US-based saw blade manufacturer, Simonds Saw, has launched a new range of bi-metal bandsaw blades that is available in the UK from Addison Saws. This newly-configured range of bi-metal blades raises performance in all metal-cutting market segments, and is a notable overhaul to the company’s bi-metal product offering.

Multiple rounds of testing, prototyping and optimisation with professionals in the field led Simonds Saw to develop four new bandsaw blades. According to the company, this new range excels at general-purpose cutting, production cutting, cutting of structural steel, and the cutting of tough exotic alloys.

“We fully expect our new product line of bi-metal bandsaw blades to have a global impact on the metal-cutting industry,” says Simonds Saw’s president David Miles. “We’re excited for loyal bandsaw users all over the world to put these new products to good use. Whether they’re cutting structural steel in Gary, Indiana or sawing titanium in Shanghai, China, we now have the optimal blade to maximise uptime and materials, in any application.”

This highly-specialised range of bi-metal bandsaw blades has been developed to meet the demands of any metal-cutting application. According to Simonds Saw, the range boasts increased benefits for the next generation of bandsaw blade operators worldwide.

Addison Saws is the UK’s exclusive Simonds retailer, with the full range available directly or from the company’s network of nationwide dealers. All bandsaw blades are hand-welded on site and to order, with many available for next day delivery or collection from Addison Saws’ Stourbridge site.
For further information www.addisonsaws.co.uk

With the opening of its purpose-built showroom in Zabrze, Poland, XYZ Machine Tools is embarking on a programme of expansion. Visitors to the new showroom will get to see the potential of the ProtoTRAK control system, with eight machines on display from the ProtoTRAK range of bed mills and lathes, as well as the 2-OP portable VMC and TMC machining centre series.

In support of the new showroom, XYZ has appointed two sales managers: Piotr Madeja and Jan Wyremba. Madeja has a wealth of experience in cutting tool sales and applications, while Wyremba’s experience is in machine tool sales, working for leading manufacturers. Madeja and Wyremba started their employment on 1 October and have spent a month at XYZ Machine Tools headquarters and factory in Devon, UK, undergoing intensive product training.
For further information www.xyzmachinetools.com

Today, as industrialists are increasingly willing to leave the memory of Covid-19 behind, it is undeniable that the pandemic has forever changed many aspects of commercial life. More communication and business took place online as face-to-face meetings were not possible during Covid-related restrictions. This also affected exhibitions such as Metalex, the ASEAN region’s leading machine tool and metalworking exhibition.

“The last full-scale Metalex event was held in 2020, with Covid-19 preventing us from organising the show in 2021,” says Sirirat Sungvichai, exhibition management director of RX Tradex (formerly Reed Tradex). “However, when the government allowed large-scale events again, we created a special edition of the event called ‘Metalex March’ in March 2022, which was a huge success. It showed that everyone in the metalworking community wanted to meet their colleagues and experience new machinery and technologies with their own eyes.

“One factor that helps businesses grow and become successful is networking, whether it’s a network of customers, suppliers or business partners,” she continues. “Therefore, when the pandemic started to improve, we started aiming for Metalex (to be held on 16-19 November 2022 at BITEC, Bangkok) to make a grand comeback. We want to make this event a meeting place for everyone in the metalworking industry to come expand their networks in the ASEAN region.”

Sungvichai goes on to say that it will be an event where everyone gets to improve production efficiency together, add value to their products, and generate business opportunities that will foster growth. Over 85,000 participants from all over the region will get to experience over 2500 brands of metalworking technologies, and meet with representatives at international pavilions from Germany, India, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Singapore and the Republic of China (Taiwan). What is even more exciting is that some technologies will appear for the first time in the ASEAN region at Metalex.

In addition to the machinery and technology exhibition, Metalex will host concurrent seminars on a variety of up-and-coming topics such as AI, smart materials and many more. Interested participants can pre-register online.
For further information www.metalex.co.th

The world’s leading trade exhibition for the sheet metalworking industry is back and opens its doors this week (25-28 October) at the Hanover Exhibition Grounds in Germany. A total of 1300 exhibitors from 39 countries are ready to showcase their latest manufacturing solutions covering a total net exhibition space of 88,000 sq m.

Reflected in this year’s motto ‘Your gateway to a smarter future’, EuroBLECH 2022 focuses on intelligent solutions and the ongoing automation and digitalisation of the manufacturing chain to enable greater output and efficiency. Furthermore, a new presentation area will deliver around 20 sessions across the four exhibition days, offering insight into innovative companies and projects, interesting discussions and valuable networking opportunities.
For further information www.euroblech.com