Miniaturisation is setting trends – from dental implants, electronic components and clockworks to micro ball bearings. The demand for ever smaller components leads to ever smaller precision tools and ever tighter tolerances.

New high-performance materials, the transition from combustion engines to alternative drive concepts, high innovation and cost pressure - in order to master these and future challenges, machining companies and tool manufacturers must identify and exploit optimisation potential.

Initially reserved for the engines and airframes of military reconnaissance aircraft, titanium has long since become an integral part of our everyday lives thanks to its outstanding properties.