In front of a large audience, the winners of the Anca “Tool of the Year” competition were honoured for the sixth time at this year's EMO in Hanover. The winners and finalists from Germany, Poland, Turkey and England then celebrated the extraordinary contributions with over 100 professionals from the precision tool industry at a gala dinner.

CG Tech is collaborating with Icomat on specialised composite manufacturing software. Using Icomat's unique Rapid Tow Shearing (RTS) process, the partnership aims to improve the production of composite components while reducing costs and material usage.

European manufacturing companies are faced with multiple challenges when competing internationally. However, these very same difficulties are also giving rise to some remarkable innovations. The smart use of digitalisation — including artificial intelligence — in combination with robotics and automation solutions can bring about major leaps in productivity and help raise competitiveness on a long-term basis.

A new certification for Ni625 powder could revolutionise lunar missions with hypergolic engines that throttle in under 650 milliseconds. This project showas that additive manufacturing is not only shortening aerospace development cycles but also meeting environmental goals through sustainable practices.

CAD/CAM company Sigma Nest announced version 23 of their software suite. The flagship package delivers new nesting strategies for real-world manufacturing that optimise part processing and workflow efficiency beyond classic nesting for material.

From 28 February to 2 March, Euroguss Mexico will bring together the die casting industry at the Expo Guadalajara exhibition centre. More than 70 exhibitors and an attractive supporting programme highlight the importance of this emerging and lucrative market.

Germany — The plastics processing sector is one of the most energy-intensive industries. Plastic packaging manufacture particularly stands out in this respect with its high-speed machines and high production quantities. As the demand for high-quality plastic packaging will continue to rise, processors are focusing their efforts on increasing resource and energy efficiency. If we take the injection moulding process as an example, it is clear how numerous parameters need to be fine-tuned to advance these efforts.

A new manufacturing technology developed by Covestro and Arcesso Dynamics is the first-ever to use reaction injection moulding (RIM) on aliphatic polyurethanes. This was previously considered impossible.

Flexible production processes from batch size 1 even in harsh environments — this is where the new smart universal gripper EGU from Schunk shows its strength. It can be freely networked and integrated into highly variable production processes with little effort.

Hot runner expert Husky Technologies, announced the launch of a second-generation control algorithm for its line of Altanium mould controllers. The Advanced Reasoning Technology (ART 2.0) software delivers greater speed, accuracy, precision, and repeatability compared to today’s existing temperature control systems, the company states.