The war in Ukraine has consequences for Russia, but the country still produces a lot of steel for the global market. This could be an opportunity for China and India.

Elmet’s trade fair and exhibition stands already drew large crowds last year. Be it at K, the leading international trade fair for the plastics industry, or at FIP in Lyon — the Upper Austrian specialist in developing and producing high-quality liquid silicone parts, dosing systems, and mould making succeeded in imparting a great deal of knowledge. And the company will be appearing at a wide variety of trade fairs again in 2023, including the renowned Fakuma in Friedrichshafen.

The virtual commissioning of customer-specific machines has the greatest leverage in terms of improving product quality, costs and throughput time. Until now, model creation has been costly and uneconomical due to the lack of mechatronic modular building block systems. Let's take a look at the effects of digital twins for virtual commissioning.

Open Mind Technologies, a CAD/CAM developer, is expanding its technical sales team in Sweden due to increased demand, bringing on board Fredrik Josefsson, a seasoned CAM expert with extensive experience in various industries, at its Gothenburg subsidiary.

At AMB 2022, Haimer will present an advanced version of its Automation Cube, which allows automated shrinking and presetting of cutting tools. The handling tasks are performed by a cobot that supports the shrinking and unshrinking process as well as the measuring process of tools with highly accurate length repeatability.

Plastpol is one of the largest exhibitions in Eastern Europe for the plastics industry and attracts leading companies from the plastics processing sector every year. It covers all aspects of the plastics value chain — from manufacturing and processing to recovery and recycling.

The RUD Tecdos TM is now also available in a relatively small version that can handle injection moulds and the like up to a maximum weight of five tonnes.

USA — AMGTA presented the Environmental Sustainability Research Award to 6K Additive based on Foresight Management’s Life Cycle Assessment analysis of the Unimelt powder manufacturing process.

West End Precision, which serves sectors like automotive and aerospace, has been investing in newer, faster machines to keep up with surging demand. The latest acquisition, a Nakamura WT150IIF, enhances production efficiency and reduces downtime, while also featuring energy-efficient technology aimed at reducing power consumption and CO2 emissions.

Speed to market has never been more important in the consumer goods sector, as brand owners aim to develop new bottle and package designs to address ever-shifting customer desires. But creating conventional metal tooling for the blow moulding of bottles is an expensive and time-consuming proposition. That is why Pepsico was looking for an alternative.