Long known as the Western Hemisphere’s largest international plastics trade show, NPE will be much more than simply that this year. NPE 2009 will comprise eight full-scale expositions and conferences, including four events just disclosed by the triennial event’s organizer.That organizer is the Society of the Plastics Industry Inc. (SPI), headquartered in Washington, DC. Says Gene Sande

For months, Sescoi has been working with the Japanese drills and tools specialist OSG to create practical solutions to many common machining problems. Results of the collaboration were presented at a joint WorkNC Lab 1 working seminar held at OSG’s technical centre in central Japan in November.Experts from both companies demonstrated some of the latest machining techniques to 140 repres

Dassault Systèmes (DS), a leading provider of 3D and product lifecycle management (PLM) software solutions, has launched DS Design Studio, a corporate entity whose mission is to capitalize and propagate design excellence throughout Dassault Systèmes and its product offerings.The well-known industrial designer Anne Asensio, DS vice president of design experience, leads the DS Design S

Sir Richard Branson, founder of the globally respected Virgin brand, will be the special guest speaker at SolidWorks World 2009 when that worldwide users conference convenes in Orlando, Florida, USA, February 8–11. Other featured speakers are the CEO of DS SolidWorks and a leading company engineer.DS SolidWorks, a Dassault Systèmes company, develops and markets the SolidWorks 3D CAD t

More than 250 customers attended a series of UK user meetings held by Delcam plc in November in Bolton, Durham, Manchester, Portsmouth, and Birmingham. The Birmingham meeting, taking place at Delcam’s headquarters, proved so popular that a second session was organized to cope with the high demand.Delegates to the meetings had a first opportunity to see the new version of Delcam’s Power

The Sandvik Group, of which Sandvik Tooling is a business area whose largest constituent is the cutting-tool developer and supplier Sandvik Coromant, has agreed to acquire BTA Heller Drilling Systems Ltd., a British producer and supplier of deep-hole-drilling products. The acquisition should be completed early this year.BTA Heller offers indexable and brazed tools for drilling deep holes in comple

DEMAT GmbH, the event organizer, reported that EuroMold 2008, the 15th World Fair for Moldmaking and Tooling, Design and Application Development, hosted 58,842 trade visitors over its four days in early December. The organization pronounced the show another success.The latest EuroMold presented 1,523 exhibitors from 38 countries. These companies showcased their products and services through instal