july 2008
08 production world 38 process development 40 machining
07 editor’s comment / event diary
production world
08 New UK management team at Delcam;
Hardinge launches global initiative on
machine tool selection.
10 Trumpf’s head for automation helps laser
cut specialist; registration opens for MWP
Summit.
12 MWP online - complementing the
printed product and bringing you news
on advanced manufacturing technologies.
14 Hanover fair highlights energy issues; Studer
hosts nanotechnology conference delegates.
mwp awards
review
16-24 Full and extended listing of winners,
shortlisted entries and sponsors, with
photos from the night.
machworld
update
26-30 After the event - exhibitors deliver their
verdict: news, views, reactions and
contracts won.
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production
management
Improve your business credit
rating
Has your business acquired a poor credit
rating, for no apparent reason?
Double vision
MTA chiefs Geoff Lloyd and Graham
Dewhurst would like to see an economy
based on wealth creation.
process
development
Technology, ecology,
education
IMTS innovations this time around include a
Manufacturing Business and Technology
Forum.
Cutting tools in the spotlight
At AMB manufacturers of precision tools
aim to help to achieve low overall costs.
machining
Jewels among machine tools
We seeking out the brightest new
metalcutting machines at a show full of
sparkling innovation.
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automation,
robotics &
assembly
MACH speed automation
MACH 2008 was primed with working
examples of robotics and machine tool
automation - but is automation the right
choice for you?
grinding
Grinding shows true grit
Grinding is still big business for UK
manufacturing.
forming &
fabrication
Fabrication for the nation
The latest fabrication technology, on show
at MACH reflected the growing influence
of automation.
software &
controls
Software - the magic key
MACH boasted the attendance of a diverse
cross-section of the world’s most
influential software developers.
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