Verein Deutscher Werkzeugmaschinenfabriken e.V. (VDW)

New orders in the machine tool industry are rising significantly for the first time. However, production, exports, and employment continue to decline.

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New orders in the machine tool industry are rising significantly again for the first time. However, production, exports, and employment continue to decline.

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Grinding is often used for high-precision component production or demanding surfaces. The combination of machine, measuring technology, expertise and tools is becoming increasingly important for this. Targeted developments for specific applications, such as the machining of brake disks or cast parts, ensure further efficiency gains for the user.

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GrindingHub 2026 will take place from May 5 to 8 in Stuttgart and is fully booked: 460 exhibitors from 28 countries will showcase innovations in grinding technology. New forum, start-up hub and joint stands provide impetus for practice and exchange.

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After two weak years, the German machine tool industry expects slight production growth in 2026, driven by a recovery in domestic demand. At the same time, structural changes and international competitive pressure, particularly from China, are intensifying the demands on the industry.

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After two weak years, the German machine tool industry expects slight production growth in 2026, driven by a recovery in domestic demand. At the same time, structural changes and international competitive pressure, particularly from China, are intensifying the demands on the industry.

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Almost three months after EMO Hannover 2025, we take a look at the most important innovations: smart machine tools, AI-supported assistance systems, additive manufacturing and sustainable production solutions for the industry of the future.

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At EMO Hannover 2025, the VDW Research Institute will be honoring projects for increasing the efficiency of forging hammers and safe protective devices for grinding machines. Practical research for Industry 4.0, occupational safety and automation

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The whole world of metalworking - for five days, Hannover was the venue for EMO, the world's leading trade fair for production technology. With around 80,000 trade visitors from all over the world, more than half of them from abroad, the exhibition grounds provided important innovative impetus for greater competitiveness in the industry.

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"When we talk about retrofitting, for us it's about giving a machine tool a second life that lasts just as long as the first," emphasizes Ralf Glatzeder, Head of the Reman department at Liebherr-Verzahntechnik in Kempten.

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EMO opened its doors in Hanover on Monday. EMO Commissioner General Carl Martin Welcker and AI expert Prof. Christian Brecher from RWTH Aachen University kicked off the event with information about the prospects for the industry and the highlights of the trade fair.

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Artificial intelligence is finding its way into machine tools and is not only changing production, but also the maintenance of machines. AI is becoming the control center for efficient, sustainable and competitive production. How AI is revolutionizing industrial production will also be on display at EMO Hannover 2025 from 22 to 26 September.

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The grand opening of EMO 2025 will take place on September 22, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. in the H'Up at the Hannover Exhibition Center.

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Automated machines, collaborative robots, 3D printing, AI in data-driven process chains - the world of metalworking is changing rapidly. Recognizing development trends and maintaining an overview is a challenge. EMO Hannover 2025 from September 22 to 26 provides an overview.

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For the first time in its 50-year history, EMO, the world's leading trade fair for production technology, is announcing a partner country. Under the title EMO Alliance Country Canada 2025, Canadian manufacturers will be exhibiting in Hall 12, Stand E89 from September 22 to 26.

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In an interview with Andreas Mühlbauer, EMO General Commissioner Carl Martin Welcker gives an outlook on the EMO in September and places the new technologies in the context of production technology.

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In the run-up to EMO 2025, international technical trade journalists from 28 countries met with selected EMO exhibitors in Frankfurt am Main on July 10 and 11. In short pitches, the exhibitors presented their highlights that trade visitors can expect at the world's leading trade fair for production technology from September 22 to 26 in Hanover.

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Resource-conserving production, fewer emissions and a circular economy protect the environment and climate. Companies that act sustainably not only secure their competitiveness, but also assume responsibility for future generations. Sustainability is therefore also one of the focus topics at EMO Hannover 2025.

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Automated machines, collaborative robots, 3D printing, artificial intelligence in data-driven process chains - the world of metalworking is changing rapidly. Recognizing development trends and maintaining an overview is a challenge.

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Under the motto "Innovate Manufacturing.", EMO Hannover 2025, the world's leading trade fair for production technology, offers machine manufacturers a wide range of innovations and solutions to inspire them.

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Metal foam contains up to 90 percent air and has amazing properties. In the factory, it ensures greater sustainability and helps to improve the environmental balance in industrial production.

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"The German machine tool industry considers itself to be very well positioned in international competition, despite the numerous challenges," reported Franz-Xaver Bernhard, Chairman of the VDW (German Machine Tool Builders' Association), Frankfurt am Main, at the association's annual press conference.

