Germany – Additive manufacturing is booming with worldwide sales in 2016 forecast to increase by around 30% to more than US$7bn. An industry pioneer is Concept Laser of Lichtenfels, Germany. The company continues to lead today, now with its vision of the “AM Factory of Tomorrow”.

France – Sylvestre Perrin has been appointed new General Manager for ARRK LCO Protomoule in Alby-sur-Chéran, near Annecy, France.

Germany — Engineers succeed in building an industrial-scale levitation melting system: Their special design allows casting of various reactive metals and alloys up to 500 g with high purity and short cycle times.

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A new face mill launched by Widia has been designed for rough to semi-finish machining of a variety of steels, stainless steels, cast and nodular irons.

General Manager Bob Murray also said he expects record sales this year.

The German Machine Tool Builders’ Association (VDW) and Messe Erfurt want to meld, step-by-step, their exhibitions, which are Metav and Rapid-Tech and Fab-Con 3D, journalist Walter Frick reports.

For manufacturers faced with the challenge of machining hard and brittle materials or companies with difficulties undertaking micromachining operations, Hyfore Workholding has now introduced a new range of ultrasonic tool holders. The ultrasonic tool holders are designed for machining materials ranging from carbide and PEEK through to Zirconia, Sapphire, SiC, AlSiC, Quartz, Boron Nitride and more.

Sweden — Known for their hard, 3D printed metals, Swedish materials development company VBN Components has been registering an increasing demand for their products. The company therefore moved to larger premises that are to provide increased capacities.

The supplier is also offering latch locks with forces of up to 6kN.