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January 2026

What does 2026 have in store?

The future in your hands: Why choosing a trade could be the smartest career move

COVER STORY: Renishaw’s innovative Equator-X™ dual-method gauging system

AFSA launches International Aluminium Conference 2026

The essence of metalworking: Mercer Bikes’ handmade custom steel-frame bicycles

Apex Metrology Solutions adopts the emerging alternative of advanced plug and play controllers for CMM retrofit

Specialist fiber laser power manufacturer Raycus Laser appoints African Laser Solutions as their South African distributor and service agent

Barloworld Rebuild Centre has implemented a R68 million technology enhancement programme

CSIR unveils Hot Isostatic Press facility to boost local manufacturing research and development

Staycold International expands their factory and invests in more manufacturing equipment

Mozal shutdown puts aluminium supply pressure on Europe

Ratel revival: South African army vehicles given new life

VSL Manufacturing opens R750 million facility to power localisation of Isuzu’s supply chain

Traxtion confirms R3.4 billion rolling stock investment

Jubilee Metals completes sale of South African chrome and PGM assets

BLT appoints AMT 3D as distributor for Sub-Saharan Africa

Triangle Plasma Cutting marks 30th anniversary with an investment in CNC fiber laser tube cutting machine

Cubed Coatings have the right recipe for your zinc finishing

The power of Manufacturing Wellness habits: How positive manufacturing habits create a thriving and sustainable industry – Sandvik Coromant

DMG MORI: How job shops remain competitive

Iscar: Tools that make hard milling easier

CECIMO paints a gloomy picture of Europe’s machine tool builders

Stewart Lane appointed new president of the MTA

EU drops 2035 combustion engine ban as global EV shift faces reset

Autodesk offers free access to software for 150 million students and educators worldwide

EMO – the world’s leading trade fair for production technology to remain in Hannover

China’s steel production to drop to 7-year low as iron ore imports hit record

Italian manufacturers hope for a return to growth in 2026

Trumpf aims to improve its lasers with quantum computers

Technology challenge: Developing new concepts with greater environmental compatibility – including research into innovative biotechnology materials

New steel safeguards: A blow to Europe’s industrial competitiveness

BMW designs roundel-shaped screw heads that could require special tools

TaeguTec’s premium WIN-SFEED line family of WIN-DRILL and DRILL-SFEED 3ED

The new, versatile Schunk ROTA THW3 2+2 power lathe chuck

Mitutoyo’s SurfaceMeasure-S Series SM0303S and 2929S sensors

Mazak’s Swiss style CNC for small, precise parts: Syncrex 38/8 Swiss-style CNC machine

Guhring launches RF 100 AL milling line for aluminium

Hurco’s cost-effective automation for small batch sizes

Kennametal launches its new ROCO burr and down-cut routers