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On November 11, 2025, this year's award winners and nominees were honored at the Schwabenlandhalle in Fellbach. BMF Armin Burkhardt

One of Baden-Württemberg’s environmental technology innovation leaders

30. January 2026 Hans Georg Schätzl

Kohler Maschinenbau GmbH successfully took part in the competition for the Environmental Technology Award in the category 02 Material Efficiency and Resource Conservation with the product 21-roll precision strip straightener […]

AutoForm ProgThe R13 offers new possibilities and enhancements for manufacturers of progressive dies. © AutoForm

More flexibility in the design of progressive processes

29. January 2026 Hans Georg Schätzl

AutoForm Engineering, the provider of software solutions for sheet metal forming and body-in-white processes, recently presented its latest software version AutoForm ProgDie R13. This version offers new functions and enhancements […]

Jochen Burg, CEO of SMS group, during his opening speech at the worldsteel Breakthrough Technology Conference: "There is no one-size-fits-all solution for decarbonization. We need approaches that address exactly what really matters to our customers." © SMS

Plant assessment tool for plant evaluation for decarbonization solutions

28. January 2026 Hans Georg Schätzl

Data-driven plant assessment: SMS’s Plant Assessment Tool identifies the most viable strategies for decarbonization and strikes a balance between sustainability and profitability. The steel industry is at a turning point: […]

The 16th Stamping Technology Congress, the leading specialist and networking event for the stamping and forming industry, will be held under the motto "Quo Vadis Stamping Technology?". It will take place on April 20 and 21, 2026 at the Westfalenhallen Congress Center in Dortmund. Strategy X / Sylvia Meyborg

Quo vadis punching technology?

27. January 2026 Hans Georg Schätzl

The 16th Stamping Technology Congress will take place on April 20 and 21, 2026 at the Westfalenhallen Congress Center in Dortmund. Under the motto “Quo Vadis Stamping Technology?”, the two-day […]

Welding torch and stereo cameras on the robot end effector during test preparations in the Maritime Exploration Hall at DFKI Bremen. © DFKI

Autonomous welding robots work under water

26. January 2026 Stéphane Itasse

A consortium led by the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) has developed an underwater welding robot so that maritime infrastructure no longer has to be repaired only by […]

Following modernization, the CSP line at Tata Steel Jamshedpur can roll coils up to 1 mm thick. © SMS

Tata Steel and SMS Group complete modernization of CSP plant

26. January 2026 Stéphane Itasse

Following modernization by SMS, Tata Steel Ltd. has rolled the first coils at its Jamshedpur CSP (Tata Steel TSCR) plant in Jharkhand, India. The modernization included the integration of a […]

Together with the Fraunhofer IOSB-INA, Remmert has developed a robot system for separating long goods weighing up to 300 kg. © Remmert

Remmert shows fully automatic separation of pipes and profiles

26. January 2026 Stéphane Itasse

Remmert will be presenting a new system for the fully automated handling of unsorted long goods weighing up to 300 kg at the Logimat 2026 trade fair from March 24 […]

The system processes heavy sheets weighing up to 200 kg fully automatically, without programming or teaching. © Teqram

AI-controlled sanding robot deburrs thick sheet metal parts faster

26. January 2026 Stéphane Itasse

Thanks to the Easygrinder, Minerd & Sons was able to reduce the delivery time from two weeks to just three days. The steel service center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has significantly […]

Fineblanking presses of the "HFA plus+" series from Andritz Schuler offer an output of up to 85 strokes per minute with press forces between 3,200 and 15,500 kN. © Andritz Schuler

Andritz Schuler further develops fineblanking presses with Feintool

26. January 2026 Stéphane Itasse

Andritz Schuler has delivered over 800 hydraulic HFA fineblanking systems via Feintool AG. The machines are now available directly from Andritz Schuler. The Göppingen-based manufacturer is continuing its cooperation with […]

Jana von der Heidt from Baosteel Tailored Blanks and Thomas Böttcher, Head of Application Concepts at Thyssenkrupp Steel, present the Door Ring: a structural support for the outer side wall of a car made from a single blank that replaces up to eight individual components. © Thyssenkrupp Steel

New door ring solution

23. January 2026 Hans Georg Schätzl

Optimization of manufacturing costs, weight and complexity of vehicle production: Door Ring made from a single tailored blank replaces up to eight individual parts of the vehicle structure. At this […]