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19 December 2011 [emo11-133-e]
CECIMO appoints Carl Martin Welcker as General Commissioner for EMO Hannover 2013

Brussels, 12 December 2011 - The CECIMO General Assembly, held in November 2011 in Zurich, appointed Mr. Carl Martin Welcker as General Commissioner for EMO 2013, which will take...

20 October 2011 [emo11-077-e]
Innovation and integration: well equipped for future challenges

Frankfurt am Main, 20 October 2011. - In the ongoing cyclical boom phase of the world's metalworking industry, the exhibitors at the EMO Hannover 2011 from 19 to 24 September...

24 September 2011 [emo11-076-e]
EMO Hannover 2011 stimulates new business throughout international machine tool industry

Hannover, Germany. At the close of EMO Hannover 2011 - the leading international trade fair for the machine tool industry - exhibitors, visitors and organizers were unanimous in...

24 September 2011 [emo11-075-e]
Testimonials on EMO Hannover 2011

Exhibitors: Jean-Pierre Wilmes, CEO and President, AgieCharmilles, Geneva, Switzerland: "EMO is a key trade fair for us - for meeting with our customers and for lining up new...

23 September 2011 [emo11-072-e]
HOT TOPICS service for EMO Hannover 2011 - Issue 7

Operating the factory of the future Energy management for the factory of the future: This is the theme of the Mitsubishi stand at EMO Hannover 2011. In a live application, the...

23 September 2011 [emo11-071-e]
HOT TOPICS service for EMO Hannover 2011 - Issue 6

Improving productivity and efficiency by turning and milling simultaneously CHIRON-WERKE's latest secret is called "Mill Turn," or MT for short. KG. The FZ08 production center -...

23 September 2011 [emo11-070-e]
HOT TOPICS service for EMO Hannover 2011 - Issue 5

World premiere - production center with two spindles for double the productivity Twice the spindles equals twice the productivity. Celebrating its debut appearance at EMO Hannover...

22 September 2011 [emo11-069-e]
HOT TOPICS service for EMO Hannover 2011 - Issue 4

Smart robotics for flexibility in large-run production The new FastLean FMS solution by Fastems combines intelligent robotics technology with a conventional FMS (flexible...

21 September 2011 [emo11-105-e]
Service sells - services are more than just at-tractive incentives to buy

Frankfurt am Main. Not only does "Sex sell" - good service support can also offer cogent incentives to buy. The demand for additional services leads to differentiated corporate...

20 September 2011 [emo11-060-e]
HOT TOPICS service for EMO Hannover 2011 - Issue 3

Micron precision - innovations from Okuma Ultra-precise machining is the name of the game for Krefeld-based firm Okuma Europe and its parent entity in Japan. The firm's displays...

19 September 2011 [emo11-065-e]
Continued strong forecast for the machine tool industry

Hannover, 19 September 2011. - The VDW (German Machine Tool Builders' Association) confirms its projected growth of 30 percent for the current year. On the occasion of the opening...

19 September 2011 [emo11-064-e]
Bringing high-tech to China: good positioning for the German machine tool industry

Hannover, 19 September 2011. The global machine tool industry is booming. Thanks above all to strong demand from emerging countries, the market volume for Western Europe, the USA...

19 September 2011 [emo11-059-e]
HOT TOPICS service for EMO Hannover 2011 - Issue 2

Versatile, efficient and well priced: the new travelling column mill by UNION German machine tool manufacturer UNION Werkzeugmaschinen will be using EMO Hannover 2011 to showcase...

15 September 2011 [emo11-058-e]
EMO Hannover 2011 - the world's premier trade fair for the metalworking sector once again at a record level

Hannover. Immediately before its doors are due to open, it's all systems go for the EMO Hannover 2011, the world's premier trade fair for the metalworking sector. At the fair's...

15 September 2011 [emo11-057-e]
EMO Hannover 2011 presents "more than machine tools"

Ladies and gentlemen, May I welcome you most cordially to the EMO's opening press conference. We are delighted to see you here, and gratified indeed that you wish to know more...

15 September 2011 [emo11-052-e]
EMO Congress to discuss trends and innovations for sustainable production

Hannover. In parallel to the EMO Hannover 2011, the international congress on "Sustainable Production" is a prestigious meeting point for specialists and top managers from the...

