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Dr. André Wagner, Head of Grinding Technology at Hermes Schleifmittel, Hamburg, makes clear just how much the demands on surface quality are changing and how important precise coordination with customers is becoming as a result.

Finished to perfection
Finished to perfection
Finished to perfection

GrindingHub, the new trade fair for grinding technology, will be held in Stuttgart from 17 to 20 May 2022 and will provide a platform for finishing and superfinishing. After the pandemic-related hiatus in trade shows, many of the exhibitors are now registering a strong desire for face-to-face commun...
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Order bookings in the German machine tool industry VDW

Supply bottlenecks holding back metalforming production
Supply bottlenecks holding back metalforming production
Supply bottlenecks holding back metalforming production

In the third quarter of 2021, order intake in the German metalforming sector increased by 35 percent compared with the prior-year period. Domestic orders increased by 22 percent. Foreign orders were 42 percent higher than a year earlier. In the first three quarters of the current year, orders from G...
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“The levels of orders on hand are good. However, supply bottlenecks and sharp rises in the price of raw materials and components are increasingly holding back business," says Dr. Wilfried Schäfer

Supply bottlenecks holding back machine tool production
Supply bottlenecks holding back machine tool production
Supply bottlenecks holding back machine tool production

Orders received by the German machine tool industry in the third quarter of 2021 were 69 percent up on the previous year's figure. Orders from Germany rose by 67 percent. Foreign orders were 71 percent higher than in the previous year. Orders received by German manufacturers increased by 61 percent ...
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METAV 2022 planned as combined face-to-face and digital event
METAV 2022 planned as combined face-to-face and digital event
METAV 2022 planned as combined face-to-face and digital event

Next March will see METAV 2022 open its doors again in Düsseldorf after a four-year break due to Covid-19. "We are very much looking forward to seeing our exhibitors and visitors again," says Martin Göbel, Head of Trade Fairs at the METAV organizer VDW (German Machine Tool Builders' Association).
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umati demonstrating global data connectivity at EMO Milano
umati demonstrating global data connectivity at EMO Milano
umati demonstrating global data connectivity at EMO Milano

umati will be on display in Hall 7 at EMO Milano, connecting up more than 50 machines from all over the world, almost half of them remotely. Using the updated umati dashboard, anyone interested can follow live to see what these machines, connected via the standardized OPC UA for Machine Tools interf...
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