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Article: As good as necessary. (European machine tool industry)(includes related article)
- Article from:
- Modern Machine Shop
- Article date:
- December 1, 1993
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The recent EMO European machine tool exhibition was preoccupied with economic matters, and consolations in a troubled industry. But those concerns are having an impact on technology, with much more to come.
To many watchers of the European machine tool industry, the September EMO '93 machine tool show exhibition (Hannover, Germany) seemed as much about mergers and acquisitions as anything. That's a major departure from the typical German show where the focus is usually first and foremost on technology. But horrible market conditions now have some of the continent's most venerable machine tool builders struggling for their very lives. The curse of living in ...