Basic-Information

Range of exhibits:

- machining centres, flexible manufacturing, milling machines
- turning machines and automatic lathes
- drilling and boring machines
- sawing machines, saw blades, parting-off grinders
- gear cutting machines
- EDM machines, metal-removing machine tools
- grinding machines, abrasives
- tool grinding machines
- honing, lapping, polishing, and deburring machines
- surface finishing machines
- hardening and heating machines, heat treatment
- sheet metal working machines and centres, shears, punches, nibbeling machines
- laser- and water jet cutting machines
- forming machine tools
- material handling and material flow, assembly, handling, industrial robots
- storage and transport automation
- precision tools, chucks and clamps, tool and mould making
- generative manufacture, Rapid Prototyping (RPD)
- measurements and testing, quality assurance
- industrial electronics, controllers and drives
- information technology and automation
- hardware und software
- internet applications, e-business
- machine elements, mechanical, hydraulic and pneumatic components
- lubrication and cooling, disposal
- service providers, associations, publishers, engineering offices

Visitor structure:

- automotive and supply industries
- machine and apparatus construction
- tool, mould, and jig making
- stell and light alloy construction
- railway vehicle manufacturing and supply industries
- aerospace industry
- shipbuilding
- electrical and electronics engineering
- fine mechanics and optics
- ironware and pressed metal industries
- sheet metal working plants
- pipe and wire machining and working plants
- metal fittings industry
- surface finishing, hardening
- machining and working plants for new materials
- metalworking, turning and milling shops
- tool grinding shops
- service providers

Organizer:
Verein Deutscher Werkzeugmaschinenfabriken e.V. (VDW)
Corneliusstr. 4
60325 Frankfurt am Main
Tel ++49 (0)69-756081-0
Fax ++49 (0)69-756081-74
Internet www.vdw.de
E-mail: vdw@vdw.de

Director of Business Unit VDW:
Christoph Miller
Tel ++49 (0)69-756081-59
E-mail: c.miller@vdw.de

Project Manager VDW:
Martin Göbel
Tel ++49 (0)69-756081-54
E-mail: m.goebel@vdw.de