EDITORIAL ROUNDUP

Big Turnout at Mills CNC Tech Show

Machine tool supplier Mills CNC reports that ‘The One Show,’ the company’s recent one-hit machining technology event at its campus facility in Leamington, was a roaring success. Over 180 visitors attended the event, where two new machine tools from DN Solutions made their UK debuts:the DVF 5000 Mk II simultaneous five-axis machining centre and the entry-level DNX 2100SB multi-axis mill-turn machine.

CEO Tony Dale says: “We wanted to do something different and host an event relevant to the future productivity and process efficiency needs of component manufacturers.As a result, we focused the whole event around one-hit machining, and it definitely paid off.A number of enquiries for the new DNX 2100SB and DVF 5000 Mk II are being actively followed up as we speak.”

More information www.millscnc.co.uk

Subcontract Market Continues to Grow

The UK subcontract manufacturing market carried on growing in the third quarter of 2025. It was up 10% on the previous quarter, which had already seen dramatic growth from April onwards. The CMI is produced by sourcing specialist Qimtek and reflects the total purchasing budget for outsourced manufacturing of companies looking to place business in any given month (representing a sample of over 4,000 companies).

The baseline for the index is 100, which represents the average size of the subcontract manufacturing market between 2014 and 2018.The CMI for the third quarter of 2025 was 113, compared with 103 for the second three months of the year.One a month-by-month basis, July was impressively strong – by far the strongest month of the year so far and a third higher than June.

More information www.qimtek.co.uk

EMO Outperforms Hurco’s Expectations

Machine tool builder Hurco says it was pleasantly surprised by the number of existing customers and new contacts ready to negotiate machine purchases on the company’s stand at the EMO 2025 in Hanover last month. In total, 14 machine tools valued at more than €2m were booked at the show, early signs that the outlook for machine tool sales in European markets will improve over the coming months following a period in the doldrums.

Star of the show for Hurco was a new offering from its in-house robotics division, the Profeeder Easy Desk 30, which was on view for the first time in Europe. Employing a higher-specification UR30 ProCobot that offers a 30 kg load capacity, compared with 12.5 kg available with the cobot models currently sold by Hurco, it was integrated with a Hurco VMX42Di three-axis vertical machining centre. 

More information www.hurco.com

Energy sector gears up for ADIPEC

Globalleaders are set to converge in Abu Dhabi next week for the ADIPEC 2025 exhibition and conference, an eventaiming to shape the transformation of energy systems under the theme ‘Energy – Intelligence – Impact.’ Taking place on 3-6 November, ADIPEC 2025 will host 1800+ speakers, including leading global energy, tech and investment CEOs and government ministers from the world’s largest economies.

The event will showcase Abu Dhabi’s leadership in AI and energy to more than 205,000 visitors from over 170 countries with an expanded AI Zone and the launch of Low Carbon & Chemicals Expo. The ADIPEC 2025 exhibition will span 17 halls featuring 30 countrypavilions, four specialised industry areas and 2250 exhibitors, while the conference will see more than 1800 speakers share their expert knowledge.

More information www.adipec.com

Red Bull & Hexagon crown future skills champion

Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division has named the winner and two runners-up of
the inaugural ‘Telemetry Tested: Future Skills Challenge’, a global competition co-developed
with Oracle Red Bull Sim Racing and MENSA. From a pool of over 1100 completed entries,
three finalists emerged victorious, having completed an interactive quiz of rapid-fire, data-
driven scenarios that tested both esports’ instincts and real-world engineering problem-
solving. Spanish software engineer Antonio Masuda, a master’s graduate in data science and
a Formula 1 fan, claimed first prize by answering all questions correctly in the fastest time.
More information www.hexagon.com