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EuroBLECH concluded the five-day event on October 29 with a record breaking 60,636 visitor attendance number.

WSoptics wowed the judges at the EuroBLECH 2016 awards with its revolutionary idea -- a easy enough fixture that can turn a laser cutting machine into one that does laser welding too.

The EuroBLECH 2016 “The New Generation of Sheet Metal Working” award winners were announced in Hannover, Germany on Oct 27. They included: Trumpf Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH + Co KG, Schuler AG, WSoptics GmbH, Kemper GmbH and Fraunhofer IPA.

At EuroBLECH 2016, Lantek, the software experts, presented its Lantek Factory concept for Industry 4.0 and intelligent manufacturing.

Hannover sets the international stage for Rofin’s spectrum of solutions for the sheet metal processing industry.

The latest version of the software platform, BendingStudio is introduced to the public by Aicon 3D Systems here in EuroBLECH, Hall 5, Booth E33.

Mitsubishi Electric took the opportunity at EuroBLECH to unveil its latest 2D fibre laser processing system -- the ex-F Series.

The Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT presented the developments in separation and joining as well as heat treatment technologies at EuroBLECH, Hall 11 to visitors and journalists alike.

Billed as a revolution in 2D laser cutting, the brand new, freshly developed, fully automated and compact TruLaser Center 7030 was unveiled by Trumpf to a press gathering at EuroBLECH, Hall 11 on October 26.

Bystronic over at Hall 12, Booth B66, has been setting the pace on Day 1 of EuroBLECH as it greets more visitors and customers from around the world. The draw? The launch of its enhanced ByStar Fiber Laser with a 10 kW laser source and the introduction of its fully automated Production Cell for cutting and banding.

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