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Industry News from 2008 News Archive: Current \| 2008 \| 2007 \| 2006 \| 2005 \| 2004 \| 2003 \| 2002 23 October 2008 Renishaw AB Has New Leadership 22 October 2008 Emco Group Gets New Managing Director 21 October 2008 Faro Laser Scanner Wins Innovation Award 21 October 2008 Mazak Takes Top Design Award 20 October 2008 Asiamold Expo, Automation Workshop Succeed 20 October 2008 Sescoi Iberia Names MyWorkPlan Reseller 17 October 2008 Parlec Launches New Website 16 October 2008 CemeCon Opens Czech Coating Facility 15 October 2008 Lucchini Sidermeccanica Changes Name 15 October 2008 Surfware Redesigns, Updates Website 14 October 2008 Haas Supports European Championship 13 October 2008 Registration Opens for NPE 2009 13 October 2008 Mann+Hummel Steps Up Asian Operations 10 October 2008 Okuma to Host Open House in November 9 October 2008 Successful Euro PM2008 in Mannheim 8 October 2008 Incoe Appoints New Manager for Europe 7 October 2008 JMTBA Looks Back on Accomplishments 7 October 2008 Sescoi Software Performs at Micronora 6 October 2008 Business Deal Wins Award for Planit CEO 4 October 2008 Creaform, Metrologic Group Join Forces 3 October 2008 EuroMold Conference on ‘Factory of the Future’ 2 October 2008 November Seminars on CMM 5-Axis Inspection 1 October 2008 Euro PM2009 Set for Copenhagen 1 October 2008 SolidCAM/SolidWorks Seminars in Poland 30 September 2008 DP Technology Expands Agreement with Siemens 29 September 2008 IMTS Has Strongest Showing since 2000 29 September 2008 Portugal to Host Forum on Moulds and Dies 26 September 2008 SPE Conference to Be Offered at EuroMold 25 September 2008 CBI: New UK Manufacturing Strategy Good 24 September 2008 MAG Europe Moves HQ, Expands Production 23 September 2008 Parlec Names New VP of Operations 23 September 2008 Surfware Expands R&D, Programming Staff 22 September 2008 Vero Software Reports Good Financials 21 September 2008 EPMA Offers On-Line PM Learning Resource 19 September 2008 PSG Now at Three Locations in China 18 September 2008 Actify Achieves Another Record Year 17 September 2008 GIWW Granted Rights to Gain Patents 17 September 2008 New Sandvik Coromant Tool Selection Guide 16 September 2008 WNT (UK) Customers Happy with Service 15 September 2008 M&H Opens Office in India 15 September 2008 CemeCon Acquires Chemfilt Patents 12 September 2008 VX Offers CAD/CAM Training Aid 11 September 2008 Asiamold: Industry Meeting Place in China 10 September 2008 Shanghai Machine Tool Fair a Success 10 September 2008 Infotech Launches Operations in Japan 9 September 2008 EuroBLECH to Fill Eight Halls in Hannover 9 September 2008 Euroskills Competition Gets Support from Haas Machine Tools 8 September 2008 Rofin-Sinar, Manz Automation to Cooperate 5 September 2008 EuroMold Award 2008 Competition Now Open 4 September 2008 3T RPD to Offer Rapid Prototyping Seminars 3 September 2008 German Machine Tool Industry in Top Form, VDW Says 3 September 2008 M&H Group Now Part of Hexagon AB 2 September 2008 SolidCAM Names Sales Manager for Denmark 2 September 2008 Rapid Technologies Users Conference Set 1 September 2008 Plastukraina Show Opens in Kiev Sept. 23 29 August 2008 Faro Schedules UK Roadshow in October 28 August 2008 Seminars to Introduce SolidWorks 2009 27 August 2008 Mazak Invests in Future at European HQ 26 August 2008 MAG IAS Implements Strategy for Success 26 August 2008 Vero Software Relocates UK Head Office 25 August 2008 Renishaw Announces Seminars on Technology 23 August 2008 CAD Schroer Names Reseller for Poland 22 August 2008 Surfware Receives OK from US Patent Office 21 August 2008 Mold-Masters Names Auto Division Manager 20 August 2008 Dassault Reports Impressive Q2 Revenue Growth 19 August 2008 Moldex3D to Hold Users’ Meeting in UK Next Month 19 August 2008 EuroMold to Upgrade Business + Design Area 18 August 2008 Metris, API in Joint Distributor Agreement 18 August 2008 CBI to Present Future Suppliers at Motek 15 August 2008 New Stratasys System