Frank Dietsche

Machine orders decline despite stronger year-on-year growth

At EMO 2025, Soraluce will present a new era of milling technology.

The manufacturer of CNC lathes and turning-milling centers, headquartered in Hakusan, Ishikawa (Japan), positions itself as a direct sales company in Germany and Austria by taking over the sales and service areas from Hommel GmbH.

The slight easing in the order books in July is not a trend reversal: The hoped-for dynamism in investments in mechanical engineering is still lacking. Therefore, the promised relief must come in the autumn.

Walter presents the state-of-the-art ConeFit milling cutter

Turning parts association benefits from international exchange

How modern tool management can look is revealed by HAIMER to the visitors of EMO 2025 in Hanover with an extensive portfolio.

Kyocera Unimerco presents the DTD500 – an electric indexable insert cordless screwdriver and torque wrench in one device. It enables up to 50 percent faster tool changes compared to mechanical tools.

With the use of the high-precision ibex deburring system from KEMPF, the valve specialist VETEC Ventiltechnik GmbH from Speyer achieves a step towards process-safe and economical edge processing in single-part production.

The VDMA will become the new ideal and professional sponsor of the Intec trade fair in Leipzig, along with the Precision Tools Association and the Measurement and Testing Technology Association.

As a coating specialist, CemeCon AG offers a comprehensive service. Competent and experienced CemeCon technicians are available around the clock and seven days a week for customers.

An example of how Germany can become independent from China is a project for the electrification of highways. With IPT technology, resource consumption can be significantly reduced.

The special tool experts from Müller Precision Tools in Sien, Rhineland-Palatinate, have developed specific tool configurations for every application that are precisely tailored to the aluminum alloy to be machined. Thanks to tool recycling, also with reduced CO2 emissions.

The EU Commission defends the 15 percent "Tariff Deal" with the USA. However, more and more products are subject to the significantly higher steel and aluminum tariffs. The VDMA urgently calls on the EU Commission to advocate for improvements.