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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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