International Metalworking News for Asia

The Asian economic crisis that dragged the machine tool industry into its worst recession just a couple of years ago is now a memory. Asia is moving faster to add capacity, increase capital spending, and grab worldwide market share. For the upcoming EMO Hannover 2011, the world's premier trade fair for the metalworking technology, International Metalworking News for Asia, presents to you world-class equipment from Taiwan in the Show Preview section.

Addressing the need to help machine designers and engineers in Asia develop better products faster, Siemens PLM Software released the Solid Edge® software. You can find this article in the Control &CAD/CAM Section. The product allows users to work in whatever design environment best suits their needs, enabling them to stay focused on their design tasks without thinking about their design software.

A very interesting full-length article on ninety-degree milling from Sandvik Coromant, which is divided in three parts per issue, outlines the possibilities that the right choice of square-shoulder cutter offers. The article aims to help provide solutions to a multitude of metalworking operations Asian manufacturers perform.

If you are involved in the metal cutting industry, you're probably aware that oxyfuel and plasma are the most widelyused cutting technologies in Asia today. An article comparing oxyfuel with plasma will help you maximise your investment and produce the best cutting results, which in return can be your business' best decision.

Rather than dwell on the recent rough times in the machine tool industry, it's time we look ahead and prepare for the inevitable upturn. Enterprises that look toward a new era of machine technology-- examining upcoming trends, equipment, innovations and new markets--are certain to be in the forefront of this resurgence.