One of the West Midlands’ leading manufacturers enjoyed a double triumph at the national Engineering & Manufacturing Awards. PP Control & Automation’s Tony Hague took the main honour of the evening when he beat off the challenge of some of the UK’s most influential bosses to win the Industry Leader of the Year title.

Version 1.12.5 of GF Machining Solutions’s CAM software has been designed for texturing, engraving and micromachining for laser machines. This release includes two major new features: 3D Curves and Flexi Blast, incorporated in Laser Design.

If you want to turn data into information, there are many major and minor parameters that need to be adjusted. These include consistency and unified languages. For a complete picture, it is also important for the maximum number of participants in the process chain to think and act digitally. AMB 2022 in Stuttgart will provide a platform for these solutions from 13 to 17 September 2022.

A collaboration between Elmet and Dow resulted in an innovative manufacturing technology for the main optics of LED headlights with Adaptive Driving Beam (ADB) functionality. To this end, Elmet's high-precision Smartmix Top 7000P dosing system has been combined with the Smartshot E cold runner system for consistently high-quality parts.

Cutting tool expert Walter is extending its range of solid carbide milling cutters for ISO N machining with the addition of two distinct roughing specialists, the MD265 Supreme and the MC268 Advance.

Set up in 2012 to deliver precision tooling to companies in the north of England, Go Tools is a specialist manufacturer of precision diecast dies and injection mould tools for a multitude of industry sectors. The company has now invested in high-end machine tools from the Engineering Technology Group (ETG).

The organisers of Moulding Expo in Stuttgart, Germany are preparing to welcome around 400 exhibitors in June 2023. These exhibitors will include leading companies of the tool, pattern and mould making industry along with important technology suppliers.

Following its launch of polycrystalline diamond (PCD) tipped parting-off tools, Horn has introduced new step drills having cutting edges tipped with PCD for drilling, boring and countersinking non-ferrous metals.

The tech start-up Fourjaw has launched its next-generation machine monitoring platform designed as an operational tool to enable manufacturers to achieve big gains in factory floor productivity.

Aim 3D's new material qualification study on the Exam 510 system reveals promising advancements in 3D printing using Ultem 9085 resin pellets. With potential cost savings up to a factor of seven and increased build speeds, the technology aims to disrupt traditional filament-based 3D printing, particularly in high-performance sectors like aerospace.