:quality(80)/p7i.vogel.de/wcms/44/a5/44a595ea8cbd7ca3de26d2fa0d44b5f2/0128811358v1.jpeg "The EU–Mercosur agreement would establish the largest free trade zone worldwide, encompassing a combined market of roughly 700 million people. (Source: free licensed)")
:quality(80)/p7i.vogel.de/wcms/7d/d5/7dd5712eb281b2c1301aee6711f091c3/0128808096v1.jpeg "SP Group strengthens its manufacturing and tooling capabilities with the acquisition of Danish prototyping specialist Idé-Pro for around 94 million euros. (Source: SP Group)")
:quality(80)/p7i.vogel.de/wcms/21/69/21691745c07c5c5d82e595ec4774b9aa/0128682698v1.jpeg "After a difficult 2024, Italy’s machine tool industry ended 2025 with only modest growth, as a sharp export decline outweighed a rebound in domestic demand. (Source: free licensed)")
:quality(80)/p7i.vogel.de/wcms/a7/85/a785365350a3e947497f00f47b82b039/0128627886v1.jpeg "Groundbreaking in Värnamo (from left): Bengt Rimark, Torbjörn Egerhag, Simon Vestlund, Dan Hagström looking forward to the new Competence Centre at Bredasten. (Source: Feddersen)")
:quality(80)/p7i.vogel.de/wcms/d0/18/d01856df41be0149042e9f1977f8b028/0128664298v2.jpeg "From machine tools and automation to additive manufacturing and digital solutions, MACH 2026 presents the full spectrum of manufacturing technologies shaping the UK’s industrial future. (Source: MTA)")
:quality(80)/p7i.vogel.de/wcms/32/39/323954fb2abc56983e0cd7cb3560246c/0128664485v2.jpeg "JEC World 2026 will once again bring the global composites community to Paris, showcasing advanced materials, manufacturing technologies and sustainable applications across multiple industries. (Source: JEC World)")
:quality(80)/p7i.vogel.de/wcms/aa/8f/aa8f4f950cc0e190751689dba69eea01/0128565967v1.jpeg "At Swiss Plastics Expo 2026 in Lucerne, Engel presents inject AI and the world’s first autonomous injection-moulding cell, demonstrating how intelligent digitalisation enhances precision, process stability and efficiency for Swiss plastics processors. (Source: Engel)")
:quality(80)/p7i.vogel.de/wcms/40/8c/408cd551b8091b69cfed78e197a5a476/0128563423v1.jpeg "Micronora 2026 brings the global microtechnology ecosystem to Besançon. (Source: Yoan Jeudy)")
:quality(80)/p7i.vogel.de/wcms/4f/15/4f15c3bb14bab92080bf996709a83645/0128563218v2.jpeg "New extrusion crosshead is user-friendly and adaptable for any operation. (Source: Guill)")
:quality(80)/p7i.vogel.de/wcms/42/31/42313bd220cdcb8af7fb8e067a83d50c/0128557097v1.jpeg "Meusburger supports high-precision EDM processes with immediately available materials, precisely matched clamping systems and digital configurators for reliable electrode production and sinker and wire EDM. (Source: Meusburger)")
:quality(80)/p7i.vogel.de/wcms/8a/70/8a70819e022170d9daef7c0ccec1821d/0128495766v1.jpeg "As a long-standing sponsor of leading industry competitions, Hasco underlines its commitment to innovation, performance and excellence in mouldmaking and plastics processing. (Source: Hasco)")
:quality(80)/p7i.vogel.de/wcms/ad/b4/adb4bb0edc1a6f8fd034c6a37e175e9d/0128356211v2.jpeg "Statically designed transport beam tailored to the specific tool. (Source: Nonnenmann)")
:quality(80)/p7i.vogel.de/wcms/50/7e/507e92bc6eb96c6646801c23695fd698/0128867905v2.jpeg "Branding plate for Alstom trains produced in series. (Source: Replique )")
:quality(80)/p7i.vogel.de/wcms/cd/8c/cd8c3ca788be29055f3af26645fa0262/0128810840v1.jpeg "New materials and enhanced sourcing controls extend Xometry’s marketplace capabilities for aerospace, defence and medical manufacturing. (Source: Noah Willman)")
:quality(80)/p7i.vogel.de/wcms/40/59/4059f2264fa9693e048ee11050839486/0128700610v1.jpeg "By directly generating laser paths from implicit geometry, the hybrid toolpath drastically improves surface finish, mechanical strength, and computational efficiency for microscale lattices. (Source: Junhao Ding et al.)")
