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Automated Polishing Boosts Euro Tooling Market

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AACHEN, Germany, Oct. 14, 2010 — An international consortium of companies and R&D centers have launched a €3.9 million ($5.5 million) 3-year-project called poliMATIC aimed at opening new market opportunities for the European tooling industry. The project, which is funded by the European Commission, will reduce the manufacturing costs of tools and overcome the problem of the lack of skilled and experienced workers for manual polishing. Launched in June 2010, poliMATIC is coordinated by the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT and the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology IPT in Aachen,...Read full article

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    Published: October 2010
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