limited customer visits due to the Covid situation. Despite these challenges, Meusburger was able to guarantee continuous service and delivery availability. Thus, the standard parts manufacturer from Austria was able to achieve a turnover of 302 million euros.

Italy — Lamiera 2022 will take place one week earlier: the event is thus scheduled at Fieramilano Rho from 18 to 21 May 2022, the organiser Ucimu announced.

Germany — Software developer MV Tec will celebrate its 25th anniversary throughout 2022. The company was founded in 1996 as a spinoff of the Munich Technical University and the Bavarian Institute for Knowledge-based System (Forwiss).

Germany — The start-up company Ionkraft, which has its roots in the Plasma Technology working group at IKV, has won first place in the RWTH Innovation Award 2021. Using plasma technology, the team wants to make plastic packaging for barrier applications in the chemical industry recyclable, and thus replace the present multi-material solutions.

The Israel-based manufacturer of the first micron-level additive manufacturing technology, Nanofabrica, has been awarded the TCT Award for innovation in hardware (polymer systems).

Barnes Molding Solutions — including brands Foboha, Gammaflux, Männer, Priamus, Synventive and Thermoplay — covers the entire spectrum of mould-making and hot runner technology at K.

HRS Flow presents Flexflow technology and HRS Cool, a hot runner system without the need for water cooling of the associated actuators, at K 2019.

USA - Mastercam developer, CNC Software, has announced the integration of Sandvik Coromant's Coro-Plus tool library in its new release of Mastercam 2018.

It's that time again: The Engineering Newcomer design competition is on the lookout for the most creative young engineers in the field of design and development. The organisers Cadenas, Norelem, Bundesarbeitskreis Fachschule für Technik, M-Design and Zuken E3 ask students from all over the world to submit their innovative project designs.