:quality(80)/p7i.vogel.de/wcms/c2/e1/c2e1b679261a399bf6269dc373c102fa/0127678469v1.jpeg "At Formnext, DMG Mori demonstrated how the Lasertec DED hybrid and Lasertec SLM AM technologies can be seamlessly integrated into end-to-end additive manufacturing process chains. (Source: DMG Mori)")
:quality(80)/p7i.vogel.de/wcms/51/d2/51d230163a0fef3d986cf8b3f30951f1/0128682701v1.jpeg "DMG Mori’s Pfronten open house is one of the largest private exhibitions in the machine tool industry, with many thousands of visitors expected to attend. (Source: DMG Mori)")
:quality(80)/p7i.vogel.de/wcms/22/0e/220efd3f7f8f358b48a574bf0eec4ea7/0128664282v3.jpeg "Mounted in the fixture is Rohacell for a show car. (Source: F. Zimmermann)")
:quality(80)/p7i.vogel.de/wcms/36/b6/36b69f3d3be92a1b0d1a1caaec3aaeb1/0128633689v1.jpeg "The Powermill HPC3 offers exceptional working capacity. (Source: Emco)")
:quality(80)/p7i.vogel.de/wcms/7c/67/7c67ad526570b346eb2a76df58c0f4ba/0128631376v1.jpeg "The new Tezmaksan Cubebox Tower machine tool tending system, available from Whitehouse Machine Tools. (Source: Whitehouse)")
:quality(80)/p7i.vogel.de/wcms/24/ac/24ac3a9f884a5e5b306956e31a9b4deb/0128861196v2.jpeg "Jake Weatherley using Vericut on Haas machine (Source: Vericut)")
:quality(80)/p7i.vogel.de/wcms/77/87/77871c4c292c70617d166654c0d1c163/0128700299v1.jpeg "Artificial intelligence is increasingly taking on a central role in process optimisation and knowledge transfer in injection moulding. (Source: Kaist)")
:quality(80)/p7i.vogel.de/wcms/73/be/73bec93ee96729e2c1e4dc97ed4a8901/0128496648v2.jpeg "Module Works 2025.12 introduces a new Corner Finishing toolpath, detecting uncut stock, generating stable tool center lines, and merging optimized paths to minimize repositioning. (Source: Module Works)")
:quality(80)/p7i.vogel.de/wcms/78/86/78865609f51a72235f82b1175fef3783/0128355985v1.jpeg "Robot Calibration Helper is Ency’s new mobile app that streamlines precise TCP calibration across multi-vendor robot cells and sends results directly into Ency Robot projects. (Source: Ency)")
:quality(80)/p7i.vogel.de/wcms/2f/61/2f61dd20be68049fa2320a2e5aa860d7/0123789183v2.jpeg "from left to right: Sodick President Giuseppe Addelia and Vice President Salvatore Cocco (Source: Sodick)")
:quality(80)/p7i.vogel.de/wcms/c5/49/c54973f28495dada1c7605f913717341/0121533734v1.jpeg "The set-up of the complex parts on the new Sodick ALC600G (Source: Sodick)")
:quality(80)/p7i.vogel.de/wcms/94/8f/948f81f46645691d1d90152ef605a0ae/0120806008v2.jpeg "Some of the billets clamped and ready for lights out machining at Bellcliffe. (Source: ETG)")
:quality(80)/p7i.vogel.de/wcms/a7/71/a77110eca4700757403af4ec15407500/0120450681v3.jpeg "The Trasdorf site in Lower Austria is home to seven state-of-the-art production halls covering an area of 20,000 m² with a total of 16 Sodick EDM machines. (Source: Gerhard Rauch)")
:quality(80)/p7i.vogel.de/wcms/5a/4a/5a4afa231d7e866a871940b6e3cbf13f/0128810805v2.jpeg "Mitutoyo Legex 574. Installed in March 2025. (Source: Mitutoyo)")
:quality(80)/p7i.vogel.de/wcms/89/04/8904ab16b77655a483945ae9a61551ac/0128635010v1.jpeg "The Easy Runner interface allows operators to load and execute inspection programs with a single touch. (Source: Ready)")
:quality(80)/p7i.vogel.de/wcms/63/b9/63b93a7420eba16e25feaacb80f8e82c/0128496384v2.jpeg "A model from LK Metrology's Maxima range of large-size, granite table-type CMMs. (Source: LK Metrology)")
:quality(80)/p7i.vogel.de/wcms/31/be/31be7345020f07989a330cb397b695c9/0128356094v2.jpeg "The high-precision Strato Apex machine works at less than a micron. (Source: Mitutoyo )")
:quality(80)/p7i.vogel.de/wcms/f3/4d/f34d32adcd63bdf5332e4d57ae75611a/0128850501v1.jpeg "The new AW Series Oil Mist Collectors from Filtermist (Source: Filtermist)")
