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January 2025

Don’t get caught in the past

The Chinese are coming. Great.

COVER STORY: How metrology technology is helping car companies manufacture the latest EVs: Renishaw

A wheel service provider for the best in the market

DMG MORI establishes its own South African subsidiary

AMSA winding down its longs steel business in Newcastle, KZN

ITAC imposes provisional anti-dumping duties on structural steel products: 52.81% on imported Chinese structural steel

FMG Steel instals 20kW Hugong fiber laser

GRW Engineering applies for a temporary tariff rebate provision on importation of profiles manufactured in aluminium-copper-magnesium-zinc alloys

Nurture your inner braaimaster with the Donkey Long Tong

New sounding rocket facility at Overberg test range successfully launches two rockets

Newly implemented hot-edge inductors enable Hulamin to enhance product quality

Galison Manufacturing delivers first batch of 275 new container wagons to Lobito Atlantic Railway in Angola

Wekaba launches R25 million automotive manufacturing plant

Deputy Minister Whitfield visits Intsimbi/PtSA Centre of Excellence in Gqeberha

2025 RAPDASA-RobMech-PRASA-AMI international conference dates announced

KwaZulu-Natal alloys company is an example of the automotive master plan

Giyani Metals eyes first production at manganese demo plant

LogiQuick: back to drilling

The light-weighting advantages of stainless steel

JIMTOF 2024: A turning point for automation and digitalisation in manufacturing

Hypertherm Associates and BLM Group form strategic partnership agreement

SMEC enters agreement to acquire Hyundai Wia’s Machine Tool Division

EuroBLECH 2024: Driving momentum and productivity

China overtakes Germany and Japan in robot density

The slump in orders among Europe’s mechanical and plant manufacturers continues

TIMTOS 2025: A global leading smart manufacturing and machine tool exhibition celebrates its 30th edition

DN Solutions building new high-tech R&D centres

Taiwan cuts exports of machine tools to Russia

QCK Metal Works thrives on opportunity

WIKA Instruments South Africa recognised as a leading subsidiary in the group

Mazak’s HQR-200/3 NEO turning center

New Trumpf laser cutting machine generates bevels while cutting

Sandvik Coromant toolholding system provides rapid tool changes

LiteVises from 5th Axis

Kennametal’s HARVI II TE solid end mills

Hurco’s slant-bed lathe features live tooling capabilities

GF Machining Solutions’ wire EDM features improved thermal stabilisation

TaeguTec’s proper milling for small parts manufacturing

Mitutoyo’s surface measure non-contact line-laser sensor

Amada’s EGB 1303 ARse electric servo, rich in automation

FANUC’s ROBODRILL a-D28LiB5ADV Plus Y500 VMC with more tools, capabilities

Bodor Laser launches U10 multi-tasking laser profile cutting machine for structural steel