Entreprenuers, Bavarian politicians and representatives of the Coburg University got together recently in Lichtenfels.

Switzerland - Excessive vibrations are the nemesis of surface quality and tool preservation. Not so for Liechti Engineering where toolmakers rely on a clever clamping system produced by their compatriots at Rego-Fix.

Researchers from Fraunhofer are co-operating to investigate how laser powder bed fusion can be used to additively produce cutting tools with longer tool life.

Germany/Russia — At their meeting on 14 March, the Supervisory Board and Executive Board of DMG Mori strongly condemned the Russian government's war against Ukraine. As a reaction all business activities in Russia have been suspended.

Strack Norma now has another temperature control filter in its product range, which is completely made of stainless steel. In this way, impurities that enter the cooling circuit due to deposits and bacteria of aggressive cooling media are filtered even better, thus ensuring a smooth production process.

Germany — At the beginning of 2022, Matthias Maier took up his position as international sales director and member of the management board at Licon MT in Laupheim.

The 3D printing company Stratasys offers an innovative multi-cell additive manufacturing platform. The approach is designed for continuous production combined with mass customisation. The automated process promises minor operator intervention.

UK exporters are feeling the pinch, with the largest businesses appearing to have been the most severely affected. There are nearly nine percent fewer of them exporting in February 2022 compared to a year ago. This is according to the latest UK Export monitor from the Institute of Export & International Trade (IOE&IT) and Coriolis Technologies.

German-owned Heller Machine Tools, whose factory in Redditch produces selected 4-axis and 5-axis horizontal machining centres (HMCs) for world markets, will show for the first time in the UK on its stand at Mach 2022 (Hall 20, stand 130) the second-generation HF 3500 5-axis model. The company will also feature at the exhibition the fourth generation of its H-Series 4-axis HMCs.

High-performance plastics with ever narrower windows of processing temperatures and more sensitive additives mean that the demands on hot runner technology are constantly increasing.