The new VDW Chairman – Franz-Xaver Bernhard
The new VDW Chairman – Franz-Xaver Bernhard
The new VDW Chairman – Franz-Xaver Bernhard
Franz-Xaver Bernhard was unanimously elected the new Chairman by the Executive Board of the VDW (German Machine Tool Builders' Association) and the Machine Tool and Manufacturing Systems Association within the VDMA, Frankfurt am Main, at its fall meeting.
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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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Electronic, smart and sustainable
Electronic, smart and sustainable
Electronic, smart and sustainable
Holding it all together: Clamping technology grips tools and workpieces securely during machining. However, Industry 4.0 poses a new challenge for clamping technology manufacturers. Using robust, integrated sensor technology, they must now refine their products into cyber-physical production resourc...
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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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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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umati demonstrating global data connectivity at EMO Milano
umati demonstrating global data connectivity at EMO Milano
umati demonstrating global data connectivity at EMO Milano
umati will be on display in Hall 7 at EMO Milano, connecting up more than 50 machines from all over the world, almost half of them remotely. Using the updated umati dashboard, anyone interested can follow live to see what these machines, connected via the standardized OPC UA for Machine Tools interf...
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GrindingHub 2022 passes further milestone – Numerous grinding technology market leaders already on board
GrindingHub 2022 passes further milestone – Numerous grinding technology...
GrindingHub 2022 passes further milestone – Numerous grinding technology market leaders already on board
GrindingHub, the new trade fair for grinding technology in Stuttgart, has passed a further milestone. "Barely two months after the registration documents were sent out, numerous market leaders have already signed up for GrindingHub. This means that Stuttgart is already set to become the heart of the...
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METAV 2022 – First metalworking trade fair since 2019
METAV 2022 – First metalworking trade fair since 2019
METAV 2022 – First metalworking trade fair since 2019
After almost two years, there is finally some good news from the German trade fair sector regarding metalworking. METAV 2022 is set to open its doors from 8 to 11 March in Düsseldorf. The registration forms were sent out last week.
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Turnaround for machine tool industry
Turnaround for machine tool industry
Turnaround for machine tool industry
Orders received by the German machine tool industry in the first quarter of 2021 were 26 per cent up on the same period last year. Orders from Germany rose by 10 per cent. Foreign orders, however, were 35 per cent higher than in the previous year.
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Turnaround for German forming technology
Turnaround for German forming technology
Turnaround for German forming technology
Orders received by the German metal forming technology manufacturers in the first quarter of 2021 were 9 per cent up on the previous year's figure. Orders from Germany fell by 12 per cent. Foreign orders, however, were 25 per cent higher than in the previous year.
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