They know it’s corny, but Terry Smith and his partner Steve Browning, owners of Hightown Engineering, like their company motto: “If spindles aren’t turning, we’re not earning." Smith says it keeps them focused every day on what’s most important. That is what they have done for 12 years now: kept spindles turning.

United States/Europe - In 2014, Haas Automation opened another 11 collaborations within its technical education program (HTEC) in Europe. According to Haas, the company is now running a total of 87 HTEC showrooms on the continent.

Germany – For users with constantly changing tool requirements and high demands on machining flexibility, Gühring has developed a new end mill that covers five operations with one tool: the RF 100 Diver can perform drilling, ramping, slotting, roughing and finishing operations, the supplier said.

Czech Republic – Dormer Pramet has just opened a new facility in the Czech Republic. Called the XP Center, the Experience Center is aimed to develop new materials and technologies, the company said.

Weeks before international exhibition and conference on the next generation of manufacturing technologies Formnext take place, organiser Mesago already reported record numbers. The event mirrors the rising interest in additive manufacturing.

Version 2020.1 will be revealed for the first time at the Open Mind booth at Metav. Here is a peak at the new functionalities and improvements coming with the new version.

A difficult international situation, a virus and trouble in different industries, it will not be an easy year for the machine tool industry. Find out why 2020 still holds a lot of potential.

Aerotech turns 50 this year. The motion control company can trace its roots back to its Hungarian origins and to its founder, Stephen J. Botos (82). The firm originally started in a garage.

New offerings from mould technolgies expert, DME, to its standard mould bases and components include ball guiding units, drilled insulating plates and baffles extensions.

Kern Microtechnik GmbH, Eschenlohe, looks back on a successful year 2019, in which sales increased by more than 15 %.Find out how the company is gearing up for 2020.