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At the 2021 annual press conference, the VDW will provide an outlook for the machine tool industry.

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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Dr Johannes Schmalz (left) and Dr Markus Westermeier (centre) developed the idea for Spanflug after completing their doctoral studies at the iwb of TU München. They founded the company in January 2018 together with Dr Adrian Lewis (right).

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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The web event will take place on December 16 and 17, 2020.

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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METAV 2020 reloaded is now METAV digital.

METAV 2020 reloaded is now METAV digital: VDW launches new trade fair concept
METAV 2020 reloaded is now METAV digital: VDW launches...
METAV 2020 reloaded is now METAV digital: VDW launches new trade fair concept

"If anything good has come out of this difficult time, it is the stimulation of creativity," stated Dr Wilfried Schäfer, Executive Director of the VDW, (German Machine Tool Builders' Association) at the METAV 2020 reloaded Preview on 10 December 2020. The press conference was originally intended to ...
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