Fast off the Mark 14 August 2008 Plastics Database Adds US Market Data 13 August 2008 Orders Going Strong for Mec-Spe 2009 12 August 2008 MTA Achieves TAF Awards Success 12 August 2008 Kennametal Acquires ISIS Informatics 11 August 2008 Dassault Wins Microsoft Partner Award 9 August 2008 Walter to Show On-Line System at AMB 8 August 2008 Fanuc CNC Novice Is Competition Winner 7 August 2008 Surfware Hires Managing Director for Sales 6 August 2008 Infotech, Dassault Aviation Sign Agreement 6 August 2008 LMT Opens Innovation and Training Centre 5 August 2008 SPE Sets First Conference on Medical Polymers 5 August 2008 Mold-Masters Tech Forum Draws 70-Plus 4 August 2008 EuroMold 2008 Aims to Help SMEs 1 August 2008 Mazak Hosts UK Aerospace Tech Seminar 31 July 2008 University Buys 200 SolidWorks Licenses 30 July 2008 Euro PM2008 to Offer Focused Workshops 29 July 2008 Dijet Europe Distribution Centre Expands 29 July 2008 Eighth Mec-Spe Coming to Parma in March 28 July 2008 METAV to Be First Industry Event of 2010 26 July 2008 Asiamold 2008 Prepares for Increased Numbers 25 July 2008 Husky to Open New Facility in Japan 24 July 2008 NPE 2009 to Have Tech Innovation Pavilion 23 July 2008 Kennametal’s Yegenoglu Promoted 22 July 2008 Fette to Invest €30 Million in Production 22 July 2008 Delcam Opens 30th Sales Office in China 21 July 2008 TDM Systems Celebrates 15 Years 19 July 2008 Creaform Expands International Presence 18 July 2008 Mastercam Most-Used CAM 14 Years Running 18 July 2008 Okuma Sees Big Sales Jump in 110th Year 16 July 2008 Digital Surf Exec Wins Metrology Prize 15 July 2008 Third RosMould Fair Breaks Records 14 July 2008 Entegris to Acquire Poco Graphite 14 July 2008 More Space for Haas Automation Europe 12 July 2008 Stratasys Takes Large FDM Machine Order 11 July 2008 Schleifring Companies in Strategic Merger 10 July 2008 Planning Kicks Off for World PM Congress 2010 9 July 2008 Renishaw Opens Demonstration Centre in India 8 July 2008 Röhm GmbH Goes outside Family for Two MDs 8 July 2008 Hexagon Acquires German Software Company 7 July 2008 CNC Software Celebrates 25 Years 5 July 2008 EuroMold Pavilion at RosMould Keeps Growing 4 July 2008 Revitalized Meusburger Website Is Up 3 July 2008 Engineers Aplenty, Just Not Enough Jobs 2 July 2008 Fette GmbH Celebrates 100th Anniversary 2 July 2008 Jakarta Machine Fair to Host German Pavilion 1 July 2008 Easymetal Launches New Website 30 June 2008 SolidCAM Establishes Japanese Subsidiary 28 June 2008 EOS, Partners Form Research Centre 27 June 2008 NPE 2009 to Feature Plastics Design Contest 26 June 2008 Strack Norma Focuses on Customer Service 25 June 2008 Epoxy Supplier Gets Marketing Chief 24 June 2008 Mastercam X2 Certified for Inventor 2009 24 June 2008 Hermle Reports Record Year for 2007 23 June 2008 Missler Launches Website in Portuguese 21 June 2008 ATI Stellram: Custom Tools in Demand 20 June 2008 New Sales Manager at Horst Witte 19 June 2008 Keronite plc Names New Chairman 18 June 2008 Delcam Still Tops CIMdata CAM Rankings 17 June 2008 BLECH Sets Events for Russia, Poland, India 16 June 2008 Parlec Inc. Gets New President 16 June 2008 CGTech to Exhibit at Farnborough Airshow 14 June 2008 ES Technology to Participate in Manufacturing Conference 13 June 2008 JetCAM, InspecVision to Collaborate 12 June 2008 Codipro Introduces New Website 11 June 2008 Asiamold: Entree to an Economic Hotbed 11 June 2008 Sandvik Coromant Now ISTMA Global Partner 10 June 2008 Student Wins Third Mastercam Contest 10 June 2008 Haas Opens Tech Centre in Belgium 9 June 2008 European User Groups Like Actify Product 6 June 2008 Hermle House Exhibition Breaks Records 5 June 2008 Oil Driving UK Industrial Price Increases 4 June 2008 Lenovo to Use Abaqus at Design Centre 3 June 2008 Multiphase-Flow Workshop Coming to Dresden 3 June 2008 Engineering Conference Features Visit to Studer 2 June 2008 Renishaw Opens New Taiwan Office 31 May 2008 BEC to Protect IP Rights of Exhibitors 30 May 2008 1,000th Hawk ‘Flies’ out the