Already 527 registrations for Formnext 2026
Driven by the 10th anniversary in 2025 and a visitor record from the last trade fair edition, Formnext 2026 starts the new year with strong momentum.
Significant savings in forming
Rollers can reshape as precisely as a press, at a fraction of the cost: Fraunhofer IWU and partners demonstrate how it works
HiPIMS coatings conquer Southeast Asia
With a combination of local expertise, coating service, and plant technology, CemeCon creates new perspectives for cutting tools from Southeast Asian tool manufacturers
Custom spinal implant from 3D printing
Nivalon Medical manufactures the world's first fully patient-specific, motion-preserving, metal-free spinal implant using AI in an advanced ceramic 3D printing process
Clamping at record speed
Schröder Group expands the swiveling bending machine MAKU
Throughput shot peening system scores in Spain
Spanish foundry Funosa is advancing its modernization course with Rösler blasting system and is focusing on modern and high-quality plant technology with an emphasis on sustainability
Strategy Days 2026 of the FDWF
On January 27 and 28, 2026, around 30 members of the FDWF gathered at AHP Merkle in Gottenheim to reflect on current research activities and to set impulses for future projects.
For a more sustainable aircraft cabin
Research project ORAM reaches an important milestone: RWTH Aachen recognized as the first university with a P21G-certified production facility for polymer-based additive manufacturing in aviation
Highest cleanliness – not just a cleaning process
Ecoclean determines the suitable system concept and the optimal cleaning process for each application in its own High Purity Test Center
Production of electrolyzers and fuel cells
The reference factory H2 is completed














