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METAV digital in the starting blocks
METAV digital in the starting blocks
METAV digital in the starting blocks
"Networking – three in one" is the motto of the METAV digital which will be opening its virtual doors in exactly one week. Almost 80 exhibitors from six countries will be taking part. It is the first exclusively digital event for metalworking organised by the VDW (German Machine Tool Builders' Assoc...
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Starting in 2022 – GrindingHub in Stuttgart
Starting in 2022 – GrindingHub in Stuttgart
Starting in 2022 – GrindingHub in Stuttgart
GrindingHub, the first edition of the new trade fair and the center for grinding technology, will be held from 17 to 20 May 2022 in Stuttgart. It is scheduled to be run every two years by the VDW (German Machine Tool Builders' Association), Frankfurt am Main, in cooperation with Messe Stuttgart and ...
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German machine tool industry sees light at end of tunnel
German machine tool industry sees light at end of...
German machine tool industry sees light at end of tunnel
The VDW (German Machine Tool Builders' Association), Frankfurt am Main, expects production in the German machine tool industry to grow by 6 per cent to around 12.6 billion euros in 2021. At the association's annual press conference, Chairman Dr Heinz-Jürgen Prokop stated that the improved mood in th...
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Pushing forward digitalisation in the machine tool industry with intelligent algorithms and platform technology
Pushing forward digitalisation in the machine tool industry with...
Pushing forward digitalisation in the machine tool industry with intelligent algorithms and platform technology
The VDW (German Machine Tool Builders' Association), Frankfurt am Main, has acquired a minority stake in Munich-based Spanflug Technologies GmbH. The contract was signed last November. The start-up has been operating since 2018 and was spun off from the Institute for Machine Tools and Industrial Man...
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Perfect boost for umati
Perfect boost for umati
Perfect boost for umati
All good things are worth waiting for! The VDW (German Machine Tool Builders' Association), Frankfurt am Main, originally planned to present its "Project of the Year" award to the Stuttgart research trio Caren Dripke, Tonja Heinemann and Christian von Arnim at the METAV last March. But then corona h...
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Machine tool manufacturers opening a new chapter in the roll-out of Industry 4.0
Machine tool manufacturers opening a new chapter in the...
Machine tool manufacturers opening a new chapter in the roll-out of Industry 4.0
The VDW will be firing up the next stage of umati – the universal machine technology interface – on 16 and 17 December. "This is solid proof that the open connection of machines is possible using such standards. Participants will be able to experience how data from different machines converges – liv...
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