15 September 2011 [emo11-051-e]
EMO Special Show presents "Milestones of cost-efficient titanium component production"

01.07.2011 Hannover. The aerospace industry is the innovation driver for many other sectors, not least the machine tool sector. The starting point is the need for development...

15 September 2011 [emo11-050-e]
The EMO focuses on Russia: production equipment ven-dors lured by raw-material foreign currency

Hannover. Russia ranks 3rd among the most important export markets for Germany's machine tool industry. The vast country has been taking giant steps forward, increasing its...

15 September 2011 [emo11-049-e]
EMO Hannover 2011 will be showcasing new production technologies for the aerospace sector

Hannover. For the eleventh time, the Institute of Production Engineering and Machine Tools (IFW) at Leibniz Hannover University will on 22 and 23 September 2011 in Hannover be...

15 September 2011 [emo11-048-e]
"Mechanical Engineering - a Job with Power" will be aiming to attract technically minded recruits at the EMO Hannover 2011

Hannover. The scarcity of skilled personnel is the mega-challenge of the years ahead, says the German Federal Ministry for Labour and Welfare. The German machine tool industry,...

15 September 2011 [emo11-047-e]
Machine tool industry firmly committed to sustainability in production processes

Hannover. At the EMO Hannover 2011, held from 19 to 24 September, the machine tool industry will for what is already the fourth time be participating in a fair under the Blue...

15 September 2011 [emo11-046-e]
HOT TOPICS service for EMO Hannover 2011 - Issue 1

When ostrich egg shells freeze ... ...you know you're dealing with an ice-based workpiece fixturing system developed by Horst Witte Gerätebau Barskamp KG, of Germany. The...

9 September 2011 [emo11-103-e]
Multi-purpose machines ensure enhanced independence

Frankfurt am Main. The crisis is over, but selling machinery remains a tough business. Machine tools nowadays have to be veritable "jack of all trades", able to handle all kinds...

24 August 2011 [emo11-044-e]
Machine tool industry firmly committed to sustainability in production processes

Frankfurt am Main, 25 August 2011. - At the EMO Hannover 2011, held from 19 to 24 September, the machine tool industry will for what is already the fourth time be participating in...

23 August 2011 [emo11-043-e]
Highlights of the Technical Press Releases (TPR) for EMO Hannover 2011

More than machine tools Efficiency System combines grinding with other processes (0413E) With its Multi-Tech solution, IMT Tacchella says it now offers grinding combined with...

4 August 2011 [emo11-039-e]
Machine tool orders more than doubled

Frankfurt am Main, 4 August 2011. - In the second quarter of 2011, order bookings in the German machine tool industry rose by 83 per cent. Domestic order bookings increased by 72...

27 July 2011 [emo11-038-e]
EMO Congress to discuss: trends and innovations for sustainable production

Frankfurt am Main, 27 July 2011. - In parallel to the EMO Hannover 2011, the international congress on "Sustainable Production" is a prestigious meeting point for...

20 July 2011 [emo11-035-e]
EMO Special Show presents "Milestones of cost-efficient titanium component production"

Frankfurt am Main, 20 July 2011 - The aerospace industry is the innovation driver for many other sectors, not least the machine tool sector. The starting point is the need for...

19 July 2011 [emo11-036-e]
Highlights of the Technical Press Releases (TPR)for EMO Hannover 2011

Efficiency Machines for creep-feed, profile and HEDG grinding (0007E) The Micron range of machine tools to be highlighted by Peter Wolters is designed for creep-feed, profile...

14 July 2011 [emo11-030-e]
EMO: Globally successful thanks to common initiative of European machine tool builders

The 19th edition of EMO, the world's premier trade fair for metal-working technology, will take place in Hannover on 19-24 September this year. EMO is the meeting point for the...

14 July 2011 [emo11-029-e]
Aircraft construction between tripods and titanium

Frankfurt am Main, 4 July 2011. - One of Europe's most sophisticated machinery parks can be found at the plant in Varel, where ultra-complex components made of aluminium, steel...

4 July 2011 [emo11-126-e]
Aircraft construction between tripods and titanium

Frankfurt am Main. - One of Europe's most sophisticated machinery parks can be found at the plant in Varel, where ultra-complex components made of aluminium, steel and titanium...

9 June 2011 [emo11-016-e]
Software internationalisation - it takes more than just translating

Frankfurt am Main, 8 June 2011. - Can I operate the machine in my own language? A question that many visitors to the EMO Hannover 2011, the world's premier trade fair for the...

