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Demand for machine tools continues to decline: Situation expected to stabilize by end of year
Demand for machine tools continues to decline: Situation expected...
Demand for machine tools continues to decline: Situation expected to stabilize by end of...

Orders received by the German machine tool industry in the second quarter of 2024 were 28 percent down on the same period last year. Orders from Germany fell by 13 percent whereas those from abroad dropped by 33 percent.
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German machine tool manufacturers now have much broader base in the customer industries: Engineering sector now biggest customer for first time
German machine tool manufacturers now have much broader base...
German machine tool manufacturers now have much broader base in the customer industries: Engineering...

Last year, the German machine tool industry supplied around 27 percent of its production to the automotive industry and its suppliers, according to the latest customer structure survey conducted by the VDW (German Machine Tool Builders' Association) among its members.
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Focus on grinding technology: Current trends at GrindingHub 2024
Focus on grinding technology: Current trends at GrindingHub 2024
Focus on grinding technology: Current trends at GrindingHub 2024

Following the successful premiere of GrindingHub in May 2022, the second edition of the industry meeting place for grinding technology took place in Stuttgart from May 14 to 17, 2024. Around 500 well-known manufacturers from 31 countries presented numerous innovations along the entire grinding techn...
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