Lichtenfels, Germany: The additive manufacturing provider Concept Laser attributed the aerospace and medical industry, as well as other sectors with an 88 percent increase in sales for the first half of 2016.

Bristol, UK: Renishaw is contributing its additive manufacturing expertise to a new £17.7 million (US$23.5 million) project, being led by Airbus in the UK, to develop a way of designing and manufacturing aircraft wings, which will encourage a “right first time approach” and reduce development time.

The civil aerospace is currently experiencing unprecedented demand for new aircraft, with both Boeing and Airbus predicting a need for well over 30,000 new passenger and dedicated freighter aircraft in the next twenty years. Peter Dickin shares his thoughts.

Rolls-Royce said it would buy the 53.1 percent of Spanish aerospace engine and components firm firm Industria de Turbo Propulsores (ITP), taking full control of one of its key aerospace partners in a deal worth €720m (US$794 million).

Norsk Titanium AS, supplier of aerospace-grade, additive manufactured, structural titanium components, is building the world’s first industrial-scale metal additive manufacturing plant for the aerospace industry in Plattsburgh, New York. The facility is slated to be operational by the end of 2017.

These days CAD/CAM is an integral part of metalworking in all sectors and companies are constantly staying one step ahead of the game.

Haimer’s shrinking technology enriches machining centres with precision. Contributed by Wolfgang Klingauf.

Sandvik Coromant Singapore and Okuma held a joint seminar on the open possibilities for oil and gas and the aerospace industry.

The simplification of fuel nozzles proposed by General Electric (GE) proves to be the centerpiece of aerospace forum.

Research and Markets analysts forecast the global aerospace additive manufacturing market to grow 20.5 percent annually until 2019.