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Shorter cycle times, flexible batch size machining and greater component quality are all demands that increase the pressure on the metalworking industry to innovate. Key sectors, such as the automotive industry, are changing rapidly. That tailor-made production solutions play an important role in...

Drivers have already become used to the sixth gear – and the development continues. For instance, there are plans afoot for a 9-gear transmission system for automatics gearboxes. The reason is an obvious one: it allows for the car to be driven at optimal speed for longer. That saves petrol. The...

Approximately 30 percent of the costs for mechanical engineering solutions nowadays are for IT and automation technology – a percentage that is increasing apace according to a survey the VDMA (Association of German Machine Tool Manufacturers) carried out amongst its members at the beginning of this...

Shorter model life-cycles and increasing demands on quality, accompanied by many technological innovations, are driving developments in high-tech industries – such as car or aircraft manufacture – ever harder. The effect this has on the production environment is best shown by the example of...

At the EMO 2013 EMAG will be presenting the VL 2 single-spindle vertical pick-up lathe for the machining of small chucked components. Nowadays, everywhere you turn in an industrial production environment you encounter the expression „downsizing“ – whereby the term describes infinitely more than...

EMAG Holding GmbH already enjoys an excellent reputation as a reliable business partner, one reason being that the focus of its corporate activities is on the customer and on stable growth. That the latter is supported by an equally stable and secure financial structure has been confirmed in an...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) estimates that the world economy will grow by 3.5 percent this year, with the impetus coming less from Europe but rather more from dynamic, newly industrialised countries. One example is the automotive industry. According to the association for the German...

The composite camshaft is still gaining ground in the marketplace. The main reason for this is the considerable weight reduction it brings, compared to its one-piece rival. The composite version is by now also widely used in the HGV sector. However, a quite considerable disadvantage of many...

Demand for HGVs will massively increase over the next few years – and that increase will be worldwide. Management consultants McKinsey, for instance, are estimating that the market will grow from a present turnover of € 125 billion to € 190 billion in 2020. Especially emerging economies, such as...