OPC UA moves into international forming technology
OPC UA moves into international forming technology
OPC UA moves into international forming technology
From November 7 to 10, 2023, Blechexpo invites all experts in sheet metal working to Stuttgart for the exhibition. umati, the joint connectivity initiative of the VDW (German Machine Tool Builders' Association) and VDMA (Mechanical Engineering Industry Association), will also be exhibiting in Hall 9...
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Euro zone accounting for significant proportion of machine tool orders at present
Euro zone accounting for significant proportion of machine tool...
Euro zone accounting for significant proportion of machine tool orders at present
Orders received by the German machine tool industry in the second quarter of 2023 were 3 per cent down in nominal terms on the same period last year. Orders from Germany declined by 11 percent whereas those from abroad rose by 1 per cent. The level of orders fell by 7 percent overall in the first ha...
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Realignment on the trade fair market for production engineering
Realignment on the trade fair market for production engineering
Realignment on the trade fair market for production engineering
New responsibility for NORTEC: Messe Stuttgart and the VDW (German Machine Tool Builders' Association), Frankfurt am Main, are jointly assuming responsibility for the established event for production engineering in Hamburg. The final discussions with the previous organizer, i.e. Hamburg Messe und Co...
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Machine tool industry attracting attention at VDW symposium in Vietnam
Machine tool industry attracting attention at VDW symposium in...
Machine tool industry attracting attention at VDW symposium in Vietnam
Among the ASEAN countries, Vietnam has become an attractive industrial location and an important trading hub with a growing interest in industrial production. The country is expanding its domestic production in order to manufacture higher-quality products, reduce costs and at the same time protect i...
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Dr. Markus Heering to join VDW executive team as of May 2023
Dr. Markus Heering to join VDW executive team as...
Dr. Markus Heering to join VDW executive team as of May 2023
Markus Heering has a great deal of experience with trade fairs, as he and his associations have acted as institutional patrons for the drupa, security and formnext. Other key elements of his career have been the development of VDMA activities in the field of additive manufacturing within the relevan...
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Machine tool orders down in the fourth quarter of 2022
Machine tool orders down in the fourth quarter of...
Machine tool orders down in the fourth quarter of 2022
As expected, orders in our industry moved into negative territory at the end of the year. This was to be expected after a period of almost continuous growth. One of the reasons for this was a very strong prior-year figure in foreign demand
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Wireless manufacturing could be standard practice in ten years
Wireless manufacturing could be standard practice in ten years
Wireless manufacturing could be standard practice in ten years
Let's Talk Science informs participants about how they should be preparing for 5G.
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Big data opens up new business models
Big data opens up new business models
Big data opens up new business models
The sharing-economy attitude “Don’t own, use”, coupled with predictive maintenance, promotes efficient and sustainable production and consolidates supply chains.
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Life cycle analysis for the Green Deal
Life cycle analysis for the Green Deal
Life cycle analysis for the Green Deal
How large is your company’s carbon footprint? What are the emissions limits for your products during operation? And how can we move towards creating a climate-neutral factory?
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