METAVs favourite: stand cookies!

An eventful year is drawing to a close. The days are getting shorter, the nights colder and contemplation is coming. But Christmas time is also time for cookies. That’s why we went to the bakery and baked our favourite cookies: Stand cookies! You may have seen them on social media…  With combined forces from the…


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…



T4M: Messe Stuttgart pooling medical technology know-how

The medical technology industry will celebrate the première of T4M – Technology for Medical Devices – in Stuttgart from 7 to 9 May 2019. Suppliers with medical technology expertise such as Lasertech Srl (Italy), Micro Érosion (France), Precision Micro Ltd (Great Britain), Zapp Precision Metals GmbH MEDICAL ALLOYS (Germany), HAKAMA AG (Switzerland) and Heimerle +…


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…


Euroblech 2018 draws to successful conclusion

Euroblech 2018, the 25th International Sheet Metal Working Technology Exhibition, came to an end after four days on 26 October. A total of 56,300 visitors from all over the world travelled to Hanover to pick up information on and invest in innovative products and digital technologies for sheet metal processing from 1,507 exhibitors from 40…


umati for everyone – How do I benefit and how can I get involved?

umati will only be accepted as a standard if as many companies as possible use it. The umati presentation at the AMB (including press conference and stand) was complemented by a well attended information event for VDW members. The aim was to provide information first-hand. Dr. Alexander Broos from the VDW explained the background to…


AMB impresses on every count

1,553 exhibitors, more than 91,000 visitors and of course Messe Stuttgart itself can look back on a successful AMB 2018. All the global market leaders presented their production innovations on more than 120,000 gross square metres of exhibition space spread across ten halls – and the AMB proved once again just how much Stuttgart has…