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"The German machine tool industry considers itself to be very well positioned in international competition, despite the numerous challenges," reported Franz-Xaver Bernhard, Chairman of the VDW (German Machine Tool Builders' Association), Frankfurt am Main, at the association's annual press conference.

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Against the backdrop of cost pressure and a shortage of skilled workers, manufacturers of cylindrical and non-cylindrical grinding machines, tool grinding machines for cutting and machining tools, surface grinding machines, grinding, polishing and hollowing tools as well as clamping technology, filter technology and grinding oils, among others, presented their approaches to resource optimization at Grinding Hub.

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EMO, the world's leading trade fair for production technology, invites the industry to Hanover from September 18 to 23.

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The motto of this year's leading EMO trade fair is "Innovate Manufacturing".

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The hot phase of trade fair preparations for this year's EMO in Hanover has begun. On July 5 and 6, the EMO organizer VDW (German Machine Tool Builders' Association) invited visitors to the big preview in Frankfurt am Main. 31 exhibitors at the EMO Hannover, which will take place from September 18 to 23, will allow a look behind the scenes of their trade fair innovations a good ten weeks before the major event.

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Visitors to EMO Hannover 2023 in September will be able to experience the latest trends in production technology at four joint stands. The focus will be on additive manufacturing, connectivity, open space cobot solutions and sustainability.

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Cooperation based on data will determine the production of tomorrow. If you want to keep up, you have to develop new business models based on this. However, many companies are afraid of losing control over their own data and risk missing the boat. But there are data protection-compliant solutions based on the Gaia-X principles.

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After the postponement to June, many exhibitors had to cancel their participation in the metalworking trade fair. The VDW organizers are nevertheless satisfied and are looking to the future.

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With Metav, Wire and Tube, three industrial trade fairs will take place at the Düsseldorf Exhibition Center from today until June 24. All three had to take a four-year break due to coronavirus.

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Annual investment in energy technology systems will more than double in the future, from EUR 762 billion globally in 2020 to EUR 1,808 billion in 2040.

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"The machine tool industry has a good chance of having a successful year in 2022,"said Franz-Xaver Bernhard, Chairman of the VDW (German Machine Tool Builders' Association) at the association's annual press conference in Frankfurt am Main.

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In an interview with Daniel Schilling, Dr. Alexander Broos, Head of Research and Technology at the VDW, reveals the latest trends in metalworking and what additive manufacturing and the transformation in the automotive sector mean for the industry.

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Franz-Xaver Bernhard was unanimously elected as the new Chairman by the Executive Board of the VDW (German Machine Tool Builders' Association) and the VDMA Machine Tools and Manufacturing Systems Association.

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The organizers of the EMO machine tool trade fair were lucky: the event was not planned for the coronavirus year 2020; the trade fair can now take place in 2021 under the usual coronavirus conditions.

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In the second quarter of 2021, incoming orders in the German machine tool industry rose by 103% compared to the same period of the previous year.

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In an interview with Andreas Mühlbauer, Ralf Reines from the VDW's Research and Technology Department explains the role of predictive maintenance and artificial intelligence in machine tool manufacturing.

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In the first quarter of 2021, incoming orders in the German machine tool industry rose by 26% compared to the same period of the previous year.

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Many German machine tool manufacturers took part in Cimt 2021 from April 12 to 17 in Beijing.

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A total of 2500 virtual visitors came to the digital Metav over the four days of the trade fair.

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Metav digital will kick off on March 23 under the motto "Networking simply threefold".

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Around every second company was the victim of a cyberattack last year. This is according to the DsiN practice report Mittelstand 2020 under the auspices of the Federal Ministry of Economics.

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In the third quarter of this year, incoming orders in the German machine tool industry fell by 29% compared to the same period last year.

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The coronavirus pandemic continues to dominate the mood in the machine tool industry. In the second quarter of 2020, incoming orders in the German machine tool industry fell by 46% compared to the same period last year.

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The next regular AMB will not take place until 2022. Those responsible are planning a forum with a table-top exhibition for this and next year.

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With its learning platform "MLS - Mobile Learning in Smart Factories", the Young Talent Foundation for Mechanical Engineering (NWS MB) promotes digital learning in the context of initial and further training.

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The VDMA and the VDW want to jointly promote the use and dissemination of OPC UA standards for mechanical engineering under the Umati brand.

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Additive manufacturing is used in many different ways. In the field of metal cutting, flexibility in the management of cooling lubricants (coolant) is becoming increasingly important.

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The German Machine Tool Builders' Association has now scheduled the trade fair for March 23 to 26, 2021 in Düsseldorf.

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