Door 29 May 2008 MiNaT Fair to Return to Stuttgart 28 May 2008 Exhibitor Council for K 2010 Starts Work 28 May 2008 SolidCAM2008 Training in Frankfurt 27 May 2008 Bookings for Asiamold 2008 Up Sharply 27 May 2008 Delcam Customer Wins MWP Grand Prix 26 May 2008 Additive Fabrication Market at $1.1 Billion 23 May 2008 Körber Schleifring: Record Sales in 2007 22 May 2008 Cut 20 Takes Top MWP Award at MACH 21 May 2008 November’s Swisstech 2008 Is Filling Up 21 May 2008 Objet’s UV-Based Printer Takes Tech Prize 20 May 2008 Kennametal to Sell Werkö HSS Product Line 20 May 2008 UK Trade Minister to Open Interplas/PPMA 19 May 2008 Mazak Wins Award—or Two—at MACH 2008 16 May 2008 EuroMold Pavilion at RosMould Is Full 15 May 2008 Easymetal Prozesstechnik Prepares to Expand 14 May 2008 German Machine Tool Orders Rise 14 May 2008 Renishaw Strong, Says CEO 13 May 2008 Delcam Hails 2008 MACH as Its Best Ever 13 May 2008 PDM 08 Proves a Mecca for Product Designers 12 May 2008 Vision Sensors in Spotlight at Vision 2008 9 May 2008 New COSMOS Team at SolidWorks 8 May 2008 CGTech Wins Software Award for Vericut 6 7 May 2008 Record Inquiries for Mazak at MACH 7 May 2008 Slovenian Toolmaking Event Looks Forward 6 May 2008 Fanuc CNC Repair Service for Scotland 6 May 2008 Plastpol to Return to Kielce in Late May 5 May 2008 TaeguTec Puts On Own Show at Korean Event 2 May 2008 Faro UK Reports Having Best MACH Ever 2 May 2008 Carl Zeiss Opens Tech Centre in India 30 April 2008 MoldMaking Expo to Co-Locate with NPE 2009 30 April 2008 French Plastics Fair in New Venue in 2009 29 April 2008 Financing Groups Start Carbon Credit Fund 29 April 2008 Mecof Integrated into New A-Tec Business 28 April 2008 Sescoi Starts ERP Product Website 25 April 2008 Leica Geosystems AG Receives Prestigious Design Award 24 April 2008 D-M-E Hires New Managing Director for Europe 23 April 2008 GTMA New-Technologies Event Is Well Received 23 April 2008 Registration Opens for 2008 TCT, MM Live 22 April 2008 JetCAM Names Dealer for Russian Market 22 April 2008 Futaba and D-M-E New Global Tooling Partners 21 April 2008 UK Minister Officially Opens MACH 2008 21 April 2008 DP Tech Will Power Sodick EDMs with Esprit 21 April 2008 Japanese Envoy Speaks at Hannover Messe 16 April 2008 EdgeCAM 12.5 Certified for Inventor 2009 16 April 2008 Design Communication Software Now Available in Russian 15 April 2008 EuroMold Scores Success at DieMould India 15 April 2008 Alfred Jäger Expands in East Asia 14 April 2008 Just-Launched Sescoi Software Wins Award 11 April 2008 FinnSonic Outsources Business Unit 10 April 2008 Successful METAV Boosts Industry 9 April 2008 Japan Is Hannover Messe’s Partner Country 9 April 2008 EOS to Present e-Manufacturing Solutions in Hannover 8 April 2008 Delcam Adds Directors to Its Board 8 April 2008 ECTA Sets Cutting Tool Conference in Stuttgart 7 April 2008 Rofin Laser Wins iF Design Award at CeBIT 5 April 2008 Haas Automation Celebrates 25 Years 4 April 2008 Abaqus Users’ Conference Set for May 2 April 2008 New MD for ARRK Tooling Development 1 April 2008 SolidWorks Acquires Maker of CircuitWorks 1 April 2008 Delcam Sets Annual Sales Record 31 March 2008 Blehm Plastics Launches New Website 29 March 2008 Digital Surf, Catalan Institute in Partnership 28 March 2008 Sescoi Milestone: WorkNC Is 20 Years Old 27 March 2008 BIEMH Trade Fair Welcomes 50,000-Plus 26 March 2008 Graphite Supplier Opens Channel for German-Speaking Europe 25 March 2008 Interplas to Return to Birmingham in September 25 March 2008 Control 2008 Opens in Stuttgart April 22 24 March 2008 Dassault, AutoForm Become Software Partners 22 March 2008 Second Asiamold Set for September 21 March 2008 UK Manufacturing Up; Prices Also, Soon 20 March 2008 Seoul Named ‘World Design Capital 2010’ 19 March 2008 DP Technology Expands Corporate HQ 18 March 2008 On-Line SolidWorks Labs Now Offers More 18 March 2008 The Doctor Is In: Plastics Advice at PDM 08 17 March 2008 EPMA Releases Revised Edition of Powder Metallurgy Book 15 March 