Sigma Engineering presents the new version 6.0 of Sigmasoft Virtual moulding at K 2022. Besides the reworked intuitive user interface one highlight is the introduction of simulative Compression Moulding.

The UK’s first ever Precision Tooling Academy has been launched thanks to a partnership between In-Comm Training and Brandauer. Over one million pounds have been invested by the two strategic partners to create a commercial toolroom in the training provider’s facility in Aldridge, UK.

Since its inception in 1970, AW Precision has continuously grown and evolved. The Rugby-based company is undertaking a course of continuous investment, and this has seen the manufacturer recently purchase its second Chevalier Smart-B818 III surface grinding centre from Dugard.

From 22nd until 24th June 2022, the VCampus training event for trainees from the cutting tool industry took place for the first time. The event was organised by the sharpening specialists Vollmer, who, via the Sieglinde Vollmer Foundation, is dedicated to the development of young people.

With Plastpol Expo, an important meeting place for the plastics processing industry is returning to Kielce, Poland. The trade fair attracts exhibitors and visitors from Central and Eastern Europe with more than 50 percent of exhibitors coming from outside Poland.

In the first quarter of 2023, the index of machine tool orders, elaborated by Centro Studi & Cultura di Impresa di Ucimu-Sistemi per Produrre, recorded a decrease of 23.7 percent compared to the period January-March 2022, with an absolute index of 125.1 (base 100 in 2015). The result is due to a reduction in orders placed by manufacturers in both the foreign and domestic markets.

Combining different manufacturing processes often pays dividends for manufacturing companies. This also applies to grinding and precision machining. Grinding Hub will provide a compact overview of the market for production technologies in this challenging environment.

This year’s parts2clean welcomed more than 2,300 visitor to the Stuttgart Exhibition Center armed with concrete tasks and projects. For the approximately 140 exhibitors from 16 different countries, this resulted in high-caliber leads that promised to result in good follow-up business.

The latest Contract Manufacturing Index (CMI) shows that the subcontract manufacturing market dipped sharply in the final quarter of 2022. Early signs of an upturn in October were countered by political turmoil and ongoing uncertainty in the market.

Swiss Steel Group's financial performance has been significantly impacted by the ongoing challenging geopolitical and economical market environment. Faced with declining demand from crucial end markets and reduced sales volume in the first half of 2023, together with sustained high sales prices and several cost-cutting efforts resulted in an adjusted Ebitda of 70 million euros.