Dear readers, we are glad to send you Sheet Metal News, the digital version of the special issue that we published for EuroBLECH 2018, the International Sheet Metal Working Technology trade fair. Sheet Metal News provides you with the latest market trends and new technologies and machineries on show. Read the magazine.

The future and prosperity of entire countries depend on the production of goods, just as many jobs in the USA and worldwide. The future of digitalized manufacturing and Industrie 4.0 rests entirely upon the ability to pool experti­se and resources. Fraunhofer’s interdisciplinary systems expertise sparks the new ideas that meet the challenges of a changing […]

OEMs that make parts or products from flat-rolled steel, aluminum and other metals are eliminating in-house lamination operations and outsourcing to experienced coil coaters instead. For OEMs that apply laminate films to metal parts or apply coatings to as decorative finishes, the in-house manufacturing process requires a significant investment in equipment, plant floor space and […]

SSAB Form Tube Plus is a completely new family of precision steel tubes that provides a unique combination of bendability, dimensional accuracy and superior surface quality suitable for high-gloss painting and chrome plating. The tubes can be used for example in furniture manufacturing and demanding light engineering applications. The tubes are protected with thin plates […]

Designed and built with their customers in mind, Mate set out to enhance and modernize the user experience to make portal.mate.com the hub of their critical information. The user can manage their tooling library, special shapes, forming tool drawings, purchase history, and service subscriptions all in one convenient mobile-friendly site.   This free, value-added resource […]

EuroBLECH 2018, the 25th International Sheet Metal Working Technology Exhibition, takes place from 23 – 26 October 2018 at the Hanover Exhibition Grounds in Germany. Major exhibitor countries are Germany, Italy, Turkey, China, the Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, Austria and the USA. Every two years, EuroBLECH is the must-attend event for design engineers, production managers, quality […]