2008 US CAM Company Looks to Grow Globally 14 March 2008 ONA Wins Design Prize at BIEMH 2008 13 March 2008 CGTech Holds Vericut User Contest 12 March 2008 NPE 2009 Space Drawing Portends Big Show 11 March 2008 StarragHeckert Soaring after Great Year 11 March 2008 Inneo Solutions Becomes Rapidform Partner 10 March 2008 Walter Tool Launches Internet Ordering 10 March 2008 Haas Records Double-Digit Growth in 2007 8 March 2008 SolidWorks Upgrades On-Line Community Site 7 March 2008 GTMA to Fly Flag at PDM Again 6 March 2008 METAV to Hold Event on Machine Tool Energy Savings 5 March 2008 Free Training to Be Offered at PDM 08 4 March 2008 SimpoeWorks Achieves Gold Partner Status 4 March 2008 EPMA Launches Its Own Blog Site 3 March 2008 Faro Worldwide Reports Excellent 2007 1 March 2008 Mec-Spe 2008: An Always Evolving ‘City’ 29 February 2008 Hexagon Acquires Distributor in Spain 28 February 2008 METAV Forum to Examine Machine Tool Design 27 February 2008 Mec-Spe 2008 Highlight: 16 Working Areas 26 February 2008 Survey: China Is Top Machine Tool Consumer 26 February 2008 Planit Holdings Divests Fusion Division 25 February 2008 China-US Plastics Industry Summit in April 23 February 2008 Powder Metallurgy Awards Competition Opens 22 February 2008 Renishaw Pioneers UK Skills Initiative 21 February 2008 Istanbul to Be Site of Mould Fair in April 20 February 2008 Carbone Lorraine Strengthens Position in Germany 19 February 2008 Faro Among Fastest-Growing US Tech Firms 18 February 2008 Meusburger Expands Customer Service 18 February 2008 Creaform Acquires French Firm ActiCM 16 February 2008 Exhibitors Rushing to Join AMB 2008 15 February 2008 Mastercam Software Used Exclusively at World Skills 2007 14 February 2008 Outlook: German Industry Growth to Continue 13 February 2008 Missler Software Reports Great 2007 12 February 2008 Top SME Employer ZK Receives Coveted Award 12 February 2008 Berlin Event to Focus on Investment in China 11 February 2008 Mid-May Matsuura Open House in UK 9 February 2008 Breakthrough Products at SolidWorks World 8 February 2008 Zeiss, Metrology Institute Collaborate 7 February 2008 Sescoi’s WorkNC Is No. 1 in Japan Again 6 February 2008 D-M-E Forms Strategic Alliance in Fulda 5 February 2008 UK Machine Tool Exports Picking Up 5 February 2008 Changes in Husky’s Executive Team 4 February 2008 Haas Teaching Centres Come to Europe 1 February 2008 Associations Pledge Support to PDM 08 1 February 2008 Spanish Machine Tool Biennial Next Month 31 January 2008 GTMA Survey: Metrology Sector Is Growing 30 January 2008 Karlsruhe Production Meeting Set for March 29 January 2008 Walter AG Opens Frankfurt Sales Branch 28 January 2008 Delcam to Host GTMA Event February 13 28 January 2008 Renishaw Reports Good First Half-Year 25 January 2008 Solido Wins Singapore Customer Contract 25 January 2008 Objet Takes Frost & Sullivan Award 24 January 2008 Spanish Machine Tool Sector Grew in 2007 23 January 2008 New Director for Rofin-Baasel Lasertech 22 January 2008 MAG IAS Expands in Eastern Europe 22 January 2008 SolidWorks Enlarges On-Line Tool 21 January 2008 Sescoi, OPS-Ingersoll Hold Shanghai Seminar 19 January 2008 New Director to Take Helm of VDW 18 January 2008 New Production, Logistics MD for Studer 17 January 2008 GTMA Emerging Technologies Event Coming Up 16 January 2008 Objet Wins First-Place EuroMold Award 15 January 2008 Latest Velocity Version Is Vista-Compatible 14 January 2008 EuroMold Pavilion at Rosmould Proves Popular 14 January 2008 Ten Months Out, TCT 2008 Is Half-Booked 12 January 2008 Hannover Messe Website Gets a New Look 11 January 2008 SolidCAM, SolidWorks Flourish in Norway 10 January 2008 Rofin-Sinar Acquires Fibre-Laser Supplier 9 January 2008 Gibbs to Be Merged into Cimatron 8 January 2008 San Diego to Host SolidWorks World 2008 8 January 2008 Interplas Expects Strong Overseas Presence 7 January 2008 BBG Wins EuroMold Award 4 January 2008 EuroMold 2007 Pronounced a Success


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