Frank Dietsche

Real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the USA decreased by an annual rate of 0.3 percent in the first quarter of 2025 (January, February, and March), reports the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

ZCC-CT Europe presents the product innovations 03/2025 in a video directly in action.

With the new quick clamping system Flexline R, ROEMHELD expands its product portfolio with a particularly robust solution for the automatic clamping of tools of varying sizes on the press ram. Clamping is done via hollow piston cylinders.

On April 8, 2025, the focus at the Technology Center of Hufschmied Cutting Systems in Bobingen near Augsburg was on the efficient production of electrodes for erosion.

Okamoto has upgraded the flat grinding machine ACC42 SAiQ. More precision and energy efficiency are the results.

On April 10, 265 members and partners of the Association of German Tool and Mould Makers (VDWF) gathered at Arburg in Loßburg in the Northern Black Forest for the 32nd Annual General Meeting.

VDMA is filling two key positions: Dr. Johannes Gernandt will become the chief economist of the association, succeeding Dr. Ralph Wiechers. Oliver Richtberg will be the new head of foreign trade, succeeding Ulrich Ackermann.

WIGO manufactures and processes precision and machining tools. The company relies on a VGrind 360S grinding machine from Vollmer.

MPK Special Tools mills high-precision ceramic components. The precision technicians set new standards. Also with strong support from tools of the MARLIN 3D series by ZECHA.

After a decline in order intake, sales, and results in 2024, the company also forecasts significant sales and earnings losses for 2025.

Contract manufacturer Lehner relies on ISCAR's SUMOGUN for deep hole drilling

With the TRAUB TNL12 lean, INDEX is launching an entry-level variant of the proven small long-short turning machine.

OPEN MIND presents the 2025 release of its CAD/CAM suite hyperMILL. The highlight of the new version is the comfortable, automatic deburring. With a new tessellation algorithm and a simplified element representation in CAD models, the CAD part of the software has been further accelerated.

The VDWF raises awareness of the industry's importance with the poster campaign 'Think global, source local!'