Mack Brooks Exhibitions has announced the postponement of EuroBLECH, which was scheduled to take place at the Hanover Exhibition Grounds in Germany from 27 to 30 October 2020. The new dates for the next EuroBLECH, 26th International Sheet Metal Working Technology Exhibition, are 9 -12 March 2021. This decision was taken after extensive conversations with all exhibitors and partners over recent weeks and months who have expressed their preference not to hold the show in October, in light of the ongoing Covid-19 crisis. Uncertainties around travel restrictions in order to maintain the truly international character of the EuroBLECH event were also a concern to many participants.

Speaking about the announcement, Nicola Hamann, Managing Director of Mack Brooks Exhibitions said: “The past months have been challenging, in particular for the sheet metal working industry and its related industry sectors. We have seen a decrease in orders of capital goods and many companies are telling us about their challenges in dealing with the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. Although we have recently received authority approval for our Safety and Security concept to hold EuroBLECH in October this year, we have decided to postpone EuroBLECH to Spring 2021”.

As part of a recent series of industry surveys, the participants of EuroBLECH indicated their requirement to network and conduct business in order to pave the way for the recovery of the industry following the Covid-19 pandemic. EuroBLECH will therefore offer a virtual hub for the global sheet metal working industry in October: “Following feedback from our exhibitors and visitors indicating the need to participate in an event, even if not in a physical form, we will organise a Digital Innovation Summit taking place from 27 to 30 October, our planned event slot. This Digital Innovation Summit will provide our exhibitors with a platform to demonstrate their latest machines and solutions and arrange virtual meetings with international visitors. We believe it is our duty to assist the industry through these extraordinary times by offering a market place this year as a platform for innovations and a starting point for the recovery of the industry”, continued Nicola Hamann.

The EuroBLECH Team will communicate closely with customers and partners over the coming weeks and months and thank their exhibitors, partners, suppliers and visitors for their support during this challenging time. Further information on the Digital Innovation Summit containing details on the Online Presentation Theatre for exhibitors, video on demand options and matchmaking facilities, will be available shortly.

Every two years, the world’s largest sheet metal working technology exhibition attracts top industry professionals from all over the world. The show targets specialists at all management levels in small and medium-sized companies as well as large enterprises from all key industry sectors. Featuring an enormous amount of live machine demonstrations, EuroBLECH is renowned with international sheet metal working professionals as the most important event to find smart solutions and the right machines, equipment and materials for their companies. A total of 56,307 international trade visitors attended the previous show.

For updates and further information, please visit the event website: www.euroblech.com

The leading regional Russian trade fair for the wire and cable industry – wire Russia – will take place in the Russian metropolis from 8 to 10 June 2021. Around 200 companies from 25 countries are expected at the Moscow EXPOCENTRE in Krasnaya Presnya.

Together with its local partner VNIIKP, All-Russian Cable Scientific Research and Development Institute, Messe Düsseldorf Moscow will once again be staging the regional highlight of the wire and cable industry in 2021 in Hall 1 of EXPOCENTRE over three days.

Many companies from Russia, its neighbouring countries and from Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, France, Great Britain, Austria, Switzerland and Italy will be travelling to the Russian capital to establish new business relations, intensify existing contacts and present technological innovations from the wire and cable industry.

The exhibitors at wire Russia show machines and plants for wire production and wire refinement, forming technology, spring production technology, cable and strand machines, tools and aids for process engineering as well as measuring and control technology. The product range is supplemented by wire rod, bright wire, wire mesh, special wire, cables and plates.

The trade fairs Tube Russia, Metallurgy Russia and Litmash Russia are held parallel to wire Russia.

Current technologies in the fields of tube manufacturing, tube processing and tube machining are the focus of Tube Russia 2021. Once again, the ITA (International Tube Association) together with Messe Düsseldorf will be organising a Tube Industry Development 2021 seminar, which will focus on practical applications for tubes and tube technologies.

Tube Russia 2021 is organised and carried out by Metal-Expo together with Messe Düsseldorf Moscow.

Further information on wire Russia 2021 and Tube Russia 2021 can be found in the Internet portals at: www.wire-russia.com and www.Tube-russia.com.

An efficient, fully-automated material flow offers companies significant time and cost advantages in sheet metal processing. This is why KASTO has now expanded its product portfolio with a manipulator for the unmanned handling of sheet metal. The manipulator seamlessly connects the manufacturer’s fully-automatic storage systems with laser cutting machines from various suppliers.

KASTO’s new and cost-effective sheet metal manipulator is suitable for separating sheets, feeding various processing machines and removing good parts and remnants. It is equipped with a vacuum cross bar, which picks up individual sheets in pre-prepared packages from the storage facility and places them on the table of the respective processing machine. The lasered individual parts and the residual sheet skeleton can also be removed from the working area of the machine using the rake cross bar. This permits unstaffed production at high throughput speeds and relieves staff of the laborious and potentially risky task of handling the large-format sheets.

One special advantage of this KASTO solution is that it can be flexibly combined with machines from different manufacturers, so users can be independent in their choice of machine suppliers and can implement complete, tailor-made systems to match the requirements of their sheet metal processing perfectly. Customers also have a range of options with the storage technology: among other applications, the KASTO UNITOWER and UNILINE sheet metal storage systems can be used together with the manipulator. With its compact and space-saving design, the manipulator can be easily integrated into almost any production environment. This seamless connection of storage facility and processing machines is an economical and sustainable alternative for both steel distributors and industrial manufacturing companies.