Additive manufacturing is becoming increasingly important in China. We provide an overview of the manufacturers with the highest sales volume right now.

Since its inception in 1995, MJ Toolmakers, a specialist toolmaking firm, has seen consistent growth. Addressing capacity concerns, the company recently added two Mitsubishi EDM machines from the Engineering Technology Group (ETG).

Since 2004 Al Fajer Information & Services and Messe Duesseldorf have maintained a partnership, whose continuation was secured by the signing of a contract in Düsseldorf on 27 February 2023: Arab Plast will again be held at the Dubai World Trade Centre from 13 to 15 December 2023.

Cutting tool expert Dormer Pramet is launching new products and expanded assortments to simplify the machining process and help machinists and operators access the most suitable cutting tools across a wide variety of applications.

More than half of UK manufacturers have been significantly impacted when it comes to recruitment in the last year according to a new report. The 2022 Manufacturing Agility Assessment, which was launched on day one of Smart Factory Expo in Liverpool, painted a worrying picture of labour shortages and supply chain disruption, with 69 percent citing issues with sourcing material and components.

Software company CG Tech, developer of the CNC machine simulation software Vericut, is launching the new Version 9.4 just in time for EMO 2023 in Hanover (Hall 9/Stand B24). Under the motto “Get connected”, CG Tech offers new features and functions with the current version, which offer immediate added value in the day-to-day business of metal-cutting production.

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.

New generations of 3D printers could see the arrival of entirely new types of products on the market in five to ten years. What is innovative about these printers is that they can simultaneously print electronic functions such as light-emitting diodes and conductor paths.

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.

Mapping a 3D printing process as a continuous digital process chain from the component design to the production and post-processing is the logical consequence of a digital Additive Manufacturing strategy. This objective that Aim3D has set itself has been taken up by the Naddcon research and development centre in Lichtenfels (Germany), which specialises in Additive Manufacturing.