Blog & Technical Papers
The VDW’s employees are experts in their respective specialist fields and contribute their know-how to a multiplicity of national and international contexts where they provide information on ongoing trends, news and interesting events at irregular intervals. Specialist articles published in connection with our trade fairs, the METAV and the EMO Hannover, in particular, will give you some soundly based insights into what’s happening in and around the German machine tool industry.

Smart, real-time measurement assistant
Smart, real-time measurement assistant
Smart, real-time measurement assistant
METAV 2022 from June 21 to 24 in Düsseldorf, Germany, will showcase metrology solutions that provide users with powerful support as they embrace the digital transformation. The spectrum ranges from software apps through to the fully automatic measurement assistant which is triggered by a single tap ...
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FuMaTech 2022: Registration for the German Pavilion open until 15 July
FuMaTech 2022: Registration for the German Pavilion open until...
FuMaTech 2022: Registration for the German Pavilion open until 15 July
New show for machine tools, robotics and industrial automation solutions. FuMaTech (Future Manufacturing Technology Exhibition & Conference) will be held on 9-12 November 2022 in Shenzhen World Exhibition & Convention Center, integrated into the existing exhibition DMP. Established for more than 20 ...
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Using automation to leverage the full potential of machine tools
Using automation to leverage the full potential of machine...
Using automation to leverage the full potential of machine tools
Automation is one of the most important ways in which manufacturing companies can raise their productivity levels and thus remain competitive. And many solutions are now easier to implement today than they were just a few years ago. Furthermore, investments in this segment are now paying for themsel...
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Additive chain reactions in component manufacturing
Additive chain reactions in component manufacturing
Additive chain reactions in component manufacturing
An international network is researching new processes for additively manufactured parts in the EU’s ‘Ad-Proc-Add’ (Advanced Processing of Additively Manufactured Parts) project. One of the key issues within the production chain of additively manufactured metal materials is the interaction with post-...
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Shortening payback time on investments
Shortening payback time on investments
Shortening payback time on investments
The manufacturing sector needs to play its part if Germany is to achieve its climate protection targets. Trade fairs like METAV 2022 in Düsseldorf (June 21-24) provide insights into innovative manufacturing technology. They document the availability of technology for climate-friendly production.
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Presenting ingenious ideas to an expert audience
Presenting ingenious ideas to an expert audience
Presenting ingenious ideas to an expert audience
Two years into the pandemic, two years without trade fairs – Iris Münz, Managing Director of ultraTec Anlagentechnik Münz is clearly looking forward to the GrindingHub in Stuttgart (May 17 to 20, 2022): "We had just got our prototype up and running in October 2019 when the coronavirus came along," s...
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