:quality(80)/p7i.vogel.de/wcms/7c/a2/7ca2adf016cad8d1de510c4df0ff57bc/0128810813v1.jpeg "Vomat, based in Treuen, stands for fine filtration technology in industrial metalworking, which not only sets technical standards but also impresses with its exceptional vertical range of manufacture. (Source: KSKOMM)")
:quality(80)/p7i.vogel.de/wcms/49/47/4947b843c01af2530f6ee7b1ead12615/0128496364v1.jpeg "Elastic bonded diamond tools demonstrate their strengths wherever extremely hard materials such as carbide need to be machined with precision. (Source: Artifex)")
:quality(80)/p7i.vogel.de/wcms/05/65/056575417733c00d05e7a79c19515c66/0128060803v1.jpeg "Thread turning with a laser-machined chip-breaker geometry produces chips that can be guided out of the machining zone in a controlled manner while maintaining the same cutting parameters. (Source: Simtek)")
:quality(80)/p7i.vogel.de/wcms/4a/5f/4a5fd6bde5784db58812f15386c2126f/0126112832v2.jpeg "Boride Engineered Abrasives offers mould makers worldwide a complete toolkit for achieving top-quality surface finishes. (Source: Boride)")
:quality(80)/p7i.vogel.de/wcms/87/3c/873c56a315b598e5491cef38d9ef72f1/0123364440v1.jpeg "The fully synthetic corrosion protection Z2690/… comes with NSF-H1 registration. (Source: Hasco)")
:quality(80)/p7i.vogel.de/wcms/00/2a/002ad74723b737fd6e4729e3434f16ab/0123040413v1.jpeg "The Evo-Series features advanced technology for simple and efficient operation. (Source: Asco)")
:quality(80)/p7i.vogel.de/wcms/cc/a6/cca6a2e5fde9c86e0322d88849afaf65/0120949147v2.jpeg "Comprehensive tool maintenance package (Source: RUD Ketten Rieger & Dietz)")
:quality(80)/p7i.vogel.de/wcms/39/a3/39a32d830d6bb6e4471c79e537c5ca52/chimei-ecologue-frosch-6000x3373v1v1.jpeg "The green frog represents the Ecologue portfolio at CHIMEI. It reflects the company's commitment to innovation, safety, and sustainability – aiming to drive progress in various industries while also contributing to addressing global environmental challenges. (Image:CHIMEI)")
:quality(80)/p7i.vogel.de/wcms/2b/29/2b297a2773f13d3017fc6d49424a57b1/0127570680v1.jpeg "Dr Aphrodite Tomou heads up the technical department of Goodfellow (Source: Goodfellow)")
:quality(80)/p7i.vogel.de/wcms/cf/47/cf47e0f2838a93620ef614c97ce46a02/0126485311v1.jpeg "Swiss Steel supplies specialised tool steels that combine durability, precision and surface quality. (Source: Swiss Steel)")
:quality(80)/p7i.vogel.de/wcms/f1/b0/f1b03ea58663a165eef76c8353826097/0126198690v3.jpeg "Engineered Ampcoloy mould core built for precision and long-lasting performance in plastic tooling (Source: Ampco)")
:quality(80)/p7i.vogel.de/wcms/2a/7e/2a7e5ced0986e88a6c24123fba954dee/0128871141v2.jpeg "Leadership transition at Hasco: Markus Büngers steps into the role of CEO. (Source: Hasco)")
:quality(80)/p7i.vogel.de/wcms/1d/2a/1d2a6bc382131d8cc1f325617e1dced8/0128870377v1.jpeg "On 12 January 2026, Dr Volker Nilles took up the position as Chief Executive Officer of Arburg. (Source: Arburg)")
:quality(80)/p7i.vogel.de/wcms/de/c9/dec91a3f4969c194567937304290d836/0128682667v1.jpeg "Tactotek expands its IMSE ecosystem: ARRK SPG joins as a licensed partner, bringing pre-series tooling expertise and rapid prototyping capabilities to support the industrialisation of smart, integrated surfaces for automotive and industrial applications. (Source: Tactotek)")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1937100/1937135/original.jpg?v= "Manfred Kainz is retiring from management of TCM and will in future chair the shareholders' meeting. Markus Temmel, the company's COO to date, will take over his role as CEO. (TCM)")
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