January
2024
Preventative
maintenance is key to profitability
COVER
STORY: The changing face of metrology
Robotic
Innovations presented with FANUC sales award
Multitrade
Distributors reflects on 40 Years
In
loving memory of Dr Paul Potgieter: A legacy of inspiration and hope
Investors
approach Botswana to build a new railway line just to avoid South Africa
Dreams
are big at TDL Engineering
Copper
price could rise over 75% to record highs by 2025
Transnet
stops plan to allow private companies to operate key rail line
The
dtic calls for comments on the extension of the ban on scrap metal exports
Bell
Equipment appoint Ashley Bell as new CEO
M&C
Zambia performs rapid overhaul of compressor motors for Copperbelt smelter
Fuchs
Lubricants South Africa invests R218 million to increase local production capacity
Machine
Tools Africa 2024 set to take place in May 2024
Cliff’s
Way Engineering management committed to learning and adaptation
Bottling
it with Neck Ring International
Tools
for sustainable machining
Sandvik’s
acquisition of pro-micron to strengthen position in sensorised tools market
François
Duval appointed as the new President of CECIMO
Walter
and Heller sign partnership agreement
Innovation
meets tradition – OPEN MIND cracks the nut with a CNC milled nutcracker
Kennametal
introduces new cutting accessory to automate chip clearance
How
2 000 torches are being crafted for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games
Russia
is importing more CNC machine tools and China is now its main source
Big
machines will feature at the 32nd edition of BIEMH
TMTS
2024 – 27 to 31 March 2024
Exhibition
and event listings updated on Metalworking News website
Hexagon
agrees to sale of non-core Tesa PMI business
Tyrolit
acquires Acme Abrasives
Mazak’s
Integrex i-200H S multi-tasking machining center
The
new Sandvik Coromant CoroMill MR80 offers reliable and cost-efficient face and profile milling
Latest
Mitutoyo vision systems enhance measurement productivity with technological advancements
DMG
MORI INH 63: New 5-axis machining center is automation-ready
TaeguTec’s
vibration free Hush-Bore is so quiet its boring
Amada
launches AMTES (Autonomous Mobile Transport Engineering System)
ISCAR/UNITAC
are expanding the lower diameter range of the GD-DH gundrills family
Albrecht
ULTRA – maximum results thanks to maximum cutting performance
Trumpf
has increased the productivity of the TruPrint 2000
Kennametal
expands its bestselling and best performing line of HARVI solid carbide end mills
Hurco’s
5-Axis VMC with integrated trunnion table for increased efficiency
OmniSurf3D
adds surface texture analysis to Hexagon CMMs
Okuma’s
new CNC control OSP-P500
New
OSG range: The AE-CRE-H and AE-HFE-H endmills for high hardness materials