This week in metalworking: September 23 – September 27

Hello again. Here’s our round-up of all the stories making news this week in the world of metalworking. Also, if you want to keep up to date with all the other metalworking news we’ve got going on, you can follow us on Twitter @CdnMetalworking, like us on Facebook, or find us on Google+ or our LinkedIn page. Thanks for reading! 

Now to the stories. Check back every week to see what’s piqued our interest… or left us scratching our head:

Great attendance numbers from the recent EMO show in Germany are a sign of optimism in the machine tool market. [ETMM-Online]

Fiat is buying GM's share in VM Motori, who manufacture a variety of diesel engines for auto and marine industries. [Foundry Mag]

Here's a weird one... The German Cartel Authority pulled off raids on some auto parts makers, with Magna being one that was specifically targeted. [Industry Week]

The Fair Friend Group, and Taiwanese machine tool company has purchased MAG, a German-based machine tool company. [American Machinist]

Siemens and Kuka announced at EMO that they will be teaming up on automated production. [Foundry Planet]

Modern Machine Shop launched the digital edition of their machine tool buyer's guide. [MMS Online]

This is an interesting one, because I think it's a likely truth about where the manufacturing industry is a headed. The idea that "hybrid manufacturing" of parts will take off - ie. using some new processes (3D printing) and some traditional ones (machining0. I guess time will tell. [Metal Powder]

Stratasys is one of the more well-known 3D printing companies in the world today. They have been leading the charge in the industry for some time now, although they've focussed primarily on plastics - until now. reports are they will be investing in doing more metal-related 3D printing. [Investors.com]

Here are a couple articles that discuss the impact that 3D printing will have on traditional manufacturing. They both take a look at comments made by the SolidWorks CEO, Bertrand Sicot, and while they both make the point that it won't harm traditional manufacturing, they each have a slightly different spin. [Global Times] and [My Fen]

Concern for the lack of standards in the additive industry. [Engineering.com]

Keeping with 3D printing, here's a look at a company wanting to further the advancement of metal in a relatively plastics-dominated world right now. [Tom's Guide]

South Korea is rejecting a bid from Boeing for $7.7 billion worth of fighter jets, meaning they will re-tender the major defence contract. [Industry Week]

A look at some of the reasons behind reshoing from Jim Shepherd serves as vice president of strategy, at Plex Systems.  [Manufacturing Business Technology]

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If you missed the last week’s edition of the metalworking round-up you can find it here: This week in metalworking: September 16  – September 20