The International Exhibition for Metal Working, which is being held in Stuttgart from 13–17 September 2022, will serve as the marketplace for the metalworking industry in Europe and beyond. A quick look at the exhibitors and their key areas of interest as you walk around the exhibition clearly shows that mechanical and electrical solutions are being enhanced to an ever greater extent by smart, digital concepts. Efficiency, greater availability and increased productivity – this is the triad of objectives that companies in the metalworking industry are pursuing. They can be achieved with highly qualified staff and high-quality machines, tools and components – and to an ever-increasing extent through the use of digital products and services. They will play an important role at this year’s International Exhibition for Metal Working from 13–17 September in Stuttgart, Germany, and will be the focus of attention at many of the booths. For example, exhibitor Chiron is tapping the potential of digitalisation with a comprehensive portfolio of systems called SmartLine. The individual components communicate via umati , a universal interface developed by the industry initiative of the German Machine Tool Builders’ Association (VDW), which has been an established open standard for machine tool building around the world for several years now.
