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ISCAR presents the latest representative of the PICCO line. Thanks to double cooling, the new PICCOJET offers longer tool life and allows for efficient chip removal during turning, grooving, threading, chamfering, profile turning, and axial grooving.

The mechanical engineering sector started the year with a cautious export result. However, March showed a slight upward trend. But the weaknesses of the markets in China and the EU remain significant.

The MAPAL factory for precision tools Dr. Kress KG, the headquarters of the internationally active provider of precision tools and machining solutions based in Aalen, is restructuring legally and structurally.

ISCAR also has systems for deep drilling applications and offers its customers tailored solutions with SolidDeep, BrazeDeep, TriDeep, and the modular interchangeable head drill SUMOGUN.

With the MX boronite, URMA AG from Rupperswiel presents a high-precision quick-change system for the milling of cast and hardened steel.

With new tools and geometries, Paul Horn GmbH from Tübingen offers a comprehensive tool portfolio for various machining processes with lead-free materials.

The turned parts manufacturer Schauerte processes threads in highly alloyed, corrosion-resistant Cr-Ni steel significantly more economically with GFM Shark thread milling cutters from Johs. Boss GmbH & Co. KG, brand JBO.

The competitiveness of the German and European industry was discussed at the WGP spring conference and what improvement potentials are available.

The turned parts industry looks back on a difficult year – between declines and upheavals, the hope for stabilization is at the forefront for 2025. In Fulda, manufacturers, machine builders, and tool specialists came together to discuss opportunities at the spring meeting of the turned parts association.

A small groove makes the difference: Waibl GmbH in Hofolding near Munich has recognized the advantages of the new cutting insert VBMX of the MultiLTurn system from INGERSOLL WERKZEUGE GMBH and is now using it for all turning operations after initial tests – and these are quite diverse at the machine manufacturer.

The new PKD milling program from Paul Horn GmbH, focusing on productive and process-safe machining of aluminum, includes a wide range of standard and special tools from end mills to complex and modular combination tools.

EMAG presents the MSC 5 DUO, a front-loaded CNC turning center, and showcases it for the first time at EMO 2025 in Hanover.

For internal grooving and turning, ISCAR now offers the four-edged QUICKIGROOVE in its program. This tool is versatile and can be mounted on both right-hand and left-hand tools.

The first quarter of 2025 resulted in an order increase of a total of 4 percent - it was the first positive quarterly balance of orders in three years. March also closed with a pleasing order increase of 4 percent.