EDITORIAL ROUNDUP

Spanish Automotive Suppliers Generated €40.9bn In 2025

Spain’s automotive supplier industry generated €40.949bn in turnover in 2025, showing resilience, industrial strength, innovation and technological advancement as it responds to the needs of an sector undergoing profound transformation. Exports reached €24.688bn, accounting for more than 60% of total industry turnover. Autoparts From Spain, the platform that brings together leading Spanish manufacturers and exporters of automotive components, says the results are further evidence of the competitiveness of Spanish companies in an increasingly demanding global environment.

More information www.spainautoparts.com

Gewefa Changes Name To Nydaloxe Precision

Wiltshire-based tooling specialist Gewefa UK has completed a major corporate rebranding, officially changing its name to Nydaloxe Precision. Operating under the slogan ‘Tool Holding Without Limit’, the firm has adopted a new identity that reflects the evolution in its commercial direction since its establishment in 1991. 

While early focus was on delivering a comprehensive range of high-precision spindle-nose tool holders manufactured by German parent company, Gewefa GmbH, the UK firm ceased to be a subsidiary some time ago. It is now an independent entity with a considerably broadened range that caters to a more extensive spectrum of applications. The portfolio includes driven/static turning tool holders, precision collet chucks, heat-shrink systems, spindle tool clamping systems, angle heads, speeders and multi-spindle heads.
More information www.nydaloxeprecision.com

German Machine Tool Orders See 15% Rise in Q1

Following three difficult years, the German machine tool industry can breathe a first sigh of relief: incoming orders increased by 15% in Q1 2026. Nevertheless, the situation remains challenging. Production, exports and employment continue to fall, while the conflict in the Middle East is leading to greater uncertainty and higher costs. “The situation appears to have bottomed out, although we’re nowhere near to reversing the trend,” states Bernhard Geis, head of economics and statistics at the VDW (German Machine Tool Builders’ Association). “The coming months will show whether the recovery is more permanent.”

More information www.vdw.de

£2.5m EU opportunity

A major UK metal stamping company is targeting £2.5m of new EU opportunities after appointing a new European technical specialist. Brandauer, which provides precision components for more than 15 high-value sectors, has brought in multilingual industry expert Jürgen Wollbold to increase its presence on the ground in France, Germany and Spain. Wollbold says: “We’ve identified £5m of new opportunities across the EU and I feel it’s more than reasonable to believe we can convert at least half of these, especially those that involve precision stamping, in-house tooling, laminations and press-fit applications.”

More information www.brandauer.co.uk

5G Trial

A collaborative project at the National Manufacturing Institute Scotland’s (NMIS) Digital Process Manufacturing Centre (DPMC) in Irvine has shown how private 5G mobile networks could support demand for secure, high-capacity connectivity in manufacturing. The project simulated a manufacturing use case and trialled network performance in a factory-like setting. The system was tested under progressively increasing loads, reaching an average data throughput of more than 97 Mbps, with peaks above 100 Mbps. The results suggest the system could support hundreds of simulated industrial environments simultaneously.

More information www.nmis.scot