8 June 2011 [emo11-119-e]
Software internationalisation - it takes more than just translating

Frankfurt am Main. Can I operate the machine in my own language? A question that many visitors to the EMO Hannover 2011, the world's premier trade fair for the metal-working...

16 May 2011 [emo11-015-e]
Mega-upturn for Germany's machine tool industry

Frankfurt am Main, 12 May 2011. - In the first quarter of 2011, order bookings in the German machine tool industry showed three-figure growth rates. Compared to the preceding...

29 April 2011 [emo11-014-e]
EMO Hannover 2011 will be showcasing new production technologies for the aerospace sector

Frankfurt am Main, 2 May 2011. - For the eleventh time, the Institute of Production Engineering and Machine Tools (IFW) at Leibniz Hannover University will on 22 and 23 September...

21 April 2011 [emo11-013-e]
Will additive manufacturing put milling machines out of work?

Frankfurt am Main, 19 April 2011. - If you're building a house, you're hardly going to mill rooms, doors and windows out of a huge block of stone. When it comes to machine...

21 April 2011 [emo11-120-e]
Will additive manufacturing put milling machines out of work?

Frankfurt am Main. If you're building a house, you're hardly going to mill rooms, doors and windows out of a huge block of stone. When it comes to machine housings made of metal,...

5 April 2011 [emo11-012-e]
The EMO focuses on Russia: production equipment vendors lured by raw-material foreign currency

Frankfurt am Main, 5 April 2011. - Russia ranks 3rd among the most important export markets for Germany's machine tool industry. The vast country has been taking giant steps...

21 March 2011 [emo11-011-e]
EMO Hannover 2011 showcases the factory of the future

Frankfurt am Main, 21 March 2011. - Knowledge is power. Lack of knowledge entails inefficiency - not least and particularly when it comes to the production processes of the future...

21 March 2011 [emo11-113-e]
EMO Hannover 2011 showcases the factory of the future

Frankfurt am Main. - Knowledge is power. Lack of knowledge entails inefficiency - not least and particularly when it comes to the production processes of the future and their...

14 February 2011 [emo11-010-e]
Logic and neural network: when the factory "thinks for itself"...

Frankfurt am Main, 14 February 2011. - "More than machine tools" is what exhibitors from all over the world will be showcasing at the EMO Hannover 2011. This is not an advertising...

14 February 2011 [emo11-117-e]
Logic and neural network: when the factory "thinks for itself"...

Frankfurt am Main. "More than machine tools" is what exhibitors from all over the world will be showcasing at the EMO Hannover 2011. This is not an advertising agency's slogan,...

17 January 2011 [emo11-009-e]
International exhibitors rush to register for EMO Hannover 2011

Frankfurt am Main, 17 January 2011. - 2011 is EMO year. After a four-year gap, the premier trade fair for the world's metalworking sector is being held once again in Hanover, from...

10 January 2011 [emo11-008-e]
Multi-purpose machines ensure enhanced independence

Frankfurt am Main, 10 January 2011. - The crisis is over, but selling machinery remains a tough business. Machine tools nowadays have to be veritable "jack of all trades", able to...

17 December 2010 [emo11-007-e]
Service sells - services are more than just attractive incentives to buy

Frankfurt am Main, 16 December 2010. - Not only does "Sex sell" - good service support can also offer cogent incentives to buy. The demand for additional services leads to...

18 November 2010 [emo11-111-e]
Genuine sustainability is attainable only in a network

Frankfurt am Main. The Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology (IWU) in Chemnitz, Germany, addressed "greening" of production operations at a colloquium held...

9 November 2010 [emo11-006-e]
Genuine sustainability is attainable only in a network

Frankfurt am Main, 8 November 2010. - The Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology (IWU) in Chemnitz, Germany, addressed "greening" of production operations...

2 September 2010 [emo11-005-e]
EMO Hannover 2011 - The world of metalworking

Date: 19 to 24 September 2011 Venue: Exhibition Grounds Hannover Overview: EMO Hannover 2011, the absolute leading trade fair for the sector, displays on the largest fairground...

25 August 2010 [emo11-004-e]
EMO Hannover 2011 - the world's leading metalworking trade fair offers "More than machine tools"

Frankfurt am Main - From 19 to 24 September 2011, international manufacturers of production technology will be presenting "More than machine tools" at the EMO Hannover. "No other...