Want to learn about the latest trends in production technology? Then visit EMO Hannover 2023 in September! Visiters can experience the latest trends live and on-site at four joint booths. These booths will focus on additive manufacturing, connectivity, open-space cobot solutions, and sustainability. Martin Göbel, Director Exhibitions at the EMO organizer VDW (Verein Deutscher Werkzeugmaschinenfabriken, or German Machine Tool Builders’ Association) in Frankfurt am Main, knows the value of a visit: “Nowhere else can production specialists experience the sector’s innovations so close up – presented in thematic packages over the entire process chain, and up to date at all times. So, if you’re coming to EMO Hannover 2023 in September, you shouldn’t miss out on the joint booths.” No matter whether aircraft construction, medical engineering, or hydrogen economy – additive manufacturing methods are growing in importance in production. And the business prospects are good: This was verified recently by a survey among the approx. 200 member companies of the Additive Manufacturing Working Group within the VDMA (Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbau, or German Engineering Federation). Almost three-quarters of these companies are expecting in the coming 24 months an upward trend in their business in Germany. Yet the technology can utilize its full potential only when it is integrated successfully in highly automated industrial process chains. How this works is demonstrated in the Additive Manufacturing Area. Here, companies will present pioneering concepts from the whole bandwidth of the additive process chain, whether direct and indirect 3D printing technologies, engineering materials, or rapid product development (RPD).
