AE Show Expands ‘Enabling Innovation’

Following a record-breaking 2024 event, the annual engineering and manufacturing exhibition Advanced Engineering (Birmingham NEC, 29-30 October 2025) is expanding its ‘Enabling Innovation’ competition for 2025. The competition, open to start-ups and SMEs, provides a unique opportunity for companies to showcase their innovations. On the show’s second day, contestants will present their innovations on the main stage for judging by a panel of industry experts. The winner will receive a free full-sized stand at Advanced Engineering 2026, along with additional marketing opportunities throughout the year.

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New managing director at Mapal Brazil

Mapal Brazil has named its new managing director as Denilson Misiti, who took over responsibility for the Brazilian subsidiary of the Aalen, Germany-based cutting tool manufacturer earlier this month. He succeeds Conrado Couto Diniz, who had continued to manage Mapal Brazil in tandem with Mapal Italia after his move to Europe at the beginning of 2025. Misiti has over 30 years of experience in the precision tool industry and in managing international companies in Brazil. Most recently, he was general manager of Mapal HiTeco TMS do Brazil, where he focused on tool management services.

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SW establishes subsidiary in India

German machine tool builder Schwäbische Werkzeugmaschinen (SW) has expanded its global footprint with the opening of a new subsidiary in Pune, India. The newly established subsidiary, Schwaebische Werkzeugmaschinen India Pvt Ltd, led by Rakesh Patel (pictured), will handle sales and service for the company’s CNC machining centres and automation solutions.

For the past 18 years, SW has successfully operated in India through local representatives.

The subsidiary is the next logical step for the company, providing its customers in India with service and sales in their home country. Pune was chosen deliberately as the location for the new site: the city is rapidly developing into a hub for industrial parks, hosting a wide range of suppliers and manufacturing companies.

More information www.sw.com

LAMIERA 2025 to run several themes

LAMIERA 2025 will emphasise several technological themes related to sheet metal processing. For instance, ‘Fabbrica Futura’ is set to focus on software and technologies for connectivity, data management, automation and digital and robotic systems, while ‘Saldatech’ will offer an overview of the diversified world of welding.

Further zones will include ‘Fastener Industry’ for joining technologies, ‘World of Heat and Surface Treatments’ for pre- and post-production finishing, ‘Metrology and Testing’ for measuring machines and other quality control solutions, and ‘BLECH Italy Service’ for technical subcontracting and industrial services. New for this edition will be the ‘Revamping & Retrofitting’, dedicated to machines and plant that have been reconditioned.

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UCIMU Anticipates Even More From LAMIERA

“With this start and considering the market improvement expected in 2025, we believe that LAMIERA 2025 can do even better than the previous edition,” states Alfredo Mariotti, general director of trade organisation UCIMU-Sistemi Per Produrre. “The decision to bring forward the opening of the exhibition by one day, in order to conclude it within the working week, will allow visitors the opportunity to take full advantage of running concurrently with the ‘Made in Steel’ exhibition for the steel industry, which will take place in front of the halls occupied by LAMIERA.”

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