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…
Fast and environment-friendly coating
The new process for extreme high-speed laser deposition welding (Ehla) is a genuine success story: intensive development in Aachen from 2012, consistent implementation and testing of the system technology in the Netherlands followed by industrial implementation in China. And on 21 September 2018, the process developed by the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT in…
IMTS 2018 shows high procurement levels in North America
The IMTS (International Machine Tool Show), the largest and most important metalworking event in North America, took place in mid-September in Chicago. The US machine tool association AMT, the organiser of the event, captured the success with headlines such as “Booming manufacturing economy” and “Visitors have capital and are ready to invest!” A broad range…