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| | Manufacturers and machine shops booked more than $3.4 billion in new orders for metal cutting and forming machines during the first half of 2026, setting a new record for demand during any comparable period this century. |
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| | | | MODULEWORKS released version 2026.08 of its software components for CAD/CAM vendors, CNC control makers, machine tool builders, and cutting tool vendors. This release introduces new performance- and quality-enhancing capabilities for toolpath generation, cutting-physics-based automation, GPU-accelerated simulation, next-generation shopfloor programming... |
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