Using automation to leverage the full potential of machine tools

Automa­tion is one of the most impor­tant ways in which man­u­fac­tur­ing com­pa­nies can raise their pro­duc­tiv­i­ty lev­els and thus remain com­pet­i­tive. And many solu­tions are now eas­i­er to imple­ment today than they were just a few years ago. Fur­ther­more, invest­ments in this seg­ment are now pay­ing for them­selves ever faster.


One year Club of Metalworking — what’s new and what’s to expect

New mem­bers every day, new func­tions and the first big event on our doorstep with EMO Han­nover: the first birth­day of the Club of Met­al­work­ing is a cause for joy for us, but no rea­son to take a breather. Whether newslet­ters, per­son­al club cards, a dis­cus­sion board or down­load area for mem­bers — the Club…


Moulding Expo opens its doors: fixed meeting point for trendsetters

705 exhibitors are tak­ing part in this year’s Mould­ing Expo. Now being held for the third time, the trade fair is becom­ing estab­lished on the mar­ket and has found its reg­u­lar exhibitors who main­ly com­prise tool, pat­tern and mould mak­ing com­pa­nies. Mould­ing Expo is unique since 50 per cent of exhibitors now come from this…


German participation at Chinese machine tool fair (Cimt) bigger than ever before

Ger­man machine tool man­u­fac­tur­ers occu­pied almost 9,500 square meters of exhi­bi­tion space at this year’s Chi­na Inter­na­tion­al Machine Tool Show (Cimt), which took place in Bei­jing from April 15 to 20. With around 240 exhibitors, Ger­many was by far the largest for­eign part­ner at one of China’s most impor­tant indus­tri­al trade fairs. The fair, which…


International b2b Meetings at EMO Hannover: Using trade fair days efficiently with the Enterprise Europe Network

The world’s lead­ing trade fair for met­al­work­ing tak­ing place from 16 to 21 Sep­tem­ber 2019, will once again attract deci­­sion-mak­ers from all over the world. With the help from Handw­erk Inter­na­tion­al Baden-Würt­tem­berg and the Enter­prise Europe Net­work, entre­pre­neurs will get into con­ver­sa­tion with each oth­er. “Find­ing the right busi­ness part­ner abroad is like look­ing for a…


METAV 2020 International Trade Fair for Metalworking Technologies – Running like clockwork for 40 years now

Reg­is­tra­tions can be sub­mit­ted until 31 August 2019 It was in March 1980 that METAV (then sub­ti­tled “The Mar­ket For Met­al­work­ing”) opened its doors for the first time in Düs­sel­dorf. It very quick­ly became the lead­ing trade fair for met­al­work­ing in the even years. Today it sets the pace in the largest indus­tri­al met­ro­pol­i­tan area…


Exploiting new digital possibilities in the recruitment of young talent

Good spe­cial­ists are the back­bone of any com­pa­ny. Employ­ers there­fore have to come up with nov­el ideas to make sure they do not lose these impor­tant assets. But how can employ­ers raise their appeal in the age of dig­i­tal trans­for­ma­tion? How should com­pa­nies recruit junior staff and how can they retain their exist­ing employ­ees? EMO